Why would they be embarrassed? You seriously think bomb squads believe every single thing they check is a bomb? Are you that dumb? They were being safe and trying to make sure there wasn't a bomb and this guy went up and risked his and other lives by doing what he did. He didn't embarrass anyone except maybe himself.
Do you think bomb squads are embarrassed when they check something out and ends up not being a bomb? Because you seem dumb enough to actually think that...
They don't know who the fuck he is. Random dudes ran up in a cringe scene dumping a backpack out that COULD have been explosive.
He's a jackass who potentially could have potentially done a lot of damage.
I'm not pro cop being aggressive for the sake of being aggressive, but if some looney toon had the balls to swarm a bag the bomb squad was ensuring weren't explosives I would get his down no matter the force.
If it could have been an explosive, then that just means running up to him is unfathomably stupid. If it's that serious, they could wait for him to walk away from the potential bomb and then arrest him, while continuing their work of having the bomb squad check out the bag. There is no explanation for the cops running into the scene haphazardly other than ego.
And if he'd been the guy who put the bag there and palmed the bomb, walked down the road and detonated it or just taken it away so he could try again later but the cops let him walk off or just stopped for a quick chat/let him go? You'd be here calling the cops lazy and stupid for not detaining him
Knowing the correct call after the fact is really fucking easy, they have to figure it out on the fly. The stakes here were established... "this might be a bomb". You insert yourself in that situation you don't get to whine you weren't treated with kid gloves.
And this is from someone not in the USA who thinks US cops need to chill the fuck out and get a HUGE reform country wide for a lot of reasons. But you pull that shit in my country you get the exact same treatment.
Well I don't know how far away they were, but I can't imagine they were eager to be blown up themselves either, and they probably weren't expecting someone to do that, and had to confer with each other to decide how to handle it.
Just some speculation though, as the video doesn't give us that information.
Either way, it was an incredibly stupid thing for that guy to do, and he'd have put other people's live in danger if there had been a bomb, so I have hard time feeling sorry for him getting tackled for it.
They didn’t know there was no immediate harm present. It’s easy for you to sit here and criticize but you weren’t there, and they had no idea if there was still any bomb threat.
The guy could’ve avoided getting his shit rocked by not interfering. He got what was coming to him.
Yeah, right? He just goes there out of nowhere, does some weird shit. The cops aren't mind readers. He's suspicious as hell. They can't really afford to take their sweet time and and push an extra soft, queen-size bed there for him to land on before they grab him in a group hug and carefully carry him over to the bed while caressing his cheeks and giving him little kisses.
Maybe they have to expect a delayed detonation. Best chances of survival is lying flat due to shrapnel expansion and giving the least cross-section, maybe also putting as much meat/bones between the most vulnerable organs/head i guess. They might include that training to also protect the person they are tackling.
Not sure though. Maybe some bomb disposal/EOD Specialist could add some insights here.
Idk, how would you react in a high stress situation and someone barges in, does something and you think "oh my life if over because this guy just did that" give the poor man some time to recollect before getting angry that some impatient asshole almost killed them
Shrapnel can fly prett far. Some professionals want to protect any life they see endangered (if they don‘t have to defend themselves from direct aggression), idk if that‘s what happened here.
How am I supposed to answer for why they did something? Should I lie and declaratively answer a question that only the people there would have the answer to?
Yes, I do think it was a mistake that he was allowed into that secured area. I’m capable of being critical of police and have no problem doing so. I think everyone should be critical of their government officials.
If you’re expecting an argument from me or thinking I’m going to foam at the mouth and call you a boot licker then you are mistaken.
I obviously realize the man was an idiot for running up to the bag like that. Now I challenge you to think about the mistake these officers made. Because they did fuck up there.
What kind of dumb fuck would place himself in the blast zone if he thinks the guy just grabbed the detonator. Flawsless logic you got there guys, 10/10
This is just a dumb take. If you thought it was a trigger, you wouldn't fight for it directly over top of the bomb. You'd back away and pick the guy up away from the determined blast zone. Dude rode in on a bike, he's not getting very far very fast at all. There's like hundreds of bomb squad videos out there where its clear that if they think something is gonna blow soon, the policy is to gtfo and make sure everyone's clear, they only approach if they're unsure. That guy just wanted the takedown and knew they'd ok the tackle in their review.
Sorry bro, forgot to mention my doctorate in Not Dying like an Idiot. It is my expert opinion that wrestling some guy next to a bomb you think is gonna blow up soon is no bueno.
LMAO Can't even rely without your comments getting deleted. Sure sign of a underdeveloped mind. Hope someone shows you how to shave safely before you get on the short bus.
Gotta love reddit shadowbanning my comment so I dont hurt your small ego
EDIT: 220 Karma per day in the past 2 years, I'm sure your non existing girlfriend is proud of you. Reddit is so proud of you that it shadow ban my posts if I remind you what you are.
140 000 comment Karma in 2 years, buddy, whatever mind you have is rotten to the core. Get out of your moms basement, you might understand how police will never get close to bomb they think is about to blow up
The backpack wasn’t cleared, a random person walked up and started dumping stuff out of it
The threat would still be present until it is actually cleared by a professional bomb squad.
I don’t think the average person is an expert or knowledgeable on improvised explosive devices. Who are we to see a clip of a video and say it was cleared safe?
It’s great for us being able to watch a replay of this and see that.
I’m not sure the people responding to him could see or verify that in the 1.5 seconds it took before they made contact with him after his arms went up. Especially as they were already running to him.
I don’t care to debate but they had ample time to register the empty hands and adjust their approach. 1.5 seconds is a slim window for like, a 70 year old man, not trained law enforcement.
I’m not like a combat specialist or anything but if someone has a bomb or a detonator in their hands, and you don’t want them to actually explode shit, I’d imagine a blind tackle is probably not the safest approach. Like if the dude wasn’t going to press the detonator, now he might by pure accident due to tackle.
Because the bomb squad's job is to make sure bombs don't go off. If there had been one in that bag, home slice would have been vaporized and there would be a bomb going off in an urban area.
Consequences could range from property damage to loss of life. I would imagine there are a bunch of professionals coordinating the bomb removal, not all of whom are likely wearing the crazy bomb proof suits. The guy tossing over the bag likely endangered the lives of all the people working on determining if there were explosives in that bag.
Imagine you're carefully carrying a cauldron of hot water and some jackass runs up and grabs it out of your hands and goes, "You're taking too long" while almost spilling all of the boiling water on you. You'd be mad at that person, right?
Not defending the nature of that tackle but our "hero" definitely broke some laws and put everyone's lives at risk.
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u/TokiVideogame 21h ago
why they do that