rant · moment 5 of 23
The Go-Kart Cop of Manhattan Beach
from #198 - I'm A Hero | The Tim Dillon Show · #198
6 min
He tells the story of jaywalking in empty Manhattan Beach and being confronted by a self-important cop on a go-kart who forced him back across the street for crossing on a red hand signal.
- After 9/11, every cop and firefighter was branded a hero, then they started choking Black people over cigarettes—be careful with that word.
- Tim encounters a go-kart cop in Manhattan Beach guarding a wealthy hamlet where the biggest crime is aggressive seagulls.
- A shack in Manhattan Beach costs six million dollars; Tim likes the area because they can't legally keep him out.
- No cars on the road, red hand signal to not cross, but Tim makes a real-time judgment call that the rule doesn't apply.
- The go-kart cop pulls up looking like he barely got the job, angry because he doesn't have a real car.
- Tim explains the rule doesn't matter with no cars around, but the cop insists: rules are rules.
- The cop makes Tim walk back to the other side of the street and stand there, sizing him up as if considering jail.
- Calling everyone heroes has turned these people into brownshirts who love authority and power over civilians.
- Most cops Tim knows became cops because they're insecure people, often failed athletes now driving around in go-carts.
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