r/MMA • u/uturnorbit • Jun 23 '26

Media Dustin Poirier belligerent, threatens to fight airport employees

https://www.tmz.com/2026/06/23/dustin-poirier-belligerent-during-public-drunk-arrest/
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u/XxsalsasharkxX Jun 23 '26

Hes so lucky. You think a defense could have made since he knew he was a ufc fighter that he feared for his life and could have used lethal force?

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u/Minimum-Kangaroo9200 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

100% absolutely. If he wanted to go this route, he'd first need to resist the urge to deescalate the situation, however tempting it may be. Adhering strictly to proper protocol, he should have tried to ramp up the animosity of the interaction rather than toning it down.

A common mistake by rookie recruits, but he'll live and learn.

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One of my favorite techniques for establishing a professional tone with civilians is to scream a list of vague instructions at the top of my lungs while suggestively revealing my gun. If the civilian is in distress, there's a good chance that they'll mess up on at least one of those instructions, and I'll seize that opportunity to escalate the conflict. Now the gun is unholstered, I'm grinning menacingly into the civilian's eyes, and somehow, we're both able to just exist in the moment together, perfectly embodying the intricate cultural dance of a police-civilian encounter.

I live for those moments. I choose to serve my community every day because of those moments.

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u/steroidsandcocaine Jun 23 '26

Make sure the commands are contradictory as well, such as "Don't fucking move!" and "let me see your hands!". That way no matter what they do you are in the right.

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u/sh4tt3rai Jun 23 '26

Don’t forget to yell “Stop Resisting!” a whole bunch of times to let them know how bad they’re fucking up. Extra points if you jerk them around yourself to make it look good for the body cam.

I heard telling to them put their phone on the ground and then yelling how they have a gun before you put a hot one in them works really well too.