Don't get upset, this may be only the beginning.

[Que]

This should certainly not be the case in America. It's good that he wasn't OCing a gun in that area, especially since it makes people nervous to see a man CCing his hands. I think we can do better.

Michigan Man Detained for Walking Down Street with Hands in Pockets - PINAC

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

I didn't read the article but I'll bet a bazillion ingo bucks the guy isn't a lawyer.

 

[mrjarrell]

That's a cop who could use a ball bat upside the head to try and knock some sense into him.

 

[GLOCKMAN23C]

Wow. Some people need to get a clue, walking down the street with your hands in your pockets gets the police called.

 

[Lectric102002]

High five !!

Really, dude ?

 

[KG1]

"Lemme see your hands!!"

 

[Bluejeeper]

At least the officer didn't seem like a complete jack***.

Can LEOs decide whether they go on a call like that?

 

[Classic]

Fails on several levels, someone had to dispatch Officer Nerdly in the first place. Don't the Pontiac Officers get ANY training on what is and is not legal in their jurisdiction?

 

[Roland of Gilead]

That's a cop who could use a ball bat upside the head to try and knock some sense into him.

I doubt those cops get to pick and choose what calls they run on. Calling for a baseball bat to the head of guy doing his job is bushleague. I do have a serious problem with the person that called this in.

 

[femurphy77]

Good thing the cop stopped him when he did, if he'd got that last booger loaded on his finger it could have gotten ugly!!

 

[Que]

I doubt those cops get to pick and choose what calls they run on. Calling for a baseball bat to the head of guy doing his job is bushleague. I do have a serious problem with the person that called this in.

Should the dispatcher inquire about actual or even suspected criminal activity? I should not be able to call 911 and tell them that I have a concern about a man walking down the street with his hands in his pocket. I would think there are greater concerns for the police.

 

[hornadylnl]

But did he look suspicious?

 

[Roland of Gilead]

Should the dispatcher inquire about actual or even suspected criminal activity? I should not be able to call 911 and tell them that I have a concern about a man walking down the street with his hands in his pocket. I would think there are greater concerns for the police.

Ideally the dispatcher is trained to ask pertinent questions and pass on that information. Once the complaint call comes in there is a digital or paper record for accountability. I for one don't want dispatchers deciding what calls go out.

I would like for a police say "thats a BS call no reason to go". But that does put the officer in a liable position if something was to come of the call. Or the officer could be viewed as not doing his duty. So it is probably less of a headache just to go check it out. I'm not a dispatcher or a cop.

 

[LeeStreet]

He should have just admitted that he was playing pocket pool........which isn't a crime yet. Now, if he was playing an unsolicited away game, that might be a different story.

 

[DanSwanky]

I hope to avoids these situations with this.

 

[smokingman]

He should have just admitted that he was playing pocket pool........which isn't a crime yet. Now, if he was playing an unsolicited away game, that might be a different story.

Actually pocket pool falls under lewd conduct most likely.

That said I do not understand the original call or the arrest.

 

[Slawburger]

Sad that someone felt so threatened by a man walking down the street on a cold day with his hands in his pockets that they called the police for their protection.

Sad that someone not doing anything wrong felt the need to record a police interaction on his cell phone for his protection.

Sad that a LEO talking to a man on street also felt the need to record the interaction for his protection.

Has everyone become paranoid or are there really that many people out to get us?

 

[Kutnupe14]

Seriously, does anyone REALLY think this guy was called in because he had his hands in his pockets? And to answer the question someone posed earlier, No we cannot NOT take a run, though a supervisor can countermand call.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Sad that someone felt so threatened by a man walking down the street on a cold day with his hands in his pockets that they called the police for their protection.

Sad that someone not doing anything wrong felt the need to record a police interaction on his cell phone for his protection.

Sad that a LEO talking to a man on street also felt the need to record the interaction for his protection.

Has everyone become paranoid or are there really that many people out to get us?

That LEO is an idiot. He wasn't filmin for his protection, he was filming to be annoying, in a situation where he obviously did not feel threatened.

 

[451_Detonics]

Could have been a case of walking while black, in some neighborhoods that will get you stopped.