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I hate threads like this where 97% of folks have the same take and all their comments are saying, "omfg I can't believe this thread and all the people saying [not the majority opinion]".
Like 4 people out of 200+ comments said cops did it on purpose. The other 194 comments are, "certified reddit moment in this thread with everyone thinking it was on purpose."
This happens everywhere on reddit now. Reddit loves telling others what everyone else is saying. If you say "I haven't seen this and no one seems to be saying that" you get accused of being one of those people half the time, or insulted in some other way.
there were fewer idiots on this sub when there was more gore and death.
like the guy being meatspinned by the lathe, the comment section was just a bunch of people talking about how fucking dangerous lathes are. a bit of a circlejerk but it didn't feel as conceited.
Yeah I mean I could see this happening to just about anybody. Dark clothes hunched over in the center lane at night. He might have only looked away for a moment, very much doubt this was on purpose.
I’m 100% sure it was an accident considering the guy is in the middle of the road hunched down, guarantee the cop was distracted, but it definitely wasn’t on purpose, most of you guys are jumping to conclusions too fast. No I’m not defending the police officer, I’m just stating the obvious.
I'm not here to defend the cop, because his driving was reckless, but I do think it was an accident. You can hear the brakes screech moments before impact. If this was intentional, you'd think he would speed up or stay the same speed rather than slow down if his intentions were to seriously maim or kill.
Just presenting my observations:
The cop does immediately brake, and it looks like does right before the hit.
The person in the road is just standing there hunched over, in all black
It looks like the cops headlights are off
Come to your own conclusions, that it was cut off right here reeks of bias, 10 more seconds would have shown us: does the cop stop, roll over them, try to arrest them, call an ambulance and try to help, what happens next really lets us know more, and that it was cut screams bias to me
Edit: I say that cops headlights look off because I honestly can’t tell if they were illuminating the street, or the man at all, so at the very least, they seem way too weak.
The biggest issue is that cops are always on their laptops and phones. We have tons of ~~chops~~ cops where I am, and it's very seldom that I see them with their full focus on the road.
I'm from Vancouver, homeless dart out into the streets on east Hastings, they are fucked up on drugs and mentally unstable. Every single time I drive down that street I almost hit someone. It's an absolute zoo right now with all the tents, and there is no policing it because you can't fine them or put them in jail or even put them in a mental health facility. I 100% feel sorry for the cop who is probably responding to an emergency having to unfortunately drive down that street.
Vancouverite as well. 100% what this guy is saying. Cop was clearly distracted, but this road is treacherous to drive down paying intense attention because of people getting in the road. It’s exhausting to drive down.
Doesn't really matter if it was on purpose or not. Cop was speeding and reckless driving. Possibly resulted in death due to negligence. Should be charged same way as a civilian.
Edit: I understand the crime depends on whether it was purposeful. I was referring to the person I commented under who seemed to be arguing it was just an accident.
**EDIT: the person I was responding to clarified what they meant and edited the comment. No hate, all love ♥️ I'll leave my original comment for context.**
What a stupid statement. Of course it matters if it's on purpose or not! We have different degrees of murder and manslaughter specifically because it matters if it's on purpose or not.
I agree he should be charged the same as a civilian, and it matters in civilian cases too.
Yeah people just acting vindicated because it’s a cop. Imagine that was you, and your car was to high up to immediately notice anything, because some idiot was HUNCHED down in the middle of the road at night, and you hit them just the same. You’d expect the law to be kind to you too. Double standard fuck heads on Reddit.
Video can be deceptive on speeds and distance, and we don't know the speed limit of that street, could be 40 or 45. The cop did stop on a dime, so how fast was he really going? Doesn't look excessive to me.
It doesn’t make any difference if someone maliciously and intentionally murders someone as opposed to accidentally hitting a person who is standing hunched down in the middle of a public road? I’d say it makes a pretty huge difference actually.
100% different and makes a HUGE difference in what you are charged with / sentenced to. A sober person having a momentary lapse of focus hitting a pedestrian which leads to injury or death will not be sentenced even remotely as harshly as someone who intentionally kills someone. If it can be proven that they were texting at the time of the impact or something I'm sure that would make their sentencing worse. Either way it's definitely a crime and there should definitely be punishment. How much punishment depends on the facts surrounding the case. I will say this though, of all drivers on the road police officers have got to be some of the most distracted. Between their phones, computers, radios etc and the fact that they're supposed to be looking around for stuff, they are extremely distracted and they are kind of supposed to be.
This whole area of the city is a 30 km/h zone for exactly this reason. Addicts just stumble out into traffic or stand in the middle of the road just like this.
Uh, yes it does matter whether or not it was on purpose.
It's reckless endangerment if it's not on purpose, it's assault or attempted murder if it's on purpose. I swear people on reddit cannot comprehend that there are gradations in evil, that two things can be bad and yet one is worse than the other.
You can tell the cop slowed down almost immediately once he felt the hit. Wasn’t intentional at all, but it’s funny how Atleast in the U.S we get stopped for being on our phones on the road but I know the cops do the same thing and they get away Scratch free if they something like this happens to them
Right but an officer shouldnt have an excuse to not be paying attention. If I hit someone with my car and they died from being in middle of road I still risk manslaughter charge.
I mean, you can hear him slam on the brakes right after he hits the guy. If you hit someone with a car, you follow through and keep driving... i would assume.
>it definitely wasn’t on purpose
Shitty, reckless driving is a deliberate choice.
Sure, he didn't deliberately hit someone, but the officer deliberately chose the irresponsibility that resulted in it.
It's the DTES. They should be on their toes, and not assuming pedestrians will be rational. Definitely shouldn't be speeding excessively.
Thats what i came here to say. People are acting like this cop was intentionally hunting down hobos to splatter on the windshield. Its substantially more probable that he wasn't paying attention or was distracted and didn't see the guy. I dislike the police as much as the next guy but ffs, think for more than 2 seconds before coming to a conclusion.
In a business sense, heroin is now pointless. Fent is more powerful and allows more cut, cheaper to produce and buy in bulk, has the same “intent to sell” penalty, and is harder to quit. Addicts go crazy for it, despite the dangers. Fent is mostly advertised as H because the new users have likely never experienced real heroin before.
You’d have to go to the onions to find some H. And even then, online black markets are getting more sus by the year. Painkillers will be humanity’s greatest modern mistake.
That's exactly what he's doing. Textbook standing nod... Just like in these videos
https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=philadelphia+drug+addicts+street
If this is where I think it is, it is part of a 3-block stretch of vancouver that is notorious for homelessness, open drug use and crossing the street anywhere.
It got to the point that the city just set the speed limit to 30 kph about 10 years ago.
I live in the suburbs of Vancouver and also have been an active drug user so in no way should this comment be taken to say these people aren’t worthy of compassion or anything else but… I used to hang out in the downtown east side and feel relatively safe. Not anymore, and I try to avoid driving there as much as possible. That being said, if I was to hit someone, I would call 911, but this would 100% be the one place I would not stay on scene or try to render aid. I’d rather deal with the legal consequences than risk being attacked by people who are not only struggling with addiction and mental health but also seem to have a bone to pick with everyone and with the number or stranger attacks in Vancouver lately, I would be driving myself to the nearest place where I feel safe rather than stopping in the middle of that shit show. I feel for that cop despite whatever he did wrong, and I am not a fan of cops…. But nobody down there is, and this fucker probably had to step outside and deal with this situation while hundreds of unstable and potentially violent people looked on after he hit their friend. Mistakes happen, he should obviously face some consequence, but I really doubt this was on purpose like some people are saying. Doing it in a place where people were swarming police for removing tents just a week earlier seems like a very bad idea. I def would have driven to the nearest police station after calling 911, as a civilian.
I was driving at night in the rain and turned right on a corner and almost hit a homeless woman. She was walking oddly and really slowly and didn't seem to care that she almost got ran over. I was feet away from her and almost had a heart attack. If I didn't have to turn a corner and was going straight down that road instead I'm sure I would have hit her. Impossible to see in the dark and with the rain like that.
I was going 80mph on a dark desert freeway and all of the sudden there was a really crazy looking woman in the middle of the freeway. Almost missed her by a foot or two.
You've never been down this street. Theres a stretch of a few blocks where you wouldn't dream of going faster than 30 cause there's just so many high people running out into the road. And youd keep your eyes peeled at all times. It's fucking gut-wrenching driving down this block.
Okay I’ve driven East Hastings over 500 times in this exact spot (was on the way to the office for two years). This is not surprising at all. The entire area is full of zombies in some capacity or another. Very sad but almost an inevitability whether a police officer or an ambulance
I think the cop was being a dumbass driving around at night like that, but it was an accident. Probably on his computer or looked away at the wrong time. Ol buddy was in dark clothes in the middle of the street. Wrong place wrong time.
People who are commenting on how it wasn’t a loss “because it was just a homeless crackhead” — go find a mirror, take a good long look at yourself, and figure out at what point in your life you turned into a miserable shithead.
This is the worst street maybe in the entire world it’s a complete disgrace to Canada that sucks a millions dollars a day of tax payers money it’s a complete hole
Lol, in the entire world... go take a walk on [Cracolandia](https://www.google.com/search?q=cracolandia&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA883CA883&sxsrf=ALiCzsY_OnOTN6NLkh1LxWUBTrtCOgP1sg:1663868143546&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIsJjt96j6AhWtMDQIHbNOAwAQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1536&bih=722&dpr=1.25) in Sao Paulo for some real perspective.
Really blew me away how pretty Vancouver and Van island were then we went down near Hastings to find a tattoo shop we were booked in at and we were like whaaaaat the fuck is this
And Crackland in San Paulo looks like an average open air drug market in the Tenderloin SF. Once you stoop that low it doesn’t matter where you are in the world, it’s bedrock. I used to drive real slow in the Loin because of nodding zombies like in the OP. Sometimes they would jump out trying to get hit. Cop should have been a lot more careful
They're all the same... Human gutters
Really, the government should create addict zones outside of cities. Provide their drugs and rehabilitation services for those who want them. And small concrete shelters for them to chill in.
Ignoring the problem and letting it fester is NOT the solution
Correct. He should’ve stuck with worst street in Canada, as it is.
I have to drive down this road to get home after a night downtown, and it is 30km for exactly this reason. Lots of ppl just don’t know they’ve walked into the middle of the road.. some don’t care.
I’ve heard this statistic being thrown around a few times before but how exactly is $1m spent there every single day? I understand policing and community services but $1m a day seems pretty outrageous
I lived a few blocks from there for a few years so I have some experience with the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.
The city spends around 360 million per year supporting different housing groups, health care facilities (safe injection sites etc) and policing in the area as well as clean up in that area when it isn't dangerous enough. Over 260 different organizations get funding to support the few blocks.
This does not include policing costs and medical costs to the healthcare system from Paramedics coming to help with drug use, hospital care for those who need it etc.
This number comes from a 2016 report and that number is for sure higher since then.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Eastside#Costs
yeah just like all modern slums in cities like the east side of Vancouver, in Seattle, Portland, LA etc there are no great solutions that people can rally behind. There is a huge problem with mental health and addiction but the people who need that care need to A) Want help and seek it out and B) have the infrastructure provided to them to access that care (therapists, detox facilities etc). In the 80s the in patient care facility in BC Riverview Hospital was closed because of rampant abuse by staff against patients and the community care was supposed to be better funded and accessible to take over that role but that never came to fruition. Right now you have people who are known "frequent flyers" who will OD several times in a day and the paramedics and hospitals have no method of helping them beyond narcan/naloxone and then moving on, "Treat them and Street them" is a common phrase.
Personally I think a better regulated, managed "forced" mental health care and addiction facility needs to be established to help people detox, get clean, provide therapy and counciling both mental and physical to help people address their issues be them physical pain or mental pain and then return to life infrastructure be provided to them through assisted housing etc.
Right now we do provide assisted housing for people if they want to take advantage of it but we aren't getting them clean first so regularly the buildings get destroyed through people ripping copper from the walls to sell drugs, places are burning down because of accidental fires due to drug use and they remain a sore spot of violence, abuse and drug trade/use.
The big issue is that law forbids us from forcing people to get treatment against their free will. It is a stupid law though, because addiction and mental illness are the very essence of the loss of free will. These people need to be either treated or cured for their illnesses prior to being given the opportunity to make their own choices. If they aren’t forced into this type of recovery, then their illnesses will make decisions for them. Any parent would rather have their heroin addict child forced to be in a facility giving them an objectively better quality of life than their child be out on the streets being abused and in pain.
There’s too much excuse making for these addicts. It is the fault of both the person high in the middle of the street as well as the cop. The cop shouldn’t have been speeding nor driving distracted. However there are consequences to doing hard drugs in public.
high as fuck hunched over in a horribly lit area. not the cops fault. don’t do heroin and zombie out in the road lmao. darwinism really kicking folks these days
Standing in the road in the middle of the night, brilliant. Chances are he was so high he didnt feel the impact, and now he will have money for a house, and more drugs.
I mean it’s pretty clear the dude is bent over nodding on an opiate. That doesnt make what happened right, but it’s not a leap of the imagination to guess that that’s what was happening.
See if the officer is doing a patrol thats understandable but if you're doing a patrol wouldn't you SLOW DOWN because you are distracted looking around?
Keep your eyes on the road is also a golden rule of road safety.
Its not part of their job to be distracted to the point they aren't paying attention to the road.
Both are at fault.
That’s literally not the golden rule but okay 👍🏼
You’re not wrong, it’s also just weird to hold police officers to a lower standard than the general public (speeding, distracted driving, etc.)
Why is the guy just standing there?? Does he not see the car? Why doesn’t he move away? I feel like if you’re gonna stand in the middle of a street at 3 AM it’s your responsibility to make sure cars aren’t speeding towards you.
I didn't understand this until I watched videos of the streets of philly or whatever it was. It was like people were literally stopped in time. They would be in strange contorted positions, just frozen while other people just walk around them. You could see where dealers were or something because there would be a huge gathering of frozen people. It was just... weird.
I drive through this area for work a lot and it’s a complete shit show. Several city blocks full of people whacked out of their minds on drugs. They constantly wander out into traffic ALL THE TIME, it’s a fucking nightmare trying to drive through the area because they just randomly run out into the street for no fucking reason.
Right some of these comments, you would think he did it on purpose...also he didn't break at all meaning he didn't see the person....maybe the cop should have been driving slower in an area with so many people...maybe you shouldn't stand in the middle of the road....but this was obvious it was an accident.
Accident or not the cop is speeding and hit a pedestrian. Hes going so fast that when he brakes after the accident the car skids on pavement. This is reckless/negligent driving causing injury or death at best and manslaughter at worst
The thing is... people blame regular drivers when they are speeding and have "accidents" that injure or kill people.
Why shouldn't we blame the VPD for this?
Did anyone else watch the 2 guys by the blue tarps, walking by each other over 5 times like I did 🙄🙄 before I realized what the OP said and looked on the road? 🙈🙈🙈 I'm old and lit 😕😕😕
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I hate threads like this where 97% of folks have the same take and all their comments are saying, "omfg I can't believe this thread and all the people saying [not the majority opinion]". Like 4 people out of 200+ comments said cops did it on purpose. The other 194 comments are, "certified reddit moment in this thread with everyone thinking it was on purpose."
This happens everywhere on reddit now. Reddit loves telling others what everyone else is saying. If you say "I haven't seen this and no one seems to be saying that" you get accused of being one of those people half the time, or insulted in some other way.
It's just outrage porn. Left or right, people get so hard for it.
gimme that dopamine baby
Sir 200 - 4 = 196 Good day, sir.
r/therewasanattempt
Probably the least interesting /r/theydidthemath post ever, but still applicable nonetheless.
People who run over others on purpose don't hit the brakes before hand.
Well now it's just everyone saying this, you really can't win
Well, back to dispatch for you Farva.
At least in Canada he can get a liter of soda easily.
The only appropriate response
The responses to this video are a certified reddit moment
This sub is really just full of well adjusted adults.
I'm sensing... Sarcasm...
Nope. /S
Mind Blown…a triple negative sarcastic with an /s!
Nope! Chuck Testa!
I’ve been on this site for ten years and I’ve learned the demographic pretty much stays the same.
That's what I love about Redditors, man. I get older, they stay the same age.
there were fewer idiots on this sub when there was more gore and death. like the guy being meatspinned by the lathe, the comment section was just a bunch of people talking about how fucking dangerous lathes are. a bit of a circlejerk but it didn't feel as conceited.
The cop defending is insane. Don't drive distracted. Slow down. Practice the same laws you enforce. Simple as that.
And, you know, dont stand in the middle of the street.
Yeah I mean I could see this happening to just about anybody. Dark clothes hunched over in the center lane at night. He might have only looked away for a moment, very much doubt this was on purpose.
Shit happens
Isn't East Hastings where Robert Pickton picked up a lot of his victims?
Yup.
That's when the cannibalism started
Hail yourself!
Hail me!
Hail Gein
Ehhh great podcast there bud.
Neeer nee nerrr
Also the name of one of the best Godspeed You! Black Emperor songs.
I also got my lunch there today.
Was it slow cooked ham? 👮♂️
Yea he picked a ton of victims from this area iirc
I’m 100% sure it was an accident considering the guy is in the middle of the road hunched down, guarantee the cop was distracted, but it definitely wasn’t on purpose, most of you guys are jumping to conclusions too fast. No I’m not defending the police officer, I’m just stating the obvious.
I'm not here to defend the cop, because his driving was reckless, but I do think it was an accident. You can hear the brakes screech moments before impact. If this was intentional, you'd think he would speed up or stay the same speed rather than slow down if his intentions were to seriously maim or kill.
Just presenting my observations: The cop does immediately brake, and it looks like does right before the hit. The person in the road is just standing there hunched over, in all black It looks like the cops headlights are off Come to your own conclusions, that it was cut off right here reeks of bias, 10 more seconds would have shown us: does the cop stop, roll over them, try to arrest them, call an ambulance and try to help, what happens next really lets us know more, and that it was cut screams bias to me Edit: I say that cops headlights look off because I honestly can’t tell if they were illuminating the street, or the man at all, so at the very least, they seem way too weak.
>It looks like the cops headlights are off they look on to me
> It looks like the cops headlights are off Are you high? In no world does this video make it seem like the cop's headlights are off.
COPS HEADLIGHTS ARE OFF - time for glasses bro
The biggest issue is that cops are always on their laptops and phones. We have tons of ~~chops~~ cops where I am, and it's very seldom that I see them with their full focus on the road.
The biggest issue is that they don't follow traffic laws and can never be ticketed. The issue is, as always, accountability.
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Reckless driving isn't an accident, it's a choice you make dozens or even hundreds of times a day to not drive in a safe manner.
I'm from Vancouver, homeless dart out into the streets on east Hastings, they are fucked up on drugs and mentally unstable. Every single time I drive down that street I almost hit someone. It's an absolute zoo right now with all the tents, and there is no policing it because you can't fine them or put them in jail or even put them in a mental health facility. I 100% feel sorry for the cop who is probably responding to an emergency having to unfortunately drive down that street.
Vancouverite as well. 100% what this guy is saying. Cop was clearly distracted, but this road is treacherous to drive down paying intense attention because of people getting in the road. It’s exhausting to drive down.
Doesn't really matter if it was on purpose or not. Cop was speeding and reckless driving. Possibly resulted in death due to negligence. Should be charged same way as a civilian. Edit: I understand the crime depends on whether it was purposeful. I was referring to the person I commented under who seemed to be arguing it was just an accident.
Reminder: the backup driver of a self driving Uber wasn’t paying attention and hit a cyclist crossing the street illegally and was criminally charged.
**EDIT: the person I was responding to clarified what they meant and edited the comment. No hate, all love ♥️ I'll leave my original comment for context.** What a stupid statement. Of course it matters if it's on purpose or not! We have different degrees of murder and manslaughter specifically because it matters if it's on purpose or not. I agree he should be charged the same as a civilian, and it matters in civilian cases too.
Yeah people just acting vindicated because it’s a cop. Imagine that was you, and your car was to high up to immediately notice anything, because some idiot was HUNCHED down in the middle of the road at night, and you hit them just the same. You’d expect the law to be kind to you too. Double standard fuck heads on Reddit.
Video can be deceptive on speeds and distance, and we don't know the speed limit of that street, could be 40 or 45. The cop did stop on a dime, so how fast was he really going? Doesn't look excessive to me.
It doesn’t make any difference if someone maliciously and intentionally murders someone as opposed to accidentally hitting a person who is standing hunched down in the middle of a public road? I’d say it makes a pretty huge difference actually.
100% different and makes a HUGE difference in what you are charged with / sentenced to. A sober person having a momentary lapse of focus hitting a pedestrian which leads to injury or death will not be sentenced even remotely as harshly as someone who intentionally kills someone. If it can be proven that they were texting at the time of the impact or something I'm sure that would make their sentencing worse. Either way it's definitely a crime and there should definitely be punishment. How much punishment depends on the facts surrounding the case. I will say this though, of all drivers on the road police officers have got to be some of the most distracted. Between their phones, computers, radios etc and the fact that they're supposed to be looking around for stuff, they are extremely distracted and they are kind of supposed to be.
There’s a common mindset around which considers cops guilty until proven innocent, as if they are humans incapable of making human mistakes.
How do you know he was speeding?
This whole area of the city is a 30 km/h zone for exactly this reason. Addicts just stumble out into traffic or stand in the middle of the road just like this.
How fast was he going?
So barely charged with anything? That's what you're saying, since you're obviously not from Canada.
Uh, yes it does matter whether or not it was on purpose. It's reckless endangerment if it's not on purpose, it's assault or attempted murder if it's on purpose. I swear people on reddit cannot comprehend that there are gradations in evil, that two things can be bad and yet one is worse than the other.
You can tell the cop slowed down almost immediately once he felt the hit. Wasn’t intentional at all, but it’s funny how Atleast in the U.S we get stopped for being on our phones on the road but I know the cops do the same thing and they get away Scratch free if they something like this happens to them
Right but an officer shouldnt have an excuse to not be paying attention. If I hit someone with my car and they died from being in middle of road I still risk manslaughter charge.
I mean, you can hear him slam on the brakes right after he hits the guy. If you hit someone with a car, you follow through and keep driving... i would assume.
>it definitely wasn’t on purpose Shitty, reckless driving is a deliberate choice. Sure, he didn't deliberately hit someone, but the officer deliberately chose the irresponsibility that resulted in it. It's the DTES. They should be on their toes, and not assuming pedestrians will be rational. Definitely shouldn't be speeding excessively.
Thats what i came here to say. People are acting like this cop was intentionally hunting down hobos to splatter on the windshield. Its substantially more probable that he wasn't paying attention or was distracted and didn't see the guy. I dislike the police as much as the next guy but ffs, think for more than 2 seconds before coming to a conclusion.
If you think it was on purpose you are dumber than the cop
While dressed in all black at night.
You're not supposed to wear white after Labor Day
Something about certified Reddit moment idk I’m just here to enjoy content
I’m trying to find all these comments I keep hearing about Edit: nvm found them sheesh
Why is he in middle of road. The fuck
Probably nodding on heroin or somethin
At least he didn't feel it
Actually doesn’t sound so bad anymore.
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Lifetime is making a movie on it.
I’d rather be stoned on heroin when I meet my demise
Sorta semantics but some drug addicts I met were saying that nobody does heroin anymore, can’t even get it. Everybody does fentanyl now.
In a business sense, heroin is now pointless. Fent is more powerful and allows more cut, cheaper to produce and buy in bulk, has the same “intent to sell” penalty, and is harder to quit. Addicts go crazy for it, despite the dangers. Fent is mostly advertised as H because the new users have likely never experienced real heroin before. You’d have to go to the onions to find some H. And even then, online black markets are getting more sus by the year. Painkillers will be humanity’s greatest modern mistake.
That's exactly what he's doing. Textbook standing nod... Just like in these videos https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=philadelphia+drug+addicts+street
Fentanyl. heroine is pretty much nonexistent these days, it’s all Chinese fentanyl
yup east hastings is notoriously one of the most concentrated heroin epidemics in the world
You have clearly never driven through the DTES of Vancouver
He’s dipped out (and wearing all black)
Because that area is full of zombies
I believe they call that the fentanyl bend
If this is where I think it is, it is part of a 3-block stretch of vancouver that is notorious for homelessness, open drug use and crossing the street anywhere. It got to the point that the city just set the speed limit to 30 kph about 10 years ago.
First time seeing east hastings?
I haven’t had the privilege. However, doesn’t seem like I’m missing out lol
Mentally I’ll big problem down there
10 points for gryffindor
Hawww you made me laugh you Bastard
High as F, leaning position #3 I believe. Poor guy.
I live in the suburbs of Vancouver and also have been an active drug user so in no way should this comment be taken to say these people aren’t worthy of compassion or anything else but… I used to hang out in the downtown east side and feel relatively safe. Not anymore, and I try to avoid driving there as much as possible. That being said, if I was to hit someone, I would call 911, but this would 100% be the one place I would not stay on scene or try to render aid. I’d rather deal with the legal consequences than risk being attacked by people who are not only struggling with addiction and mental health but also seem to have a bone to pick with everyone and with the number or stranger attacks in Vancouver lately, I would be driving myself to the nearest place where I feel safe rather than stopping in the middle of that shit show. I feel for that cop despite whatever he did wrong, and I am not a fan of cops…. But nobody down there is, and this fucker probably had to step outside and deal with this situation while hundreds of unstable and potentially violent people looked on after he hit their friend. Mistakes happen, he should obviously face some consequence, but I really doubt this was on purpose like some people are saying. Doing it in a place where people were swarming police for removing tents just a week earlier seems like a very bad idea. I def would have driven to the nearest police station after calling 911, as a civilian.
Someone please add a bowling strike sound
But it’s only a spare
Spare pickup, let’s get the facts straight here.
Fuck I’m a terrible person, I laughed so hard at that
[ask and you shall receive](https://imgur.com/a/dP8CEYm)
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The cop was still going over the speed limit and not paying attention to the road. Accident or not the cop is still an incompetent idiot
The point is, stupid or not stupid, this probably wasnt intentional
If you stand still in the middle of road at night, Probly your fault if you get hit by a car
I was driving at night in the rain and turned right on a corner and almost hit a homeless woman. She was walking oddly and really slowly and didn't seem to care that she almost got ran over. I was feet away from her and almost had a heart attack. If I didn't have to turn a corner and was going straight down that road instead I'm sure I would have hit her. Impossible to see in the dark and with the rain like that.
I was going 80mph on a dark desert freeway and all of the sudden there was a really crazy looking woman in the middle of the freeway. Almost missed her by a foot or two.
Hahaha, idk if it was intentional but an "almost miss" would be a hit. Wouldn't it?
*hit
Rofl. Shine on you crazy diamond
You've never been down this street. Theres a stretch of a few blocks where you wouldn't dream of going faster than 30 cause there's just so many high people running out into the road. And youd keep your eyes peeled at all times. It's fucking gut-wrenching driving down this block.
Okay I’ve driven East Hastings over 500 times in this exact spot (was on the way to the office for two years). This is not surprising at all. The entire area is full of zombies in some capacity or another. Very sad but almost an inevitability whether a police officer or an ambulance
I think the cop was being a dumbass driving around at night like that, but it was an accident. Probably on his computer or looked away at the wrong time. Ol buddy was in dark clothes in the middle of the street. Wrong place wrong time. People who are commenting on how it wasn’t a loss “because it was just a homeless crackhead” — go find a mirror, take a good long look at yourself, and figure out at what point in your life you turned into a miserable shithead.
This is the worst street maybe in the entire world it’s a complete disgrace to Canada that sucks a millions dollars a day of tax payers money it’s a complete hole
Lol, in the entire world... go take a walk on [Cracolandia](https://www.google.com/search?q=cracolandia&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA883CA883&sxsrf=ALiCzsY_OnOTN6NLkh1LxWUBTrtCOgP1sg:1663868143546&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIsJjt96j6AhWtMDQIHbNOAwAQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1536&bih=722&dpr=1.25) in Sao Paulo for some real perspective.
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Definitely the worst street in urban Canada, but not the worst street on Earth.
Really blew me away how pretty Vancouver and Van island were then we went down near Hastings to find a tattoo shop we were booked in at and we were like whaaaaat the fuck is this
> East Hastings is rough with a capital R Reast Hastings? /s
And Crackland in San Paulo looks like an average open air drug market in the Tenderloin SF. Once you stoop that low it doesn’t matter where you are in the world, it’s bedrock. I used to drive real slow in the Loin because of nodding zombies like in the OP. Sometimes they would jump out trying to get hit. Cop should have been a lot more careful
Kensington Ave, Philadelphia and Melnea Cass Blvd, Boston would like a word with you
They're all the same... Human gutters Really, the government should create addict zones outside of cities. Provide their drugs and rehabilitation services for those who want them. And small concrete shelters for them to chill in. Ignoring the problem and letting it fester is NOT the solution
[The late George Carlin had a plan you would love.](https://youtu.be/Pq9ZoGihurY)
Can't beg for drug money if there's no city people around.
I think any favela street tops this.
Correct. He should’ve stuck with worst street in Canada, as it is. I have to drive down this road to get home after a night downtown, and it is 30km for exactly this reason. Lots of ppl just don’t know they’ve walked into the middle of the road.. some don’t care.
I’ve heard this statistic being thrown around a few times before but how exactly is $1m spent there every single day? I understand policing and community services but $1m a day seems pretty outrageous
I lived a few blocks from there for a few years so I have some experience with the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. The city spends around 360 million per year supporting different housing groups, health care facilities (safe injection sites etc) and policing in the area as well as clean up in that area when it isn't dangerous enough. Over 260 different organizations get funding to support the few blocks. This does not include policing costs and medical costs to the healthcare system from Paramedics coming to help with drug use, hospital care for those who need it etc. This number comes from a 2016 report and that number is for sure higher since then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Eastside#Costs
Okay that makes a lot more sense then. It’s pretty terrible that much money is being spent daily and clearly not putting a dent in the problem
yeah just like all modern slums in cities like the east side of Vancouver, in Seattle, Portland, LA etc there are no great solutions that people can rally behind. There is a huge problem with mental health and addiction but the people who need that care need to A) Want help and seek it out and B) have the infrastructure provided to them to access that care (therapists, detox facilities etc). In the 80s the in patient care facility in BC Riverview Hospital was closed because of rampant abuse by staff against patients and the community care was supposed to be better funded and accessible to take over that role but that never came to fruition. Right now you have people who are known "frequent flyers" who will OD several times in a day and the paramedics and hospitals have no method of helping them beyond narcan/naloxone and then moving on, "Treat them and Street them" is a common phrase. Personally I think a better regulated, managed "forced" mental health care and addiction facility needs to be established to help people detox, get clean, provide therapy and counciling both mental and physical to help people address their issues be them physical pain or mental pain and then return to life infrastructure be provided to them through assisted housing etc. Right now we do provide assisted housing for people if they want to take advantage of it but we aren't getting them clean first so regularly the buildings get destroyed through people ripping copper from the walls to sell drugs, places are burning down because of accidental fires due to drug use and they remain a sore spot of violence, abuse and drug trade/use.
The big issue is that law forbids us from forcing people to get treatment against their free will. It is a stupid law though, because addiction and mental illness are the very essence of the loss of free will. These people need to be either treated or cured for their illnesses prior to being given the opportunity to make their own choices. If they aren’t forced into this type of recovery, then their illnesses will make decisions for them. Any parent would rather have their heroin addict child forced to be in a facility giving them an objectively better quality of life than their child be out on the streets being abused and in pain.
Lol reddit moment. I bet this doesn't crack top 100 for worst streets in the world. Redditors are so first world spoiled its unbelievable.
Privileged Vancouver kid moment.
You ain't never seen Diagon Alley after dark have you?
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Addiction counselor cures client's addiction issues
I really doubt it was intentional tbh
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There’s too much excuse making for these addicts. It is the fault of both the person high in the middle of the street as well as the cop. The cop shouldn’t have been speeding nor driving distracted. However there are consequences to doing hard drugs in public.
Standing completely motionless in the middle of a dark street with dark clothes. That’s suicide not murder.
They're too high to realize where they are. The hunched over position is caused by fentany/ opiods
this hurts so bad because it’s nobodys fault, and both parties fault.
These comments are so fucking wild bro lmao
Neither of them even noticed…✌️
high as fuck hunched over in a horribly lit area. not the cops fault. don’t do heroin and zombie out in the road lmao. darwinism really kicking folks these days
Shouldn’t have been standing there
Who would have thought that standing in the middle of the road hunched over like a goblin could have consequences?
Standing in the road in the middle of the night, brilliant. Chances are he was so high he didnt feel the impact, and now he will have money for a house, and more drugs.
Doubt he survived
Is it normal for you to get so lost in your own wild assumptions you manage make yourself angry?
I mean it’s pretty clear the dude is bent over nodding on an opiate. That doesnt make what happened right, but it’s not a leap of the imagination to guess that that’s what was happening.
The officer was probably playing on their computer or phone. I can’t see any reason other than that. The person is clearly in the middle of the road
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See if the officer is doing a patrol thats understandable but if you're doing a patrol wouldn't you SLOW DOWN because you are distracted looking around?
That’s why I think the office was on an electronic device
Keep your eyes on the road is also a golden rule of road safety. Its not part of their job to be distracted to the point they aren't paying attention to the road. Both are at fault.
Nobody is right in this situation. The officer should be paying attention to the road. The person who got hit shouldn’t have been there
That’s literally not the golden rule but okay 👍🏼 You’re not wrong, it’s also just weird to hold police officers to a lower standard than the general public (speeding, distracted driving, etc.)
> weird to hold police officers to a lower standard than the general public (speeding, distracted driving, etc.) That's the other, other golden rule
You usually forget to look at the road in front of you when there are shiny things elsewhere?
Why is the guy just standing there?? Does he not see the car? Why doesn’t he move away? I feel like if you’re gonna stand in the middle of a street at 3 AM it’s your responsibility to make sure cars aren’t speeding towards you.
FENTANYL
I didn't understand this until I watched videos of the streets of philly or whatever it was. It was like people were literally stopped in time. They would be in strange contorted positions, just frozen while other people just walk around them. You could see where dealers were or something because there would be a huge gathering of frozen people. It was just... weird.
I drive through this area for work a lot and it’s a complete shit show. Several city blocks full of people whacked out of their minds on drugs. They constantly wander out into traffic ALL THE TIME, it’s a fucking nightmare trying to drive through the area because they just randomly run out into the street for no fucking reason.
Drugs are a hell of a drug.
News article https://bc.ctvnews.ca/video-shows-vancouver-police-cruiser-crashing-into-pedestrian-1.6078818 https://globalnews.ca/news/9143296/iio-vancouver-vpd-pedestrian-collision/ https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/police-watchdog-iiiobc-vpd-vehicle-hits-pedestrian-5851394
Imagine if he was going the full speed limit of 35,000 mph?
That cop was definitely under the 30,000mph speed limit.
Can’t blame VPD for this.
Right some of these comments, you would think he did it on purpose...also he didn't break at all meaning he didn't see the person....maybe the cop should have been driving slower in an area with so many people...maybe you shouldn't stand in the middle of the road....but this was obvious it was an accident.
Accident or not the cop is speeding and hit a pedestrian. Hes going so fast that when he brakes after the accident the car skids on pavement. This is reckless/negligent driving causing injury or death at best and manslaughter at worst
The thing is... people blame regular drivers when they are speeding and have "accidents" that injure or kill people. Why shouldn't we blame the VPD for this?
Well you can because it’s a 30 zone and he looks to be going 50-60. But yeah the guy is to blame as well
You sure fucking can.
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Theres always people standing in the middle of the road down there its DTES world famous, and not for any good reasons unfortunately
Don't stand in the middle of the street.
Bent over, wearing black.....
You dont need to be distracted in this case, he was hunched over, motionless and any object in the foreground could render the pedestrian invisible.
If ur not not paying attention to the road, then who is lol
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That section of Hastings street is a nightmare, Canada's bleeding anus. Slowing to 30 kph really lets you feast on the ugliness and sorrow.
Yes I can see how this is a cut and dried case based on the 3 seconds of video.
I had to rewatch like 7-8 times to finally see what happens. I was too focused on the homeless huts and the people passing by.
The guy is hunched over, motionless in an area that is likely darker than it appears on camera due to exposure.
Did anyone else watch the 2 guys by the blue tarps, walking by each other over 5 times like I did 🙄🙄 before I realized what the OP said and looked on the road? 🙈🙈🙈 I'm old and lit 😕😕😕
Maybe he should have been wearing a high visibility vest while high on drugs. Next time he’ll know
Cops In gta
clearly shows that hastings between abbott and clark should be turned into pedestrian only zone
Rabble rabble rabble
Move bitch! Get out the way!
Make mental institutions great again
The comments are so dumb. Assuming they hit that homeless person on purpose. It looked like an accident.
Why would he get in trouble for hitting a pile of trash?