r/nextfuckinglevel • u/bendubberley_ • 1d ago

A police officer in Mexico prevents someone's suicide attempt, on a bridge, with no safety equipment.

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u/Goldglove528 1d ago

Most police do good. You only hear about the bad ones because they get more views.

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u/WeAreTotallyFucked 1d ago

Definitely not the case in Mexico..

Lived in Tijuana 5 years and I was WAY more afraid of the police than the cartel or any local gangs.

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u/OkComplaint6736 1d ago

That also describes the police in the NW suburbs of Chicago.

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u/Adept_Energy_230 1d ago

Ohhh yeaaahhh Evanston PD are just terrifying, last time I visited my cousins there one of them even stopped me to ask if I was OK while I was clearly lost carrying heavy bags.

then he gave me a fucking lift to my cousin’s house

I’m still scarred /s

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u/BangkokRios 1d ago

Suburban Chicago police are notorious for not being as helpful to brown people walking the suburbs.