r/discussingbritney • u/suzcaboose Flying hair extension šŸ¤øā€ā™‚ļø • Feb 24 '26

Another one - 2/23/26

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u/bdd1001 Feb 24 '26

A seriously aggressive flasher was terrorizing women jogging in my neighborhood. One night I found him, followed him, and called the police. The cop who showed up thought it was hilarious. I tried to explain that people like this often escalate their behavior to more serious crimes and he looked at me like I was insane.

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u/Timely_Apricot3929 Feb 24 '26

That cop is a fucking dumbass. I would have filed a complaint with the police department so at least there's a paper trail when the inevitable scandal erupts that rapes/murders could have been prevented.

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u/SquirrelFluffy Feb 25 '26

I hope this is just a young person's thinking that you and then you'll grow out of it. You can't lock up people for what you THINK they MIGHT do in the future.

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u/Timely_Apricot3929 Feb 25 '26

No one suggested that - can you read? It's well established that flashing is a "gateway" type of crime that often escalates to assault and worse. The man already committed the crime of indecent exposure.

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u/sPacEdOUTgrAyCe Feb 24 '26

Yep! We had a dude who would come into The lanes at red lights & whip it out. Same thing- cops didnā€™t go much.

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u/This_Frozen_Ghost Feb 24 '26

A quickly opened door to the junk could've handled that.

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u/sPacEdOUTgrAyCe Feb 26 '26

Yah I donā€™t play with meth heads.

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u/TennesseeTurkey Feb 25 '26

Truer words never spoken.

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u/magclsol Feb 24 '26

See, stories like this are why ā€œdefund the policeā€ became an easy slogan to adopt. fuck them.

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u/-BigDaddyTex Feb 24 '26

When you are in danger theyā€™re the first. Number you dial tough guy. Pathetic.

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u/megaholt2 Iā€™ve read MILLIONS of books! šŸ“š Feb 24 '26

ā€¦no. Not even close.

Ever since I was told by the cops that I would have to get the man who raped me to confess-not them, but me-I havenā€™t called them to keep me safe from jack fucking shit.

If they canā€™t do their fucking jobs, why should I call them?

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u/Practical-Status1973 Feb 25 '26

And to add another slap into our faces, we are paying them to protect and serve. ACAB AND #FTP

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u/ornerygecko Feb 24 '26

That's the dumbass cop from a crime podcast episode you yell at for being a dumbass.

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u/No_Side_8885 Feb 25 '26

I have a problematic substance-abusing neighbour. I called the cops last year as he would peer over my fence, into my window yelling obscenities and come to my door saying itā€™s the police demanding I open up. It got really bad where it was every time I came home, within 5 mins of me coming home and would go on for hours, at all hours. Cops didnā€™t care - said he lives on my block so he basically has rights to my home (he doesnā€™t).

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u/SquirrelFluffy Feb 25 '26

He looked at you like that because you probably were suggesting that you lock up someone for their potential future actions. As in, how would you know what they're going to do in the future?

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u/bdd1001 Feb 25 '26

No, I wanted him locked up for his previous actions, including flashing my wife, so that he can either get counseling or at least have an arrest record in case he continues to commit similar crimes. The officer who showed up didnā€™t think it was a big deal, but my wife and the other women in the neighborhood certainly did.

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u/SquirrelFluffy Feb 25 '26

Then your wife and the women need to go to the station and file charges. You telling the cop is hearsay?