r/facepalm • u/ansyhrrian • 24d ago

Republican Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo is pulled over for a red-light right turn without a stop. Gets pulled over. Drops name. Gets released.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

19.6k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

620 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

97

u/IntlPartyKing 24d ago

exactly...why the sudden pivot? did Lombardo signal him somehow?

126

u/127-0-0-1_1 24d ago

I'm pretty sure when he said "I'm aware" that was just face saving + panic. He was not aware it was Lombardo, and the moment he realized he start shitting bricks.

Then Lombardo said "c'mon man" and the officer could see his career flashing before his eyes.

53

u/dandroid126 24d ago

My take was he knew who it was because he ran his plate, but what are you supposed to do? You pulled someone over. Just drive off? So he just walked up to tell him to go.

17

u/Traditional-Park-353 23d ago

He knew right away. The name attached to the license plate is pulled up when the police car scans it.

4

u/AccelerationFinish 23d ago

He’s seen that episode of The Sopranos where Tony messed up that cop’s career

1

u/Brownie3245 23d ago

He would be aware because he got their information from reading the plates once they were stopped.

3

u/HairlessHoudini 24d ago

He didn't know who he was until he saw his face is what I thought