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dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

Officer draws gun on man at gas station after mistaking pump for pistol

www.independent.co.uk

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Officer draws gun on man at gas station after mistaking pump for pistol

www.independent.co.uk

dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 6 days ago
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An officer drew a gun on a man in a gas station after he mistook a pump for a pistol. On 7 August, a Leon County Sheriff's officer can be seen approaching an individual at a Circle K parking lot in Florida, where he tells him to show his hands whilst pointing a gun at him. “What are you doing?” the deputy asks, to which the man replied: “I'm filling up gas cans.” The sheriff said that the man was holding the nozzle as if it were a pistol, but the man explained that he was waving his hands to get the worker’s attention to turn the pump on. The conversation became heated when the man “threatened to get a lawsuit” on the officer. "While no one was injured during the incident, LCSO would like to assure the public that we review any incidents of concern to evaluate opportunities for training or additional action," the force said in a statement.
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  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    The best line from the full video is when the guy was going in to pay, the cop was still making excuses, and the guy says, “You saw what you wanted to see.”

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    The conversation became heated when the man “threatened to get a lawsuit” on the officer.

    Hope, he did!

  • Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world
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    Guy is outside the car…cop tells him to “stay in the car”

    Lmao

    • Forester@pawb.social
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      Afaict the stay command was for the woman.

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    “I grossly misinterpreted the situation and that must be your fault!”

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    Cops are such fucking cowards

  • Seaguy05@lemmy.world
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    Oh this isn’t even the whole video. He then tried to solicit a trespass from the clerk who was on the customers side.

    https://youtu.be/O5JwWf_Q5qA

  • ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com
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    Cop had some old school rap lyrics stuck in his head and heard someone say ‘I got the pump’…

  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    Where are you guys seeing the video? All I’m seeing is a screenshot of it above a tiny article with no helpful info. Just like every time I see a news website posted instead of the raw link.

    • Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
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      The video is in the body of the thread, at least for me. So your browser or app is not showing you the post correctly, if there is no video on your side.

    • Goretantath@lemmy.world
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      Yeah, be nice if BOTH were posted…

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    So… in theory, if you doused someone with a gun in gasoline, would they be unable to fire rhe gun without lighting themselves on fire?

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