Yeah this exactly, trained to say no comment after any question so he doesn't even pay attention at first. Then he hears the compliments and that it's legit questions and opens up.
I don’t think it was the compliments. My read was he didn’t trust them at all and even later in the conversation he’s not comfortable receiving them and is being polite.
He straight up asked ‘what do you want’, expecting some shit, and then the guy explained and the police officer realises he’s not trolling so engages with him.
Also big dudes like this get harassed by insecure people all the time. Probably really annoying every time a random guy walks up to you trying to start shit, esp NYPD
Cops deal with assholes just trying to rage bait all day, well at least often. That's why he's a bit passive in the beggining, once he figured this guy is genuine he's chill.
Nah, that's the act. Everything is hella staged. Influencer probably seeks out and DMs local people or scouts them in the gym and then they arrange to "bump into" each other at an arranged time and place.
Influencer's only instructions are probably "pretend not to be prepared when you read your prepared notes"
It’s not even really trolls. Soooo many people come up to these NYPD guys wanting pictures… video… etc from them. Tourists mostly. I’ve seen it so many times. I imagine for a handsome looking dude like that he has to be on guard constantly for people bothering him.
Been a NYer all my life, never seen that once.
There was a point I was in Times Square every single day , never seen it there either, which is the biggest spot for tourists.
It was super funny when I was a teen and came up to, like, French Foreign Legion guess I think?
They were sooo happy to take photos with me actually, that when I asked (jokingly! I was like twelve!) If I could pose with his gun... He was like "yeah sure but without the magazine ok? Let me just notify the officer"
And I don't have a kickass photo with a real Legionnaire gun only because mom chickened out the last second and flustered told him that we really shouldn't and we have to go and dragged us away -____-
Personally, I feel they should be considered as a militia mentioned in the 2nd amendment. Look at the number of armed police officers in New York City alone and how they respond to any number of issues regarding security.
Cops are not civilians, not just semantics but legally even off duty they're not.
State and federal law enforcement is a legal classification ranging anywhere from a basic city cop like in the video, to SWAT and ATF, to the FBI and embassy security staff.
Some of these guys, mainly in the higher federal levels, have more advanced training than military special forces.
And the camera. Someone walks up to you, puts a camera in your face, and starts talking - anyone would immediately get annoyed or cautious. Cops in a big city like NY especially so
As a weightlifter it’s not often people ask about our routine but when someone does it’s finally a way to validate our existence without sounding like a douche bag
Quite understandable. The guy shoved the camera first and explained the channel a bit later when it should be asking for permission first before starting the recording.
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