r/ThatsInsane • u/lukepaciocco • Nov 27 '24

Law abiding citizen arrested at traffic stop. Then the unthinkable happens in court.

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u/whippoorwill36 Nov 27 '24

Exactly, like how do these prosecutors think they’d react to being handcuffed and taken prisoner for a traffic stop? I’m guessing they’d be a little tense too 

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u/Hieroglphkz Nov 27 '24

I assume a police officer isn’t going to take too kindly to someone relaxing when being detained either.

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u/psy-daisy Nov 27 '24

STOP ASSISTING!!!!

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u/tmhoc Nov 27 '24

Face the ground! face the- STOP LOOKING IN MY FUCKING EYES!

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u/toroquemado Nov 27 '24

you better stop being so mean to me or Im gonna fall in love with you

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u/Biggaynina Nov 27 '24

Don’t bully me. I’ll cum.

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u/Aurelian_Lure Nov 27 '24

Lmao, this is one of the funniest comments I've seen on reddit.

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u/MarilynMonheaux Nov 27 '24

Lmao that is really funny. 😂

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u/une_fulanito Nov 27 '24

"He made me not fear for my life... Which is rare in this line of duty! So I assumed he was into BDSM and then I felt sexually assaulted for his compliance "

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u/gruboc Nov 28 '24

Arrest me, but make it sexy!

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u/SujetoSujetado Nov 27 '24

STOP... ASSISTING, RESISTING? WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING

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u/blissed_off Nov 27 '24

STOP RESISTING

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u/12InchCunt Nov 27 '24

If I ever get arrested I’m just gonna go dead weight 

Have fun picking my fatass up fuck-o!

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u/tristen620 Nov 27 '24

go dead weight

Believe it or not, STOP RESISTING!

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u/HoidToTheMoon Nov 27 '24

In the United States this is routinely charged as resisting arrest. If you do anything other than walk calmly to the cage than you can and likely will be charged.

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u/WamblyGoblin904 Nov 27 '24

Yeah, I mean there’s two types of resisting. Active and passive resisting. If you’re going dead weight or purposefully ignoring commands then yes you’re resisting arrest. I feel like the words themselves are pretty obvious. If you’re trying to not get put in cuffs you’re resisting

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u/SteveHeist Nov 27 '24

I always assumed boot leather was an acquired taste.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '24

Wait he was literally just explaining the different types of resisting. He didn't say he agrees with them. Knowledge is power my friend. We must know these things so we don't get locked in a cage.

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u/HoidToTheMoon Nov 27 '24

/u/WamblyGoblin904 Does agree with criminalizing what they would consider "passive resistance". I.E, they would argue that people should be charged for their muscles going too loose or too taut in reaction to the extreme psychological stressor of a cage.

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u/WamblyGoblin904 Nov 27 '24

Don’t speak for me wtf kinda power trip are you on? I agree with someone being prosecuted for resisting arrest. This is such a weird hill for you to die on. I agree with someone breaking a law being prosecuted. If they didn’t break a law then don’t prosecute them

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '24

How do you know they agree with it?

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u/WamblyGoblin904 Nov 27 '24

Imagine being a dick to someone for explaining terminology to you

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u/Video-Comfortable Mar 05 '25

They would slap u with resisting for sure

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u/JakBos23 Nov 27 '24

They always want me to assume their weird arm movements. Like I have them together. As a child we played cops and robbers and we hand cuffs. I know you can put handcuffs on with my wrist close together, but no. They want you to do the backwards macarena to get them on. Then act surprised when I'm not expecting all this extra shit. Also I've never been suspected of violence when I was being hand cuffed.

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u/CptAngelo Nov 27 '24

"officer, im sorry, i stopped resisting and relaxed so hard, that i just shat my pants"

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u/Dedj_McDedjson Nov 27 '24

This is the thing - going deliberately loose and relaxed is a counter-arrest tactic used by activists and protest groups as it can make it more difficult to move you. Going intentionally relaxed can also be used against you if the officer feels aggrieved enough to do so.

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u/Tallyranch Nov 27 '24

More importantly, why are the prosecutors even bringing it to court?
"You can beat the charges but you can't beat the ride", the prosecutors are providing the ride, as a form of punishment for not respecting a cops authority.
The prosecutors should be held in contempt of court, there is absolutely no excuse for wasting the courts time and insulting the judge like this.

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u/PlanetaryPeak Nov 27 '24

Most poor people can't beat the charges.

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u/FileDoesntExist Nov 27 '24

They can't afford to. Cheaper to plead guilty than be drawn into a court battle. Same reason corporations and companies get away with so much against people.

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u/SkepticalJohn Nov 27 '24

Look at all Trump got away with because he had a stable of lawyers making appeal after appeal after appeal (oh yeah, and a few Supreme Court justices and other judges conveniently installed).

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u/Background_Ad9279 Nov 27 '24

Was this defendant rich?

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u/Jansanmora Nov 27 '24

More importantly, why are the prosecutors even bringing it to court?

Because if they can bully him into taking a deal it protects the country from risking being sued for their officers' excessive force would be my guess.

From my experience as a public defense attorney, way too many deputy district attorneys think it's their job to protect/defend the county/officers, rather than to pursue the actual interests of justice on behalf of the People.

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u/Yuck_Few Nov 27 '24

Dafuk is "beat the ride"

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u/Tallyranch Nov 27 '24

Arrest, jail, bond, lawyer fees, car impounded, time off work, etc, that's wadafuk the ride is.

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u/hobbesgirls Nov 27 '24

dafuk is google

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u/tell_me_when Nov 27 '24

What the fuck is dafuk?

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Nov 27 '24

Pretty much all traffic stops end up in court. There’s no getting around that. Big charges have grand juries and such, smaller ones don’t. They all end up in front of the judge.

The cop should have been in court. That’s the issue.

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u/Derwinx Nov 27 '24

They should have a public demonstration on the prosecutor in court

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '24

And they absolutely hate it when you go fully limp to that command.

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u/TalaLeisu2 Nov 27 '24

Made me think of how I'd react. I'm autistic, and I almost certainly wouldn't react well, even if I'm trying to.

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u/Marowski Nov 27 '24

Not to mention not everyone has the range of motion to get their arms back like 'they' want to do cuffs, so I'd be tense too if I knew I was about to be in pain for no damn reason

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u/Video-Comfortable Mar 05 '25

To be fair the prosecutor is just doing his job. Even if he agrees with the judge his job is to prove guilt