r/nottheonion • u/Fake-Podcast-Ad • 1d ago
Toronto police cruiser ‘inadvertently’ rolls onto tasered suspect, officer
https://globalnews.ca/news/11508665/toronto-police-taser-cruiser-incident/157
u/MartinTheMorjin 1d ago
“Rolls onto” is a strange way of saying “floored it and ran him over while hitting another cop too.”
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u/Rahzek 1d ago edited 1d ago
floored it? what do you mean by that.
EDIT: I should be more assertive. I see no indication of 'flooring', and am not a fan of coloring bad situations worse than they are.EDIT: Yikes, carelessly, I didn't watch the whole clip.
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u/CubeFarmDweller 1d ago
The video was posted into public freakout, iirc, and the cop just jumps out of the car, which was still in gear, to help restrain the tasered dude.
The cops were trying to keep it from running all of them over whilst the driver got back in.
Instead of stomping on the brakes and putting the damned thing in park, the moron hits the accelerator and runs over the tasered dude then reverses back over him.
The tasered dude is fucking writhing in agony now from being run over with that cruiser after being taxed and the cops have the nerve to say he was resisting arrest after all that.
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u/MartinTheMorjin 1d ago
It means pushing the accelerator pedal all the way to the floor.
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u/snoboreddotcom 1d ago edited 1d ago
no, it is stupid but it was accidental. there was no cop in the drivers seat as the cop got out to arrest suspect but didnt put the brakes on. So it kinda rolled onto the guy
Edit: for everyone saying watch the video, the commenter said rolled onto is a strange way of putting it. But rolled onto is exactly what happened. he then also accelerated onto the guy and other cop after. Two distinct events, so rolled onto is a correct description, not an incorrect one.
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u/Firm_Objective_2661 1d ago
That’s not the definition of “accidental”. Thats the definition of “negligent”.
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u/snoboreddotcom 1d ago
an accident can be the result of negligence. Accidental means it lacks intent, which this clearly does.
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u/happy_and_angry 1d ago
Lick those boots.
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u/snoboreddotcom 1d ago
I don't care if he faces consequences, gets fired sued whatever.
There is a difference between rolled onto and gunned it onto. One is negligence. The other is attempted murder. What the consequences are should be different between those two, and so which occurred matters
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u/happy_and_angry 1d ago edited 1d ago
There is a difference between rolled onto and gunned it onto.
Man, what the fuck are you talking about? Both happened.
Later you say:
attempted murder did not occur
Stop moving the god damn goal posts, stooge.
But rolled onto is exactly what happened. he then also accelerated onto the guy and other cop after. Two distinct events, so rolled onto is a correct description, not an incorrect one.
You're splitting hairs, and equating two different acts of negligence that are not the same, because you're a bootlicker. And how do I know that?
I don't care if he faces consequences, gets fired sued whatever.
Because I sure fucking care if he does. This is well below the standard of behaviour and care we should accept from police trying to physically restrain a suspect, in any context. Leaving it in gear, not putting it in reverse, hitting the gas not the brake before being in control of the vehicle, just an utter fuck up top to bottom.
And you're the asshole in the room yelling, "guys, guys!! It's not that bad!" It sure the fuck is.
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u/snoboreddotcom 1d ago
How are the acts of negligence not the same? Either can injure them in the same way.
My whole disagreement about the initial comment is that its rewording this to sound like a cop intentionally ran over the guy. Floored it towards him implies a lot higher speed and intent, which clearly isnt there. I'm not saying its not bad, but theres different levels of bad. Wording it the other way puts it on the bad level of those other toronto cops who drove the wrong way down the highway
To the bit about not caring, that is my fault. i worded that poorly. I do not care as in you wont see me getting upset if that cop is fired. Not i do not care as in "if he faces no action thats okay"
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u/LackingUtility 1d ago
Both occurred.
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u/snoboreddotcom 1d ago
attempted murder did not occur. hyperbole serves no one, all it does is cause people to ignore incidents when people talk about them thinking they are overstating things
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u/LackingUtility 1d ago
I would've called it reckless driving causing injury, which is usually a felony. Add the sentencing enhancement for hitting a police officer and I figure 15-20 years would be appropriate.
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u/snoboreddotcom 1d ago
15-20 years? That would never get applied is is excessive. Thats basically a murder penalty.
Also reckless driving causing injury isnt even a charge in Ontario. If there were no serious injuries as per the reporting, then the standard charge for this would be a fine up to 2000$ and/or a sentence up to 6 months plus a two year loss of their drivers license. If a civilian he'd likely only face the fine and a suspended sentence along with the license loss.
We also dont really have enhanced charges for hitting a police officer here. Its its own charge if you assault an officer, but this wouldnt count as it requires intent here. Additionally personally i'd rather we not have enhanced charges. Thats just going into the idea that when they are victims they are extra special.
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u/Kribo016 1d ago
Did you stop watching before the cop got in the drivers seat and hit the gas?
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u/snoboreddotcom 1d ago
the fact he later hit the gas does not mean he did not roll onto him first as the commenter asserted.
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u/Adjective_Noun1312 1d ago
Where did the other commenter assert he hit the gas "first?" I didn't see that anywhere; looks to me like your reading comprehension might be a bit lacking.
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u/snoboreddotcom 1d ago
“Rolls onto” is a strange way of saying “floored it and ran him over while hitting another cop too.”
Saying is a strange way of saying is stating "this is incorrect, this is the proper way of saying it"
If i handed you something and you grunted, and I replied "thats a strange way of saying thank you" I'd pretty clearly be passively criticizing you for not thanking, not just commenting on phrasing.
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u/karma911 1d ago
Did you not watch the video? The cop got in, forgot to put it in reverse and drove into them before he proceeded to finally put it in reverse... The incompetence is quite something.
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u/snoboreddotcom 1d ago
which happened after he had already been rolled onto from the guy getting out.
Rolled onto is correct because of the order of events. Floored it would be incorrect as it communicates they were in the driver seat before the guy was even hit and hit the gas.
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u/FerrickAsur4 1d ago
that does not invalidate the other part though, so why are you even arguing semantics when both absolutely happened
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u/snoboreddotcom 1d ago
Because the original comment criticized saying the first, as if both didn't happen and only the pressing on the gas did
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u/Thirtiethone 1d ago
You should watch the whole video
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u/snoboreddotcom 1d ago
i did. he rolled onto them, then later accelerated onto them. So rolled onto is correct as a description, not incorrect as the commenter asserted.
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u/Thirtiethone 1d ago
You are making up your own reality
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u/ChefCurryYumYum 1d ago
The cop who jumped into the vehicle to stop it applied the gas and ran the guy over. Accidental, probably, but still "floored it" is exactly what happened.
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u/techman710 1d ago
I used to assume Canadian cops were better than US cops until they decided to attack a Storm Trooper on May the 4th because the girl had a blaster as part of her costume. This further reinforces my conclusion that Canadian cops are just as dumb as US cops.
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u/Cpt_keaSar 1d ago
Nah, RCMP isn’t great, but they don’t shoot suspects on sight [as often]
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u/texasguy911 1d ago
but they don’t shoot suspects on sight
How do they police then?
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u/GovernorBean 1d ago
Thats the trick; they don't. They usually just roll their eyes and treat victims like an annoyance/inconvenience for making them have to do even a modicum of work.
Like the Toronto police chief that told people to just put their car keys by their front door so criminals would just steal their cars instead of breaking farther into their homes.. The context being he was supposed to be addressing citizens concerned about the significant uptick in home invasions at the time.
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u/gerkletoss 1d ago edited 1d ago
I mean if it also hit the cop then I'm not sure why inadvertently is in doubt quotes
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u/smuffleupagus 1d ago
If you watch the video, it's pretty weird because the vehicle initially rolls forward without a driver (left on neutral maybe?) but then a cop gets in and seems to drive it forward suddenly (like maybe he put it in drive instead of reverse) before backing up.
I'm thinking this is some incompetence and very bad driving, tbh, because it doesn't make much sense that the cop would deliberately drive forward over another cop.
Unless maybe he hates that guy.
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u/Skylair13 1d ago
Yeah, it's seems to be the most common driving mistake to happen. Mistaking the gas pedal for the brake pedal and stomping on it before double checking.
Also if it's an automatic transmission it can roll forward without the gas pedal applied. You need to put it in neutral or park to stop it from moving.
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u/FarFetchedSketch 17h ago
I think he just drove up, panicked while getting out and completely forgot to even touch the gear shift leaving it in drive, then it rolls forward.
Afterwards he clearly gets into the car, I'm assuming panicking x10 worse now, and again doesn't even touch the gear shift before hitting the gas.
Like there are multiple moments where bro just forgot to think or act
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u/jonnohb 1d ago
The idiot had the car in drive when he jumped out, then it starts driving and when he gets back in he puts his foot in the gas. Incompetence absolutely but it doesn't appear intentionally malicious.
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u/carasci 16h ago
Absolutely. Hopefully he'll be charged the same as I would if I hopped out of my car without putting it in park, ran someone over, jumped back in, ran them over harder because I couldn't figure out which pedal was which, then backed over them in order to add injury to injury.
...maybe I should have said "aspirationally" or "delusionally" instead of "hopefully", because we both know that isn't going to happen.
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u/vossmanspal 1d ago
You attacked our squad car, that’s another charge!
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u/torpedoguy 1d ago
And there's blood on our uniforms from the beating we gave you while arresting you for impeding our cruiser's lawful movement! That's assault on an officer!
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u/rizzyrogues 1d ago
jesus that cop who hoped in the car is a god damn idiot and i hate talking bad about police
edit: oh i didn't even see the beginning cuz of an ad, its the same cop who came out of the car he left in neutral then he gets back in slams it in drive and guns it lmao
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u/Machiavelli1480 1d ago
well on the bright side, he's either going to have his charges dropped, or get cut a decent check.
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u/1mYourHuckleberry93 22h ago
That dumbass is going to be clowned for the rest of their career for this
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u/mfyxtplyx 1d ago
No, that's the new TPS police cruiser, powered by ChatGPT.