The Tyreek Hill incident
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NFL star gets pulled over, cop knocks on his tinted window to get him to roll it down, he gets childish and belligerent about the window knock, as if the cop isn't supposed to do that, finally surrenders some ID, rolls window back up, cop knocks again, more belligerency from Tyreek, cop removes him from car.
Tyreek gets in front of media and paints a picture of meek respect from him, met by out of control cops half crazed by racism. Or something. Idiotic during the stop, and idiotic afterwards to get in front of the world and lie about it when it's all on body cam.
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A couple secondary points. The officers changed their tune as soon as they realized they were dealing with famous athletes. Weak. And, a nationally prominent black radio host, in discussing the situation, racialized the situation against the cops, by joking about how their immigration status needs to be checked. Black privilege.
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Decades ago, I remember one of the Chicago radio shock jocks gave some very decent advice. He said that no matter what has been going on or how crazy things appear, the minute the police show up, it is time to be calm and respectful, just "yes sir/no sir" in a calm and patient manner. Emotion is put aside. From what I saw, Tyreek may have thought he was doing that - but a review of the recording suggests he could have done better. It was almost like he was high - whether chemically or psychologically juiced for the game. OTOH, the officer appeared to be a little wired up as well. Still, Tyreek didn't help his cause - might have been nervous, high or inexperienced in interacting with police.
I've seen a lot of videos of police interactions - good and bad - but it is incumbent upon the citizen to be patient and calm with an Eddie Haskell level of politeness. This stuff should be taught in schools. If the officer is an asshole, don't react at the scene - there's times for dealing with that later. A supervisor can be requested if things seem a bit too insane - but anticipate that he/she may be inclined to support his/her officer.
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Decades ago, I remember one of the Chicago radio shock jocks gave some very decent advice. He said that no matter what has been going on or how crazy things appear, the minute the police show up, it is time to be calm and respectful, just "yes sir/no sir" in a calm and patient manner. Emotion is put aside. From what I saw, Tyreek may have thought he was doing that - but a review of the recording suggests he could have done better. It was almost like he was high - whether chemically or psychologically juiced for the game. OTOH, the officer appeared to be a little wired up as well. Still, Tyreek didn't help his cause - might have been nervous, high or inexperienced in interacting with police.
I've seen a lot of videos of police interactions - good and bad - but it is incumbent upon the citizen to be patient and calm with an Eddie Haskell level of politeness. This stuff should be taught in schools. If the officer is an asshole, don't react at the scene - there's times for dealing with that later. A supervisor can be requested if things seem a bit too insane - but anticipate that he/she may be inclined to support his/her officer.
@kluurs I agree. Doesn't make sense to try and challenge the police at that time. (Not sure if that was the case here - did not watch the video)
But in general, good advice.
