An 8-year-old boy and his pregnant mother were pulled over at gunpoint by multiple Sacramento police officers on their way to football practice.

  • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz
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    11 months ago

    Ive been in this situation before and it SUCKS! I was delivering pizza ages ago and was on my way to a delivery when a cop pulled me over. I wasn’t doing anything wrong so I was kind of confused, but pulled into a parking lot and parked. The cops got out and immediately pulled their guns on me and took cover behind their cruiser. Within seconds, there were 4 more cop cars pulled up and surrounding my car. I had 5 cop cars surrounding my car and at least 7 cops all with their guns aimed at me and screaming at me to get out of the car. I was freaking out! Ive dealt with anxiety issues my whole life and this caused me to have a huge panic attack, which pissed the cops off more, because it took me a minute to comply. It wasn’t till I was face down on the asphalt (in the rain btw), till one of the cops said something like “hes just a pizza dude, this isn’t him”, and all the cops got back in their cars a sped off. It took me a good 15mins before i was able to catch my breath and calm down from my panic attack, and hours after that before i could stop shaking. To this day, anytime a cop gets behind me, I start having anxiety attacks and have to consciously try to calm myself down.

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      I had something like this happen. A huge SWAT team – six cars full of pigs – invaded my house.

      Turns out a neighbor with dementia and a crooked pig. – later fired for stealing from a police fund – falsified evidence to get a search warrant relating to a bank robbery I had nothing to do with.

      Absolutely no trust for the pigs here.

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      That’s awful. I can’t even imagine being in that situation. Just knowing how trigger happy cops are I would be so scared.

      I’m sorry that happened to you.

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      They did that to me for walking on the sidewalk with a backpack. Apparently I matched the description of a purse thief from the grocery store down the street. “Male, backpack”

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      The kid is 3’10" they’re looking for a teen that’s almost certainly 5’7" or more, that’s not a mistake that’s abject stupidity that makes Vincent adultman slightly more believable.

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          Depends on where they live. If they live in a conservative area, you’re probably right. But where I live you can totally get a payout. I mean, you’re not set for life or anything but it’s enough to buy a lot of therapy, time off of work, and mushrooms to make that anxiety go away.

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    were stopped by police Oct. 17 on the highway, after the officers mistook Brandon for a juvenile with two felony warrants, including one for gun possession, according to Sacramento police.

    Holy shit he’s FUCKING EIGHT YEARS OLD. Did they just see a black kid and lose their fucking minds

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      You shouldn’t be allowed to point your gun at people

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        First rule of gun safety “only point your weapon at something you are ready to destroy.” If an cop points their weapon at someone it should be treated like they took the shot.

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        theyre people killing devices. thats their intended purpose. how do you use a device for its intended purpose and not point it at the thing its designed to kill?

        its the cops here who dont need to actually carry lethal weapons because acab

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          One is intended as a people killing device. The other is a gun.

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            Guns are made to kill, aint the basic rule is if you are pulling it, you gonna be willing to kill the victim?

            Why does police follow different rules? Why are they always pulling guns on people, many times unwarranted such as here?

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          If pigs point guns, then that means they will kill the victim…

          Please let us know if we have arrived mentally as society to permit pigs to kill kids and preggers women?

          Do you think the swine feared for their useless lives here also? 8yo kid got them quacking in their boots? Clear and present danger?

          Can’t count on the occuption force to tell difference?

          Pretty sure US bootkickers had more decorum during Iraq and Afghanistan occupation, we can’t expect any of that from “protect & serve” … daddies’ property.

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    The other day I was in the emergency room for an asthma attack. The guys across from me got into an accident due to a dui, and we’re all going to be arrested later (so they couldn’t leave). When it was my time to check out and I approached the exit, I could hear someone sprinting behind me, and a loud “STOP!”. I turned around and there was an officer that was literally seconds away from tackling me from behind.

    The nurses had just barely stopped him in time. Suffice to say, I almost shat bricks.

    Another time a cop pulled me over, I found a safe place, stepped out of the car and locked it, and then sat on the curb next to my car. They then threatened to shoot me if I didn’t get back in my car. I don’t even think he was worried about me being a flight risk or a danger, he just really wanted to search my car, and that made it more complicated. Luckily, I was fine. I’m a bit of a poor redneck (litteral redneck, I work outside), and fuck, cops really don’t like you when you look poor like that.

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      Show them license, registration, stuff like that to show compliance. Be respectful and say shit like “i respectfully decline to answer that question, sir”. If they want to search you or your car, say “I do not consent to a search”. They’ll probably search anyway, but even if they do find something, it does not hold in court, because the evidence was collected in an illegal manner.