| ▲ | andy99 4 hours ago |
| Meh, you might technically be right but the world is better if everyone can have a bit of fun, even police. I’m not super sympathetic to the “I was minding my own business driving a giant banana when the police pulled me over to ask me about it” argument - this guy seems fine with it too, but it’s not like there’s any reason to drive it other than for the attention. And the “I pulled you over because you peeled out” - I mean it’s fun. Anyway, if it’s harmless I don’t really see the problem. |
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| ▲ | ceejayoz 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| > the world is better if everyone can have a bit of fun, even police Police have plenty of ways to have fun that aren't Fourth Amendment violations. If you wanna give out free ice cream cones, station a cruiser with a sign saying so. People can come to you just fine, without the "what the fuck, why am I getting pulled over?!" worries. The banana guy at least has an inkling of why there are flashing police lights in his rearview, but that doesn't make it OK. |
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| ▲ | BoorishBears 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| No, they can't have fun this way. If you mop floors and you have fun by twirling your broom and humming a tune, you're not affecting anyone. If we give you a gun and the right to shoot people in the head and go home to sleep in your own bed, then we can ask you to lock in a little more than that and not pull over people because it's funny. |
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| ▲ | cj 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Such a negative attitude is incredibly counterproductive. You want police to have a positive presence in the community. Innocent engagement with a banana car helps with that, doesn't hurt. | | |
| ▲ | AngryData 30 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | If cops want to be a positive presence in the community then they shouldn't regularly extort and abuse citizens and protect their violent and murderous coworkers. | |
| ▲ | ssl-3 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | That sounds nice. Over here in reality, when a man with a badge and a gun pulls people over for a bit of fun: Refusing to play along with whatever game it is that they have in mind is a criminal offense. | |
| ▲ | ceejayoz 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | > You want police to have a positive presence in the community. Can they not pull up alongside and wave? Give a thumbs-up? Roll down the window? | |
| ▲ | BoorishBears 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | If being a positive presence in the community isn't enough incentive to be that, you don't deserve to be police. And if that sounds hackneyed and like a ridiculous standard, you're damn right it is: we let them have outsized influence in our existence as otherwise free people. Their standard has to be a double standard. | | |
| ▲ | cj 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | There's a lot of anger towards police coming through in your comments. It's just a banana car. | | |
| ▲ | ceejayoz 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | It's a banana car that has been pulled over illegally hundreds of times. | | | |
| ▲ | BoorishBears 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Yeah I'm a Black immigrant with a funny name, I have a lot of anger about what we tolerate of police vs what we should. Are you under the impression all cops are known for is harassing banana cars? | | |
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