Posted on 08/18/2016 4:38:21 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Schneider: In Milwaukee shooting, consider the officer
Christian Schneider, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Close your eyes and imagine yourself as a 24-year old African-American police officer in the City of Milwaukee. On Saturday afternoon, you make a routine traffic stop that results in a young black man fleeing the scene. According to the events laid out by Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn, you turn on your body camera and give chase, eventually cornering the suspect in a fenced in yard.
He turns toward you. And then you see he has a gun.
You tell him to put the gun down. He doesn’t. You then know you have a mere instant to make a decision that is going to affect you for the rest of your life. But the rest of your life could mean just seconds if you let him turn and shoot at you.
Most likely, you are thinking about your training and your fear of what is about to happen to you. But for months, you have been pummeled by images of unrest in America’s cities over the use of force by police officers. After the death of Michael Brown at the hands of a white officer, you watched Ferguson, Mo., set ablaze over the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” myth. In your own hometown of Milwaukee, you saw an officer fired after a scuffle with Dontre Hamilton ended up with Hamilton being shot to death.
You know that if you pull the trigger, it could set off similar rioting in Milwaukee. Unrest could follow, with businesses being burned and cars set ablaze. Disaffected youth could take to the streets, throwing bricks, rocks, and debris at police officers, sending several officers to the hospital. Gunshots could ring out through the air, occasionally striking other people out on the street. ...
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Then you pull the trigger.
Christian Schneider is a Journal Sentinel columnist and blogger. Email cschneider@jrn.com. Twitter@Schneider_CM
Well written, lengthy,and worth reading.
Whereabouts in Africa am I from ?
Very good article.
I imagine your training takes over and you don’t think about this stuff when in pursuit. But, it sure puts into perspective how almost all city police officers feel at this time.
He was wrong because he stopped him. And then he chased him.
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That is basically the BLM position, I’m guessing.
The BLM position is that he b wrong because he b wukin’ fo’ Da Man.
Wondering if the wonderful sister would be quite so animated and disgusted with her community if her brother had been killed by another gang member or drug dealer or whoever else he had pulled his gun on.
VIDEO:
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I feel for that poor dog. You can tell that the dog is scared of the owner.
What you just witnessed in that video is what happens when police departments the nationwide are so PC, because they don’t want to be the next news story, they don’t take control.
Mace the dog, tase the guy, handcuff him and get him in the car, interview the victim of the domestic violence.
You stand around trying to talk sense into a Alfa Hotel like this and you are just going to draw the crowd that showed up.
Yes, exactly
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