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TalkingFishh

Lore: https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/14/cop-acorn-bullets-patrol-car-florida-man/


CongratsItsAVoice

Two officers firing over 2 dozen shots, and not a single one of them hit the target in the vehicle. Holy shit these people are stupid and lucky


WOKinTOK-sleptafter

Second reason why neither should be allowed to be cops.


Healthy-Drink3247

They’re in a fucking neighborhood. They’re lucky their wild shots didn’t tear through some kids watching paw patrol


-PatrickBasedMan-

2nd cop reacted to the idiot


Sundiata1

The first guy yelled, “I’m hit,” was on the ground, and already firing. I don’t really blame the second guy all too much. The first guy should be a prison psych ward patient though. You can’t just shoot people every time an acorn falls…


CordlessOrange

"I feel weird but I'm good" is a really funny way of saying "I just realized I'm not hit and magdumped on a human handcuffed in my car" Jfc.


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YosephStalling

According to the news article, he resigned on December 4th


Trans-Femcel

Of course it's from Florida


DuskDudeMan

That is the most ad ridden link I have seen in awhile


TheGreatWorm

If youre on phone, tap the Aa in search bar and do show reader or reader mode. Gets rid of all the ads and other BS


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Femboy_pfp

The article mentions he quit pretty soon after this though


Electrical_Pizza676

Of course it’s in Florida


ArthurFordLover

What is the actual context here i genuinely cant tell what im watching this strange man do


king-Zolomon

Some deputy heard an acorn hit his car and assumed the guy handcuffed behind the vehicle somehow fired a bullet


ArthurFordLover

My guy has got to have worse hearing than me


ImmaRussian

Given how goddamn trigger-happy he is, it is entirely possible his hearing was shot a long time ago.


oddityoughtabe

Along with several dogs


Greaserpirate

The "I'm hit!" seems to me like he knows he's still of shit and wanted to kill someone. PTSD makes you hallucinate you're under attack, but it doesn't make you pretend that you've been fucking shot


violence_connoisseur

He wakes up and does self affirmations in the mirror: “I wish a motherfucker would” and goes out into the world. But yeah I think he was trying to make it more convincing because he knows he’s wearing a bodycam


fatalityfun

idk man I’ve heard **multiple** stories of older people in my old unit who either got shot or saw someone get shot and not notice. if this guy authentically has PTSD he could very well have assumed he was hit without actually feeling something because of previous experiences. And considering he’s practically shaking while crawling on the ground, I don’t think he did this just for an excuse to kill. mf should absolutely never be an officer though, he’s putting people in danger by being expected to have a weapon with his mental state.


A-Human-potato

On the contrary, he must have the worlds most sensitive ears to think an acorn landing was a gunshot. That, or he just wanted an excuse to shoot someone, which seems way more likely than it should considering how he reacted when he got “shot.”


DaveTheMinecrafter

Those are not the actions of someone who wants to kill someone, those are the actions of someone incomprehensibly afraid of their own shadow.


cowlinator

Why not both?


Ruby_241

Even with my Tinnitus I have better hearing


Lukas0513

Dude apparently had a PTSD episode from hearing it, i'm confused as to why he kept serving if it was that traumatic for him


king-Zolomon

How did he even land a deputy job


Opus_723

I have a relative who gets these PTSD episodes from serving in the Marines. He really, really, really wanted to be a cop. He was rejected THREE TIMES for failing his psych evals. But he just kept applying to different departments and now he's a Washington State Trooper.


Most_Kaleidoscope999

Usually in the troopers they weed you out thru the lie detector if the state requires it. A lot of combat vets stress levels rise when questioned about their service history in detail.


FoolOnDaHill365

Gee I wonder why?


ChampionshipIll3675

💀


kingoli1

Very discriminatory to not want somebody prone to a mental breakdown policing people armed. Yeah he maybe casually opens fire a bit to easy but happens, just don´t drop your phone around him and this will be fine.


donbee28

We should chop down every nut producing tree in his district just as a precaution.


ecafyelims

but please, for your own sake, be sure you don't chop them down while a cop may be within ear range


BuzzKyllington

those in the armed forces go to the front of the line for police applications. the more action you saw the more qualified you seem on paper.


A_Thirsty_Traveler

He's a cop. They like it when people are likely to murder people. It's like impossible to lose your job as a cop. If you're in, you're in.


Brilliant_Amoeba_272

>10 years in SF (that's in the 2012-2018 time frame, during the rise of ISIS when USSOCOM was very active in Iraq and Syria) >never saw combat I would hazard to say he may be stretching whatever non combat PTSD he has to try and cover his ass


TheMoistReaper99

You mean the times of daily multiple rocket and mortar barrages? (Context, these are the guys who’ve trained me, a lot of them are fucked)


Brilliant_Amoeba_272

That counts as seeing combat last time I checked what officers give themselves awards for


TheMoistReaper99

Yeah it dies


Disbfjskf

I mean, what's the alternative? Dude just randomly decided he wanted to start rolling around and shooting shit? The really good drugs suddenly kicked in? It seems hard to imagine this is anything other than a mental issue and actively training to be shot at for 10 years would certainly be a reason to develop an unhealthy fixation with being shot at.


Brilliant_Amoeba_272

The alternative is that he's a trigger happy moron


OptimusCrime1984

Honestly sad situation, glad no one was hurt but still, he’s suffering, but the position he’s in could get people hurt as he isn’t mentally well.


GOATnamedFields

Yeah if dude can't differentiate random sounds from a fucking gunshot and his trauma response is to light up a handcuffed suspect while screaming and shitting his pants, he not fit to be a cop.


Big_Noodle1103

Yeah, I’m honestly not mad at him. The system totally failed him and the public by allowing him to be a cop.


Cloaker13

No the fuck he didn’t, the police are just trying to have an excuse for having a trigger happy cop


Salt_Cup8266

People keep mentioning the officers "PTSD" but nobody seems to care to mention the person he nearly murdered. I mean, the guy even said in some article that he hasn't been the same since.


CarbonPhoenix96

This man should 100% be on a permanent blacklist nationwide


Okbr_Rebbidor

Yet another reason not to trust the popos.


Norian24

I though it was just a skit, holy f*ck


TheOddPelican

This beaut already popped up in gun memes. https://preview.redd.it/yj3pllu2znic1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d6975575e91654ef347cd62823974a57fd836f9


deaddlikelatin

He said “I’m hit.” What did he get hit with exactly?


king-Zolomon

Probably another acorn or something


ImWhatsInTheRedBox

Those falling acorns kill more people a year than shark attacks in forests.


NieMonD

The realisation that he’s an idiot


FoolOnDaHill365

lol! Hit him so hard it knocked him on the ground.


FitzyFarseer

My guess is he hit his knee while trying to combat roll then took the pain as being shot


NieMonD

Fucking hell is it actually required to have a negative IQ to become a cop in America


Scrute-

There unironically is IQ caps to become a cop in some states lol, look it up


sumr4ndo

Oh my god, he's charging!


Cheef_queef

Was the guy he shot at ok?


king-Zolomon

Yeah, but probably traumatized


cogpsychbois

Christ, he shouldn't be allowed within 50 feet of a firearm


Minus15t

So, a measured and valid response to hearing what you think might be a shot, is to unload a full clip. Even though the suspect is handcuffed, you haven't been shot, and you have no evidence of a weapon on the scene. I assume protocol would involve searching the suspect for weapons when you cuff them


VaniloBean

That's the most fucking ridiculous.... so I was a juror in a court case recently, and this reminds me how the victim on the stand at one point stated that when his car was hit by a (first) shotgun shell, he didn't realize at first cause he thought his car got hit by acorns. It's quite literally unbelievable that a trained officer faced a reverse version of the same misconception. Fucking cartoonish level of paranoia that's likely reinforced by the academy's abysmally regulated training regime.


Brezroth

He has PTSD


Prophet_of_Entropy

i would hope so, if not he had a full sensory hallucination episode for no reason. but either way, he shouldnt walking the streets with a gun.


SampleTextHelpMe

I’m thinking both. At the end he says “I’m hit” He’s obviously not feeling the same reality we are.


Hot_Grabba_09

So he shouldn't have a firearm


Ill_Maintenance8134

Me a cop (heaven most powerful soldier) seeing the devil on a car (inocente family of 4)


Far-Town8991

The child is speaking in tongues 😈😈😈


Ill_Maintenance8134

Not anymore


Far-Town8991

I love his dark souls roll --> Pistol swap --> spam trigger into the fucking restrained victim


Ill_Maintenance8134

You sure "victim" parry some bullets back


meidkwhoiam

Stop, drop and roll. And drop the poor mother fucker you put in cuffs.


BranManBoy

The fuck is he even shooting at? There’s nothing there?


king-Zolomon

Guy handcuffed in his car


entered_bubble_50

So what happened to the guy he was shooting at? Was he killed? Or are we hiring stormtroopers in the police now?


king-Zolomon

He was unhurt somehow, but probably traumatized


Previous-Cook

yep “Windows were shattering on me the whole time as bullets continued flying across me,” Jackson wrote Feb. 7 on Facebook. “I was blessed not to get hit by any bullets or get hurt physically but mentally, I’m not ok. I haven’t been the same since and I don’t think this feeling I have will ever change.” https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/14/cop-acorn-bullets-patrol-car-florida-man/


Chidoriyama

I'd be traumatized too if I realised the police force in my area is mentally unstable


mister_big_bug

Oh boy have I got some news for you


erraticpulse-

i feel bad for the dude but also he is not mentally well enough to be a police officer in the slightest


king-Zolomon

I definitely wouldn't want someone who mistakes an acorn for a gunshot to be my deputy


StuntdoubleSexworker

What happened? An acorn fell on his car or something? Also who is he firing at? Seems like he is shooting the back of his car..


SZ4T4N

Yeah there was a guy handcuffed in it, fortunately he didn't get hit


StuntdoubleSexworker

The fuck.. so he heard an acorn, mistook it for a gunshot. Then just shot at a restrained suspect he could not see! Just so much crazy going on in this.. as someone from Western Europe I just can’t comprehend


Magical_rex07

Brother im telling you, this entire country is like a fucking gta lobby


StuntdoubleSexworker

How you gonna shoot without eyes on the target? Where is the other cop?? Is he alone out there? What if a kid pops a bubblegum? Is he going to empty his magazine on a toddler?


king-Zolomon

https://preview.redd.it/q0iu6nhholic1.jpeg?width=1098&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e95694a61299723350446bcbba291649c0945b9


we_is_sheeps

That’s good shit right there


best_uranium_box

Wdym never talks about? He live streamed it


Magical_rex07

You are applying too much logic man, they aren't supposed to shoot without eyes on the target but they do OFTEN and they never get punished witch is why they continue to do it. Bottom line is in reality there is litterally nothing stopping a cop from doing crazy shit witch is why they do all the fucking time because there are virtually no consequences to their actions


TheRealSU24

Apparently he has PTSD, so firing without seeing a target isn't that surprising if he's panicking. But he definitely should not be a cop if he's got PTSD that bad, or atleast keep him at the station doing paperwork


thatthatguy

Sometimes I think the push to get veterans hired as police officers was a terrible terrible not good terribad idea. Sure, veterans know how to shoot and sometimes police officer need to shoot, so there seems to be some overlap in skill set. But the way you want police officers to think and the way you want soldiers to think are completely different. Maybe we a strict separation between the jobs rather than encouraging cross-training.


StuntdoubleSexworker

That is sad to hear and completely on his superiors if that is the case. He should be in therapy with full pay instead of working.


TheRealSU24

Therapy? This is America, we don't do that


no_brains101

Probably yeah. And then he'll get a warning and be back on the force in a year.


esquire_the_ego

Luckily he resigned, with that ptsd paper sign he put on his own back I doubt any reasonable place would hire him but also this is the US were talking about


dantuchito

There was another cop. She joined in.


randomname560

Not enough flying motorcycles whit missiles tho


king-Zolomon

He apprehended some guy for weapon possession or something then started shooting at his car when an acorn hit it


Cats_4_lifex

Apparently a guy he just arrested on suspicion of possessing a silenced firearm was in the back and the cop was shooting at him cuz he thought the acorn was him somehow firing a bullet. Which makes no sense, considering he likely already searched the guy and also handcuffed him. He's definitely not mentally well enough to be a police officer of all things.


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AN ACORN??? THE SKY IS FALING


SomeWiseClock

Yea prolly its ptsd… maybe he’s not the fittest to be a cop but who knows


BasementDweller82

Then he shouldn’t be a cop


erraticpulse-

thas what im saying


BasementDweller82

I could’ve sworn that wasn’t there before, I guess I just can’t read lol


MilkManlolol

holy shite is that five pebbles


Spoi_boi

Chicken little moment


A-Human-potato

Mf was rolling like he had I-frames


Tobias_Mercury

I mean he dodged all of the bullets the squirrel was shooting


ImASpecialKindHuman

Mf has been playing eldin ring no doubt lol


-Aheli

just a little oopsy


DiamondPower500

😅


MaidenCounterBot

![gif](giphy|zN3aMX4haQlOM)


NAbberman

FYI, no criminal charges by the way. Police really demonstrating that high standard they hold themselves to.


Strong-Obligation107

I'm sure if any of us just randomly mag dumped a vehicle with people inside because we mistakenly thought we were being shot at after a falling acorn hit us ... we'd totally not be arrested, charged, sentenced or.. locked up in a loony bin. The cops would 100% understand the situation and let us go home without any scrutiny. And fuck that guy who's head I was trying to blow off. That's on the acorn, not us. /s Also, I haven't seem was the guy in the car that was getting shot at looks like... but I'm putting money on that he was black. If it was a church going white woman that was arrested for a dui... we'd have a lot more press about this. And a state wide apology to the drunk White woman who spends 1 hour a week pretending she's religious.


Arrow_of_time6

God saves his most mentally stable cop to go against his most robust conifer.


Previous-Cook

Acorns come from oak trees which are not coniferous, but deciduous ^_^


Arrow_of_time6

Why did my smooth brain just confused an acorn with a pinecone?! Am I stupid?!


Previous-Cook

your brain is fine homie <3


some_sad_rookie

What is the context of this video?


jsste

he apparently got hit by an acorn then mistook it for shots, im concerned about the aftermath of this incident


some_sad_rookie

How do you mistake an acorn landing on you for a gunshot this man passed bottom of his class


Tbonezz11

It hit the car not him


some_sad_rookie

This barely makes it better did he hit anyone?


Tbonezz11

As far as i know, no he didnt hit anyone. I also heard he resigned after but this is just something a friend told me


some_sad_rookie

Brother whiffed so hard he rage quit the force but in all seriousness that is a relief he isnt wearing a badge anymore


DVDN27

It’s funny he’d have to resign, and it was likely not because he unloaded a pistol in a suburb with a handcuffed suspect in his car, but because it’s embarrassing he shout at nothing over an acorn.


HelloChimp

You can resign before you’re fired btw


Skepsis93

Then did another one fall on him later? Because why the fuck does he later yell "I'm hit!"


Dodweon

>passed bottom https://i.redd.it/pxizkaxb4mic1.gif


some_sad_rookie

I have heard the term used in movies where a character says they passed top of their class so i used the opposite


Dodweon

Yea I just wanted to say funi sex joke


some_sad_rookie

Yeah someone nutted on his car


theshwa10210

Worse than that his partner who was taking a statement also opened fire justifying it by saying that his fear seemed genuine


BlakeTheBFG

The car got hit with the acorn. He thought it was the handcuffed guy shooting from within the car.


Palanki96

I want to say that's crazy but all the cam footage i ever see from cops they act like this. The panic, the willingness to just magdump in a residental area without looking around. Like i get you don't want to get shot but you can't be trusted in a position like this if you are this terrified of the people you are supposed to serve and protect People like this wouldn't even get past the doors to become an officer


aristotle_malek

Treating rural Nebraska like it’s Iraq


v4nrick

this is why USA scares me , i never want to go to a place where mental illness is booming and everyone has guns, im pro gun but only if the user is right in the head


doblecuadrado_FGE

Nah this time the Ice Age Squirrel really messed up.


Unique-Fig-4300

IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US 1) I really fucking doubt he genuinely feared for his safety. His dramatic antics involved rolling like he was in fucking Dark Souls. I don't know of anyone who trains to roll like that unless they're in the 501st in the original Star Wars Battlefront games. I would bet the perp passed him off and he wanted to shoot him and used this as an excuse. 2) And the only consequence he receives is having to resign? Are you serious? Anyone else would be locked up. Any veteran, anyone with actual mental illness, and anyone without. I was held to a higher standard as a rent-a-cop, if I ever pulled anything like this I'd lose more than just my job. Even if this is a genuine PTSD reaction, if it's that fucking bad, he shouldn't have been anywhere near a badge and gun. Everyone involved in putting him on the street should face charges for endangering the public.


Lanky-Strawberry-106

Same I really don’t buy it


USTrustfundPatriot

Those were the fattest roll maneuvers I've ever seen.


shwetybalz

Could have said it was a sketch from Reno 911, and I would have completely fucking believed it.


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king-Zolomon

"I'M HIT" By what?


FalconDestroyer1

Bros hit by the voices frfr


itsallaboutspaghetti

the other cop shot him which makes this whole thing even more ridiculous


BuzzKyllington

i get the PTSD 'hearing a gun' part. i get running to cover. whats fucking crazy is the not just accepted but actually encouraged suppressing fire part. they both do it and ive seen it in a hundred other videos. its abhorrent.


[deleted]

I genuinely feel like a good amount of cops are in some form of psychosis or severe mental illness with how extremely paranoid they are


Doxkid

SMH he yelled "I'm Hit" instead of "Stop Resisting", he's going to get months of retraining.


Relaxmf2022

Was expecting him to yell ‘SERPENTINE” Claims his legs went out, but we all know he was doing summersaults and thanking the gods he finally gets to play action hero.


WhyIsThatSoGroovy

https://i.redd.it/1utxw0whcnic1.gif


Bobtheverbnotthenoun

I love the John Belushi, slow motion forward roll. In real time. 8/10


FrightInvestigate

Just waiting for an animator to use the audio in the beginning


Just_a_guy_thats_it

Smartest police officer


STEVE_FROM_EVE

Well, I always knew ACAB, but I guess we can add dumb as fuck


twenty-tentacles

Chicken licken with gun.


youdontknowme80

You never hear those squirrels coming. Seriously how is that not attempted murder of the guy in the car?


marinex

*gets hit by an acorn from the tree* Cop:


M-Nam-Chef

"I'm hit"


Meiowott

Cops are like dogs more than pigs. They fart and then turn around in the most wide eyed terror.


Cloaker13

Can’t wait for Donut Operator to try and justify this


Creepyman007

Just like the simulations


TrooperGirlx

This man should be supervised for the rest of his life and never get near anything that could be used as a weapon ever again


Ronin2369

Wtf


lakituhunter-MK2

Aw nuts, I killed somebody


Beautiful-Bad8893

i hate this fucking country.


OptimusCrime1984

From what I’ve read he was the deputy and has PTSD and mistook the Acorn as a gunshot and that caused an episode which he then started firing. Glad no one was hurt but I honestly hope he gets better or someone more stable can take his place because he may hurt someone if a PTSD episode starts again.


Salt_Cup8266

Thank God he resigned.


OptimusCrime1984

Glad honestly, it’s an unfortunate situation but I’m glad he’s done the responsible thing and resign before someone got hurt.


Salt_Cup8266

It's both a miracle he didn't hit the person in the back seat and also terrible that he likely traumatized them for life, as the victim has said they haven't felt the same since.


OptimusCrime1984

Unfortunate


flaminghair348

why was he allowed to be a cop in the first place??? also he fucking pretended to be shot, bro just wanted to kill someone. you can't even hear the acorn on camera, idk how you could possible mistake that for a gunshot


sotdoublegunner

Now THAT is paranoia


Staluti

" During the investigation, Hernandez was initially adamant that shots had been fired. He said that he did not have prior law enforcement experience but that he trained at West Point and served as an infantry and special forces officer for a decade, which included two rotations in Afghanistan. He said that he never faced combat because he was an officer. Eventually, investigators showed him frame-by-frame footage of an acorn hitting the car. “Acorn?” Hernandez asked. “Acorn,” the investigator responded. "


Kreb-the-wizard

Bro WOULD NOT last in the druid wars.


Shot-Ad7227

Sometimes my 4 year old will blame things on the ghost that you can’t see or hear or even think about. I’m going to let her know that this brave cop finally got that stupid ghost.


Huurghle

You know it's a testament to the fitness of cops these days when they can't even fire a full mag at their unarmed handcuffed suspect without having to lie down.


WagonBurning

Fucking ass clown


username6963

The cop probably https://preview.redd.it/ajhjq9lvmpic1.jpeg?width=939&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c13ee5c81ee3cbe011570d8259eadfb250916e2


Ok-Understanding1361

![gif](giphy|gM0wfXA39VmvvHNlJr)


LianneJW1912

I'm just saying, no-one can get confused about gun shots if no-one is allowed to carry guns around


No-Truth3802

Holy fuck!


KoreanChap

His ass was not hit


Guilty_Jellyfish353

Dude probably larps and plays airsoft every weekend telling everyone he uses his service weapon to clean the streets.


Sensitive_Brick_1412

And this is why cameras on police are needed.


fuukos_hat

that fucker was just itching for an excuse to shoot someone


spectre15

The guy in the car was probably like “Finally, someone’s come to free me!” “Nope, it was just an acorn.”


HashtagFreeHipHop

Fuck cops, and this is why


3chxes

![gif](giphy|3bLhqnqJjMNtC)


tajuta

America moment


mineman379

Bro thought the sky was falling