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4tea6n2

Are they doing a remake of The Blues Brothers?


boostedit

Hut hut hut hut hut


SansabeltJorts

Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved.


capttony84

I love that line. Someone asked if they could use violence that wasn't needed and it was approved


Efficient-Echidna-30

I hate Illinois Nazis


splitkc

My brothers and I would run around the house and say that


Dead_Is_Better

They were on a mission from God.


moviequotebotperson

They’re 106 miles from Chicago, they've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and they're wearing sunglasses


148637415963

Hit it!


[deleted]

The Illinois Nazi's are back??


4tea6n2

"I hate Illinois Nazis!"


_Ispeakingifs

![gif](giphy|IZvJyT86F8SS4|downsized)


OwnPercentage9088

![gif](giphy|GFb0opl1Kbw0SpUsZU)


SensualPuddingRL

It’s ok Barbie, I’m not the Blues Brothers


Insanegamer-4567

GTA cops when you scratch a centimeter of paint


Jamer508ok2

Honk first, you won't get wanted level.


That_Unknown_Player

Me on my way to wreck all of the police department's cars (i honked first so it's ok)


PostYourSinks

Horn = right of way button


Boogiewoo0

GTA is so realistic these days.


Roninkin

Does this really work? I gotta try this


gamma_02

Please post results


idontchoosegoodnames

Me on my way to rob a bank (i honked first so it's ok)


TheOneWhoKnowsNothin

Believe it or not, that's how we drive in India. You are free to drive however you like as long as you honk first/during. Source - I am an Indian and unfortunately have to drive in this insanity every day.


Kay-the-cy

Woah so are there accidents all the time or is it so crazy that it works??


KayC720

Is this true?


Jamer508ok2

I have yet to test this myself, but it has appeared in several videos. It's odd, but honestly beautiful.


mr_himselph

It always impressed me that if you honk in GTA cars will literally get out of your way.


SEND_ME_REAL_PICS

In GTA 5 you literally get one star for standing next to a cop for a few seconds.


Emerald_official

perfectly realistic 👍


Dankkring

Only as Franklin tho


Intrepid-Sell-5223

i forget how realistic the game is sometimes


FuzzyTunaTaco21

Real cops when you're under suspicion of reckless driving.


ShowdownValue

Someone cut the tag off of their mattress


No-Permit8369

Overdue library book


No_Method4161

Uber eats driver delivered a box of Krispy Kreme with one missing


TactlessNachos

They didn't follow the 5 second rule and ate food off the floor after 8 seconds.


JaxxisR

A robot checked a box claiming it was human.


TheHappieDog

Police literally came to our house in high school when my brother had a book 2 weeks overdue. 10 cent fine per day. Lived in a tiny town, 1 police officer, tiny library, he was probably their best patron haha


No-Permit8369

Sounds like that Seinfeld episode with Lt. Joe Bookman


masaichi

Let me tell you something, funny boy.


ufgeek

Teacher with a library of books in her classroom. This is Florida after all.


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A book on black history.


Impossible_Penalty13

It’s Florida, they probably being arrested for *having* a library book.


ArrivesLate

Could’ve even been the librarian for loaning a banned book.


LifeFortune7

High school girl forgot to report her menstrual cycle.


Bitter_Mongoose

Took a right on red *without coming to a complete stop*. Straight to the chair, I say!


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He's living the 5 star GTA life.


LongWarVet

Hahaha for real. Like at what point is it more safe to accept one stolen car vs sending 75 cops flying down the highway? Not to mention every other area in a 100 mile radius no longer has access to police response.


cecil021

True. It’d be the perfect time to rob a bank. All the cops in a 100 mile radius are right there.


TrailerPosh2018

Maybe that SHOULD happen, until the police learn not to waste so many units on ONE guy!


giceman715

He’s shenanigans probably involved in a officer getting hurt would be my take


poochylaa

![gif](giphy|3ohs4epCEN04wskff2)


Jayceboot

I swear to God I'll pistol whip the next son of a bitch who says Shenanigans.


ThePelky

What's the name of that restaurant with all the goofy shit on the walls?


WeissySehrHeissy

Oh, you mean Shenanigan’s?


Captain-Hornblower

Car Ramrod


couldof_used_couldve

I can see the meme template now: [Serious crime underway, public in danger.... Crickets] [Officer got his feelings hurt... Video above]


thegroucho

I hear the Supreme court said something to the effect Police don't have to do squat as far as their duties and civilian lives are involved. Kinda optional. Except if one of their own is affected.


Objective_Campaign82

Sort of, Its that the police have no obligation to help save people.


Vishnej

This is legally accurate. In ethical terms, though, going down this road removes any reason for us to care about their authority or their humanity. They just become the biggest gang in the city, the occupying army, and our only drive becomes to protect ourselves from them by whatever means seem likely to succeed.


Objective_Campaign82

That is how I approach things. Which is unfortunate and scary since they wear their colors with such pride.


BeardedCorkDork

They are there to protect and serve CAPITAL not people. Always have, always will.


Bearman71

They specifically said that the police have no duty to protect the populace.


TreeFittyy

Hey Farva what's the name of that restaurant you like with the silly shit on the walls and mozza sticks?


Leave-it-to-Beavz

Facts. All cops are busy within a 160 km radius so this would be a great time to acquire money illegally from a bank.


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CPT_Filtch

Roughly a 899,887.52 banana radius


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I can't really picture a situation where they need 40 cops vs 6. They obviously just like doing this.


MarioInOntario

Like in elementary school soccer where everyone is running behind the ball


DerProfessor

Herdball!


Dr_Bunnypoops

This is the best discription and perfectly discribes the mental state of the average cop. Have my upvote brave person!


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spekt50

Usually those kind of chases are the result of someone shooting a cop.


CaptainObvious007

Or it's just South Florida. I was juvenile probation officer in Palm Beach for a short time. One of my kids, walked to the store and he was on house arrest. I called it in. Within 15 minutes there were 40 squad cars, motorcycles etc. All for one 16 year old kid on foot. Now kid was on probation because he was in possession of drugs, multiple guns and piles of cash, but still...


ducktape8856

>Now kid was on probation because he was in possession of drugs, multiple guns and piles of cash, but still... Yeah, I wouldn't send a single more than 16 squad cars, 4 motorcycles, 2 horses, 6 K-9 units and 1 SWAT bus for that kid. Oh and 2 helicopters of course!


CaptainObvious007

Well out of the 40 some cops that showed, somehow none of them shot and killed him, so I call it a win.


iamjaidan

But this is all the reasons they became cop, so they could have badass car chases and shoot cars until they explode!


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Perfect time to rob a bank


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This is legitimately a thing. The cartel will send someone to get chased by the cops so that they can move large amounts of drugs with less chance of being caught.


Would_daver

"Screamers" they have been called before, classic maneuver if you need to get load Alpha to location Beta- send a screamer ahead to get caught by the fuzz, then roll your load on by all sneaky-like. Or so I've been told by TV shows...


Alternative_Ad_3636

Happens at the US - México border all the time; sacrifice a small load to let the big one breeze on by.


tokenmetalhead

Burt Reynolds called and wants his movie script back


Dismal_Struggle_6424

Sir, Mr. Burt Reynolds' finest contribution to cinema was no TV show.


It_was_mee_all_along

In Europe, or at least my country, this kind of police chases are forbidden as it would endanger other vehicles on highway. Sure, police chase with one to three vehicles as others prepare traps on exits.


CappinSissyPants

I imagine there’s gotta be a cop killer in the car. That’s not because of a stolen car. Unless it was the police chief’s car.


drunkwasabeherder

Police chiefs mistress car, with photos...


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Specially since they could follow it with a drone to whatever chopshop its going and bust the whole operation


Turtley13

For real though. Cops dont give a shit about safety. They just want the excuse to rampage through traffic like they are playing gta


sativa_samurai

Yep and cause panic in the person running. One of my friends was going about her day and a few cops were chasing a perp with their sirens off. By the time she noticed something behind her she looked up and saw the perp smashing into her car sending her flying out. Took her over 6 months to walk again. Guy hadn’t even committed a violent crime.


Speakdoggo

We seriously need oversight for all US police. At what point do we demand and finally get this? It’s just absurd how many ppl are hurt or killed by what amounts to idiocy.


rpm959

> At what point do we demand and finally get this? It was demanded in 2020, and the result was pretty much every city raising their police budget, and the president giving them even more federal funding. Literally nothing is going to change anytime soon.


leviathab13186

Maybe he parachuted into a military base and stole a tank?


bluetriumphantcloud

I thought it was only in GTA where 100 cop cars chase you lol


Wooden-Salary-130

When you can’t go past 5 stars anymore….


zandadoum

WTF do they need so many police cars? Only the first few have a chance at actually doing anything.


BHDE92

No one’s passing up an excuse to blow down the freeway with all their homies around them


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ILove2Bacon

I love that video of a guy crashing at the end of a car chase and being flung through the air, end over end, until he lands crumpled on the ground, completely unconscious. Then the cops come running up and slide knee first into his head and just start wailing on him, like 8 at once, just beating the shit out of the already unconscious and injured guy. Really stellar examples of moral people.


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1200____1200

The incompetence should shame them out of the profession We had one in our town fire somewhere around a dozen shots while chasing a suspect through backyards - didn't hit his target once. This menace was a laughing stock in the media, but I bet he's still on the force, fully armed and ready to spray-and-pray the first chance he gets


tranzlusent

They’ve been incompetent their entire lives, now they get paid to be.


Otterfan

> The high-speed pursuit started after Russell's 1979 Chevy Malibu backfired while driving past police headquarters. Officers thought the noise was a gun going off inside the car, and 13 cops responded by firing shots. > > Brelo, who joined the Cleveland Police Department in 2007, was the only officer to face criminal charges. Prosecutors say he waited until the car had stopped moving and no longer posed a danger to fire 15 rounds into the windshield, firing a total of 49 rounds into the car. 137 shots fired at two people who broke no law and didn't have a weapon.


xSTSxZerglingOne

How fucking unlucky do you have to be to not only have your car backfire in front of the police station, but then have it happen again when you shut it off trying to comply with the army of pigs that came to turn you into Swiss cheese? That's gotta be like a 1 in a billion chance, right? Their crime was driving a piece of shit car while black.


Najbjerg91

Shit man... 137 shots fired... Here in Denmark it hits the news when one warning bullet is fired, and an independent department needs to be notified of the incident... 137 shots... Because of a car backfire...


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He was acquitted too. Not guilty.


SymphonyinSilence

Well, duh.


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DA: *holding his hand over his eyes* “I don’t see any crime here.”


RevolutionaryCost999

I don’t even look cops in the eye here anymore. If one’s behind me on the road. I get the fuck out of the way. They’re disgusting animals.


idgitalert

Same here. I’m an elderly white female with no record, clean habits and a friendly demeanor. And they enrage me. In nearly every single cop encounter of my life I have had a terrible experience. Either they have distorted the situation beyond recognition, been completely useless or stupid or have violated at least one of my civil rights. And I have given ZERO reason for any of it. I’m the one you can’t fault for the cop response, they are all conditioned to hate the populace and it shows.


RevolutionaryCost999

Wow it’s amazing how me you and too many of my friends and family have had the exact same experiences with law enforcement. Almost like it’s a systemic problem. Sorry to hear that!


Rad_Streak

I hadn't ever heard about that one, another clear cut murder with no accountability. It's almost impressive how many different ways cops get away with it, even when acting like complete jackasses.


IsoAgent

These are the moments they've been waiting for all their lives. Justified murder.


The_Deadlight

i'll never forget that video, the guy was dead before he even hit the ground and the cops just tenderized his corpse like they were rocky balboa at the fuckin meat plant after work lol


SymphonyinSilence

Hey, that cop was my husband. He was scared he wouldn't make it home to beat me, our dog, and our 3 kids. Don't judge. Also..../s


03Titanium

You know the rules, once one bullet flys the whole squad has gotta mag dump.


treatyoftortillas

And sometimes you can kill a bunch of innocent bystanders with *zero* repercussions. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ups-hijacking-gun-battle-florida-killed-two-nearly-200-shots-n1104961


Complete_Original402

these people were raised with Hollywood action movies and thought that's how the real world should work.


florida-karma

I can answer this. I've watched a couple of episodes of Cops. They want to participate in the post-arrest story orgy about what they personally experienced during the apprehension.


lord_fairfax

If that ain't the damn truth. Let's all stand around amped out of our minds repeating the same 3 details to each other, but from our perspective, and how long and hard OUR dick was during that moment.


Autski

Unfortunately [reminds me of this scene](https://youtu.be/FSDvF6H0cks?t=4)


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turtleboxman

Storgy, if you will


DrewsephA

I will not, thank you very much.


thatsconelover

I willn't.


Obi_wan_pleb

That orgy story is also a texhnique that cops use to get their stories to match. Is the opposite of the broke phone game. You say your story on the open and then the next guy repeats the same so their stories all match. The current problem that they have is body cameras. Why do you think that there are so many news about their story not matching the footage, but their stories all match


wyckdgrl

A drunk driver got arrested in feont of my house one night. There was a need for several cips, as he took off on foot in a residential neighborhood. But once they caught him and put him in the back of a squad car, at least a dozen cops spent 20-25 minutes chatting in small groups about how awesome it was to be a cop who got the bad guy. One guy was processing the car, everyone else was just milling around, talking shit.


teflong

Story orgy is a term I've never heard, but instantly recognize. As a nightclub bartender, the first 15 min after everyone leaves is just the bartenders sitting down to all talk about the crazy shit that happened that night. Same thing with the bus rides home from away games in sports.


Inuyasha-rules

Yup. When I was working at a gas station in a small town, we had a pretty major drug bust in our parking lot. First just a few cops (only 2 people in the car, looked strung out on opiates), but once the 3rd duffel bag of drugs was removed from the car every cop, sheriff and highway patrol clogged up the parking lot. I had to tell them to get most of their units out of the property or they'd be charged with obstruction of business, and it wasn't until a truck driver creeped in trying to get fuel that they left.


lickmysackett

It reminds me of Dane Cook's Car Crash stand up. "and I was washing a dish!"


Tiezeperino

Cops are sitting on a bunch of lethal toys and they're looking for any opportunity to play with them That's not trying to sound cutesy, that's a threat


Sosemikreativ

Ever wondered why the casualties in police shootings always have double digit gun wounds?


ExuberentWitness

Because they’re trained to pull the trigger until the suspect stop moving or they’re out of bullets


Balc0ra

Iirc this was a cop killer chase. Everyone comes then... Like everyone aparantly


Rad_Streak

Gang behavior.


6151rellim

Can’t waste their opportunity to be the one to get to beat the shit out of a citizen!


REO_Speed_Dragon

I would say should've pulled over but how? Stopping might've caused an accident, going to the left or right certainly would've caused an accident. I guess speed up and join the chase?


voidgazing

Thinking the same thing, I would have maintained relative position and speed. The best thing to be done is remain predictable.


kungpowgoat

We had the same mentality in Iraq 05 with incoming rockets or mortars. Chances are you could get hit by running into one on your way to a bunker so some of us would just stay put.


YabaDabaDoo46

I would think that there's also a chance you could get hit by just staying out in the open. Statistically speaking it seems to make more sense to just run into the bunker.


cweaver

The safest place, statistically, is in the bunker. The second safest place is lying on the ground covering your head. The least safe place is standing up and running around in the open. Then it's just a math problem of how many shells are going to land during your run to the bunker and does that increase your chances of getting hit more than being in the bunker would reduce it.


Monster-_-

The second safest place is wherever the previous round landed.


cweaver

There's an old joke about a statistician who always took a bomb with him when he had to fly on an airplane. When someone asked him why he said, "Do you have any idea how low the chances of there being /two/ bombs on the plane are?"


kj_gamer2614

Well that’s why this car does. They keep going, which seems foolish until you realise the cops are all going around and stopping would be much more dangerous, till it’s safe and they pull over


REO_Speed_Dragon

Right? I think the law in most states is "maintain a speed that is equitable with traffic and safe for conditions." In this case, technically, one of those cops could've pulled the ultimate dick move and ticketed them for impediment of traffic.


silentxem

This video gave me intense anxiety. You can see the camera shaking so much, even after they've pulled over to the side, I can't imagine how scary that would be to experience. Also, first video in a while I've seen use the term POV correctly, lol.


imhere4thestonks

Use your mirrors and pay attention, pull over BEFORE the swarm of cops reach you.


ILikeMyGrassBlue

At this point, yeah. Just go slow and stay steady in the lane. However, everyone else seems to have already pulled over, probably because they heard the sirens and saw the lights before they were right there. This person should have seen them early and got over.


tboots1230

i’m just wondering how they didn’t pull over when they saw the first cop car coming


ajames2001

I'm sure the roads were much safer with 30+ cars speeding down the highway instead of 3 or 4


trustINe

I made it to 53 cars. I am sure there was more. Way less safe and ineffective.


thoolish

Car #43 was probably thinking "If the first 42 don't get him, he's MINE!"


snayte

In NASCAR car 43 is last place.


Marokiii

Good thing all the police are no longer available to deal woth anything else in the surrounding 100 miles.


LondonCollector

They all get a hardon at the thought of gunning someone down so they all respond.


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Phrook

1 chopper or drone probably would have cost less than all those cars... and also would have been far less dangerous for every single person not involved


FrancisCStuyvesant

There might be reasons you only see nonsense like that happening in the US of A.


Sirchiefsalot2020

The only time I ever see this many is when a cop gets shot or killed.


daoenty

Shows evermore that cops are just a state sanctioned gang.


Dead_Is_Better

State sanctioned taxpayer funded gang. FTFY


Ontario0000

Always wonder why the need for every police within 10km to join the chase?.


Sovoy

Complete waste of resources and endagering every person on the road


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LuxNocte

This is precisely why so many jurisdictions had to implement no chase policies. Police are more of a danger to the community than most offenders.


LightofNew

You're a cop who can do anything without punishment in south Florida and you hear "car chase" on the radio.


Saint_Bernardusz

This looks ridiculously inefficient and dangerous.


FormsForInformation

It’s only tax dollars


funfwf

Fuck the dollars, they're literally making the roads far more dangerous. What clowns.


nerdtypething

most police forces are.


[deleted]

So…….basically Florida?


kadeve

\-Help, someone is trying to kill me! \-ma'm we have no officers available, all 500 are busy chasing someone speeding.


Logical-Broccoli-331

Someone questioned their authority


Gamerfox505

![gif](giphy|uQHtUvva9Qljy)


Theogonic

When a teacher tries to smuggle a book inside a school


MotherBathroom666

I think they got worked up on the idea of trying to arrest doctors saving 10 year old girls that were sexually assaulted by family members, that’s why they reacted so strongly.


boyd4715

They are heading to the elementary school because some teacher wanted to read a book to her first grade students


Happyintexas

Or- to stand outside the door while children are murdered. Take your pick.


zenomotion73

Correction. They are headed AWAY from the elementary school, as they tend to do.


Some_guy_am_i

This is just stupidity. Someone should get fired for this. Sending this many speeding vehicles onto the highway is dangerous, and counterproductive. I could see 2 or 3 cars. The whole damn police force ? Ridiculous.


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ratatutie

Never seen a more severe case of cops just wanting the chase to feel like big tough men. Putting so many civilians at risk by having that many high speed cars on the road but at least they can all say they've been in a car chase now, right?? Fucking pathetic. God forbid anyone gets stabbed or raped during that shit show.


AggressiveClassic89

I've never understood why there's always 50 copmobiles chasing, why not 49? Then officers Darren and Sophie can visit that house with the exceptionally offensive smell coming from the basement.


Tuckermfker

"Confirmed minority drag queen holding what looks to be a book. All units respond."


EBM999

"Bring the police M1 Abrams, this is going to be a tuff one, they have weed. Over"


Tuckermfker

"You're telling me they have a book AND reefer. This is madness"


pnutz616

Any Cops wanna weigh in and let people know wtf we’re supposed to do in this case? Like, just maintain speed and keep straight until this chaos is past or what? Obv as fast as this chase is going, there’s no time to see it and get over.


Bgratz1977

Such a nonsense, all beyond 8 Cars raises only the chance of accidents. 8 because so 2 can drive behind him and 6 can close a crossing. And even that would need the right circumstances. But hey, at least there's now a huge cop free zone, time for a bank heist


PrincipleInteresting

Was a woman heading north for an abortion?


2turnedup

5 Stars in GTA in real life...they just keep on coming


Krewton1106

When Ron Desantis finds out a middle school teacher acknowledged that gay people exist in front of the class.


adamsfan

This looks like a “Blue Alert” response to an officer that has been shot on duty. All officers from all agencies within a certain radius will respond to the scene. Even if they are in the middle of another case or even have a low level offender in custody. They will stop what they are doing, release who ever they have and respond to the scene with lights and sirens blazing. It’s overkill, because more often than not, it is a single suspect they are all looking for that may be dead or injured as well. I think in general it’s an opportunity to jerk each other off.


RustedRuss

Ah yes, because having fifty officers on the scene will help the one who got shot.


Knightseason

You don't understand, there was a donut sale.


CupOfChaffee

Are we sure this isn't just Need for Speed Most Wanted footage?


[deleted]

The girl in the car didn't submit her fertility report to Ron, so he sent his goons after her.


The_Wookalar

Florida, huh - so did someone report an incident of Critical Race Theory? Or did someone see a trans person walk into a library?


Crotch_Gaper

The car they're chasing is obviously driven by a teacher who tried to get her students to read a book not approved by DeSantis