One thing I do know is that you don't run backwards while someone is chasing you pretending to or actually having a weapon. Maybe he was sick that day in basic
I have a feeling that many here would have a different view if the last scene we saw from that body cam was looking up the barrel of .38 with the perp standing over the offecer and then the flash.
The article says “he did two tours of duty in Iraq as a Marine and he’s a Purple Heart recipient.” If you want to interperet that as “a clerk that got cut by flying glass,” be my guest - but own it as your own call.
Also, I didn’t generalize what he did into an expectation towards other cops. On the other hand, anything that serves to lessen the current cop ROEs of unleashing death the moment any perp so much as twitches is a move in the right direction, IMHO.
Common Myths About The Purple Heart Medal
The PH medal can be awarded to anyone who is hurt in a war zone.
Not true. The PH medal can legally be authorized to only three groups of personnel:
One, those wounded or injured as a direct result of hostile enemy action.
Second, those wounded or injured as a direct result of friendly fire (FF). (Broadly speaking, FF occurs only during a hostile encounter or initiative with, or in response to, an enemy when someone on your side mistakes you for the enemy.) Or when injured by your own non-projectile weapon (bayonet, sword, blunt instrument, etc.) or projectile weapons fire (bullet, explosive device, etc) while engaging, responding to or attacking an enemy.
And third, POWs injured or wounded as a result of individually directed conflict or punishment with their captor in violation of any article of the Geneva Convention Rules of Warfare Concerning the Treatment of Prisoners of War whether or not the captor’s government is a signatory to the Convention.