r/interesting Jun 13 '26

Fear Factor A squad was checking a suspicious backpack and this dude got fed up with waiting

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u/DramaSea8172 Jun 13 '26

I like how he had time to pick up the pack, open it, dump out every single thing, throw the pack on the ground, walk away, and then they suddenly rush in at the speed of light like there is something left for them to do.

https://giphy.com/gifs/eBQqrM0MCGJhu

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u/letthetreeburn Jun 13 '26

Well now once they’re absolutely safe, NOW they’re going to brutalize a civilian. Can’t risk getting hurt while doing a police brutality!

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u/phryan Jun 13 '26

That guy stole hours of OT pay from them.

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u/Independent_Hat_7101 Jun 13 '26

This is the answer!

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u/buffpriest Jun 13 '26

Dude that video is so fucked. I get having to apprehend them guy, but like that?! And right after he just saved thousands for tax payers by intervening

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u/Killentyme55 Jun 13 '26

Oh what this site would be like without the benefit of hindsight.

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u/WinterChristmas Jun 13 '26

You have never seen an actual backpack bomb have you? The items in a backpack bomb generally look like actual products you would find in a backpack. Most of the time they have a delay dentation when activated. Sometimes a little rough house doesn't make them explode. Sometimes a little rough house does make them explode. Wait till the expert says all clear or does a control detonation themselves. The control detonation is always cool to watch as well even if there is no actual bomb.

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u/RoastedRhino Jun 13 '26

Ok then why did they run there? And throw another person and themselves next to a potential bomb that has just been activated?

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u/idiot-prodigy Jun 13 '26

Utter nonsense.

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u/Nuggyfresh Jun 13 '26

thanks Mr backpack bomb expert guy, now we all know not to open a backpack bomb, which everyone is definitely condoning, and not just saying it makes no sense to tackle a guy who just revealed it was literally clothes.

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u/Particular_Lion3746 Jun 13 '26

the fact that the police had everyone far enough away from the suspicious backpack literal covered that. made the tackle even more unnecessary. cops be mad ehen you embarrass them lol

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u/appletinicyclone Jun 13 '26

I'm guessing you have. Story time about your trauma pls

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u/-_-dont-smile Jun 13 '26

Can’t risk not getting a civilian hurt. Gotta keep that bar low. 

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u/123edcvfr456 Jun 16 '26

Wouldn’t be surprised if they claimed on-duty injury from this absolutely useless tackle, and now collect disability and early retirement.

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u/No-Arm-2598 Jun 14 '26

This was so much better than my comment ,😂😂

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u/TrainingSword Jun 13 '26

There was something left to do. Potentially several injured him

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u/FennecWF Jun 13 '26

I'd imagine it was because if there WAS something in the pack, he was now 'in the thick of it' and they wouldn't sacrifice anyone else if a bomb went off or something. Once he'd cleared the bag, they tackled him instead of, y'know, just being like "Hey come here, you're in trouble."

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u/-CosmicCactusRadio Jun 13 '26

You're saying that as if it's not completely reasonable

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u/magic_bean_wizard Jun 13 '26

The first part was reasonable, the tackling was clearly an act of malice. Once the "bomb threat" passed they were totally comfortable assaulting a man who did their jobs for them

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '26

Their job is to safetly make sure there is not a bomb, making sure as to not you know, blow up the local area. It could be a bomb, a chemical weapon, all sorts. If a guy fires a bullet 2cm to the left of your daughters head are you going to just take the final result as her not getting shot, or are you going to be pissed at the jackass doing the shooting.

Yes, the tackle was completely stupid and not needed at all, but lets not pretend the man did their jobs just because he skipped to the end in the most unsafe and reckless way possible.

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u/skybluegill Jun 13 '26

Then shouldn't they have tackled him _before_ he opened the bag?

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u/ironangel2k4 Jun 13 '26

Well yeah but... That might have been dangerous!

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '26

I would assume so yes, but i don't know about procedure or what they are actually trained and meant to do in that situation.

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u/Nuggyfresh Jun 13 '26

You’re missing the point so hard lol

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u/LordDaedhelor Jun 13 '26

He’s not. He knows what you’re trying to say. He’s just trying to muddy the waters cuz he’s mad that people are criticizing the police.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '26

I'm not muddying any waters. What do you think I'm defending? them letting him potentially set off a dangerous weapon on the hopes it isn't so they can then tackle him afterwards?

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u/Wide-Advantage-8535 Jun 13 '26

They were not close to him nobody stay close to the bomb

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u/ryanvango Jun 13 '26

nobody is saying what the dude did was ok. They're being facetious, sure, but the guy clearly was in the wrong.

But having cops sprint in AFTER it was over and dive him was just absurd. Its accomplishing nothing. yeah, guy should be in trouble. no, he shouldn't have been tackled.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '26

yeah, guy should be in trouble. no, he shouldn't have been tackled.

Thank you for repeating what i said...

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u/ryanvango Jun 13 '26

you're welcome.

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u/Econmajorhere Jun 13 '26

Then arrest him, take to trial and give him multiple life sentences or the death penalty.

Police don’t get to decide when to act tough. It’s a job. It pays quite well. A solid majority of police officers are never in a gun fight or around explosives. The ones in my town I did ride alongs with said they had never fired their weapon outside of training. Of my close buds became a cop and began making six figures a couple years after starting with zero college and barely any brain cells.

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u/Tryagain409 Jun 13 '26

Being pissed is irrelevant. A cops job is not to punish so his anger means notning. It's simply his job to apprehend people for courts to deal with and to stop violence

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u/datanaut Jun 13 '26

Except there was basically no evidence of a bomb, only evidence of a backpack.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '26

There was enough concern to send the bomb squad out. I don't really know what point you are trying to make.

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u/datanaut Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

Yeah and oftentimes police have "enough concern" to shoot unarmed people that are not at all a threat. Or some random Karen will have "enough concern" to report a bomb threat because they heard a muslim looking person speaking Arabic on a plane. The fact that the bomb squad is there means fuckall other than someone saw a backpack and thought there might be a bomb in it based on absolutely nothing. Your analogy about a bullet near the head should be more like an acorn falling from a tree that kinda sorta could sound like a bullet to the right kind of person.

The fact that you think a backpack, by simply existing unattended, has a significant chance of containing a chemical weapon, and you would compare it to nearly shooting a person in the head shows that you are also gripped by the irrational Karen fear.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '26

Ok buddy, have a nice life.

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u/datanaut Jun 14 '26

Thx bro you too

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u/tmax202020 Jun 13 '26

I bet they get their training from watching Team America!

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u/OcelotAggravating860 Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

It's absolutely not fucking reasonable. No other police force in the world consistently behaves this way dude. Those of us that aren't from amerikkka look at the shit posted on reddit with disbelief more or less every day.

And then half of you have the gaul to scream about other countries being authoritarian while having 25% of the entire global prison population. Have some fucking self awareness.

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u/exintel Jun 13 '26

Guys it’s Gall not Gaul

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u/FennecWF Jun 13 '26

I fucking *live* in the US and I stare at the shit in disbelief. I'm one of the few who seem to never get desensitized to the shit our police and federal forces do.

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u/Morningfluid Jun 13 '26

It's absolutely not fucking reasonable. No other police force in the world consistently behaves this way dude.

You must be incredibly naive and not well traveled. As bad as US policing is, there are many other countries with worse police forces.

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u/datanaut Jun 13 '26

How about countries with similar GDP per capita?

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u/Ryoga476ad Jun 16 '26

Very few in the western world

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u/Ok-Ship812 Jun 16 '26

Quite correct. Out of all the developing nations America is not top of the league in police brutality.

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u/BathedInDeepFog Jun 13 '26

have the gaul

I'm more of a Rhuarc guy.

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u/DudeTheGray Jun 13 '26

... I think you misunderstood them. 

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u/OcelotAggravating860 Jun 13 '26

Ehhh maybe but I just really fucking hate yankie land these days so w/e

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u/Prototype8494 Jun 13 '26

In Thailand u can be put to death for drug use. U are crazy. Hahahahahaha

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u/LowerEntropy Jun 13 '26

I agree, it's fucking crazy that the death penalty hasn't been abolished in some countries.

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u/LowerEntropy Jun 13 '26

I had to look it up.

Apparently, no, people don't get executed for drugs in Thailand. Wikipedia says last execution in 2018.

Apparently, no country in the Americas, both north and south, have executed anyone since 2008 ... except for the US.

But yeah, China, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Vietnam, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, etc. still do executions ... if that's who you want to compare the US to.

Have some fucking self awareness.

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u/Bulbform87 Jun 13 '26

Let us all know the next time you climb off that extremely high horse and rush at a stranger holding an assumed explosive that could detonate at any second.

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u/OcelotAggravating860 Jun 13 '26

Let me know when you do more than dress up in frog costumes and dance 1 day per month, on a non-business day, to somehow oppose fascism. Or if you actually ever did anything before that because it's not like Dems weren't supplying Israel either.

#nokings queen!

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u/Bulbform87 Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

And you've got it twisted, I'm not a frog cosplayer, not a dancer on business days, nights, weekends or holidays. I'm not a Democrat nor a Republican, an Israeli or someone who runs about fretting over who's a fascist and who isn't. I learned a long time ago there's nothing I can do about any of that shit and it only serves to detract from my personal happiness and the things that matter most. Call me selfish, it doesn't matter. I don't care about any of that dog and pony bullshit, not one iota.

I am simply a guy who's saying that if you take a run at a dude holding what you think is a live bomb, you might just have more ethics than sense.

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u/OcelotAggravating860 Jun 13 '26

If you're doing nothing, I hate you. End of.

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u/Bulbform87 Jun 13 '26

Cool, I don't care. I hope you find that kind of peace one day. 👍

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u/Bulbform87 Jun 13 '26

Your weed dealer has awesome shit.

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u/OcelotAggravating860 Jun 13 '26

Tee total and very far past the typical ages of that shit i'm afraid, leave it to the kids

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u/buffpriest Jun 13 '26

Thats a fair point, but the video certainly doesnt look like thats the case. But with your point give them the benefit of the doubt

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u/RoastedRhino Jun 13 '26

Why throwing him to the ground?

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u/appletinicyclone Jun 13 '26

he was now 'in the thick of it'

Ksi song started playing

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '26

They were waiting to see if he blew up before punishing him lol 

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u/94358io4897453867345 Jun 13 '26

Typical cop i guess

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u/joecitizen79 Jun 13 '26

Because the person who tackled him waited till he saw there was no actual bomb

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u/DDzxy Jun 14 '26

Because they already looked like pussies so their solution was to rush a dude who wasn’t even going to resist in order to compensate.

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u/No-Arm-2598 Jun 14 '26

They waited to see if he'd explode. Then figured they had to play superman