Posted on 04/19/2015 10:42:35 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Cincinnati Officer Jesse Kidder’s body camera caught a confrontation between the officer and a suspect who was potentially trying to compel a “suicide by cop,” in which someone provokes a police officer into killing them.
Kidder, a 27-year-old rookie officer, is being praised for his restraint in the situation.
“He jumped out and he sprinted towards me,” Kidder said. “I had my firearm already drawn on me, and I told him to put his hands up in the air and he was screaming as he was yelling, ‘Shoot me, shoot me.’”
Kidder was able to talk the suspect down until backup arrived. The suspect, who had allegedly just murdered his fiancée and was reported to be armed, was taken into custody unharmed.
“Law enforcement officers all across the nation have to deal with split-second decisions that mean life or death,” Kidder said. “I wanted to be absolutely sure before I used deadly force.”
“For him to make the judgment call that he did shows great restraint and maturity,” his chief said. “This video footage, it eliminated all doubt that this officer would have been justified if in fact it came to a shooting.”
If you’re about to say “good thing cops are using body cameras now,” slow thy roll: Kidder brought the camera from home. His department says it hopes to get funding to supply the rest of the officers.
Watch the clip below, via WLWT:
If anything, with the perp continuing to advance, the cop should have shot him in the leg.
It would have been a justified shooting.
Now the taxpayers get to support him for the rest of his life.
“unharmed”
must be a typo
No cop is stupid enough to shoot a fool yelling “shoot me.”
Want to commit suicide by cop? Point a gun at one.
It didn’t take long for the race baiters in the comment section to claim he wasn’t shot because he wasn’t black
Of course the cop’s not gonna shoot just because someone says “shoot me”.But if the guy saying that is,at the same time,raising what looks like a firearm...or is racing toward him with a knife or a metal pipe...the cop *will* shoot him.And with good reason.
A double murderer believed to be armed and dangerous charges the cop and all he’s got to do is yell “shoot me” for a get out of being dead free card?
There isn’t a court in the land that would convict the cop if he had shot the idiot.
You do know that it is illegal to be a felon and have a gun, right? /s
The cop is a rookie. He doesn’t know any better. /s
After facing down a bunch of inbred nutjob jihadi’s during 2 tours in Iraq as a Marine this guy was probably not much of a scare scenario.
See. Where this guy went wrong is he should have been saying “You won’t shoot me.” As he charged the cop.
Executing people instead of arresting them is a pretty strange thing for a conservative to desire, are you sure you really support that?
The cop is a two tours in Iraq, ex-Marine infantryman Corporal, with a Purple Heart.
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