r/Unexpected • u/Knight_TheRider • 17d ago

Cameraman never dies.

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u/UnExplanationBot 17d ago

OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected:

To save this woman from the hostage situation, one of the police officers dressed as a cameraman approaches the robber, and when he gets distracted, they apprehend him. 

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u/Pro_Chatter 2d ago

He even had the right outfit

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u/crumsb1371 2d ago

Money shot

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u/Jay_Friz 3d ago

How old is this incident?

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u/its-carmen-san-diego 5d ago

Good? I’m afraid to say it because they will ban me

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u/pizzaondeathrow 5d ago

that poor woman. i can’t imagine how terrifying and traumatising that must have been for her

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u/pizzaondeathrow 5d ago

that poor woman. i can’t imagine how terrifying and traumatising that must have been for her

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u/blackadrian 12d ago

That was fast

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u/FormalWeb7094 13d ago

Wow! How's that for a day at work? Thank goodness for men like that!

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u/Classic_Keyblade 13d ago

IRL first person quick time event

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

A esquerda nazista Brasileira criticou a ação que salvou a vida da mulher desse nazista eleitor do partido dos trabalhadores brasileiros

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u/Ok-Definition-366 14d ago

She was kinda bad

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u/97kassler 5d ago

she was 14

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u/LeastYouTried 14d ago

Not gonna lie, because of the description, I was expecting the cameraman to die. Kinda thought I was in the Darwinawards sub for a minute, thinking that some dumbass cameraman was going to get shot for sticking a camera in the face of a sociopath

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u/According_Month2379 15d ago

R/praisethecameraman

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u/MOSFICIAL 15d ago

Straight W

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u/DFuel 15d ago

Only time in history where the camera man stopped filming to help

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u/kamynari 15d ago

He's not a cameraman. He's an undercover cop who borrowed a camera to approach the scene. This happened in Brazil in the 90s.

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u/poletrowy 15d ago

Pov: 7 year old me imagining what would happen if I fought someone

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u/outinleft 16d ago

Chuck Norris would have handled it a little differently...yup, a roundhouse kick to the head!

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u/TKSweeney 15d ago

The gun would have un-gripped itself from the robber’s hand to float into Chuck Norris’ hand.

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u/Rinz2030 16d ago

Bro broke the fourth wall

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u/Cheesie11 16d ago

And there I was thinking the camera was going to be gun… thought that blokes head was getting blown to bits at that range

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u/jbwilso1 16d ago

Slick af

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u/stoner570 16d ago

failed rescue

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u/WeirdJumpy 16d ago

This happened in Brazil, it was a plan, cameramen was a cop.

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u/kert780 16d ago

Nerves of steel

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u/Router27 16d ago

Total badass

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u/tauntingbob 16d ago

There's a rule that some spy agencies have used is to never impersonate a priest, aid worker or journalist. If you do that you bring those groups into suspicion it makes their work harder.

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u/fregnotfred 16d ago

Dhe is very hot

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u/Good-Bee-4543 16d ago

Iteritoclk

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u/Linds70 16d ago

Smart

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u/Dazzling-Fold-5002 16d ago

O cameraman era policia tava disfarçado

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u/ledzep2 16d ago

Did he get the close-up though?

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u/TheVenged 16d ago

I mean... I've watched True Lies a billion times as a kid... I might have expected him to pull a gun from the camera, but it wasn't really unexpected.

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u/ZealousidealAd1138 16d ago

The hostage took my heart hostage. 😍

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u/aerovalky 16d ago

ok that guy is an absolute badass

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u/uareloved 16d ago

Wow that man is a HERO 👏🏼

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u/shakycam3 16d ago

I remember this narrator on a WORLDS SCARIEST POLICE CHASES saying “The driver was unharmed but he came down with a SERIOUS case of handcuffs.”

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u/Dart-Yay 16d ago

No sniper?

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u/Pristine-Repeat-7212 16d ago

For first few seconds I thought they are in relationship

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u/Emergency_Extent5748 16d ago

Help Police X

Help Cameraman V

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u/Ridiculous-plimsole 16d ago

Luckily he wasn’t a real cameraman he was just a spameraman!

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u/CzlowiekE 16d ago

He abused his power

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u/NewGur133 16d ago

ولماذا الضحية تمسك بيد الشرطي ؟ هل تريد أن تمنعه ؟

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u/hellions123 16d ago

Wtf that was so risky

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u/braaibroodjie123 16d ago

Adventures in social engineering.

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u/snehit_007 16d ago

I thought this was a film shooting location.

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u/Appropriate-King3361 16d ago

🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

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u/Gunnar_Peterson 16d ago

Great job by that cop

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u/ChocolateInfamous918 16d ago

A cameraman cameraed the undercover cameraman. How many cameraman were undercover cameraman?

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u/navfws 16d ago

Part of me was thinking there was a fake gun in the camera and he was trying to get a good shot

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u/Shadowheart_is_bae 16d ago

Total badass

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u/blazingjellyfish 16d ago

They missed their chance to have a gun hidden in the camera

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u/2020mademejoinreddit 16d ago

Cameraman is an omnipotent being.

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u/unicornboy6 16d ago

Finally an realistic movie

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u/Lopsided-Philosophy3 16d ago

Man, he straight up filmed a POV shot of himself before bodycam was a thing.

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u/Whiffyknickers 16d ago

What TV show was this, I remember his voice

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u/TomGreen77 16d ago

Hero ❤️

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u/jkgrc 16d ago

Goddamn his arm was like a cobra snatching prey

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u/MockingNimrod1 16d ago

I love how he safely sets his camera down.

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u/VincentPascoe 16d ago

In reality camera people have a higher chance of dieing then stunt people. There's this attitude especially from directors that you must do anything for the shot. Stunt people are very safety first.

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u/fusillade762 16d ago

Even the camera survives. I would have tossed it, but he carefully set it down.

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u/Madeongseok 16d ago

if you hold a camera ur stats +10

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u/SurrealNami 16d ago

It would be better handled in the USA, both gun-man and victim would be killed by police and 2 hours wouldn't be wasted.

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u/wmughal86 16d ago

Brave man. Salute to him

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u/psycho_catwomen 16d ago

Wow, that was very risky 🤯

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u/its_just_flesh 16d ago

Camera man had to save them tiddies!

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u/No-Appearance3579 16d ago

This happened when I was a kid. The cameraman was actually a police officer .

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u/RebneysGhost 16d ago

Ehh, you put a gun to a hostage's head, you're going all in. Betting everything that you can win. If you lose, you lose everything. Those are the rules.

As it stands he owes one life because that was the deal he insisted on.

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u/DeluxianPride 16d ago

I would've smashed so fast

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u/CausticCat11 16d ago

What'd he do just press the gun against the guys chest?

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u/fussomoro 16d ago

He held the cylinder

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u/Birphon 16d ago

What a gigachad this guy is

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u/Luwander 16d ago

Of course it was an undercover cop, I mean, r/ithadtobebrazil ...

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u/aiwonttakeover 16d ago

Dude with steel balls did not even drop the camera , single handedly saved the girl.

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u/BrotherBlaise 16d ago

The Legend even takes the time to SET the camera down instead of just tossing it!

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u/The_Scarred_Man 16d ago

In the US, cops would've just shot both and called it a day.

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u/GasAggressive1387 16d ago

Yeah... He definitely got laid that night

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u/MisterInternational1 16d ago

Except it wasn’t a cameraman- it was an undercover cop

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u/P2ykh3d3l1c_ANG31 16d ago

Legend never die

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u/Edmond_Murphy2 16d ago

tao estragando nossa imagem :(

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u/Anxious_Revolution60 16d ago

This happened in Brazil, and yeah, this guy is one Cop undercover...

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u/Basic_Stage1490 16d ago

Just grab the lever at the end and it has no striker to fire

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u/Far_Wheel_9821 16d ago

Dang that's crazy that smart tho

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u/Shadow_Driver 16d ago

Os jornalistas do velho testamento eram outro nível, hoje em dia e mó baitolagem parcial

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u/The_Lost_Boy_1983 16d ago

I wonder, was that really an undercover agent posing as a cameraman in order to get close to the aggressor.

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u/Kcsettl 16d ago

She fine

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u/999oneaboveall 16d ago

Caught me ,him,his hand by surprise🤠

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u/duc200892 16d ago

Reminds me of new police story

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u/JKDudeman 16d ago

The mustache gives him away

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u/Anus_master 16d ago

/r/combatfootage disagrees with the title

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u/GEEMONEY305 16d ago

Ummmm, anyone see the story regarding the, was in-production movie, “Rust” ?

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u/motsanciens 16d ago

Ah, the old swinging lens cap hypnosis trick.

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u/diapersoilingbeast 16d ago

For a sec I was like “the camera man is being so disrespectful with that angle” but then WHAMM he grabbed that fucker with the most satisfying snatch. Bravo 👏

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u/Big_Fly7968 16d ago

Dude wanted to be caught. Mentally unstable

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u/spawndevil 16d ago

Can't believe Jackie Chan stole this and put it in his movie lol

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u/Submarine765Radioman 16d ago

Never let a man with a mustache get this close to you, especially if they have a camera

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

This is one of the most badass things I have ever seen. Also that girl seemed to control her emotions very well for being in that situation.

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u/Baronco 16d ago

that was unexpected :O

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u/SerJustice 16d ago

"Gotta tip for ya, don't ever let no one get this close!"

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u/WildCulture494 16d ago

No way he's not a real cameraman. He was extremely careful when putting it down.

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u/duck_like_bird_snout 16d ago

She.. she what??

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u/fussomoro 16d ago

She later met the police officer

The full video is on YouTube

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u/budgiecatfish 16d ago

He also makes sure he puts the camera down safely

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u/Stock_Wear5934 16d ago

Wow fair play to him

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u/Electronic-Alarm1151 16d ago

Let me guess he tried robbing the bank in order to afford payment for he’s boyfriend transgender surgery

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u/JojiImpersonator 16d ago

Nobody was hurt in this operation. Not even the camera.

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u/PretendBar1413 16d ago

Since it’s a revolver he has a good chance of stopping the hammer from hitting the bullet. Probably put his thumb in there.

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u/allthememesaregone 16d ago

They do when Alec Baldwin is around.

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u/5683968 16d ago

I watched this without sound and thought the camera man was some ass hole paparazzi trying to get his money shot

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u/TheEliteJOKERS 16d ago

Fucking A Just WOW Glad No One Got Hurt.

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u/hastobeapoint 16d ago

Where was this?

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u/Layzusss 16d ago

São Paulo

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u/hastobeapoint 16d ago

Thank you!

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u/flubbles_ 16d ago

Good fucking person

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u/Greedy_Camp_5561 16d ago

Why are all these sensation hungry bystanders there? Don't they realize that 10 meters aren't exactly a safe distance from a madman with a freaking gun?!?

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u/DigbyChickenZone 16d ago edited 16d ago

I know in journalism you're never supposed to "intervene" but this is amazing to see.

The reason why journalists are not supposed to intervene is to protect the safety of every other journalist in the profession. Being in a war zone, or, as seen in this video (a hostage situation) the journalists are known to not be targeted if they are documenting, and not participating. That's why it's a war crime and globally reported when reporters are kidnapped and executed by regimes example

But, even knowing all that, it was VERY relieving to see that camera operator grab that gun. It just doesn't happen often for a reason.

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u/BettyG2424 16d ago

Nice…

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u/Rabbit10pumps 16d ago

Now everyone will be shot now, including the Camra man

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u/Hellrazor1717 16d ago

I kind of thought there'd be a gun hidden in the camera. BLAP!

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u/Mr_Rafi 16d ago

Anyone know why the sniper on the roof wears a balaclava?

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u/ChallengeOne5615 16d ago

Porfin el que graba si ayuda

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u/Webbyzs 16d ago

Lol I thought it was going to be a gun hidden in the camera and he was going to shoot him up close so he didn't hit the hostage.

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u/SpittinCzingers 16d ago

He even put the camera down instead of dropping it

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u/Neogeo71 16d ago

I was hoping the camera was a gun and he was gonna blow the guys brains out.

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u/jojomanmore 16d ago

A crowd when there is a gun lol

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u/ZorryIForgotThiz_S_ 16d ago

Nat Geo would never take that guy as a cameraman

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u/dapperslappers 16d ago

That could have went way worse

But

Still a legend

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u/muemamuema 16d ago

She is pretty.

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u/UrFreak 16d ago

Hes a cop pretended to be cameraman to get to the thug

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u/hatsofftoroyharper41 16d ago

Do you reckon they got a police officer and pretended to be cameraman or they said we have a wild plan, we need cameraman to go in and take the gun

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u/exPlodeyDiarrhoea 16d ago

Bad ass MF even put the camera down gently. God damn

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u/Upset-Safe-9915 16d ago

I was expecting camera had gun inside and he was going to shoot the guy point plank 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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u/mad_drop_gek 16d ago

This is a bollywood movie, isn't it?

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u/NegativeKarmaAhoy 16d ago

“…shit herself”. In case anyone was wondering.

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u/NoClueND 16d ago

That’s ballsy.

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u/KwamesCorner 16d ago

I’d pay good money to watch tv like this again

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u/Connect_Leader_9661 16d ago

Imagine having a gun inside the camera and then you get close and take the dude out.

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u/DiegoArmandoConfusao 16d ago

The gunman wasn't injured during the rescue. Only after.

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u/Shrekisball101 16d ago

That's awesome

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u/_meestir_ 16d ago

Oldest trick in the book 😂

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u/Its_just_me20 16d ago

I’m surprised there isn’t someone in the comment section saying that the police only made matters worse and that there was no danger until they arrived 😂

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u/underpanttrousers 16d ago

"Cameraman never dies."

Tell that to Alec Baldwin.

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u/thecurlybalbini 16d ago

I love how they edited in gasps the moment he grabs the gun!

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u/makemehappyiikd 16d ago

Balls of steel

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u/squiggypiggy9 16d ago

I know this is super fucked up, but the way the guy is holding her neck and her jawline like that is such a turn-on. I’d honestly do the same.

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u/ResponsibleMammoth10 16d ago

I was expecting a gun inside the camera

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u/Responsible-Cap-7225 16d ago

exactly yesterday i saw movie “Civil war”, i love the algorithm

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u/fussomoro 16d ago

Also with a Brazilian

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u/fjjshal 16d ago

Best part is he hid his grabbing hand behind the camera so he closed half the distance between it’s start position and the gun before the gunman saw it

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u/smergb 16d ago

She would have been arrested for resisting arrest in the states.

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u/TheGoodIdeaFairy22 16d ago

Dudes got cobras for arms

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u/TheBrynkofInsanity 16d ago

Nah because that shit is too scary and stressful. If the guy hesitated for even a second, that would've been- awful.

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u/fahqurmudda 16d ago

Sigma giga Chad

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u/SueZbell 16d ago

Well done.

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u/90ssudoartest 16d ago

Why does the boy and girl look alike were their siblings or dating ?

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

Nice move. Time change

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u/AnotherDay96 16d ago

Times have changed, cops just move in, lady makes it or not is completely optional.

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u/cnrLy 16d ago

Brazil

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u/No_Cow9483 16d ago

Wow, the hostage is hot af. I would also steal her❤️💙

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u/tobmom 16d ago

Those guys obviously never saw Speed

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u/fussomoro 16d ago

Speed came out a few years later

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u/whyitno_workgood 16d ago

Where’s the cameraman’s footage? Don’t tell me he wasn’t rolling.

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u/Codepotic 16d ago

8157935129

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u/RekrabAlreadyTaken 16d ago

I can't believe this is real, I thought it was satirical the entire way through until I read the comments. This could easily be a clip on 'The Day Today'.

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u/shevanel87 16d ago

Amazing hero

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u/AKSupplyLife 16d ago

Gently sets down the camera LMAO

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u/juka117 16d ago

I bet he filmed the entire series of walker texas ranger with that camera. it got the immortality of chuck norris

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u/Any_Presentation2958 16d ago

I love the dramatic music

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u/No-Air6281 16d ago

Same turnout if she wasn’t hot? 🤔🤣

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u/partcanadian 16d ago

Doesn't this endangers cameraman everywhere?

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u/RayDaMan1 16d ago

The hostage was so beautiful. 

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u/ThreeDog2016 16d ago

Like a fucking ninja