There is your main problem right there.
Approaching a police officer is now seen as "advancing on" the officer.
The police now see EVERYONE as a potential threat to themselves, not a citizenry that they walk amongst.
-PJ
Most police are no longer ‘peace officers’; they’re ‘law enforcement’. Different attitude entirely.
The police now see EVERYONE as a potential threat to themselves, not a citizenry that they walk amongst.
Thanks to the war on drugs, illegal immigration and liberal politics the police are no longer “Officer Friendly”.. Instead they are the Jack Booted Thugs of a War Zone in a LOT of areas inside the borders of the United Socialist States...
Of course moving away is seen as "evading" and an admission of guilt, ya need to be shot for that, too.
But don't think ya can just stand there, that's "confronting" and that attitude justifies shooting.
Just be sure that when there's four or five cops you obey all their different shouted commands at the same time, or they'll all have to shoot ya for failure to obey.
Cripes.....
they don’t protect and serve me when i’m an automatic suspect. and i am considered that far too often every damn day.
personally the absolute TON of fictional cop’shows on tv do not help the matter by protraying cops doing things they cannot do legally. Gung ho and to hell with the law and guns drawn every ten minutes on tv turns into “I can do that for real,too” on patrol.
and they can. they’re like teachers. almost’impossible to get fired in real life. almost’impossible’to be personally’liable for wrongful deaths. nobody loses pensions to pay restitution, the taxpayers gets screwed again.
Grain of salt as this is from the news report only.
But lots of people seek help or approach cops, so why was this guy even tazed in the first place? Was he simply stumbling towards them, dazed? Or did he charge as the report says? Is the guy stoned, drunk? It sounds like it was a more than an average motorist summoning assistance. And his being a college athlete clouds the story even more. Lots of room for dishonesty either way there.
Wish we knew a few more facts.
From the story;
“When she discovered someone else was knocking, she closed the door and called 911.
Officers at the scene found Ferrell a short distance from the home, and he matched a description given by the homeowner, police said.
As officers approached Ferrell to investigate the original call, Ferrell ran toward the officers and was hit with a Taser, police said. After Ferrell kept running toward police, Kerrick opened fire, police said.”