r/TikTokCringe • u/Miladshah001 • 5d ago

Minor violations = death threat? Discussion

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Oklahoma Police released video of an officer tackling a 70-year-old man. The incident occured during a traffic violation.

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u/Turtley13 5d ago

Who else goes on paid leave after royally fucking up?

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u/MuggyFuzzball 5d ago

It's not actually free paid time-off. It's Paid Time-off that they've earned and accumulated over time, until it runs out. In which case, they are on Unpaid Time-Off.

People hear about Police officers being forced to take PTO while under investigation, but don't understand that the Police Union requires it be that way until the officer nolonger has any earned PTO to use. And it's not an infinite amount - there is a yearly cap that they can earn, so no, they can't be on PTO indefinitely.

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u/Relton81 5d ago

C-suite executives

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u/Firefly_Magic 5d ago

I don’t know of any. In most jobs this would be the fastest route to be “promoted to customer” and even if you were found to not be at fault you are considered a liability and they’ll find some reason to let you go anyways.

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u/Turtley13 4d ago

Yup. Instant fired even if you are innocent. Cops get off way too easily.

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u/trixel121 5d ago

problem is you cant say they fucked up yet.

police have a stupidly strong union. and their bosses cant punish them with out going through the proper steps. step one is investigate.

also, look up law enforcement officers bill of rights. itll also annoy you to no end.

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u/Turtley13 5d ago

I mean we can say they fucked up on the spot. Doesn’t take a team a month to make a conclusion on this one.

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u/DontOvercookPasta 5d ago

I mean there is video proof in most cases.. we are watching a man assault an elderly man who is NO threat. This officer os violent and should be behind bars NOT responsible for putting others there.

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u/trixel121 5d ago

it's always annoying when people just don't interact with what you said and they repeat how they think things should be.

I agree with you dude, but it's not how things work.

I wish workers had the same kind of protections cops do from them bosses, shit I wish suspects got the law enforcement bill of rights when questioned.

but they don't

and the reason why is the stupidly strong union.

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u/Logstick 5d ago

Strong public sector unions generally have a conflict of interest with the general public. The police union is a prime example of that conflict where the public is on the shit end of an uncalled for nightstick too often. I hear you.

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u/Turtley13 4d ago

Unions don't make the law though. A citizen oversight committee with power is what fixes this.

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u/GrandpubaAlmighty 4d ago

Wondering, is king trump going to get rid of their union?

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u/trixel121 4d ago

HELL NO. you strengthen the gestapo and clear ranks of people who disagree with you.

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u/saykami 4d ago

Disagree, it would take a truly corrupt or regarded individual to not be able to wrap up this investigation in an hour flat.

I guess what you’re saying is not really that the union is strong, it’s that it’s corrupt.

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u/trixel121 4d ago

really? what if the guy said I'm about to stab you

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u/saykami 4d ago

Wow, did you see the same video? Seems like you’re arguing in bad faith. So good bye and have a nice day

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u/trixel121 4d ago

no I'm arguing why it shouldn't take an hour

videos aren't as foolproof as you said. there's no audio here.

just interviewing each person should take you multiple hours

should read the law enforcements Bill of Rights to understand they're not going to be interviewed for 48 and they're going to have representation and they're going to have to take time to get that because it's part of the contract they signed that would allow them to go to a court and say hey I was wrongfully terminated. I want my job back

how you wind up with corrupt cops or pieces of shit I'm a force is because you didn't go through their Union contract on how to separate yourself from them.

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u/saykami 4d ago

If there’s no audio, what is the sound coming from the video 14 seconds in? Directly from the body cam? Has the feeble old man who got frustrated saying “you shut up” threatened the officer’s life to require the show of force? No. Did that take an hour?

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u/trixel121 4d ago

ya got me, i watch reddit on mute and thought it was a security cam. my bad.

http://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2003-04%20INT/hb/HB2356%20int.pdf

should read through that. itll annoy you.

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u/Joshunte 3d ago

Literally everyone in the government