Posted on 01/09/2015 9:56:31 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
Reverend Jarrett Maupin, a civil rights activist, had a quick change of heart after undergoing three different shoot-don't-shoot scenarios
PHOENIX — A Phoenix-area man known for his outspoken stance against law enforcement accepted an invitation from Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to undergo shoot-no-shoot simulation training to better understand the stresses and split-second decisions officers are faced with.
Reverend Jarrett Maupin, a civil rights activist who organized protests following the officer-involved shooting in Ferguson, endured three shoot-no-shoot scenarios, each one followed by an evaluation of when he sensed a threat and why he drew his weapon.
In the first scenario, Maupin approached a suspect in a parking lot and was ‘shot’ almost instantly. In the second, the reverend approached two men fighting, and fired his weapon when one of the men charged him.
“I shot because he was in that zone,” Maupin explained to a police trainer, as Fox 10 filmed the scenario. “I felt that was an imminent threat – I didn’t necessarily see him armed but he came clearly to do some harm to the officer – to my person.”
In the third scenario, Maupin received a call about a possible burglary and was able to get the suspect to the ground, without any shots fired.
Maupin admitted that the experience changed his way of thinking, saying, “I didn’t understand how important compliance was… people need to comply with the orders of law enforcement officers, for their own safety.”
You know darn well there will be at least one person who does this that will say it was rigged for the benefit of making the police look good...even thought we know it's not. Can only hope somebody changes their mind and turns all this BS around
Video at link.
Saw something like this on ‘Blue Bloods’ the other day...
He’s a civil rights activist. This won’t change anything, because his bread and butter is dependent on creating chaos.
Love Blue Bloods!
PING.
Yeah, but at least HE is now smart enough to know better than to resist.
The teens on the street? Still stupid.
“I didn’t understand how important compliance was”
Some people are a waste of oxygen.
Odds are against you winning in the courtroom either.
Odds are against you winning in the courtroom either.
“I didn’t understand how important compliance was… people need to comply with the orders of law enforcement officers, for their own safety.”
i think the problem with a lot of these guys is they are just not very smart
Most likely it will only breed overconfidence, and NOT true ability.
“Ability” takes repetition.
I suspect his ego will get in the way.
quote “I didn’t understand how important compliance was… people need to comply with the orders of law enforcement officers, for their own safety”
BOOM!
If only every idiot in America was required to undergo such training, think of the lives it would save!
Well, I have to respect the man for endeavoring to educate himself on this matter.
So go fight the police.
Good luck.
It's lose/lose either way.
Me too.
Saw something like this on ‘Blue Bloods’ the other day...
episode had bebe newirth as a police oversight person who went through an “enter a house scenario” and got all the facts wrong when questioned afterwards, including whether the person was armed or not.
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