No one even flinches at the fact there's a strange cop just hanging around the vestibule? - Home Alone (1990) Discussion

People were more trusting of cops back then.

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The 90s, for the western world at least, was for the most part a feel-good era, with the exception of gang-related crime then on the rise. A time when many countries were greatly expanding their economies without getting entangled in armed conflicts.

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[–] strntz (10790) 5 years ago

He was "hanging around" because they left him there being far more concerned with their pizza.

We had police come to our door when there was a rash of burglaries in our town. They suggested acquiring or leaving on outdoor lights, locking our cars, and looking out for strange cars or business vehicles that were posing as legitimate businesses or utilities. We thanked them for their concern - not asked them to leave.

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[–] twinA (4826) 5 years ago

Such concerns may seem trivial but they are easy to overlook; valuable items that can be easily stolen without much hassle such as jewelry and small electronics.

About burglaries, there's not much the police can do except create an inventory list of the items stolen, make calls to local shops to look out for similar contraband, and hope the materials resurface eventually once the burglars in question think it's safe to depart with their loot.

Unfortunately, most people are better off being their own detective if they can't afford a private one as police have to use their tax-paid resources wisely.

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[–] orangeflava (1725) 5 years ago

vestibule! that's what that area is called.

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[–] twinA (4826) 5 years ago

It is just so big and there is so much space, would not expect that from a suburb within a city, assuming that's normal for an area in Chicago.

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[–] Prelude (1443) 5 years ago

I thought it's just an "entrance hallway."

It's normal size for a large house like that one. Many American suburbs have spacious houses, it's only as you get more into the urban areas that spaces are smaller.

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[–] AmeriGirl26 (12255) 5 years ago

We call it an entry room or entry hall. Vestibule sounds like a room you'd find in an ancient Medieval church.

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[–] twinA (4826) 5 years ago

They probably thought it was just another cop making the rounds for charity donations through the local law enforcement office for the holiday season, likely seen a lot of them, dissuading further suspicion from the family if not for the fact that they were already distracted by pizza as another poster here suggests. But then again, Kevin knows there's something fishy about the man in blue.

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

To rich people, a lot of people are almost invisible.

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[–] Bosdog6777 (817) 5 years ago

Well then you are obviously a criminal

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[–] Martoto (4085) 5 years ago

There weren't any black people in the house so there was nobody to be alarmed at what the cop might do.

If it was a black household then you would have seen them all face down on the floor with their hands outstretched. And just maybe, none of them would have been shot.

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[–] strntz (10790) 5 years ago

I hope you're being sarcastically funny.

If you're serious, you're assuming all black folks fear the police or get shot for no reason. Some of us are actually police officers. My niece was a patrolman and is now a captain. We're all proud of her but are far more afraid of her safety from thugs than we are of ours from white cops.

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[–] Martoto (4085) 5 years ago

No I don't assume what all black folks do. I just react to an alarmingly regular occurrence in American society.

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[–] Thrillhouse (1509) 5 years ago

Your life is so sheltered, TV could tell you anything.

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[–] Martoto (4085) 5 years ago

Why would british TV make up news reports of police shootings of innocent and unarmed people?

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[–] strntz (10790) 5 years ago

If you really want to know what's going on here, I can tell you.

A *typical* police shooting of a black person (armed or disarmed) consists of a person resisting arrest, not showing hands after being told repeatedly, making a move like he has a gun, or attacking an officer either physically or by a motor vehicle. When white thugs get shot doing the same things, the story is just about an officer involved shooting. When the victim is black, it's a racial issue. The Democrats then "side" with us blacks and tell us it was a racially motivated shooting and only they can help us.

You know what else? 99% of those shot (black, white, or Hispanic) have a police record a mile long. To listen to the white liberal press and Democrats, you would think that blacks are being dragged out of their homes while watching church services and summarily shot. This is where you got it wrong, being fed information from a press with an agenda.

If you're still reading, know that it happens to be a fact that black cops are involved in black shootings as often as the white cops.

The fact is that many of us are simply acting badly, and the white liberals are making excuses for us and completely ignoring the fact that the person who gets shot is the reason the shooting happens in the vast majority of cases. This causes racial tension and burns in the minds of whites that blacks are incapable of respecting authority or obeying orders.

Sure there are cops who shouldn't be cops, and racism isn't the only reason, but that's another issue.

Here's a story about a choir boy that managed to not get shot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRcV3Hzbgf0

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[–] MinorityRules15 (958) 5 years ago

I never heard of a cop showing up at people's houses and just standing in the vestibule. That's just weird. I can picture a cop ringing your doorbell and saying, "We have robberies in the area. Take precautions," and then leaving. But to just stand in the house? Seems weird.

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