The criminal was not a Marshall, Mo. officer. He worked in another town.
It seems to me that all that being an officer does here is make the criminal more responsible for knowing that he was committing a crime. He certainly should be charged with a crime. Even if he is not criminally charges, he committed a tort and should be sued into bankruptcy.
Now Columbia, Mo. where the criminal works might want to fire the criminal. If not, the next time he damages someone they may be found negligent.
He should be fired for a more basic reason.
Old man has a wreck.
First thing the responding officer should do is determine whether the person has an injury, whether drunk or sober his condition should be determined.
Head injury, other injuries as well as a stroke would initially have similarities until the officer thinks it through.
This cop is first and foremost a jerk and a bully, but beyond that he has no capacity to think on his feet.
The driver could have been suffering a concussion plus neck injury and the rough treatment would have made it much worse.
As it was, the driver could have died from the stroke while the cop is acting out his Rambo thing.
I don't MO law, but in many states a police officer in another town is just another citizen. They only have jurisdiction in the town that they serve in. If this is the case, then the old man can personally sue the policeman and the courts have to sort it out as a citizen versus citizen issue.
I don't MO law, but in many states a police officer in another town is just another citizen. They only have jurisdiction in the town that they serve in. If this is the case, then the old man can personally sue the policeman and the courts have to sort it out as a citizen versus citizen issue.