I am not so sure this officer had time to react. He may have grabbed the mace but the thug was coming at him to quickly.
If given time to think it through, he may have just maced or stunned him. He probably would have called for backup if he knew what was going to happen.
The man that was attacking him could have possibly taken his gun. What would have been the outcome then?
Let’s pretend the cop is a private citizen carrying.
What would the FR reaction be?
If there were more fathers in the African American community they might tell their children to obey the five basic rules of interacting with law enforcement:
- Don't lie to the police.
- Don't run from the police.
- Don't (EVER) fight with the police.
- Don't consent to any searches (ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE).
- Other than to identify yourself don't talk to the police.
Because they don't want to wind up on another Rodney King video?
“Why can’t the police just crack belligerent, violent drunks in the head like they used to?”
The video was edited to remove part of the attack before the shooting.
The site has a newscast video that is complete and shows the attack to be much more vicious but I can’t capture the link.
‘Suicide by cop’.
In the decades following WWII, when America was full of WWII vets, Korea vets, Vietnam vets, and manly men, cops had size requirements, and the idea of just shooting everyone, did not exist, cops had to fight.
Females can't fight, so today, cop procedure is different.
That flag pole rod is far more substantial than the metal twig shown on Twitter. What a farce. That cop did the right thing.
Was he singing "You're a Grand Old Flag" at the same time?
“Why can’t the police just crack belligerent, violent drunks in the head like they used to?”
Ah yes, the good ol’e “wood shampoo”....those were the days.
There was a time that no wimp too frail to grab a biting medium sized dog and shake it off of them could even make it through the first part of a police academy. Wusses like that couldn’t get hired as meter readers either.
Now we get stories of officers shooting little weiner dogs on the other side of a fence if they bark aggressively.
So here we are with beer bellied tubs of lard dressed for a military assault who are too effeminate in their carriage to have been working an entry level job for the power company in 1965.
The cop's life was in danger and he had retreated to a position that left him no choice. It was a justified shoot, no matter the race of the perp.
If it had been a member of the KKK with one of their flag poles, the media would have given the cop a medal.
I bet he doesn’t do that anymore.
Yeah...I thought that was odd when I watched the video. This cop had 50-60 pounds on this skinny drunk who had both hands occupied. Simply deflect the first blow, disarm him and take him down and cuff him. If it were me and the same person went after me, I would not automatically pull out my pistol and wait for the first blow. That can only end one way.
They should ban this dangerous drug.