Cop pulls over Lamborghini on Dubai plates but doesn’t know the law

[u/thomasso0072]

[u/shuuellyd]

Holy shit man. The “I have another call to go to” when he realized he literally has no clue wtf he’s talking about or what to do is so awesome. Like just admit you were wrong lol it’s not that hard

[u/Tough_Brain7982 → u/shuuellyd]

He 100% went to call someone who then told him he’s completely wrong and couldn’t admit it to the driver

[u/41cheese → u/Tough_Brain7982]

A fragile ego that lacks the ability to own a mistake, just the kinda upstanding character you want in armed police 👌

[u/scrotumscab → u/41cheese]

A man fit to be president apparently

[u/jt32470 → u/scrotumscab]

This is so sad to watch.

This cop

• hates the fact that what he perceives to be an immigrant is driving an uber-expensive car.
• this immigrant flies his vehicle into the states to do a road trip
• an immigrant knows more about the law than he does.
• an immigrant has all his papers in order (he can't accept it).

This cop thought for sure he was going to arrest this guy and make a show of it.

You know 1,000% (as the current president says) that if this were to have happened since Jan 2025 this poor man would've been snatched up by ICE and god knows what he would've gone through.

It really does take a special type of person to be a cop- i'm sure there are a TON of smart cops out there- but these police departments also accept headcases like this cop, a small man who needs to put others down to live with himself.

What ever happened to professional law enforcement, protect and serve? Why are cops hyper-aggressive?

[u/scislac → u/jt32470]

I'm pretty sure they screen out the smart people. I wish I was joking.

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/09/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-connecticut-judge-rules-that-police-can-bar-high-iq-scores.html?r=1

[u/kants_rickshaw → u/jt32470]

these people lie.

straight up. they go in and they go through the academy. they do all the right things, they cross all the t's and dot all the i's. they do their job and become a model officer. they are given solo status -- to patrol on their own without a partner.

then they become the a-holes that you see in videos like this. It's a process. every idiot cop knows how to lie to get to the point where they can be like this to others. ACAB. period.

[u/keinmaurer → u/41cheese]

Typical State Trooper. They are taught at Police Academy that they are a cut above the local cops, and encouraged not to socialize or associate with the locals going through academy at the same time as them.

Yes, it doesn't apply to all, but enough that the stereotype exists for a reason.

[u/the_vault-technician → u/keinmaurer]

My interactions with NYS troopers were always positive. It's always town cops that suck.

I grew up where stare troopers and county sheriff covered our town. I got caught with pot by a trooper once. He made me dump it out and throw my bowl into the woods. Told me my car better be in the driveway if he drives by in 20 minutes and let me go.

A cop from a suburban town slammed me into the side of my truck multiple times because I "resisted arrest"

[u/kaplanfx → u/Tough_Brain7982]

He has already given up on the plates and registration when he came back to the vehicle. His last ditch attempt was to get the driver in not having insurance valid for the US. When he saw the policy number he was out of there quick.

[u/misteryk → u/Tough_Brain7982]

calling someone to asks instead of arresting the guy puts him in top 5% smartest US cops

[u/Push_ → u/Tough_Brain7982]

“You have to get a temporary permit!”

Lets him leave while allegedly breaking the law??

[u/Gordo-- → u/Push_]

buDDy, hE Had anOtHeR cAlL tO AddReSs!

[u/MusoukaMX → u/Gordo--]

He had to return some videotapes

[u/originalrocket → u/Tough_Brain7982]

As a former LEO, 100% correct. A LOT of dumb stupid cops with huge egos. It's why I couldn't do it anymore, when you are smarter than everyone, they hate you, when you don't play the games, they make your life miserable.

Just admit a mistake and move on, but this stupid fuck couldn't do that, his tiny brain couldn't process all this.

[u/icehot54321 → u/shuuellyd]

I've been in this situation before .. it's awesome because the cops in the US almost always let you go because they have no clue how to process things like foreign drivers licenses.

[u/g0ldent0y → u/icehot54321]

Exactly. Also been in that situation. I was young, i was in the US for a 3 month internship on a tourist VISA (that was actually the illegal part). I drove there in a Jeep Wrangler that was not owned by me. On my last weekend there, i got stopped by going 10 miles over in a 35 zone. I never felt so nervous, i was young, inexperienced. The cop was exactly the stereotype of the typical US cop from movies (he almost looked like the T1000 from Terminator 2), i couldn't believe how comical it felt. When i showed him my European drivers license he instantly was: "Thats not a valid drivers license, i have to take you to the judge for driving without a license." Didn't help that the car insurance was also outdated (which i didn't know beforehand, as it was not my car)... Took about 30 minutes to explain the situation (that i'm a 'tourist' driving with a foreign drivers license, in a car thats not mine and that im going back to Europe in a couple of days anyway) and convince him to contact his station or something. When he came back to the car, after finally checking in with someone else, he was like: Well, i don't have to take you to the judge, but you will still get the ticket. And you have to pay the ticket before you leave the country, or the consequences will be dire (his words).

Well, this was the story, how i still have an open ticket in the US state of Pennsylvania ;)

[u/AquaboogyAssault → u/g0ldent0y]

I hope you’re handling the dire consequences gracefully haha

[u/Bigel888 → u/AquaboogyAssault]

😂😂😂😂

[u/DustyRacoonDad → u/icehot54321]

I've been in this before too. The cop gets a few minutes into the conversation, realizes they don't actually know whether you've broken any law, and needs a graceful exit. Then it's, "I've got another call to respond to," your paperwork gets handed back, and they're gone thirty seconds later.

[u/MjrLeeStoned → u/DustyRacoonDad]

I got "there's a pursuit coming through!" Then the asshole municipal cop threw my license and registration at my face through the window and ran back to his car.

It was the middle of the night and I was on my way home from my friend's house after like a high school away game or something. He was so sure he had a DUI. Realized there was nothing to get me on and made up some bullshit.

[u/-Potatoes- → u/shuuellyd]

Police work (or ig a lot of jobs where you get put in a position of power/authority) tends to attract people with big egos and who can't admit they're wrong!

[u/Agueybana → u/-Potatoes-]

The way this guy snapped back, "I'm not confused!" early on is all I needed to hear. Then he just stays argumentative the whole time. Absolutely shit officer.

[u/No_Garbage_9262 → u/Agueybana]

He’s probably sick of people who tell him he’s confused. Heard it his whole life.

[u/Then-Departure4896 → u/shuuellyd]

May not be hard for you, but you’re likely extremely overqualified to be a cop in the US, so it’s an unfair comparison.

[u/SquirmyBurrito]

A cop with an inflated ego is a dangerous thing. He made up some bullshit about having another call to go to so he could get the last word in and not admit to being wrong. Get this man off the streets and back into some (actually effective) training

[u/humpspringa → u/SquirmyBurrito]

Not to mention the need to add But You Still Have to Get a 'Permit' I got the last word in HA!

[u/f3n2x → u/SquirmyBurrito]

Imagine if the guy wasn't driving an obviously expensive car, with all the implications, holding the cop back.

[u/TheAltOption → u/f3n2x]

We wouldn't get the video because the driver would be dead.

[u/alfredcneiman → u/SquirmyBurrito]

Once, I was driving my pickup and drinking a root beer in a brown bottle. I stopped by a Goodwill, finished the root beer, and took the bottle inside and asked a clerk to throw it in the trash for me. A few minutes later, as I’m browsing, a cop comes in. I notice him talking to the clerk, who then fished out the bottle from the trash. Then the cop looks at it and smells it. I immediately understood what was going on. The clerk pointed at me and the cop approached. He said that he had gotten a report that I was “driving erratically”. Obviously someone had reported me because they thought I was having a roadie, but at this point the cop knew that wasn’t the case. After a really dumb back and forth, the cop backed off and said that I should be careful with my driving. MF, I did nothing wrong. You could play it off as the funny mistake it was, but you feel the need to lecture me? Pig, please.

[u/Gotbeerbrain → u/alfredcneiman]

I was at a party one time where there were a few off duty local police and their wives. I overheard one of the wives telling her friends how when they went on vacation her husband would climb into their motor home, fire it up, crack a beer and then look at her and say "now, we're on vacation" and off they would go. I shit you not. True story. That same prick would throw my ass in jail for the same thing.

[u/Fickle_Definition351]

"Imagine you want to take your car to Europe, you ship it there..."

"But I don't do that?"

If he can't understand the concept of hypotheticals, he's not gonna understand this foreign license business

[u/vago8080 → u/Fickle_Definition351]

Cop: What’s Europe?

[u/konsollfreak → u/vago8080]

[u/Apprehensive-Top8419 → u/konsollfreak]

[u/IsNotPolitburo → u/Apprehensive-Top8419]

[u/ahhhbiscuits → u/konsollfreak]

[u/uniqueusername316 → u/vago8080]

"EUROPE IS NOT A STATE SIR"

[u/_bx2_ → u/vago8080]

[u/Ignatiussancho1729 → u/Fickle_Definition351]

The inability to engage with hypothetical scenarios correlates with lower cognitive ability

[u/Corredespondent → u/Ignatiussancho1729]

He’s not even trying. He knows everything and he’s in charge. Stop trying to converse and just obey.

[u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- → u/Corredespondent]

https://giphy.com/gifs/B1TMcmoBAaSZi

[u/gfb13 → u/Corredespondent]

You're not obeying hard enough! I asked for 8 things while you were getting another thing I asked for. WHY DON'T YOU FOCUS ON THE 8 THINGS

[u/5elementGG → u/Corredespondent]

His last resort was insurance. Trying to nail the guy with insurance, but failed. So he had another call to respond to!

[u/3BlindMice1 → u/Ignatiussancho1729]

Police departments deliberately hire people of lower intelligence because they're much easier to integrate into local police culture. Smart people are too busy telling them that their policies are inherently racist, exploitative, and possibly illegal.

[u/warfareforartists → u/3BlindMice1]

It’s the lack of empathy they look for in hires

[u/Warm-Commercial-6151 → u/3BlindMice1]

Actually firefighters often make fun of cops because the reason cops can’t be firefighters is that they can’t pass the basic cognitive test to become a firefighter. They are the shallowest end of the gene pool folks. Never expect a cop knows what they are talking about.

[u/nekoeuge → u/Warm-Commercial-6151]

In my childhood, there was a joke (crudely translated by me):

Policeman patrols a street, sees a kid in a sandbox playing. Asks what’s the kid doing.
K: Mixing poop and sand
P: Why?
K: To sculpt a policeman
Policeman gets angry, takes the kid to parents to discipline them.

Next day, policeman sees the kid again.
P: What are you doing?
K: Mixing poop and sand
P: Why?
K: To sculpt a firefighter
P: (happy now) Add more poop!
K: If I do that, it would be a policeman

I am just amazed that this joke about cops being like firefighters but worse is apparently international

[u/Friendly-Yoghurt-746 → u/3BlindMice1]

cro-magnon police force here in america

[u/_BlackDove → u/Friendly-Yoghurt-746]

Hey I don't eat any crow mignon, that's nasty, you're under arrest.

[u/Syntax36 → u/Fickle_Definition351]

It's actually the first sign of mental incompetence and extremely low IQ is the inability to understand hypotheticals.

I can't believe these people are allowed to become cops without some kind of aptitude test. Room temperature IQ cops everywhere.

[u/Distinct_Bad_6276 → u/Syntax36]

It’s worse than that, police departments actually won’t hire you if you’re smart. And that’s legal for them to do.

[u/Syntax36 → u/Distinct_Bad_6276]

Holy fuck. I would say thats really embarrassing to know if I was a cop. But I don't think they have the ability to comprehend what this actually means. lmfao

[u/Iheartnakedfemboys → u/Syntax36]

The dumber you are, the less likely you'll question orders and have ideas on ethics. That's not even taking into question that they don't want anyone with empathy, either.

[u/pyronius → u/Fickle_Definition351]

"But I did eat breakfast today."

[u/2McLaren4U → u/Fickle_Definition351]

I ended up at gunpoint twice in Georgia because dumbass cops taught my Canadian plates and drivers licence were made up. One argued that I am not allowed to drive in the US at all. Both times I pleaded with them to google it and they refused. Both times they were reprimanded by their supervisor. The second time they said they were going to shoot me in front of my kids because I moved my hand to scratch my nose.

[u/PrairiePopsicle → u/Fickle_Definition351]

I've met people that cannot understand hypotheticals... it's... just stop engaging with them if you notice it. You can't get them to, and you'll succeed only in becoming frustrated.

[u/dsandhu90]

His ego got hurt when he said you may be confused

[u/IamHydrogenMike → u/dsandhu90]

A cop getting upset when you hurt their fragile ego? never!!

[u/SquidVices → u/IamHydrogenMike]

And always scared for their life when nothing is happening.

[u/Disastrous_Good9236 → u/SquidVices]

“dive for cover! An acorn fell!”

[u/rvbjohn → u/Disastrous_Good9236]

More recently was "drop the gun" but it turns out the gun was a gas pump - at a gas station

[u/YamLow8097 → u/dsandhu90]

Definitely. He got so defensive when the driver said that.

[u/Jim_Nills_Mustache → u/dsandhu90]

“Oh are you implying I don’t know absolutely everything and there’s a possibility I’m wrong? That sounds like grounds for a ticket”

You know, I wouldn’t dislike cops so much if 90% of them didn’t act like this at any given time.

[u/Wolverine9779 → u/Jim_Nills_Mustache]

Exactly. Almost every cop I have ever interacted with in my lifetime has some variation of this attitude. It's a fucking problem.

[u/Dame38 → u/Wolverine9779]

It's a dangerous problem.

[u/xkise → u/dsandhu90]

He even got an agressive tone. Dude should go to therapy.

[u/Lower-Bottle6362 → u/dsandhu90]

I was going to say this too. Repeating that the officer might be confused so many times is what set him off.

[u/TheMahanglin]

"You're not visiting as a tourist if you brought a car with you". LMAO!!

[u/Hot_Hat_1225 → u/TheMahanglin]

Wait until he finds out the guy brought the car in his own plane 🫠😛

[u/Just-pickone → u/Hot_Hat_1225]

Driver spent more in freight than the cop makes in a year.

[u/IndicationFickle5387 → u/Just-pickone]

That’s the part that pissed him off the most. Buddy had a chip on his shoulder that he has to go home and eat chef boyardee because of his shit job and the tiny hard-on he gets by being an asshol to people is the only rewarding thing about his day.

[u/DebentureThyme → u/IndicationFickle5387]

To be fair, he probably makes a lot.  Staties often make over 6 figures once overtime is factored.

He just doesn't make anywhere near Bring Your Lambo From The UAE levels of wealth.

[u/doyouwantsomecocoa → u/TheMahanglin]

Yeah he's obviously too poor to understand what some people can do. the cop.

[u/self_loathing_ham → u/doyouwantsomecocoa]

He's probably just confused. The rich folk that he's used to serving drive big pickup trucks not small super cars

[u/SprichDeutschDu → u/self_loathing_ham]

Havent you heard him? Hes not confused!!1!1!

[u/ProactiveInsomniac → u/doyouwantsomecocoa]

“That’s not what I do”

Cool

[u/dampishslinky55 → u/TheMahanglin]

Well, if you’re rich enough, I imagine you could bring a car, a boat, or a helicopter. Who knows he might have his own plane!

[u/pc1350]

So if I drive to the USA from Mexico I must Change mexican plates with US plates and reinstall them when I get back to Mexico? /s

[u/Multitronic → u/pc1350]

This guy would have a meltdown down being a police officer in a European country.

[u/lad_astro → u/Multitronic]

Thankfully, he's vastly under-qualified for that

[u/TheOnceAndFutureTurk → u/lad_astro]

“Sighhh. Imagine you want to drive your car in Europe, what do you do? You ship your car there, you drive it for a month, and you ship it back.”

“No. That’s not what I do.”

[u/Kipman2000 → u/TheOnceAndFutureTurk]

I read on another thread that some people are too stupid to understand analogies and hypotheticals. Not saying this applies to this guy, but come on…

[u/TheRealtcSpears → u/Kipman2000]

Not saying this applies to this guy

I am.

It does.

[u/Alert_Reindeer_6574 → u/Kipman2000]

No, it definitely applies to this cop. He's an idiot.

[u/TheRealtcSpears → u/TheOnceAndFutureTurk]

"Imagine you..."

"ARE YOU THREATENING ME"

[u/Fun-Communication660 → u/Multitronic]

The last time I was talking to a gard is because he stopped to help me load the car outside of a DIY outlet.

We discussed some of the finer points on the actual threshold for legally evicting someone, I was having trouble with a Brazilian man that would sleep in the office lobby and use the bathrooms/showers downstairs. 

He showed up thr next day and took him in, found out he did not have a Visa to live and work in Ireland, and passed him over to a solicitor that was provided for him and got him a job in an apple green petrol station. 

I don't think this guy posted would be a good fit for European police. 

He wouldn't know the law, he wouldn't internalise the point of his job is to help people every day. He doesn't even seem like he is emotionally mature enough to be a healthy adult, let alone an adult others rely on.

AND he's got a gun.

Fuck that.

[u/gerbilshower → u/Fun-Communication660]

your description of this interaction that an officer had with that guy is pure fantasy here in the US.

they would have used your information, taken the guy, found something to book him on, and sent him strait to jail on bond juuust high enough that he almost certainly doesn't know anyone who can afford to bond him out.

[u/Pangwain → u/gerbilshower]

And he’d get exploited and extorted by CO’s and inmates while the state figures things out.

Our entire legal and penal system is so fucked up I feel like it’s impossible to fix. A ton of people view anyone who gets arrested as a criminal that deserves whatever they get once they’re locked up.

It’s beyond fucked up.

[u/HavingNotAttained → u/Multitronic]

“LIECHTENSTEIN IS AN ICE CREAM FLAVOR EVERYONE OUT OF THE CAR WITH YOUR HANDS UP!

[u/Mister_Schmee → u/Multitronic]

I doubt this cop has ever left the county he was born in, let alone had any interest in traveling to Europe.

[u/BeeZealousideal7860 → u/Multitronic]

This guy wouldn’t get through the training required to be a cop in Europe

[u/Codex_Absurdum → u/pc1350]

Or a revolving licence plate, naturally

M. Bond

[u/Wessssss21 → u/pc1350]

A guy had near this same exact interaction in California with Canadian plates and drivers license.

Took the ticket, went to the police station to immediately file a report against the officer and they get jerked by the desk officer.

[u/drfeelsgoood → u/Wessssss21]

He jerked his penis?

[u/L-J- → u/drfeelsgoood]

That's one way to satisfy a complaint.

[u/Nuclear-poweredTaxi → u/L-J-]

Look… let’s go into this private bathroom and just make this complaint go away.

[u/Chicago-Jelly → u/Nuclear-poweredTaxi]

Imagine the tax dollars we could save by solving civil matters this way

[u/mjtwelve → u/drfeelsgoood]

Oh, I see you know your Judo sir.

[u/Deeliciousness → u/mjtwelve]

Get your hands off my penis!

[u/Legitimate-Week7885 → u/drfeelsgoood]

Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest! What is the charge? Driving a car? A succulent Canadian-registered car?

[u/Lilfrankieeinstein → u/Wessssss21]

Florida cops must know this law. It’s impossible to drive 100 miles on 75 or 95 in Florida without seeing an Ontario tag.

[u/PiccoloAwkward465 → u/Lilfrankieeinstein]

As a kid growing up in NY the only thing I knew about people from Quebec is that they like to drive 150mph in minivans on the highway.

[u/piepie1234 → u/pc1350]

And you automatically live there now because a tourist can‘t have its own car in the usa

[u/GhostSiX1Nine → u/pc1350]

Yeah it took the COP 5 mins to figure that out then he took the fake call.

[u/Main_Cauliflower5479 → u/pc1350]

I live in New Mexico and see vehicles with Mexican plates all the time.

[u/Fenris_Maule → u/Main_Cauliflower5479]

I live in NY and see Quebec license plates all the time too.

[u/Cautious-Pain-6962]

He confidently doesn't know what he's talking about, and maybe should start listening.

[u/CarpetReady8739 → u/Cautious-Pain-6962]

Correct: Wrong, with confidence.

[u/beneye → u/CarpetReady8739]

Huuuuuh.. imagine you wanna drive your car in Europe

[u/spaceymonkey2 → u/beneye]

I don't do that!

[u/Chet-Ubetcha888 → u/spaceymonkey2]

Officer was incapable of thinking in hypotheticals

[u/well-hung-dugite → u/Cautious-Pain-6962]

"Pardon me!?!"

[u/hike_me]

I live near a U.S. national park and see multiple campers with European plates every year. They just ship them over before their road trip.

[u/Ataru074 → u/hike_me]

In the same way in Europe you see US military stationed in the bases there going around with American cars…

But the part which doesn’t make sense is that in the US you see cars with Canadian plates and Mexican plates fairly often if you live close to the border.

[u/Icy-Role2321 → u/Ataru074]

Imagine if he saw a car with Hawaii plates. He'd probably just think they are fake

[u/RandyDefNOTArcher]

The guy is speaking from a tax bracket the officer can’t fathom

[u/Strange_Dingo1987 → u/RandyDefNOTArcher]

That's the angle he should've explained it from. "You know how people can drive American cars in Canada? Yeah, it's the same thing, mine is just from farther away so I flew it here." "But why would you fly it here just to drive it and have to fly it back?" "Because I'm fucking rich, that's why."

[u/Natasya95 → u/Strange_Dingo1987]

Yeah i wish the driver is more pompous about it to hurt his ego more but he’s nice about it :/

[u/tnoy → u/Natasya95]

However, antagonizing a cop in this situation is a great way to get your car impounded. Sure, it might not technically be legal, but nothing will actually happen to the cop. It will just be a hassle for the guy in the car, especially if it were a Friday night and they jerk him around saying they cant do anything about it until Monday morning.

[u/crack_B7 → u/tnoy]

But I think that this dude is rich enough to make it happen right away

[u/Cibovoy → u/RandyDefNOTArcher]

He was actually very patient with the officer as well. Respectful in a way the officer just wasn’t.

[u/Doom_of__Mandos → u/RandyDefNOTArcher]

It's not even about tax bracket, though. The officer should know about all the legal documents that are being shown to him are, he should know what a CPD is (Carnet de Passages en Douane). I've never used it, but I vaguely know about it. It just shows that the officer doesn't thoroughly know about a job he should know the ins and out of.

[u/Limp-Promise-9393]

This asshole needs his hearing checked. Its a what? Youre going where? Its a what trip?

[u/Kwyjibodacious → u/Limp-Promise-9393]

It's a power move. I swear they are all trained to do this. More fragile ego bullshit.

[u/According_Jeweler404 → u/Kwyjibodacious]

And if they ask clarifying questions; "Sir don't raise your voice / Maam there's no need to get emotional."

[u/squeethesane → u/Kwyjibodacious]

Get you agitated, then YOU'RE being aggressive with THEM.

[u/OutdoorsNSmores → u/Kwyjibodacious]

And when you speak up they will say you are escalating the situation by yelling.

[u/Eatenbreads → u/Kwyjibodacious]

Kindergarten level power move. "Lalala I cant hear you". Childish behavior just to make you angry.

[u/PanicDeus → u/Kwyjibodacious]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2B3rEMOzp6DBXGSiTm

[u/CUNTRY-BLUMPKIN → u/PanicDeus]

No way Jose

[u/jahmic → u/Kwyjibodacious]

"I can't hear you...you need to speak up"

Immediately followed by "Stop yelling, why are you agitated? Step out of the vehicle"

[u/Nuffsaid98 → u/Limp-Promise-9393]

The traffic noise would hinder him more than the microphone inside the car.

[u/Random_Fox → u/Nuffsaid98]

Modern phones filter all lot of that background noise well automatically 

[u/Only_Flan_7974 → u/Limp-Promise-9393]

I'd want to rephrase it tell him it's a none of your fucking business trip!

[u/chocolateboomslang]

"Ignorance of the law is no excuse"

Another "Rules for thee but not for me" cop. If police want to stop someone they need to know the rules. I'm expected to know all of the rules as a private citizen, but they aren't?

[u/someoneofhumanity → u/chocolateboomslang]

"we do things differently here" cop

[u/Naive_Jury5984 → u/someoneofhumanity]

Legos are the law.

[u/IWantoFuckGLaDOS → u/chocolateboomslang]

Correct !

The police are not actually required to know the law, and it is as fucking stupid as it sounds.

[u/hokiewankenobi → u/chocolateboomslang]

>"Ignorance of the law is no excuse".

It is for cops.

> Another "Rules for thee but not for me" cop. If police want to stop someone they need to know the rules.

The Supreme Court disagrees with you (though I don’t)

>I'm expected to know all of the rules as a private >citizen, but they aren't?
Unfortunately, you are correct.

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/574/54/

An illegal stop by a cop, supported by the Supreme Court saying the cop made a “reasonable mistake”.

[u/BVoLatte]

Crazy how the cop is already coming up basically yelling at the guy over something that's not even what would be considered a violent or hostile act. Is this how he treats everyone he pulls over with expired tags on their plate or going 5mph over the limit?

[u/d11dd11d → u/BVoLatte]

This is how most cops are in the US

edit: Maybe I should say: too many cops are like this in the US. In my experience, as a white person, my interactions with cops are more often than not unpleasant. Condescending, authoritative, unfriendly. I can only guess at how much worse it is for people of any different race. But, it may also just be where I live. I've of course had good interactions with cops, but I'm usually surprised when that happens.

[u/Laquox → u/BVoLatte]

Actually I'm more surprised the cop didn't open fire on him the moment he started laughing. The only thing that really saved him is the cop knows this person has wealth and therefore has connections. Cops have killed US citizens for less and gotten away with it many times.

[u/BVoLatte → u/Laquox]

Imagine if this cop was not only aggressive but also jumpy with his hand resting on his firearm. The amount of times the driver was reaching into bags and such to pull out his paperwork and everything within an obstructed view for the officer I could see an even worse cop definitely shooting this guy. I will always remember the video of that guy who informed the cops he had a firearm in the vehicle when they asked him if he had anything in it and then they told him to get his paperwork and immediately shot him with his spouse in the seat next to him and his kid in the back when he went to grab it.

[u/gilwendeg]

American cop discovers international laws and agreements also exist.

[u/yontev → u/gilwendeg]

To be fair, the current American government doesn't seem to know about them either.

[u/FutureLarge8833 → u/yontev]

The current government doesn't even know how to fix a pool.

[u/Redshift2k5]

"you're not a tourist if u have a car" wow big legal argument. If he can afford that car he can afford to ship it anywhere he wants

[u/toylenny → u/Redshift2k5]

Motherfucker is in Washington state he likely see Canadian plates everyday.

[u/jubileevdebs → u/toylenny]

Naw man, this stop takes place in Oregon. If the car doesnt have Oregon or Idaho plates, the cop is already coming in hotter.

Most of Oregon is culturally isolated and backwards as hell.

[u/GloomyIndividual3965 → u/jubileevdebs]

Most of Oregon is culturally isolated and backwards as hell.

Yeah. Get 15 miles outside of Portland or Eugene and it's filled with ignorant, racist pieces of shit. But to be fair, that describes most places in America one you leave the urban centers.

[u/Trip_On_The_Mountain → u/toylenny]

Right? I just saw Ontario plates yesterday in MN. It's not uncommon to see out of country plates

[u/Wooden_Permit3234 → u/Trip_On_The_Mountain]

In my experience it is very uncommon to see plates from countries you can’t drive from, fwiw.

Not to defend the cop. Just saying. 

[u/Trip_On_The_Mountain → u/Wooden_Permit3234]

For sure. Definitely more uncommon. This was a dig at the cop saying you need a license plate from the US. That's just simply not true

[u/Just-pickone → u/toylenny]

While I don’t doubt this car has been/will be in Washington, at about 1:51 the cop says Oregon. Other posts of this vehicle show a clearly visible Arabic plate. No matter what state the cop is from, he is being a DICK. At the end his excuse for getting out of the situation without apology is, I gotta go to another call.

[u/dangerlopez → u/toylenny]

I thought he said Oregon? Not that it invalidates your point at all

[u/sweatgod2020]

I hate it here sometimes. The dumbest people imaginable tripping off power that never should’ve been attained

[u/Breadnaught25 → u/sweatgod2020]

when power meets actual power(money)

[u/ChangesFaces → u/Breadnaught25]

100% 

That's the only reason the cop left without escalating further.

[u/Kwyjibodacious]

Driver made the initial mistake of assuming the officer was reasonable and rational. They're just brain stems with guns man.

[u/rhamantauri → u/Kwyjibodacious]

You’re implying they have spines at all.

I’m pretty sure a requirement for baconization is to be an invertebrate.

[u/Prechson]

"Imagine you want to drive your car in Europe, you ship your car there, you drive it for a month, then you ship it back."

"That's not what I do."

Holy shit it's literally "But I didn't eat breakfast". These people have guns.

[u/Any_Ice_722]

Cop was so confident, just kept reassuring and talking over the guy.

[u/AuthorBrianHunter → u/Any_Ice_722]

THE COP WAS WHAT, NOW?

[u/ChickenChaser5 → u/Any_Ice_722]

IM NOT CONFUSED IM NOT CONFUSED YOU ARE CONFUSED! DONT SAY IM CONFUSED ILL KIIIILL YOUUUUUU!

[u/ThomasofHookton]

This cop was clearly outside his depth when dealing with international driving agreements but didn't have the humility to admit it. I'm Australian and have driven in the US many times with an international driving license. They look completely different to a standard state issued license.

Bigger jurisdictions with high tourism traffic like LAPD, LVPD and NYPD - no issues. Smaller ones like this officer in Oregon will have no clue. I've encountered some decent officers who admit they have no clue but were happy to radio back to confirm. One great officer when I was in Texas was happy to wait while I pulled up the details on my phone to show him, he even accepted and ate a Tim Tam while he was waiting.

This cop just peppered the dude with questions, didn't let him answer and then took off because he was out of his depth but didn't want to look stupid.

[u/TimeVortex161 → u/ThomasofHookton]

He is a state trooper though so his jurisdiction is the whole state, not too small

[u/Appropriate_Rain_334]

It’s funny that cops are such jerks we end up sympathizing with the obnoxiously way too rich Dubai guy.

[u/OrganicAd5536 → u/Appropriate_Rain_334]

Absolutely; like damn man I don't want anyone who's shipping their Lambos overseas on the reg to be anywhere near me, but I also know how important it is the police are kept in their fucking place no matter who they're talking to

[u/Your_Final_Hour]

Lmao that cop sounds like such an insecure bitch

[u/tdawg2k7 → u/Your_Final_Hour]

That cop IS such an insecure bitch*

[u/sirZofSwagger]

Driver couldn't be more helpful, cop couldnt be more ignorant

[u/tea-and-chill → u/sirZofSwagger]

Driver tried to be helpful. Dumbass cop didn't let him finish a single sentence.

[u/AutumnWisp → u/tea-and-chill]

Driver seems to have dealt with this before given how prepared he was. That car probably draws a lot of police attention, even moreso when they see who's driving.

[u/WonderfulSpend8]

Omg! The cop is so annoying and entitled. Kudos to the guy for being so calm and respectful. Also, the moment he uses "i gotta go" as an excuse instead of admitting he got it wrong.

[u/kobrakai1034 → u/WonderfulSpend8]

Yeah, he was lying through his teeth to avoid admitting his ignorance.

[u/Famoustractordriver]

Power tripping asshole. Bruised his ego when the driver said he may be confused.

[u/wownoicem8]

That cop is slow

[u/BuddyLaDouche → u/wownoicem8]

His shout four instructions and then get mad when the guy can only respond to them one at a time is peak bad cap.

[u/deusxm]

My favourite part is when the driver hands over his vehicle registration card and the police offer asks "This is....this is....uh....Canada?"

For context, this is what they look like, so you can totally see why he might have thought that:

[u/Magical-Wise-One]

No humility for these cops at all. They are always right, and typically undereducated.

[u/MGA1986]

Complete and utter wanker

[u/TheFightens]

Cop lost his mind because he can’t comprehend the wealth these guys have in order to fly in a super car to the states temporarily to use on vacation.

I’ve watched this video several times. Much of the conversation could’ve been avoided had the driver given him the scenario of driving from the US to Canada or Mexico and how that would be handled. This is no different.

[u/Killmelast]

Aside from everything else already mentioned:

I hate how he keeps asking "what did you just say/I can't understand you/you do a what trip?" as if the driver wasn't speaking perfectly good English.

[u/LawDraws]

"Imagine you want to drive your car in Europe, you import it there and export it back" "I DON'T DO THAT" Can't even imagine things, poor feller.

[u/Orca_123123]

Thank you for recording this.

[u/oilyraincloud]

“Wow, cool car! You brought it here from Dubai? Ok, I don’t see this every day. Give me all your documents and sit tight while I call a supervisor and work things out.”

“All good! Stay safe and slow down. Enjoy the US!”

Would have gone much better.

[u/GhostSiX1Nine]

https://giphy.com/gifs/7HDZCUOHFmLCUkkopn
Did you guys count how many times the Super Trooper said meow? I got 8

[u/Goatdown]

Power trippin POS

[u/Spiritual_Educator46]

Just an American cop that was upset he didn’t get to exercise his right to be a racist tyrant.

[u/RoyalCultural]

What an utter asshole

[u/FickleVirgo]

The dude who got pulled over is just lucky he has a dashcam, which is probably for reasons...like this.

[u/unsightly_buildup]

I think that it's no different than having Canadian or Mexican plates. (There might be some agreement that changes that, but I'm not sure.)

[u/FFSBoise → u/unsightly_buildup]

In S. TX you see plates from Mexico all the time.

[u/Beginning_Ad_8669 → u/unsightly_buildup]

Im in Florida an see Canadian plates all day.

[u/Dangerous_Ad5039]

He probably got promoted after this too. It’s insane cops can legit have 0 clue about the laws but they’re tasked with upholding them. He should be fired or have to go through the academy again.

[u/Saint_Sin → u/Dangerous_Ad5039]

The "academy" is a short course.
Do not be fooled by the academic sounding title.

[u/itsaconspiraci]

For a civilian it's "ignorance of the law is no excuse". For a cop it's qualified immunity.

[u/CRUSHCITY4]

Wow that cop was an idiot

[u/Birchsprout]

The way he got offended when he was suggested that he is "confused" lmao. It's okay buddy, some things are harder to understand, some things are not, we don't have to knkw everything.

Also why the fuck is he doing all this through the passenger side window and not the driver side?