It's the cop's fault for not giving those nice men space to destroy!
Posted on 05/10/2015 12:37:37 PM PDT by Zakeet
A rookie Oklahoma City police officer became separated from his partner during a foot pursuit and managed to close in on the robbery suspect they were chasing. The suspect managed to get control of the officer’s baton and started striking him in the head repeatedly, and the incident might have become another murder of an officer in the line of duty if it wasn’t for an armed citizen stepping in to save the day:
It happened just after 2 p.m. Tuesday in the 2800 block of W. Park Pl. Rookie Officer Adam Eller and field training officer Sgt. Michael Lambert were responding to the burglary call.The two suspects in the burglary, Tremaine and Jermaine Williams, are twin brothers. Police say Tremaine was already gone when they arrived, but Jermaine was there and when he saw the officers he took off on foot.
During the chase the two officers became separated. Eller found himself alone when he caught up to Jermaine in a driveway of a nearby home and as he tried to place him under arrest, a fight ensued. During the struggle, Jermaine was able to take Eller’s police baton and then proceeded to strike him over the head somewhere between six and 12 times.
According to a report, that’s when a witness nearby charged up with his weapon drawn and told Jermaine he would shoot him if he did not stop hitting Eller. That heroic witness has not been identified.
Officer Eller was transported to a nearby hospital with serious injuries, but was released the next day.
It is unknown at this time why Eller didn’t draw his service weapon and fire on Jermaine Williams. He may be been incapacitated, but the story does not say.
Fortunately an armed citizen was able to stop Williams’ attack on Officer Eller, and other officers responding to the scene did not mistake the armed citizen as a threat to Officer Eller.
It's the cop's fault for not giving those nice men space to destroy!
In MA, I think the armed citizen would be charged.
They should both be required to attend a beer summit.
“According to a report, that’s when a witness nearby charged up with his weapon drawn and told Jermaine he would shoot him if he did not stop hitting Eller. “
May be you were not meant to be a cop when a criminal takes away your weapon. Just sayin’..
Tremaine and Jermaine. Yep, didn’t need pics.
Is the newbie officer still with the department?
How dare this peon serf take the law into his own hands...only government can administer the peace and execute law.
Jermaine should be dead.
Oh, yeah. I saw this all over the news!
An armed citizen saving the day.
Wait. No I didn’t.
“May be you were not meant to be a cop when a criminal takes away your weapon. Just sayin’..”
Sounds like you’ve never been in a physical fight wearing a belt with a taser, pepper spray, a baton, and a gun.
It ain’t always like TJ Hooker. And whether or not you know it, a huge number of cops would shoor as soon as any of their weapons are being used against them Especially a baton with head strikes.
If the cop hit him on the head with a baton, it would be investigated as deadly force.
Ask every real cop you know how unpredictable physical fights can be. Things get stolen, uniforms and badges get ripped off, teeth get knocked out, they get bitten by rabid whores that weigh 86 pounds,,, you name it.
It ain’t like TJ Hooker.
Just sayin’
Darn disappointing ending to the story...
Why didnt the officer fire? He didnt want to go to prison.
We’ve come to that point I suppose. Cops should probably just let the inner-cities burn to the ground and ignore every request.
Their lives matter much more.
Also, attackers tend to be sneaky.
The first time I saw my son dressed in his new cop uniform, I ragged him about wearing a clip on tie, telling him, "I taught you better than that", then he explained to me why clip on ties were mandatory.
Since that time about 15 years ago, he has been in numerous fights, suffering various injuries and spit upon many times. He makes a decent salary but I wouldn't have his job for twice the pay. There are times when he has to deal with the true dregs of society.
“It is unknown at this time why Eller didn’t draw his service weapon and fire on Jermaine Williams. “
Are white cops getting gunshy with black perps?
I agree completely.
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