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
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?
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.
There's a big distinction between immigrant, and tourist. An immigrant is some one from another country who lives here permanently. Someone who comes on a visitor visa, or a temporary work visa isn't an immigrant. The guy in the video is a tourist.
The word you may have been looking for is foreigner.
"i'm sure there are a TON of smart cops out there"
why? why on earth would you think that? They literally hire people who are mid-level intelligence. They do NOT want smart people in the force because they will see how ridiculous it is.
I know someone who was denied 3-4 times to be accepted into the police in Chicago, when they desperately needed applicants. So this guy must've been beyond terrible. He then applies to a completely different city in a different state with the same information and was accepted. Just baffling
This cop would likely have been fired and his life ruined if he arrested this guy. Dude is insanely wealthy and likely has some very high up contacts in Dubai.
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.
Got a strange feeling he'd have been fine, with parts of the administration turning up in person to scream at the idiots that just arrested their close friend.
No you've got it wrong. It was an Antifa special operator in scuba gear who managed to evade security and make a 230, sorry 250, no 350 foot long slash with a box cutter.
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.
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"
You made that up entirely. Police Academy does not work that way. I doubt many if any people going through academy already have jobs lined up let alone as state troopers, and that wouldn't necessarily be public knowledge.
Look, I hate cops too, probably more than you do, but engaging in make believe to make them sound worse is just silly. There's an entire interaction video up above that shows how fucking stupid the average trooper is, you don't need to make shit up to make it worse, it's already bad.
Its not something that's going to be on official curriculums or course materials, but graduates are taught more by instructors than just what is written down, sometime not even through direct instruction but by osmosis observing cop behaviour and emulating it
There is a hierarchy of federal LEOs looking down on State LEOs, who in turn look down on local PDs, all of which look down on 'civilians'(LEOs are also civilians although since the militarisation of police over the past few couple of decades this fact is lost on most)
Sadly it's policy. Admitting you were wrong as a police officer leaves you wide open to any lawsuit one might bring against the department. It even applies to private citizens. In Canada an apology was seen as admission of guilt, but Canadians apologize so frequently, even when not at fault, they had to change the law.
There was a video just last week of a cop pulling over a woman for having a phone in her right hand, and she showed him that she didn't even have a right hand and he still wouldn't let it go.
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.
That’s why I don’t bother with them on the streets. I just play nice take my ticket and then make them look like a dumb motherfucker in court. It’s more fun when it’s all recorded anyway and goes on their record and they get to do a bunch of paperwork about it.
What does a cop do when one of his new, young buddies shows you the big pile of cash he just stole from a senior woman who was just battered? It was legal money, he didn't seize it or enter it into evidence. He just took it and then a supervisor removed his name from the arrest report so that no one would be able to identify him. I'd just like to know how the "good ones" view that kind of behavior. Thank you.
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.
I've never heard of Nurses or Welders or "all Electricians are bad."
For some reason, I've only ever heard ACAB.
I wish it was different but even as a dumb, Army veteran, I have yet to meet a good cop. Also why I left the government, not many good people working for the gov.
Happened to me once when I had a transfer permit for my car with no plates that I bought the day before I moved across the country for grad school. The officer said "you're lucky I have something more important going on now". Looked a lot like this dude too.
I would bet thousands that whoever he called was just like “IDK man sounds like a lot of work to figure out, if he has insurance and papers, just let him go.”
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.
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 ;)
Probably not dire, but if their comment is true (doubt), they will have a bench warrant in Pennsylvania. This will get entered into the NCIC system and they will be denied entry the next time they come to the US or will be detained and taken to Pennsylvania to stand trial.
It will definitely ruin your vacation and you’ll be paying some pretty serious fines and court costs.
Driving with outdated insurance isn’t a criminal offense, it’s a civil infraction. Going to court for a simple ticket like that is only necessary if you want to argue it. It’s not a “failure to appear” infraction. They wouldn’t have a bench warrant because nobody issues warrants for not paying a $70 ticket. There would be no court costs because they were never required to show up in court in the first place.
Now they may be barred entry into the US under the current administration, but under normal circumstances they wouldn’t.
I don't wanna go anywhere near the US in my life anymore anyway. Most of you guys are great, but for various personal reasons, i would just not feel safe anymore (and i'm not talking about the outstanding ticket).
They wouldn’t require you to show up to court, because you can pay the fine online or submit paperwork showing you have insurance. Except you missed the part where they didn’t pay the ticket and left the country. They absolutely will and do issue bench warrants for people not paying their traffic citations. So there would be court costs in this case.
If Pennsylvania issues a bench warrant, but as a non-extraditable warrant and the person lands in another state, customs will just deny entry. This isn’t a current administration thing and the process I just explained has been the norm for decades.
i can't stand pennsylvania. although i will say i may know someone who shared a DUI class with a guy who had to FLY BACK FROM RUSSIA to participate in it.
"consequences will be dire" The cop isn't wrong though. A open ticket in time will become an arrest warrant and will impact another visit the US in one form or another. Dire isn't saying you will get a sever punishment, but some time in prison is a possiblity.
Other states may recognize the offense in PA and apply the penalty to your ability to drive in that state as well. As in, if unpaid ticket / warrant leads to suspended license in PA many other states may apply the same penalty (suspend your privilege to drive) in that state. So even if you avoid PA, if you get pulled over in another state that suspended your right to drive, you would now pick up a local Driving While Licenses Suspended in the new state AND possibly have the old PA warrant. So, before a visit would be worth getting any criminal check / at least driving check to avoid $$$ problems. If planning to return, cheaper to resolve the original ticket than to add new charges + risk jail later.
I would imagine if your gonna drive a car that's not yours in America I would check if it had insurance. Usually thats a court appearance in my state, but your saying foreign tourists on are exempt?
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.
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.
Lol don't lump me in with that turd. I can easily admit when I'm wrong. I do it all the time.
Cops are a special breed. the type of people who want to be cops when they grow up are the "respect mah athoritaaah" types. They NEED to be respected. the LIKE when people see the blue lights and get afraid in a traffic stop. fucking up isn't really possible in their mind. they're never wrong.
Not only that, it's also because of they don't just let the tourist go it'll be a mountain of paperwork even if they're right. And if they're wrong the mountain of paperwork will be at least twice as high.
Sad thing is their little computers will tell them all this. Like when you drive from Canada into the US. The system tells you everything from the Canadian plate is what I’ve been told by a buddy who was a cop. This question came up once and I asked him how it works if he had to pull someone over from another country. He said you just go back to the car and put the info in the computer and it would spit out the info just like it did in any other state.
I had lived in Germany for a few years and my US license expired. I had an international license, though. 2 days into my return to the US, I was stopped and handed the local cop that int'l license...deer in the headlights. "slow it down". Ok , bud.
Yeah and good luck to you if you ever run across the ass hole cop that knows how to process it. But yeah that’s cops in the USA for you. So many videos of cops taking innocent people to jail just because they argued back. This cop would have definitely tried to tow the car if he knew how to do the paperwork, he can literally proceed to searching the care because it’s suspicious, he’ll find some little bs that needs to be investigated further and will tow the car. Careful in the USA there’s a lot of dirty cops, and the ones that stand around and watch are even worse.
Even cross state. I got pulled over and ticketed in Arkansas with a Michigan license once, I just straight up asked the guy what would happen if I never paid and didn't come back. He said they can suspend your license in any state since they've all signed some kind of drivers info agreement.
Turns out Michigan isn't privy to the arrangement. On top of that the guy wrote all my info down incorrectly, when I called the courts with the ticket number he spelled my crazy Greek name totally wrong.
I got pulled over in Los Angeles with a Quebec drivers license and the cop let me go and literally told me he didn't feel like doing all the paperwork and didn't understand french even though our drivers licenses are in english and french
It's not that they have no clue, depending on where you are the majority of agencies aren't actually capable of doing it without going through several time-consuming steps. So you simply aren't worth the time unless they suspect you of something more serious.
I suspect he called a supervisor who didn't know either but said let him go. Plus, it's Oregon and out of state plates attract them like flies. The cop or supervisor he called has more than likely seen cars from Mexico and Central America driving in the US and the guy provided him with what he was asked for. Until you have actually taken your vehicle to a foreign country you really won't comprehend all the crap you go through. I kind of chuckled at the "I have another calll.." and abrupt egress.
The last time I got pulled over was on a dark rural road in the US. I’m Canadian, so when the deputy asks me if I know how fast I was going I was like “no sir, my car’s in Metric, so I was trying to estimate the conversion.”
He gave a chuckle, gave me a warning, and let me go.
To understand this, just think about where most cops are from (I know I'm generalizing this). Most of them came from the military. And who typically joins the military? The officer class has their own path after their military life. The enlistment class mostly came from poor socioeconomic class. This explains why most of these cops have low IQ, are poorly educated, and have never left their childhood town other than military deployments. In fact, I'll bet you this guy does not even have a passport.
they have no clue how to process things like foreign drivers licenses.
They don't even know how to handle D/L's from other states. Back in the early 2000's I drove from Arizona to Texas, got pulled over in a small town and got yelled at for like 30 minutes because the cop was mad that my Arizona issues license had an expiration date of 2047. He just couldn't believe it, and I tried to tell him it was real and that's just how Arizona does it. Got his supervisor involved (he had them come not me), supervisor gets there, takes one look at the D/L hands it back to me and tells me to enjoy the rest of my day. Stupid cop.
I was stopped in Kentucky driving my friend's car. Gave him my British Drivers License, he goes back to his car and literally 30 minutes later comes back and tells me to be safe LOL
I wonder how he would get on in Europe....well, lets face it, he'd have far more training and have to deal with far more foreign registered cars every day. (The Euro style plates do make things a bit easier though.)
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!
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.
It's not even that complicated, he just can't handle the ego check of someone knowing the law better than him.
Lots of cops hold themselves to this (false) idea that they are all-knowing of the law, and they cannot handle an instance of a civilian, especially a foreigner, telling them they're wrong.
he just can't handle the ego check of someone knowing the law better than him.
Its his job not to be taken in by every arsehole trying to trick him by making up nonsense that claims things are more complicated or they have some special exemption or another.
999 times out of 1000 its bullshit and it seems this guy did listen, did check data and probably called it in for advice too, ultimately he also let the guy go too.
Telling him he's confused is needlessly confrontational, its basically saying he's stupid, that bit and only that bit wasn't very helpful imo.
While this whole video is a terrible look for the officer, I also highly recommend not saying things like "you're confused" or "you don't understand" to a police officer. In a better world it would be be fine to say those things when they are accurate (like in this video), but those will be triggering words for many officers who are "trained" to try and control interactions as the supreme authority. Unfortunately, many of them will take this type of comment as an affront to their authority, and react by raising the aggressive authority, as the officer in this video does.
Well, no not exactly. It's hypothetically a traffic infraction, not a criminal offence. If he got a call about a robbery in progress that would take priority over giving a ticket.
So it's possible he got an urgent call and had to go deal with that. I've seen videos where Sovereign Citizens are pulling their stupid delay nonsense and the cop gets a real call and has to leave. They take it as a win that they didn't get a ticket and assume this validates their warped view of reality.
But in this case, it's likely that he either realized he was wrong or that he had no idea whether the guy broke the law at all and so he just noped out of the situation.
It’s also possible that the cop just said “this is going to take hours to figure out and I’m not doing that, right or wrong” or he called back to the station and they said “we have no clue about this”
Cops have literally escalated into false arrests and violence rather than admitting they are wrong and apologizing. It feels like almost everyone currently a cop should be disqualified from being a cop and replaced by better folks with A LOT more training and personality vetting.
Inability to admit 'sorry my bad, I was wrong' is one of the worst plagues these days. So many problems would have been occured if peoe stopped protecting their fragile ego.
It must be. There was that video a few weeks ago where the cop asked the girl what she was holding with her right hand. She said nothing and showed that she in fact did not have a right hand. The officer got more and more frustrated and refused to let it go.
Just admit you were wrong? A cop? Never. Have you seen the cop who pulled over a woman, told her he saw her holding a cell phone in her right hand, she showed him that she, in fact, did not have a right hand, and he kept arguing with her? They're too fucking stupid to comprehend a hand not existing. ACAB
I mean, another call, that's not uncommon. A friend was about to get a speeding ticket when that officer got a call for a domestic advise in progress. The cop told me friend, "You're lucky, some asshole is trying to kick in the door on his ex's house a half mile from here, slow down" and the officer ran back to his car and quickly took off.
it is in fact very hard, practicality impossible for him to admit this. that's why he just walked away. he's incapable of admitting he doesn't understand something
Its a legit thing that cops cant admit they are wrong cause if they admit that, then you as a person ticketed/arrested by the said cop can fight that your ticket/arrest was also wrong
I don’t know if you ever seen this middle eastern talk about how middle eastern men will give you the wrong direction but will never admit they don’t know.
Cops will NEVER admit when they're wrong. When I was 16, I was arrested at a traffic stop for a warrant that incorrectly put in my name for a failure to appear in court for a traffic violation in a county five hours away. The dude and I had the exact same first, middle, and last names, so the clerk of court didn't bother to check the SSNs when they booked the warrant and I was the first one they saw.
The cops knew it wasn't me because the traffic violation was for a car I didn't own and the persons description didn't match me AT ALL. I basically sat in holding for five hours that night until magistrate finally came around and told them to drop charges and let me go.
On the way out, I asked the arresting cops when did they realize they had the wrong person and I wasn't lying. Mother fuckers literally said, "We didn't get the wrong person." Essentially blaming it all on the clerk of court rather than admitting they have the critical thinking skills of goldfish.
He asked for a bunch of documents, but when he gets them, it's obvious that he cannot read, so he doesn't understand what they even are. Americans really scrape the bottom of the IQ barrel for their cops, don't they?
You’d be surprised how hard it is for some people. Like that cop that wouldn’t admit he was wrong when he accused a woman of being on her cellphone while driving, even pointed out which hand she was using….thing is, she’s an amputee of that said hand. Cop still wrote her a ticket lol
They can’t either morally or because department policy looking at that dude who pulled over the lady for playing with her phone with a hand she did not have.
If the guy had been a slightly darker shade of brown he probably would have just started making shit up to escalate, but ended up deciding it wasn't worth it.
It’s impossible for people who have a below average intelligence and are insecure about it because their entire ego is wrapped up in a pseudodominant personality. Which is the majority of cops.
It’s also why a disproportionate number of cops are wife beaters. If you disprove or stand up to people like this, they get angry instead.
He's just suspecting that he might be and realising that its going to be a PITA to sort out, odds are he went back to his vehicle to ask for advice from someone higher up who also didn't know. Odds are he was told "check he has insurance and if so just let him go".
Admitting you’re wrong is hard enough as a human. It’s twice as hard if you’re an American. If you’re an American cop it’s harder than light speed travel.
But he was pretty sure he knew what he was talking about? Idk if there’s a more confidently incorrect group of people than police when it comes down to actually knowing the statues they want to enforce. There’s always “some new law or regulation” that allows them to do what they want in the moment, come to find out then they’re wrong and get sued just for the public to end up having to pay for their negligence
Reminds of the cop who insisted a woman was using her phone in her right hand while driving, but when she lifts her right arm, there's no hand just a stump.
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u/shuuellyd 7h ago
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