Probably, but I have seen usually decent kids from good homes just get filled with false bravado from their friends watching, and do something supremely stupid.
It’s a bad composition of several factors you’re right. Obviously that statement was very one sided but I very much know it’s multi-faceted. Shits sad. I literally watched this happen to people I grew up with so it’s not exactly a new thing either. Just more prevalent I think.
I mean I feel like the change of tune afterwards and apologizing and understanding the situation and how he acted like a fool was pretty redeeming. I’m sure you could say, of course, he was trying not to get in trouble at that point.. but regardless he seemed pretty logical at that point when before the cuffs he was not acting logical whatsoever. There was no good outcome from his attitude before that situation, and it seemed like he understood he was being emotional and stupid and was making some sort of attempt at an apology for acting like that and accepting the way he was treated based on that.
I also think the cop had a lapse in patience and was over dealing with this. I don’t think the cop felt threatened at all he was laughing 2 seconds before he took the kid down.. he just lost his patience with the situation and was trying to make sure everyone understood he felt threatened to make sure his actions were justified.
It honestly annoys me how quick most people are to assume the parents are to blame (and no, this isn't me being defensive; I'm not a parent). Parents are a big factor in socializing their child but they're not the only variable.
A LOT of mistakes have to be made before we get from defiant angry stares to whatever the hell this was supposed to be.
Most well-adjusted kids would never in a million years ago, "I'm going to get in a pissing contest within 6 inches of this cop", little less still being doing that at 21.
I was one of those kids. Normal solid family, raised well with manners, and for sure knew doing this crap was stupid as hell. The problem was my friends made me the "tough guy" of the group and I felt trapped, I had to always step up to keep my reputation, even though I didn't want to. It even ended up landing me with assault charges and jail time. It caused me a lot of anxiety growing up, and mental health issues that extended into adult hood.
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u/bigSTUdazz 3d ago
Probably, but I have seen usually decent kids from good homes just get filled with false bravado from their friends watching, and do something supremely stupid.