Active Duty ping.
If police officers continue to act this way eventually civilians will no longer trust them and start shooting first before the officer shoots. It’s not going to be pretty, but it’s the natural progression that is being driven by those who should know better, IMO.
This is sick.
... big surprise ..
Gunning down unarmed civilians is just one of the perks, like free donuts and coffee.
The police officer should be arrested and held without bond, on the charge of attempted murder, plus various related charges.
The police officer should immediately be fired, without pay, without benefits.
The police officers’ superiors should be placed on leave, pending investigation of their command failures.
Now, before anyone starts berating me for being critical of LEO's, know that I deal with LEO's on a regular basis: I'm a LEO trainer on a national level. Yes, I train LEO's all over the country. I've seen a lot of good ones... But there is a huge increase in the "shoot first, recognize threat second" crowd. These are the ones that are just plain scared witless. I deal with them after the officers are already assigned to the street, and have expressed concerns to departments in regard to some that should not be on the street at all. All I can do is inform the powers that be and go on to the next class and town. It is very disheartening at times. The only thing more dangerous than a coward with a gun is a coward with a gun and a badge.
When all the dog shooting started it seemed to many, myself included, that this sort of thing was next. And, as it turned out, it was.
The cop felt threatened. It didn’t matter whether the threat was real or not. Is it our imagination that these types of incidents are happening with greater frequency?
Ego challenged, testosterone deficient scumbags with tin badges. WHEN are we going to be MUCH better at selecting who is to become a cop and then training them to KNOW that they SERVE and ANSWER to citizens? This bastard need to be charged with attempted, premeditated MURDER and HUNG!
Officer Hancock has been awarded his paid vacation. He will get his earned certificate of merit or even of heroism after a suitable interval of a couple of weeks. No charges against him are possible. He was obviously acting according to his training i.e. if you can imagine some possibility where the situation might suggest harm to your body or sensibilities, shoot the person in front of you.
Another example proving a truism I learned here:
There are few situations so bad they can’t be made worse by the addition of a cop.
Sad it has come to this.
Well, the important thing is that the valiant Officer Phillip Hancock made it home safely that night and received a paid vacation (known to government employees as paid administrative leave) as his reward.
The fact that the 20 year old Airman has had his life ruined is a small price to pay to insure that the good policeman didn’t FEEL threatened by shadows.
/SARC
Who cares about some punk airman?
The only thing that matters is Police Officer Safety!
Shoot first, ask questions later!
/sarc
JBT ping.