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I saw this video popping like crazy on my X feed today. Seems to be another instance of a controversial arrest of a black man (here Tyreek Hill) in America and as expected, everybody picked a side. I watched the whole video, but I have to say, I'm a bit confused. A few thoughts: -The officers looked short tempered and agressive, but not at first. -Hill kept calling the officers "bro" 🙄 -Hill rolled up his tainted window while interacting with the officer 🚩 -Refused to sit down after being asked to. Said it's because he just had knee surgery, but also, played football later that day? 🤔 -The guy in the other car not showing his Driver's licence after being asked 10 times. I mean, I know there's history of police violence, even police killing citizens in the US. But in this case, there's none of that (there's been rough handling of Hill for sure, but Hill didnt show his best behavior either), so I'm really curious as to why it seems to have become such a controversial arrest? 😳
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What's wrong with calling someone "bro"? Why the nitpicking?
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Is this a serious question? You're being pulled over by the police, and you think calling the officer "bro" is going to get you the best outcome? If you seriously think so, I can't do anything for you...
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“bro” is much more of a cultural thing than disrespecting someone, it’s like saying “man” but even so, talking how you want to an officer shouldn’t provoke any reaction on their part, otherwise they shouldn’t be on the force not being able to talk how you want is called “compelled speech”, and i’m pretty sure people who historically depend the police hate it
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I have nothing against you Youssef, but I'm sorry, defending "bro" as an acceptable term to use when addressing a law officer is straight up bad faith argument. This is like, 101 basic social interactions practices. Here, I'm not saying calling someone bro justifies for any retaliation, but when you interact with another human, the way you talk, behave, etc...Does influence the other person's response. It's just delusional to think that because he's a cop, he's gonna have a robotic answer that's not gonna take into account any context element 🤷‍♂️
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