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It would probably be fine as long as you do it calmly and don’t make any crazy sudden moves. The current climate would make it even easier. But I’m not a habitu

It would probably be fine as long as you do it calmly and don’t make any crazy sudden moves. The current climate would make it even easier. But I’m not a habitual law breaker so not really into running away from cops. By ‘running away’ I take that to mean move yourself calmly to a more public / busier area rather than obviously trying to disappear into the night. Edit [I’m from the UK and offering a UK perspective. I have been accosted calmly by UK police and I have UK friends who are officers.]

BoorishBears 5y ago
A pregnant woman had her car flipped with a (horribly performed) PIT maneuver after she tried to make it to an exit before pulling over.
woodruffw 5y ago
“Running away” is itself the rough opposite of “do[ing] it calmly and [not making] any crazy sudden moves,” at least in the eyes of the police. The idea that you can “calmly” run away from a rogue cop isn’t compatible with their expectations.
- tonylemesmer 5y ago
  You can communicate with them as you’re doing it you know. You can shout or wave to let them know you’re aware they’re cops etc. English police and USA police are not the same.
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lovich 5y ago
If you’re in the US at least then you are pretty much guaranteed to be a daily, habitual law breaker. You just don’t habitually get the law enforced on you
tonylemesmer 5y ago
People disagreeing with my comment should realise I’m not saying that anything you could do would save you from the fate that Sarah Everard suffered. A determined rogue cop can still kill you. Anyone can kill you. The Met’s advice isn’t helpful. But moving to a busier area as briskly and unprovocatively as possible could save you.
- lovich 5y ago
  I’m again speaking from a US perspective but there is no situation here where moving away from the police is not considered provocative from their viewpoint. I would fully expect to be choked, body slammed, and cuffed if I attempted to walk away from the cops. I live in a fairly affluent area and am not a minority and still have seen local cops do things like start screaming at people for not maintaining eye contact, or in a particular notable event an off duty not in uniform cop who ran a car off the road and pulled a gun on them for not giving them right of way in a traffic circle. If you have cops that would let you move to a safer location after they interact with you, it’s nearly unbelievable from our experiences
  - kawsper 5y ago
    There's was a deaf man in the US that got shocked with electroshock weapon for not responding to officers, https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/1041562502/deaf-man-tased-police-colorado-lawsuit https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/1041562502/deaf-man-tased-pol...
tokai 5y ago
Even that can be deadly. One screw up in a game of Simon Says with an unhinged cop and you're dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Daniel_Shaver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Daniel_Shaver

BoorishBears 5y ago

A pregnant woman had her car flipped with a (horribly performed) PIT maneuver after she tried to make it to an exit before pulling over.

woodruffw 5y ago

“Running away” is itself the rough opposite of “do[ing] it calmly and [not making] any crazy sudden moves,” at least in the eyes of the police. The idea that you can “calmly” run away from a rogue cop isn’t compatible with their expectations.

tonylemesmer 5y ago
You can communicate with them as you’re doing it you know. You can shout or wave to let them know you’re aware they’re cops etc. English police and USA police are not the same.

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lovich 5y ago

If you’re in the US at least then you are pretty much guaranteed to be a daily, habitual law breaker. You just don’t habitually get the law enforced on you

tonylemesmer 5y ago

People disagreeing with my comment should realise I’m not saying that anything you could do would save you from the fate that Sarah Everard suffered. A determined rogue cop can still kill you. Anyone can kill you. The Met’s advice isn’t helpful. But moving to a busier area as briskly and unprovocatively as possible could save you.

lovich 5y ago
I’m again speaking from a US perspective but there is no situation here where moving away from the police is not considered provocative from their viewpoint. I would fully expect to be choked, body slammed, and cuffed if I attempted to walk away from the cops. I live in a fairly affluent area and am not a minority and still have seen local cops do things like start screaming at people for not maintaining eye contact, or in a particular notable event an off duty not in uniform cop who ran a car off the road and pulled a gun on them for not giving them right of way in a traffic circle. If you have cops that would let you move to a safer location after they interact with you, it’s nearly unbelievable from our experiences
- kawsper 5y ago
  There's was a deaf man in the US that got shocked with electroshock weapon for not responding to officers, https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/1041562502/deaf-man-tased-police-colorado-lawsuit https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/1041562502/deaf-man-tased-pol...

tokai 5y ago

Even that can be deadly. One screw up in a game of Simon Says with an unhinged cop and you're dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Daniel_Shaver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Daniel_Shaver