My dad was a cop and my husband is a soldier. I worked the projects in Baltimore in the 90’s. Trust me. I know.
But I have a clear sense of right vs wrong.
Let me ask you this: Why aren’t you playing devil’s advocate with the people who get shot or beaten to a bloody pulp?
I fully understand that there are bad apples in every group and I do believe that we’re dealing with bad apple cops in situations like this. But why are the ‘good’ cops defending the bad ones? Lying for them? Helping them cover up their misdeeds? Why are we seeing more and more videos of multiple cops participating in beat-downs as a unit - long after the subject is subdued?
And cops are citizens, too. They should be held accountable, just as we are.
Now, for all of you hypothetical theories about why this officer may have behaved the way he did, please address the following:
1. Why was nothing like this in the officer’s statement?
2. Why did he plant the taser near the body?
3. Why did he lie about performing CPR?
You’re trying to hard to defend this guy, but HE said that the guy wrestled his taser away from him and HE said that he felt that his life was in danger. HE said the he performed CPR.
That’s all he said. He didn’t say that the man might be running to a child or that he thought the guy had a knife or a gun or anything like that. And he had his chance.
But we see him dropping the taser near the body and never trying to save the man.
Because you and your cop-hating friends have appointed yourselves judge, jury and executioner of a man who deserves a fair trial. If you are so darned concerned over the rights of the man who got shot, why does this man get better treatment than the cop who is protecting you? If the cop is found guilty, then punishment is due...but, if it is found that there is more to the story (and there usually is) why not support the LOE? Do you begin with a preference to the guys breaking the law? The stop began with a tail light, why would the guy need to run because of child support? It smells like an old tuna boat...but you and the cop-haters jumped to conclusion that because you saw a video, you know all. Makes me sick that the left-leaning, antinomianists have taken over the streets. Ferguson is now “proof”....Really? Everyone was absolutely certain of what happened there, too! If the man had hold of the tazer to begin with, he was simply putting things into perspective. And, if you believe that this guy was just “waiting to kill someone” then he could have done this a hundred times before...please.