Florida Cop Empties His Gun, Runs For Cover After Acorn Falls On Car and Mistakes It For Shots Fired

So I watch the video and Jesus fucking Christ. That man should not be allowed to own a gun.

I wonder if he's a veteran or something because his reaction seemed like abject terror and panic. Regardless , no one should have let that man have a gun if he's so terrified and unstable.

So, I went to the bad place at the bad place, and the cops there were totally meme-ing on the event and seemed to agree he was an idiot and shouldn't be a cop. That was a pleasant surprise, I'll admit.

I also saw a bit of defending his "perception" of what was happening though. It's weird that they forget perception is subjective when the person isn't wearing a uniform though. :shrug:

Stole a couple of the memes with absolutely no guilt about it though.

This is like a scene in a Leslie Nielsen comedy

Do you know how loud a gunshot is..? And he thought the sound of an acorn hitting the car was a shot fired by the suspect inside the car he's standing next to? Either he's lying or he's remarkably stupid, either way he should not have a gun.

What doesn't get mentioned much in articles about this: that cop is a military veteran with PTSD... Like, the absolute last person who should be a cop.

What did he actually shoot at though? He had no verified target. Did he just empty his clip wildly into thin air? What was he pointing his gun at?

Edit: holy shit, he shot at his own cop car with a suspect in the back

This video has the makings of an immortal classic

Cops are among the easiest people to spook. They're like bunny rabbits, but with guns.

Other triggers include

• removing something from a pocket especially when asked
• being brown
• running, for any reason
• Owning a dog
• not being white

this feels like a good time to mention that the police fought a legal battle for the right to institute a maximum IQ among recruits

Much as we like to joke about it, to me this hints at the bad state of the mental and emotional care system.

For cops in particular in this case, but of course the population at large, too. A person who is armed - and in the US that can be everybody 2 years or older basically - should not be left without help to get into a situation where they can be this delusional and on edge while carrying a gun. People need help. Medical help.

Its time to stop thinking of cops as big boys with guns and think of them more like dogs with guns that fire when they bark.

I was absolutely CONVINCED that this was accidentally posted in c/nottheonion rather than c/theonion

Nope. Its 100% legit

American cops sure are bunch of twitchy mf

Reality is just a Whitest Kids U Know skit

Umm the article left out if the person inside the car survived.

Wow, just.. wow. The story doesnt do it justice, the video is insane.

Officer Chicken Little reporting for duty.

Roland Pryzbylewski in the house!

This site is so bad. Where's the video?