I don’t understand why the command of “crawl towards me” was given. It seems like an odd command. To crawl, ones arms/hands are low; thus, they aren’t as visible as other commands. I have to wonder if the command of “lie flat on the ground with your arms extended and don’t move” would have been better?
If I wanted to shoot a cop.... One thing I might do is act like I didn’t want him to shoot me and cry and then reach quickly for my waistband.
That is what murder looks like.
Reason #1,832 to avoid police.
What did this guy do that got the police involved in the first place?
Police Dept coverup. Hopefully the family of this man shot to death in cold blood will file a civil suit against the Police Dept and this unhinged and ill-trained cop.
Cop: Do a handstand and walk backwards towards me!
I said `Hands up’!
This was cold blooded murder! Any reasonable person will come to that conclusion after seeing this video! Disturbing and unsettling to have this happen in the U.S.
I think I saw the policeman murder the unarmed man on his knees.
The other day while walking out of the local Auto Zone I heard a high pitched diesel engine and I thought “hey, that sounds like a an APC or tank”.
Sure enough it was the Sheriff dept.’s APC with the 6 wheels.
Two heads sticking out of hatches with full military regalia and head sets. Beaming with smiles.
I thought what the hell is this world coming to.
The key phrase here is that a jury acquitted the officer. Manufacture facts and what if stories as you choose. Never forget that jury nullification works both ways.
Why didn’t the jury get to see the video
no mention why\if this video was shown during the trial ?
The murderer is not the one issuing commands like a tyrant; I hope they both rot in hell.
FEMINIZED. A simple taking into custody turns into a protracted instruction heavy screaming incident that ends predictably. A cop imported from 1957 would be looking at this thinking the prep had anthrax or an atomic bomb. Why? Simple. Being a cop no is longer Manly job. What we see here is a protocol that evolved to allow weak woman to do the job. Instead of doing as men have been doing since time immemorial we see a girl, basically, pointing a deadly weapon and talking, screaming and a veering that a “mistake” is automatic death. A MISTAKE! I make mistakes EVERY DAY and WITHOUT having a screaming gun man blithering on endlessly. After seeing this video I will NEVER EVER ASSUME ANY COP IS DECENT OR CORAGEOUS OR NOT HOMICIDAL.
This cop was so far outside the lane he is supposed to stay in as a LEO; he can only be considered one thing now and it isn’t a LEO; it’s murderer.
I can’t be the only person who noticed the perp reach into his pocket before the officer shot him.
I am normally a big fan of law enforcement but this shooting was wrong as well as the events leading up to it. The officers seen to take too much pleasure in making threats, playing Simon Says, and not moving forward to immobilize the suspect while he was in a totally non threatening situation. Once again, a jury gets it wrong.
The second time I had a gun drawn on me I was 21. An hour prior to being arrested I had judiciously left an outdoor kegger as the fat deputies struggled to climb the tall, wooded hill it was being held on. At least 10 minutes before these "athletes" could reach the hilltop a buddy and I took the opportunity to stroll down the other side and into the wilderness of rural Montana. An hour latter as we were crossing a rural road to get to his house we were spotlighted by a police car.
Knowing the drill I immediately put my hands up, knelt to the ground, and put my hands on my head. As they walked up to arrest us only one of the deputies had drawn his gun an I saw him point it at my friend. We were cited for disorderly conduct, a catch-all charge they use when they have no evidence. What really pissed me off about it was that my friend was a very good friend of the deputy's own son and knew the deputy personally.
Needless to say I filed a complaint which led to this gun-happy ass being fired. When I was making my taped statement directly to the sheriff of my county I said him at the end of it, “Would you pull a gun on one of your son's friends that you knew well? This guy is a nut who will shoot somebody for no reason someday.”
I also had the disorderly conduct charge dismissed with prejudice because I was smart enough to drop money on a lawyer. At the lawyer's office he asked me to read the citation out loud and then asked me if I had a Montana code book. I replied “No” and then he handed me a little blue Montana code book. He then told me to look up the disorderly conduct charge and to read it out load. He then asked “Does anything describing your actions in that citation match what constitutes disorderly conduct in that code book?” I replied “No” and he said “You're not guilty. When you go in front of that idiot Justice of the Peace I want you to ask her the very same question just like I did to you.”
When I went to hand back the little code book he laughed and said “Keep it. If you are going to a run around like an asshole getting arrested all of the time then you'll need your own.”
When I was in front of the Justice of the Peace and plead not guilty the JP was shocked. She asked how I could justify my plea and I did exactly as my lawyer had advised. The the look on the her face was priceless (I used to be her paperboy, that's how Mayberry that town was).
She stammered that I couldn't plead not guilty because I was at the kegger. I replied that the citation was not for being at the kegger, made no mention of the kegger, made no mention of drunkeness, occurred an hour after the kegger, and at a location at least 3 miles away from the kegger's location as detailed in a separate police report. I went on to say that she could find me guilty but then I would sue the county for false conviction and as well for intimidation because I had filed a formal complaint against the deputy. I went further by saying that she would look really stupid trying to defend her ruling when my actions listed in the citation bore no relation to those outlined in the code. Defeated she dismissed the charge with prejudice.
My only regret was not asking her if I would make better lawyer than I did a paperboy (I often overslept and delivered late).
That lawyer's fee was the best money I have ever spent.