Had not listened to it in a while.
Caught my ear that the cops who fired were NOT immediately taken off duty; but, stayed on scene throughout the evening.
So the cops can violate their own rules? It’s is a speculation on my part that a cop who fires his weapon must be taken off duty. I am happy to be corrected.
Most departments have that policy, but it's only policy. The point of the policy is to give the officer time to decompress and process the incident (which is not necessary for battle-hardened people), and also to give the public the impression that the department takes the incident with an appropriate degree of seriousness; IOW, it considers that the shooting was perhaps not justified, by a hothead, and better to take time to justify the use of force. IMO, that part of the justification is a farce, in all departments. Self-examination always results in self-exoneration.
"So the cops can violate their own rules? It’s is a speculation on my part that a cop who fires his weapon must be taken off duty. I am happy to be corrected."
"If this is the boots being mentioned, the interesting thing is his pants legs. Why would they have been pulled up like that? Perhaps to get something out of his boot?"
