The victim's mother describes her son as 5'7" and 135 lbs. I'm sure the officer was larger and outweighed him considerably. Sheds a little more light upon the ridiculous, excessive use of lethal force by this campus police officer.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/07/justice/alabama-student-killed/index.html
It changes nothing I’ve told you.
1. You still weren’t there.
2. Your response was still off.
3. The leg comment was still ignorant.
4. I know what I’m talking about.
5. I’d rather not read a different headline.
6. Jags, not Tide.
Until you’ve been in a deadly force incident, you’ll never know. I can assure you that the majority of cops don’t run the streets hoping they get the opportunity to apply deadly force on a daily basis. It’s a life-changing event.
I reserve judgement until the entire story is told. My department was raked over the coals for the two DF incidents I was a part of and whne the entire story was brought to light, the press showed ZERO interest in reporting THAT protion.
...and that was in Mobile.
...and Rangers STILL Lead the Way.
I put down a crackhead who tried to sucker punch me 6 months ago. I intervened when a pill head was trying to beat down his wife, not long before that.
Both of them were all hopped up. I ended up having the crackhead in a chokehold from behind, and even when his eyes were rolled all the way up into his skull showing nothing but white, he was still swinging although there was no longer anybody there. I’m very familiar with dealing with people who are high on drugs.
It’s a matter of training. Either you know how to put people down on the ground, or you don’t. Even if they had to break bones at least he’d be alive.