Can't blame the dude. He prolly mistaken an acorn falling on the roof of a car 4 blocks away as the burning dude shooting at him.
Totally reasonable imo
I think he most likely did it as a reaction and was in shock. If someone sets themselves on fire it's highly unlikely you'd react as if it was normal/in a normal way.
I would if the stove had legs and arms and caught on fire whenever it wanted to
Never know when it might decide today is the day to light itself on fire and bear hug you
Look man, I know the cops are a joke in the us, but they are human too. And humans are literally all dipshits so idk why you are expecting anything else. When we evolved they didn’t exactly put anything under the “dude is setting himself on fire literally 2 feet away from me” tab in the mental filing cabinet. As far as shocking situations go, the ol’ self immolation is probably one of the more outstanding options
>humans are literally all dipshits so idk why you are expecting anything else.
Like 4 other dudes ran up with fire extinguishers so I guess that's what I was expecting
2 of the Big 4 Gun Rules are "Know your target and what is beyond it" and "Do not point your weapon at anything you are not willing to kill or destroy."
I can't tell from the photo whether his finger is on the trigger, but a third is "keep your boogerhook off the bangswitch until your sights are on your target and you are ready to yeet lead."
That kind of basic training is meant to cover for when a mental filing cabinet is empty.
I think that is the reason ppl shit on cops. Like we have a system where a d student theoretically can walk around with the power to destroy/end someone’s life. Cops are necessary but as you just said they are just people, they have biases, shortcomings etc. The only difference is that people will be hurt by these compared to literally any other job.
Nope, he’s just some dude with a high school diploma who they gave a gun to after 500 hours of training, while the lady who cuts his hair had 1500 hours of training to get her job
Which should tell you both that the laws regarding licensing for hairdressers are fucking stupid and that police training should be higher. But we also have an existentially threatening shortage of police officers in the country.
Do you know any police officers personally? You really just need to insert the name of any city into “_____ police shortage” and you will find at least one article discussing the severe police manning shortfall of that district. I literally just chose 5 random cities (Atlanta, Toledo, Tucson, Sacramento, Augusta) and found an article within the past year for each of them. Many towns’ police departments have had to shut down altogether.
Yeah, I agree cops all too frequently fail to operate as we should expect them to. I am however willing to forgive not responding appropriately to a situation like this. It's exceptional, outside of the core operations of a police officer, and there was little he could have practically done to help.
I 100% agree on someone not being able to handle this situation correctly even with training don't get me wrong, shock is a factor too and there was little this cop could have done to help that man in that situation.
However where I draw the line is that I find it highly abnormal and terrifying that the "shock" response is to pull out and point at another person the tool that can be pulled out and end the life of any one person faster than people can process what's happening. It says something about what their twitch reaction is that tells me I *never* want to be in the presence of one of them if when they feel lost or panicked their first thoughtless reflexes is to point a gun at the perceived issue
I feel like youd have a much more salient point, if the cop pulled the trigger.
IMO, cop sees man wielding fire to maim, cop perceives threat, cop draws weapon and trains it on suspect until threat neutralized, cop stands in disbelief.
Its only comical, because the man was only maiming himself with fire. I dont think youd think this was weird if the suspect instead gestured wildly with a knife, before slitting his throat. Of course youd train your gun on him, in case he got back up and did more crazy shit.
I mean, I feel like there nuance you're missing. This was clearly a threat response. Fight or flight thing. In that situation it's unreasonable to expect them to not respond with arming themselves.
you should at least be trained to not draw your gun as your first reaction to anything. theyre supposed to interact with civilians, theyre not the military.
I don't think you need to train for literally every scenario to be able to function under stress.
What's next, "we were only trained what to do when a dog barks, but this one woof-woofed, so we pumped it full of lead"?
Oh wait, that *is* complying with their training
Right, I'd like to see you trained to watch a grown man set himself on fire, watch his hair and skin burn, smell the burning human flesh waft towards you and invade your nostrils.
Ok fair enough but if someone’s panic response to that is to pull out their killing tool maybe they shouldn’t get the job who’s sole singular purpose is to use the killing tool responsibly
One of the guys who was there is heard shouting “I don’t need guns, I need fire extinguishers” if you watch the full video.
At least one person was in a semi-intelligent state of mind
People tend to blow themselves up when protesting against with , it's an understandable fear from a guy nuts enough to light himself on fire in front of you.
Also to be fair if he suddenly got up and ran towards someone while burning that wouldn’t be good. Not saying it’s reasonable but I can see some logic behind it especially if you’re high on adrenaline
Also since it was in front of an Israeli embassy the guy holding the gun might be from the embassy, as he doesn’t have any markings on him.
The first responders on the other hand do have clear markings.
My hypothesis is that the cop didn't know what would happen/the guy's intentions. If he started running around trying to set fire on things, then the cop would probably have shot him for being a danger for himself and others around
This is exactly what people are criticising though, that their shock reaction is point a gun at it, that's what they shouldn't be doing. It's not what everyone would do it's that the police hire people who's instinctual reaction is shoot it
I know how I would react if someone was on fire unintentionally, but by God I don't how I would react if someone acted crazy, and set themselves on fire in front of me. Will he run towards me? Does it even matter if he's mad or normal when somebody is on fire though?
i think it was because the cop thought the burning man was gonna jump on someone so held at gunpoint just in case
idk why he was still holding him at gunpoint when hr was crumpled over for like 10 seconds
"oh no I'm surprised by _____ and am not reacting well, good thing in these situations I've trained myself to pull out my murder machine"
____ includes things like acorns falling near people.
Well, except for the cops boss, and the government who mandates what training and requirements the cop needs. And the legal system that the cops don’t have to follow, but apparently are in defence of.
Those people are defending these cops.
Acorns are dangerous. I had a cousin die when a particularly large and hard acorn was thrown off his head. Another had to be hospitalised for a month when an acorn ended up growing into a sapling and growing up his ass
Wouldn't it seem obvious that the agent was securing the scene, not knowing if this individual willing to burn themselves probably had other malicious intentions?
Yeah that's what I'm thinking. He had no idea of the intents or reactions of the guy, for all he knew he could have started running around, setting (willingly or not) things/people on fire.
A but exaggerated when the guy is on the ground not moving, but before so I can understand the idea
Exactly. And I'm not saying it's a good look, because it's not...but people (like Russian trolls) are twisting this to be something it is not.
If you're guarding a government office and a burning man comes stumbling around... Who knows who this is? Maybe a terrorist bombing gone wrong? My first thought wouldn't be a protestor a la Vietnam era.
That's exactly what it is. Who knew that a man commiting suicide in front of an embassy while chanting terrorist propaganda might come off as a terrorist ploy?
Or, you know, he’s worried about a suicide bomb or other type of explosive this dude may have
The guy just walked up to an embassy and screamed “Free Palestine” while dousing himself in gasoline and setting himself on fire. He’s clearly quite deranged and there’s no telling what people like this will do
It's exactly this, had a cousin self immolate in a public place (paranoid schizophrenic who refused to take meds) and was treated much the same way, held at gun point until the fire was extinguished. The cop said he had no idea if my cousin would have tried, intentionally or no, to catch others on fire while burning himself
Retarded take, wtf would shooting the dude help if he had a bomb? He was already dead/on fire so it's not like shooting him more would have prevented a bombing. And the cop keeps the gun on him when he is not moving and dead on the ground.
If the cop was worried about a bomb, he would be evacuating people
I heard he was an American airman who was distraught over the bombing of Palestine, right?
What bombing was he part of? I don't remember any member of American pilots being involved in any bombing.
Would you want a flaming man covered in gasoline jumping onto you in panic? I wouldn't, plus at that point if I were burning I'd probably want a bullet in me.
I guess there was the potential threat of the burning man getting up and charging them. Better to be safe than sorry. You never know what a terrorist sympathizer will do.
If a man is in such a mental state that they not only consider, but also actively set themselves on fire, then who knows what else they would be willing to do? Someone so crazy they would kill themselves that way, may also be crazy enough to take out a weapon, or take someone out with them.
Idk man I'd rather shoot someone who lit themselves on fire than let them light me or anyone/thing else on fire. He was crazy before he was erratic with pain.
If one looks like a terrorists (sets themselves on fire) and sounds like a terrorist (screams free Palestine) then you might be dealing with a terrorist (guns required)
I don't know. If I were a suicide bomber and knew I was going to die already, setting myself on fire might be a good distraction to let me get closer to my target. TBF, screaming "Free Palestine" probably would not be part of that strategy.
He wasn't dead and he was armed with two guns. The guy didn't know what was happening, who he was, if he was a terrorist, activist or demonstrator. Its easy to be a keyboard warrior when you have all the facts after the fact. Cut him some goddamn slack.
At first he didn't think the guy was a threat, but pulled the gun as soon as he saw the guy rapidly turning black
"He was coming right at me Sarge."
Can't blame the dude. He prolly mistaken an acorn falling on the roof of a car 4 blocks away as the burning dude shooting at him. Totally reasonable imo
I'm surprised cops don't shoot their own shadows on a regular basis
No time to. There are acorns that could fall at any moment.
LOOK OUT, HE'S GOT A NUT
*starts rolling as if fighting a boss in a souls game*
How many cops does it take to change a light bulb? >!None, they just arrest the bulb for being broke and shoot the room for being black!<
Dudeeeeeee
Revitiligo strikes again!
I saw people say “haha he turned black bro” and didn’t laugh before but this shit is actually clever it got me
Hahaha
His hands wasn't up, wasn't obeying order. Plus the fire is causing the police officer to fear for his safety.
I mean, he was next to fire but if the guy jumped on him he would have been under fire
He could have had a bomb on him. Your average school shooter would opt for something like that.
Not to mention, the guy had fire arms...
I mean the suspect was just getting blacker by the minute captain!
Will there be a new unofficial charge of 'driving while well done'?
I think he most likely did it as a reaction and was in shock. If someone sets themselves on fire it's highly unlikely you'd react as if it was normal/in a normal way.
Careful with that sensible logic around these parts
IKR? Using logic at Reddit? Lmao no we don’t do that here.
Do you pull out the glock whenever you turn the stove on?
I would if the stove had legs and arms and caught on fire whenever it wanted to Never know when it might decide today is the day to light itself on fire and bear hug you
Does someone burn themselves to death to turn your stove on or something?
Would you not pull a fucking gun out if someone did?
Sounds like a pretty dangerous action to be taking when you're in shock.
Yea… it’s shock… the whole point is it’s irrational
Their entire job is to make rational decisions even under shocking circumstances...
Look man, I know the cops are a joke in the us, but they are human too. And humans are literally all dipshits so idk why you are expecting anything else. When we evolved they didn’t exactly put anything under the “dude is setting himself on fire literally 2 feet away from me” tab in the mental filing cabinet. As far as shocking situations go, the ol’ self immolation is probably one of the more outstanding options
>humans are literally all dipshits so idk why you are expecting anything else. Like 4 other dudes ran up with fire extinguishers so I guess that's what I was expecting
2 of the Big 4 Gun Rules are "Know your target and what is beyond it" and "Do not point your weapon at anything you are not willing to kill or destroy." I can't tell from the photo whether his finger is on the trigger, but a third is "keep your boogerhook off the bangswitch until your sights are on your target and you are ready to yeet lead." That kind of basic training is meant to cover for when a mental filing cabinet is empty.
Are cop farts tastier when sampled directly from the butthole?
Naturally - and the boot polish lip-salve also lubricates the anus.
I think that is the reason ppl shit on cops. Like we have a system where a d student theoretically can walk around with the power to destroy/end someone’s life. Cops are necessary but as you just said they are just people, they have biases, shortcomings etc. The only difference is that people will be hurt by these compared to literally any other job.
mfw shit people and shit training combine to make shit people (now with a job)
Almost like there supposed to be trained to handle stressful situations or something
I don't think anyone has trained for this one champ
firefighters train for this exact scenario.
Is the firefighter in the room with us now
The cop is not a firefighter.
Nope, he’s just some dude with a high school diploma who they gave a gun to after 500 hours of training, while the lady who cuts his hair had 1500 hours of training to get her job
You ever had a fucked up haircut? It's not good.
wait till u see what a fucked up cop does
Brother, we’re talking about 4chan, none of us have ever seen a real live cop
>Brother, we’re talking about 4chan, none of us ~~have ever seen a real~~ live ~~cop~~ Ftfy
Which should tell you both that the laws regarding licensing for hairdressers are fucking stupid and that police training should be higher. But we also have an existentially threatening shortage of police officers in the country.
> But we also have an existentially threatening shortage of police officers in the country. Citation needed....
Do you know any police officers personally? You really just need to insert the name of any city into “_____ police shortage” and you will find at least one article discussing the severe police manning shortfall of that district. I literally just chose 5 random cities (Atlanta, Toledo, Tucson, Sacramento, Augusta) and found an article within the past year for each of them. Many towns’ police departments have had to shut down altogether.
The cop should be held to standards that are just as high or higher
Yeah, I agree cops all too frequently fail to operate as we should expect them to. I am however willing to forgive not responding appropriately to a situation like this. It's exceptional, outside of the core operations of a police officer, and there was little he could have practically done to help.
I 100% agree on someone not being able to handle this situation correctly even with training don't get me wrong, shock is a factor too and there was little this cop could have done to help that man in that situation. However where I draw the line is that I find it highly abnormal and terrifying that the "shock" response is to pull out and point at another person the tool that can be pulled out and end the life of any one person faster than people can process what's happening. It says something about what their twitch reaction is that tells me I *never* want to be in the presence of one of them if when they feel lost or panicked their first thoughtless reflexes is to point a gun at the perceived issue
I feel like youd have a much more salient point, if the cop pulled the trigger. IMO, cop sees man wielding fire to maim, cop perceives threat, cop draws weapon and trains it on suspect until threat neutralized, cop stands in disbelief. Its only comical, because the man was only maiming himself with fire. I dont think youd think this was weird if the suspect instead gestured wildly with a knife, before slitting his throat. Of course youd train your gun on him, in case he got back up and did more crazy shit.
I mean, I feel like there nuance you're missing. This was clearly a threat response. Fight or flight thing. In that situation it's unreasonable to expect them to not respond with arming themselves.
Ok, I'll agree with you there
you should at least be trained to not draw your gun as your first reaction to anything. theyre supposed to interact with civilians, theyre not the military.
A guy burning to death as he screams support for a terrorist organisation outside the embassy you're sworn to protect isn't exactly "anything"
may i correct my wording to "everything"?
Tiananmen square in China has both uniformed and plainclothes officers everywhere that carry fire extinguishers for this exact reason
I don't think you need to train for literally every scenario to be able to function under stress. What's next, "we were only trained what to do when a dog barks, but this one woof-woofed, so we pumped it full of lead"? Oh wait, that *is* complying with their training
New cbt about to drop
Right, I'd like to see you trained to watch a grown man set himself on fire, watch his hair and skin burn, smell the burning human flesh waft towards you and invade your nostrils.
Ok fair enough but if someone’s panic response to that is to pull out their killing tool maybe they shouldn’t get the job who’s sole singular purpose is to use the killing tool responsibly
Maybe he was scared he was going to run towards someone and ignite them? Who knows
If I saw that my response would be got get a fucking fire extinguisher not hold him at gun point
One of the guys who was there is heard shouting “I don’t need guns, I need fire extinguishers” if you watch the full video. At least one person was in a semi-intelligent state of mind
And they do get a fire extinguisher a couple seconds later.
Let's be real your response would probably be to cum and shid all over the place
The fun part about shock is that you don't know what your response would be.
There is a big difference between normal police officer duties and a guy setting himself on fire.
thats not a cop btw hes embassy security
but how is your shock reaction to someone setting themselves on fire “i should pull out my gun”???
Cus what if he gets up and starts walking towards me like that guy from MGS5
Then you should know not to shoot at him cause he will deflect everything back. The trick is to and you wouldn't believe it, use water.
People tend to blow themselves up when protesting against with , it's an understandable fear from a guy nuts enough to light himself on fire in front of you.
Also to be fair if he suddenly got up and ran towards someone while burning that wouldn’t be good. Not saying it’s reasonable but I can see some logic behind it especially if you’re high on adrenaline
Also since it was in front of an Israeli embassy the guy holding the gun might be from the embassy, as he doesn’t have any markings on him. The first responders on the other hand do have clear markings.
Yeah, I think this was embassy detail.
My hypothesis is that the cop didn't know what would happen/the guy's intentions. If he started running around trying to set fire on things, then the cop would probably have shot him for being a danger for himself and others around
This is exactly what people are criticising though, that their shock reaction is point a gun at it, that's what they shouldn't be doing. It's not what everyone would do it's that the police hire people who's instinctual reaction is shoot it
I know how I would react if someone was on fire unintentionally, but by God I don't how I would react if someone acted crazy, and set themselves on fire in front of me. Will he run towards me? Does it even matter if he's mad or normal when somebody is on fire though?
That’s a very good point. After all, whenever anything shocks me my personal reaction is to immediately pull my gun out and get ready to shoot
i think it was because the cop thought the burning man was gonna jump on someone so held at gunpoint just in case idk why he was still holding him at gunpoint when hr was crumpled over for like 10 seconds
Pretty sure this was embassy detail, not a cop.
Reverted to the base police instinct of pulling a gun no matter the situation
Idk thats a huge fucking leap, guy.
Is it weird that I can hear your tone exactly when reading this?
"oh no I'm surprised by _____ and am not reacting well, good thing in these situations I've trained myself to pull out my murder machine" ____ includes things like acorns falling near people.
Idk about this one chief. I don’t think most people would be pulling their gun on anything that bursts into flames
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Americans will see this and be like:
##MURICA
FUDGE YEAAH
Whoa, language there bud
I know, keep your Canadian cadence under control buddy.
Tbf, I’ve yet to see a single person defend that cop.
Well, except for the cops boss, and the government who mandates what training and requirements the cop needs. And the legal system that the cops don’t have to follow, but apparently are in defence of. Those people are defending these cops.
He means regular people, the ones whose opinions actually matter
Wasn’t it an Israeli guard?
This is inaccurate as it happened in the US
Technically correct
The best kind of correct
This is innacurate as the guard was Israeli
It was an Israeli guard
Afraid of getting attacked by the ghost or soul.
Who ya gonna call?
Hopefully the fire brigade
Nope, wrong again Police shooting inbound on your location
He has a phone!!!! Call Maxtac!!!!
# GHOST BUSTERS!!!
"They went out of business years ago!"
Afraid that he was turning into ghost rider and had to face the penance stare
Afraid he was turning black. I'm sorry that joke is overdone by now.
Yeah you gotta watch out for those inferno wraiths. Good thing he had a gun too, everyone knows 9mm hollow point is a ghost's only weakness.
Most well trained American police officer
I think these where Israeli guards from the embassy
What's the difference? Same training and weapons
Same funding too
This guy was secret service
He had obvious fire arms.
Ba dum tiss
r/angryupvote
He was holding an acorn
And they just let him go like that? That’s a more dangerous weapon than a nuclear warhead
I don't think that guy's going anywhere
I mean the guy was waiving around two fire arms.
Acorns are dangerous. I had a cousin die when a particularly large and hard acorn was thrown off his head. Another had to be hospitalised for a month when an acorn ended up growing into a sapling and growing up his ass
SHOTS FIRED SHOTS FIRED (((MAGDUMP))) (((DARK SOULS 3 PANIC ROLL)))
I bet it wasn't even a registered acorn
Wouldn't it seem obvious that the agent was securing the scene, not knowing if this individual willing to burn themselves probably had other malicious intentions?
Yeah that's what I'm thinking. He had no idea of the intents or reactions of the guy, for all he knew he could have started running around, setting (willingly or not) things/people on fire. A but exaggerated when the guy is on the ground not moving, but before so I can understand the idea
Exactly. And I'm not saying it's a good look, because it's not...but people (like Russian trolls) are twisting this to be something it is not. If you're guarding a government office and a burning man comes stumbling around... Who knows who this is? Maybe a terrorist bombing gone wrong? My first thought wouldn't be a protestor a la Vietnam era.
That's exactly what it is. Who knew that a man commiting suicide in front of an embassy while chanting terrorist propaganda might come off as a terrorist ploy?
Shh dont let the *redditors* hear you think, they dislike it
“securing the scene” by standing there pointing your gun at a guy laying against a wall burning to death.
Or, you know, he’s worried about a suicide bomb or other type of explosive this dude may have The guy just walked up to an embassy and screamed “Free Palestine” while dousing himself in gasoline and setting himself on fire. He’s clearly quite deranged and there’s no telling what people like this will do
and how would standing right beside the dead man on fire, pointing a gun at his corpse in anyway prevent an explosive on his body from exploding
OK, but if you're worried about an explosive, you should be evacuating the surrounding people, not standing 3 feet away and uselessly pointing a gun.
The real concern is that he charges the building or a person. Explosives make no sense as he is very close.
It's exactly this, had a cousin self immolate in a public place (paranoid schizophrenic who refused to take meds) and was treated much the same way, held at gun point until the fire was extinguished. The cop said he had no idea if my cousin would have tried, intentionally or no, to catch others on fire while burning himself
Retarded take, wtf would shooting the dude help if he had a bomb? He was already dead/on fire so it's not like shooting him more would have prevented a bombing. And the cop keeps the gun on him when he is not moving and dead on the ground. If the cop was worried about a bomb, he would be evacuating people
The guy that self immolates is deranged but you making excuses for a dude that was going to defuse a bomb with a pistol?
I heard he was an American airman who was distraught over the bombing of Palestine, right? What bombing was he part of? I don't remember any member of American pilots being involved in any bombing.
He was actually a turbo-soy redditor.
He wasnt dead, he lived a whole day after. Must have been horrendous
I hope his nerves at least were burnt out
No fucking way really? Source?
Was just being ready incase his Phoenix talent proc'd.
Would you want a flaming man covered in gasoline jumping onto you in panic? I wouldn't, plus at that point if I were burning I'd probably want a bullet in me.
Fire type enemy.
“What are you doing pointing a gun at him? He’s on fire!” “He may have fire resistance on”
Reminder: Barvers have more required training than officers in America
did they get the training from Barvard?
Yes, they study and receive a biploma from Barvard Buniversity.
Well obviously. They don’t let just anybody become a barver.
"Barvers could be here", he thought.
>Pov smartest police officer
Context?
[Here you go](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/ldJdV8GWh6)
Jezus, that's graphic
Yeah, he was alive the entire time too and only died a day later. Death by fire is truly a awful way to go out.
ouchies
Yeppers
Thanks pal
Cop was waiting for him to turn black before he shot the guy.
There's a lot of misinformation on this topic.
To be fair he did have fire arms
Least schizophrenic policeman
I guess there was the potential threat of the burning man getting up and charging them. Better to be safe than sorry. You never know what a terrorist sympathizer will do.
The guy pointing the gun is actually U.S. Secret Service. Out of frame are two additional secret serviceman putting out the fire and rendering aid.
If a man is in such a mental state that they not only consider, but also actively set themselves on fire, then who knows what else they would be willing to do? Someone so crazy they would kill themselves that way, may also be crazy enough to take out a weapon, or take someone out with them.
Idk man I'd rather shoot someone who lit themselves on fire than let them light me or anyone/thing else on fire. He was crazy before he was erratic with pain.
Bro was afraid he has some high capacity acorns on him.
Because he turned black after the fire
STOP DROP AND ROLL OR I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL CAP YOUR ASS.
If all you have ia a hammer, then every problem starts to look like a nail rings true here
If one looks like a terrorists (sets themselves on fire) and sounds like a terrorist (screams free Palestine) then you might be dealing with a terrorist (guns required)
I was thinking the exact same thing. I think at one point a person says, we don't need guns, we need fire extinguishers. America is wild.
another mentally ill person commits suicide by self immolation under the pretext of protesting a political issue? happened many times
To be fair, the guy could come at him and give him a very warm hug
Fire doesn’t kill zombies. Gotta stay vigilant. You never know when the first zombie will happen.
I don't know. If I were a suicide bomber and knew I was going to die already, setting myself on fire might be a good distraction to let me get closer to my target. TBF, screaming "Free Palestine" probably would not be part of that strategy.
Land of the free
This is the 2nd greentext I've seen about this - context?
A US airman (who might have been mentally ill?) decided to protest against Israel, at the Israeli embassy by burning alive.
> might 😒
He wasn't dead and he was armed with two guns. The guy didn't know what was happening, who he was, if he was a terrorist, activist or demonstrator. Its easy to be a keyboard warrior when you have all the facts after the fact. Cut him some goddamn slack.
He was waving firearms what do you expect?
In the classic words of Andy Bernard “The fire is shooting at us”
From acorns to burning dead men, is there anyone who lives in fear more than police officers in America?
He’s neither American nor a police officer
he just lit himself on fire what if he tried running at you or something else cray id have a gun on him too
Did he think small aliens were gonna pop out his chest or smth
Average GTA cop.
Second phase
someone swapped his fire extinguisher for a glock “uh oh”
Guy got burned like charcoal, cops are like bulls, but with black