r/interesting • u/Interesting-Gate7473 • 14h ago
Fear Factor A bomb squad was checking a suspicious backpack, and this dude got fed up with waiting
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u/lep63again 13h ago
I love the group tackle AFTER they were sure it wasn’t gonna blow 🤣
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u/Ht_TX 13h ago
Would’ve been 15 yards in an NFL game for that hit. Entirely unnecessary, dude wasn’t running anywhere, he was walking off angrily saying shit like ‘These fucking guys have me standing here for 40 minutes over some fucking clo…..’ then got leveled. Could’ve just as easily grabbed his arm and nothing would’ve happened.
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u/Voodoo-Chyld 13h ago
But then how can they high-five each other back at the station for attacking someone like that?
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u/StarMaterial1496 13h ago
High-fives, pats on the back, (for the cameras, on the ass later) personalized plaques for their heroic actions etc.
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u/ElmerChud1 13h ago
The amount of "good job boys" I hear at the end of body cam footage after beating someone senseless pisses me off.
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u/distress_bark 12h ago
Bake him away, toys!
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u/DarkAndHandsume 11h ago
What gets me are the folks late to the party that want to get in the dogpile with a couple of cheap shoves, elbows, knees, punches etc etc smh
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u/The_Nepenthe 9h ago
I personally "love" it when they sit like 2-6 people on top of someone and demand their hands which they've now buried under 200-900lb.
Easy way they can keep hitting someone for awhile and not get called on it, and slap a resisting charge.
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u/newbrevity 11h ago
And you know that's part of the problem with the world. Too many people hearing "good job" undeservedly. What if we just called everybody's effort mid unless it was actually exceptional.
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u/HystericalGD 13h ago
so this guy actually came out and spoke on it later. he was fully convinced it wasnt a bomb. they had the roads blocked off for hours, he was fed up with it, and took matters to his own hands
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u/Polenicus 11h ago
I worked security at a local college when we had a bomb threat at one of the bus stops. Was a metal cannister, made up to look like an explosive device, and a threat phoned in.
Didn't take them hours to resolve. They had a robot in, dismantled the bus stop shelter to get at it safely, had it in the containment vessel and 'detonated' it (It was full of soup)
We had the area secured, too. No one was gonna just wander up and dump out the soup.
And our operation? Was a gong show. As Campus Security, We were NOT properly trained to deal with this. But the local police covered our slack.
What were these jokers doing? Why wasn't traffic rerouted? Why wasn't the perimeter secured?
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u/TheDrummerMB 9h ago
Busy downtowns are notoriously harder to manager than college campuses.
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u/T_Peters 11h ago
This is where, if police operated like normal human beings, they would not treat the man who risked his own safety to solve the problem like a human. But alas, the system is built this way to stifle freedom and actual heroes and turn them into criminals for no reason.
Get the fuck out of the way. If you're scared for your life, stand back and let someone who isn't take care of it so everyone can move on with their day and thousands of dollars of taxpayer money isn't being wasted.
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u/FlamingoVisible1947 11h ago
I mean you don't know how powerful a potential explosive is, he definitely didn't just put his own safety at risk.
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u/TstclrCncr 8h ago
To add from experience. Evidence collection.
If it does turn out to be real we're trying to preserve evidence to be able to try and track the maker or to make a stronger case against them.
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u/bingle-cowabungle 11h ago
Which doesn't make the tackle from behind okay...
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u/Gorthax 11h ago
The tackles are because he's IT now, obviously. Last one to touch it, IS it.
Recess rules b.
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u/Ok_Advertising_8874 11h ago
How does that make what the cops did okay?
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u/CryptographerBest909 10h ago
they never said it did, just that he didnt only put his own safety at risk as the comment they replied to said
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u/niceguy191 6h ago
Bit of a side tangent, but I see this sort of comment that you replied to all the time and it drives me nuts. Refuting one particular point doesn't mean you don't agree with the rest of it. In fact, often it's because you do agree with the rest of it and want to eliminate the one inaccuracy so the point can still stand unhindered.
Has reading comprehension really taken such a dive?
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u/DreddPirateBob808 11h ago
I suggest you look into some of the bombings Britain has dealt with (lets not get bogged in politics as that just leads to closed threads). That twat could have destroyed hundreds of lives because he was impatient?! Your ignorance is appalling, frankly.
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u/HungrySwimmer26 11h ago
Okay, I’ll play devils advocate here just to say regardless of if the guy is a “hero” because he’s willing to see if it’s a bomb, response teams are right to be pissed because 1. It puts lives in danger unnecessarily 2. Could have resulted in greater damage to surrounding infrastructure and 3. Didn’t follow protocols designed for this exact situation
Yes the processes is slow and disruptive but they have to deal with it properly- as is the general expectation from the public, if they didn’t and it goes wrong, what do you think the the consequence is?
Two things are true here, the police were wrong to use excessive force on him and he acted like a child throwing a tantrum, all because emergency services were doing there jobs correctly and he didn’t want to wait for whatever reason. In my eyes that doesn’t make him a hero just an idiot
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u/sembias 10h ago
Being "pissed" is not an excuse for police brutality. Not when you're a fucking professional making good money with a pension - oh, and a license to kill whoever you want.
Modern policing is anything but professional.
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u/WhoPoopedMyPants420 6h ago
Being "pissed" is not an excuse for police brutality.
I love when people start their replies with something that 100% confirms they did not read the comment they're replying to.
"It's not an excuse tho" "YEAH BUT WHAT HE DID IS NOT AN EXCUSE!!!!!"
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u/HoneydewMaleficent71 10h ago
How would the police know it wasn't him that sent the threat and now he's putting his finger prints on the bag to contaminate the evidence? Plus all the rules and protocols are there so when suspects are being charged they can use evidence that can hold up at court plus It's been found out in a just and fair process. That guy is a fussy baby, the people in uniform who choose to put their lives at risk are heroes.
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u/Gladwulf 9h ago
Assaulting him after he contaminated evidence doesn't decontaminate though.
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u/Kooky_Win4720 9h ago edited 9h ago
No one thinks the guy was at all in the right.
They think that the cops had no reason to likely cause a permanent injury to someone who was clearly not dangerous and was surrounded and wasn't fleeing and would have almost certainly just let them handcuff him. The guy was a fussy baby and should be treated like a fussy baby. The cops acted like violent criminals and should be treated like violent criminals.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
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u/waluigieWAAH 9h ago
This whole disagreement started because t-peters called him a hero
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u/King_McCluckin 11h ago
Man goes up deciding hes going to just dump the bag that could of set it off if it where a bomb destroying property and possibly killing or injuring people in the surrounding area. This man wasnt a hero hes a fuckin moron yes the tackle was unnecessary but he doenst just get to run up to a scene and do what he wants because hes annoyed they kept him waiting.
Setting here talking about tax dollars wasted if that was a bomb and it did go off who do you think is going to pay for all the damage the tax payers. That is why we have something called the BOMB SQUAD to handle these situations instead of some random guy who just runs up not knowing a thing about what he is doing handle it. Some things are more important than you getting home to watch your tv show on time.
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u/ComradeJohnS 11h ago
what if he was there to activate the bomb though? they couldn’t know for sure in the moment.
safety first, convenience second for bombs.
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u/stupid_rabbit_ 11h ago
I mean, he was certainly a dangerous moron, However, they did tackle him only arfter he had already emptied the backpack shown it was not a bomb and was walking off.
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u/Ok_Advertising_8874 11h ago
I'm not sure why people can't say "what he did was stupid but he didn't deserve to be tackled like that."
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u/Effective_Bat9485 11h ago
He was not a hero he was a idiot risking people's lives. He may have be convinced that wasn't a bomb. But bomb disposal needs to treet it like one because if they don't and it is that will result in someone dieing.
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u/ForrestCFB 11h ago
Him being arrested makes sense, because he not only put his own life in danger but also others.
But the tackle was VERY unnecessary, simply grabbing his arm would have been more than enough, and you could always escalate from there.
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u/TheAskewOne 10h ago
That tackle was his punishment for bruising their egos.
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u/shite_in_a_bucket 9h ago
100%. These types of things are basically live training exercises for these teams. They technically still didn't *know* there was no explosive device in the bag, as it could have been small or in the pocket of the bag, but somehow they *knew* enough to tackle the guy to the ground right beside the bag + contents.
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u/BadMunky82 13h ago edited 12h ago
Absolutely unnecessary. Hope the guy took him to court.
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u/Big_Throner 13h ago
You're right, the excessive force by the police was absolutely unnecessary.
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u/karkonthemighty 13h ago
One of the most dangerous things that can happen to you is if the police think you've embarrassed them.
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u/Impatient_Onion 11h ago
When in reality the only people who regularly embarrass police officers are the officers themselves with their own behavior.
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u/405freeway 11h ago
I said "Why are you so bad at this?" during my arrest.
They decided to steal my phone for that.
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u/lep63again 12h ago
Can’t upvote this enough. Contempt of Cop is real
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u/MZ603 7h ago
Yeah. I was a dick to one in a neighboring town when I was in high school. Made him call another cop from another town if he was going to search my car. The other cop (from my town) showed up, and I let the first cop start searching my car. I shot the shit with the cop from my town, and asked him, "I can stop this at any time, right? That's what the paper I just signed said." He said "yes". So then I stopped the first cop. I was being an ass, but I knew I didn't have anything and the cop was on a power trip.
Next time the first cop saw me driving, he pulled me over for going less than 5 miles per hour over the speed limit. First thing he said, was "I got you", & he made sure to show up to court.
That cop was a known piece of shit. A year or two later he was booted from the three person department and arrested for soliciting a minor in his cop car.
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u/TokiVideogame 13h ago
why they do that
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u/Preeng 13h ago
Because they were embarrassed and these manchildren couldn't handle it.
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u/Fun-Benefit116 11h ago
Why would they be embarrassed? You seriously think bomb squads believe every single thing they check is a bomb? Are you that dumb? They were being safe and trying to make sure there wasn't a bomb and this guy went up and risked his and other lives by doing what he did. He didn't embarrass anyone except maybe himself.
Do you think bomb squads are embarrassed when they check something out and ends up not being a bomb? Because you seem dumb enough to actually think that...
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u/yawara25 10h ago
Was it really necessary for 3 of them to run up and tackle him like that though?
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u/wstx3434 6h ago
They don't know who the fuck he is. Random dudes ran up in a cringe scene dumping a backpack out that COULD have been explosive.
He's a jackass who potentially could have potentially done a lot of damage.
I'm not pro cop being aggressive for the sake of being aggressive, but if some looney toon had the balls to swarm a bag the bomb squad was ensuring weren't explosives I would get his down no matter the force.
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u/These-Net4794 12h ago
They couldn’t be sure if he grabbed a detonator or bomb. They don’t know what was in there
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u/AMemoryComeALive 12h ago
you think multiple people are going to rush in and tackle someone they think might have picked up a detonator or bomb?
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u/HOSTfromaGhost 11h ago
...leave it to cops to be both pussies and bullies in the same moment.
Disgusting.
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u/CommonWest9387 14h ago
the running body slam after bro emptied the bag was not necessary
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u/ThetaGrim 13h ago
Probably waiting to do that since he got the idea to join the police force.
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u/smellslike2016 12h ago
"Alright guys. As soon as he doesn't blow up, let's possibly give him a spinal injury he'll have to deal with for the rest of his life."
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u/SomethingIWontRegret 9h ago
He's getting forcefully thrown face down at high velocity onto concrete. He'll be lucky to be able to feed himself after this.
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u/Dim-Mak-88 14h ago
It's easier to LARP as a tough guy and to engage in risk-free power flexing than it is to be truly brave and take real risks.
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u/AnotherRTFan 12h ago
See the Uvalde police
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u/Specialist-Town8473 11h ago
That will remain a blemish. They even arrested one father who tried to enter the school fearing for his child’s safety
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u/Cupcakes_n_Hacksaws 11h ago
Also actually arrested one of their own who tried to go in, since his wife was shot and dying inside
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u/binzersguy 10h ago
Virtually any LE is like this, in my experience. Some are brave and honorable , but it’s far from the norm
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u/The-Real-Number-One 9h ago
The Uvalde Police department that receives 40% of the city's tax revenue?
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u/ChewbaccaIsBear 12h ago
they were infuriated that their cowardice was put in full display and they had to go hit the brave dude...
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u/Geekerino 10h ago
The brave dude who could've set off a bomb, potentially killing himself, the people beyond the barrier and damaging all the infrastructure around him? What a hero. The truth is that he couldn't know for sure it wasn't actually a bomb, because if he did he either made the threat or knew who did. This was just stupid.
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u/Holek 13h ago
yeah, that is true, they could've approached the guy afterwards and arrest him normally. Wha the did was reckless and irresponsible, but it doesn't excuse their tackle
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u/nico851 13h ago
They still waited until he was done checking the backpack.
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u/FatDaddyMushroom 13h ago
To be fair I wouldn't tackle someone if I thought they were about to blow up... Granted I wouldn't have tackled him at all.
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u/CommonWest9387 13h ago
it is reckless but if anything he should’ve been tackled as soon as he got up to the bag. afterwards when he is walking away.. no tackle necessary
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u/Excellent_Condition 13h ago
The tackle was totally unnecessary, and the fact that they pinned his arms so he couldn't break his fall makes it worse. I get needing to immobilize someone so they can't fight and injure the cops, but that should only happen if the person is actually trying to fight.
I disagree about tackling him when he got to the bag though; if they thought it was dangerous they shouldn't have run in when he reached it. All that would do would expose them to injury when he could just have easily been arrested after he finished emptying the bag.
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u/thinkingahead 13h ago
lol they totally waited from him to confirm there was no risk and then off off running to take him down (why?)
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u/SunGreene42 11h ago
He's lucky they didn't shoot him. Pretty stupid to do that when the cops are investigating a potential bomb threat, they could easily assume you're a terrorist trying to trigger it.
Like I hate bad cops as much as the next person, but come on, this one was entirely on him.
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u/foley800 13h ago
“Technical legal jargon” = could not find a charge that would fit!
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u/Far_Ladder_2836 12h ago
"Technical legal jargon" = didn't actually do anything illegal.
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u/Real_Walk5384 12h ago
Barging past a police blockade when they think there's a bomb threat is absolutely illegal.
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u/spartan117warrior 11h ago
What is the charge?
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u/Josh_Ice123 11h ago
There was no charge. Not in the backpack and not in the courtroom either.
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u/lpfan20o 11h ago
Brother, that bag was pretty big, let's say it was an actual bomb, do you think it couldn't have potentially killed a couple of them, or at least damage them in a way?
We all could act tough thinking it's most likely just a bag, until it's not and everyone else pays the consequences of your stupidity.
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u/Sherbert-Particular 11h ago
Without question it would be obstruction, although one would imagine they tried to tack on other shit.
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u/Thirty_Helens_Agree 12h ago
When I was in law school, a guest lecturer said that whenever someone says a criminal charge was dismissed on a technicality, “technicality” means “the Constitution.”
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u/Commentor9001 13h ago
I suspect they dropped it because the facts of the case were embarrassing to the cops.
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u/Sherbert-Particular 11h ago
I mean, he said he saw he saw the coverage of the backpack on the news, got on his bike so that he could be a superhero, then when going past the police line yelled he was going to blow himself up... Then he admitted guilt to obstruction and disorderly conduct.
Honestly hard to imagine a more clear case of both charges, especially given it was his intent from well before this footage was taken to do what he did.
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u/MemoryAppropriate729 11h ago
Yeah I think it's funny in this case because there wasn't a bomb, but he wasn't running up there because he thought it was fake. I thought you were wrong until I went and read the story and yeah he is just not 100% there
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u/Sherbert-Particular 11h ago
Cheers to the mentally unstable guy with a heart of gold, we love to see it, but bad call on his part on how to express himself. Definitely one of those cases where it is objectively wrong to interfere with police doing their jobs.
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u/Far_Composer_5714 13h ago
I was hoping more that he countersued for injury for the unnecessary tackle
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u/corrector300 8h ago
As usual on reddit OP's title is...inaccurate.
He says he woke up that morning, and saw TV coverage of the suspicious bag and decided if it’s bomb, he wanted to be a hero.
"As soon as I saw that, I’m like, I’m going to go save the day, take one for the team and jump on it or discard it in the river because it’s been going on for two to three hours," he said.
Less 'fed up with waiting' and more 'insane bored guy with nothing better to do.'
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u/Excellent_Condition 13h ago
There's an interview here with the bicyclist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra47XC3aWdU
He said he was trying to protect his city, wanted to save people like in a Tom Clancy novel, and if it was real was planning take all the shrapnel himself or throw it into a nearby river.
There's also an article here:
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u/wellbeingisnotfree 12h ago
He's even more of a moron than I thought.
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u/kumquatkilla1 11h ago
This guys a fucking idiot and idk why anyone is defending him. If there were a bomb in there, he risked countless lives with his idiocy.
What a moron.
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u/reluctantseal 11h ago edited 6h ago
The article doesn't expand on it, but he does have mental health issues.
He said he tends to be very reactive and impulsive to what he sees on TV. When the news reported a suspicious package, he was compelled to respond and try to be a hero.
I'm not sure what happened to him after this other than the charges were dropped. Hopefully he has someone who cares to keep an eye on him so he doesn't get into any more dangerous situations.
Edit: I think this came across as me defending him in some way, but I think it's relevant to know that this wasn't just someone being impatient or purposefully endangering others. He still shouldn't have done it and I fully agree he needed to be detained, at least to figure out why he behaved so bizarrely.
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u/Taborask 10h ago
I don't think that excuses the officers trying to break his spine in half but the dude is definitely an idiot
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u/Ori_the_SG 10h ago
Every time this video is posted on Reddit or elsewhere, this guy (the bicyclist) is the idiot who receives the praise and in contrast results in law enforcement actually doing something right getting hated on.
So in other words, the suicidal idiot who thought he would be a hero like in a fiction novel but in reality could’ve leveled half a street because he knew nothing about bombs is the guy all the cop haters praise, and that tells you a lot about them.
Meanwhile, the actual story is that a person in a business nearby called a suspicious backpack in and the police did their job and were handling the situation.
It’s also telling that this comment has 37 upvotes and the Redditors bashing police have thousands.
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u/arizonadirtbag12 9h ago
Can we agree that both the bicyclist is a fuckin moron and that the flying tackle was completely uncalled for?
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u/StillAsk1197 13h ago
this is like so stupid on both sides
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u/MechMeister 13h ago
If homeboy couldn't access his home or place of work that nonsense I totally understand lol.
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u/kingcrow15 12h ago
IDK if he'd been blown up, we'd be sitting around here calling him and idiot. & "what'd he expect?" yatta yatta.
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u/K_Linkmaster 4h ago
There was absolute zero reason to suspect this forgotten backpack was a bomb. It was sensationalist bullshit intended to fearmonger. And it worked
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u/vex5000 4h ago
Yeah let's completely disregard safety protocols because 99% of the time they are not real. Are you stupid?
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u/Electrical-Tie-1143 12h ago
It’s worse, he left home to come and do this, he wasn’t waiting at all
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u/phranks_phluids 13h ago
Imagine if he just got a block from his house on his bike and he really had to blow up his bathroom, but was deprived of his personal throne... This seems very reasonable in that scenario. I'm not going to the god damn CVS!
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u/Dontshipmebro 13h ago
"sorry i took out an entire city block, I really had to take a shit"
The end doesnt justify risking potentially dozens of lives.
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u/AzureSubaru 10h ago
The amount of a higher powered explosive like C4 (since it has like 1.5x the power of tnt) would be more than would fit in a backpack. A standard block of c4 is about 1.25lb and would only cause significant damage in a 1 meter radius. A backpack of them would probably be like 4 blocks of c4
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u/SecondAccountIsBest 9h ago
Thanks for being the first person to mention this on this thread. People are acting like there's a thermonuclear device in here (which while possible is extremely unlikely without being stopped way before it got to this point)
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u/Russian-8ias 12h ago
He doesn't have to worry about the ending lol
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u/DeepLock8808 12h ago
“Either I get to empty my bowels into a toilet, or I get to empty them over a five block radius. Win win for me, my pain is gone!”
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u/SquashSquigglyShrimp 11h ago
If they actually have the literal bomb squad out, maybe just give them a bit. There really isn't a reason that would justify potentially blowing up a city block because of impatience
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u/Sure_Eye9025 12h ago
A quick search of the case shows he the bomb investigation on the news and rushed down there as he wanted to 'play superhero'. Apparently told officers he wanted to 'take one for the team' and prevent someone else getting blown up and thought it would be a fastpass to heaven because a 'higher power' told him so
Dude was just a nutjob
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u/voyaging 11h ago
I wonder if he’s making up his story retroactively because it definitely seems more like he opened it angrily
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u/Gloomy_Cress9344 9h ago
It can also be that he's disappointed that there's no bomb and can't really play the hero
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u/scriptedtexture 11h ago
that does not match his body language in the video at all. dude looks fed up.
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u/Particular_Army_6150 12h ago
“Sorry we couldn’t deactivate the bomb that damaged your apartment, some guy wanted to aura farm and flipped it open.”
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u/Prestigious-Shop-494 11h ago
"If I can't get to work in time I'm gonna endanger the life of random people" right
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u/Lfeaf-feafea-feaf 13h ago
I know right, who wouldn't risk their own life for minimum wage
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u/a_literal_idiot_616 12h ago
yeah totally understandable to risk injurying/killing a few people to get home sooner
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u/VP007clips 11h ago
The problem is, there's a situation of the event being unlikely, but with very serious consequences.
They are taking precautions, because if they make a mistake or have a bomb go off just once in their career, they, and everyone around them, dies.
Extreme caution is warranted.
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u/Party_Syrup_3035 10h ago
I feel insane reading these comments. It could have been a bomb and dipshit runs in and empties a sack and everyone thinks he's awesome, but if it blows up and he kills himself and more?
Like yeah, okay, it's most likely not a bomb but like what does it cost you to be right and wrong? How important are the literal minutes you lose by waiting? Same mentality as road rage to me. Saving seconds and acting like a moron.
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u/dcheng47 8h ago
if im right i get to go inside, if im wrong i dont have to deal with this or any other shit anymore. - that guy probably
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u/TactualTransAm 13h ago
Wild how different the comments would be if bro had blown himself sky high just out of impatience 😂
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u/Bitter_Split5508 11h ago
He wasn't even impatient. As another commenter pointed out: guy has mental health issue and wanted to throw himself on the bomb to save the city.
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u/RunningEscaping 9h ago
God forbid a fella wants to go out with a bang protecting the city, only to be seen in another country a few months later by his loving and trusted butler who thought he was dead. Finally giving the city the hero it needs, while disappearing into the sunset.
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u/LetterheadAshamed716 10h ago
If he would have blown himself up then that cop would be super pissed that he didn't get to unnecessarily spear someone then went home and beat his wife and kids.
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u/3ndless68 14h ago
Not a police interaction without unnecessary violence.
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u/DueExplorer3146 11h ago
Why do you think they joined the police in the first place?
Beating up people free of charge is literally their job.
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u/shadowwolf1395 13h ago
Tired of seeing this same incorrect title on this video. The guy was mentally unstable, bordering suicidal. He saw the TV news report about it and decided to play superhero. He wasn't waiting at all.
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u/No_Guarantee_8272 14h ago
It easily could've gone the other way
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u/bobafootfetish_ 14h ago
You mean he would have tackled from the right instead of the left? Yeah I can see that
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u/No_Guarantee_8272 14h ago
I mean he could've set the "bomb" off and blew himself and who knows what else sky high. The "bomb" could've been dirty and spread something across the whole area. There's professionals and protocols for a reason. Just because there was no bomb this time, does not make his actions okay.
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u/Normal-Tadpole-4833 14h ago
but it makes the cops actions ok?? what if he had a bomb on them?? stupid cop decisions one of the first things I learned In the Academy was never rush to your death
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u/Suspicious-Rope-9950 13h ago
Two people can be idiots
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u/NobodyKnowsImFamous 11h ago
Yes but as always, one of parties in this video is paid specifically to uphold the law and held to a higher standard because of that, and one is not.
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u/NotReallyJohnDoe 13h ago
Yes. Countries would spend millions on a dirty bomb just to leave it in a backpack on a random street.
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u/LividVermicelli9689 13h ago
Doesn't take millions to make a "dirty bomb." You could theoretically make one in your garage right now if you had the know-how and patience.
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u/YetAnotherMia 13h ago
Yeah, I mean they can't possible call in the bomb squad every time a bag is left unattended? They probably thought it was a suspicious bag, maybe a bomb threat had been called in?
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u/Naps_And_Crimes 12h ago edited 11h ago
If that was a bomb, would've been one of the dumber deaths recorded
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u/YtnucMuch 14h ago
I can just picture dude saying to himself after shaking and tossing it down. "there ain't no fu**ing bomb" and GANG TACKLED!
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u/warmachine83-uk 11h ago
Didn't I read the guy was not mentally well and had a hero complex
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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE 13h ago
Tough guy waited til no bomb was found before getting his daily frustrations out in that body slam
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u/These-Net4794 10h ago
https://youtube.com/shorts/7t6sss_DFP4?si=M3k_qDt94e4AmXi5
They were already responding while he was still going through the bag. They got there seconds after he dropped the bag.
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u/Frosty_chilly 11h ago
That suit exists so they can ID his corpse, not to PREVENT him from becoming a corpse.
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u/rycpr 12h ago
Yeah, shame on him for not wanting to potentially blow himself up together with that idiot lol
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u/AlterEdward 14h ago
Bro seemed disappointed there was no bomb. Maybe we wanted to off himself.
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u/LaMelonBallz 14h ago
He said he was going to blow himself up and wanted to be a hero
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u/braidingsweetass 11h ago
The comments here are so unbelievably stupid its almost impressive
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u/Ori_the_SG 10h ago
It’s not a wonder, the guy who grabbed the bag wanted to be a hero and thought he could take all the shrapnel to save everyone or dispose of it in a body of water by running away with it.
So naturally capital R redditors defend him
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u/TG-Benji 14h ago edited 13h ago
Bunch of pussies tackled the guy for doing their job better then them
Bunch of pussies in my replies too lmao
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u/Devilswings5 13h ago edited 11h ago
I mean if they had a reasonable threat he just put everyone there or others in danger so ofc they are pissed off.
Edit: im not supporting that they tackled him just pointing out the reason why they probably did.
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u/Goosepond01 13h ago
The lack of critical reasoning is sometimes baffling.
Do you think the job of the bomb squad is to just rattle around the potential bomb to find out if it is a bomb?
Their job is to do it safely, with no casualties and as limited amount of damage as possible, this obviously isn't it.
Honestly it's about as silly as saying that a pilot doing a nosedive on a runway is a better pilot because he got on the ground quicker.
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u/choiceOverload- 14h ago
How so? Is explosive deactivation supposed to be done that carelessly?
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u/ArtLanky9026 12h ago
We got trailer park Benji up in here calling us all pussies trying to show how much better he would be at going through a backpack for bombs lmfao
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u/braidingsweetass 11h ago
If you joined a bomb squad with that stupid ass attitude you'd die
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u/Little-Carpenter4443 13h ago
Imagine if that guy was the bomb and his whole plan was to get as many of them close as possible
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u/Any-Amphibian0815 13h ago
i’m nosy girl too but apparently my survival instinct draws the line at unattended backpacks 😭
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u/PlinkiPlinko 11h ago
Ppl acting like this guy didnt just risk his own life and potentially others because his ass was impatient. I say he deserved to get tackled for the sheer STUPIDITY you have to take that chance.
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u/wellbeingisnotfree 11h ago
The comment section here is truly interesting. Siding with a guy, who endangered an entire city block just cause a cop tackled him.
You focus on the optics, not on how incredibly reckless his behavior was.
Especially since the interview with him has shown the guy genuinely came into there just to have his moment as a hero, no other reason.
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u/stokeskid 14h ago
If that dude would have ducked at the right time it would have fucked that tacklers world up. Wish he would have.
I used to pull this on people in football. Everyone wants to clobber the little guy. So when you see them coming full speed with malice in their eyes, just kneel down at the last second. Then they're the one's hurting.
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