Bonus Episode: Himalayan Salt Boy

Headlong: Running from COPS

Topic / Pineapple Street Media / Dan Taberski

Serial, Society & Culture, Tv & Film, True Crime

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

One last story that shows how even the most innocuous police interactions, the ones COPS and Live PD air to get laughs, aren’t funny at all if you’re the one on TV.

Plus: a trip to the motherfucking Kumquat Festival.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Dan Tubersky.
0:02.0	This is a bonus episode of Running from Cops.
0:05.5	We spend a big part of this season trying to quantify the impact of shows like Cops
0:09.7	and Live PD, but some of the most telling stuff we found wasn't in numbers or analysis.
0:14.0	It was actually just in simple stories, hard to track down, but once you do, it's the
0:18.9	most basic proof possible about the impact that these shows are having.
0:23.4	There's one story in particular that we wanted to share in this episode, because it shows
0:27.9	how even the most innocuous police interactions, the ones that cops in Live PD air because
0:32.7	they're supposed to make you laugh.
0:34.8	For the citizens involved, there's nothing funny about it.
0:39.6	This is about one guy on one episode of Live PD in Pasco County, Florida.
0:47.6	We are live in Pasco County, Florida, where moments ago, deputies responded to a trespassing
0:52.4	call.
0:53.4	This Live PD, season two, episode 22.
0:59.0	Hello, Sheriff's Office.
1:01.2	Two sheriff's deputies are outside a brown painted shack.
1:04.4	What's going on, boss?
1:06.3	You live here, buddy?
1:07.7	What's your name?
1:10.7	He says his name is Austin.
1:12.3	Austin, do you have an idea on your bum?
1:14.7	Do they let you rent a place?
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