Thank you for those details, really makes me feel bad for that young man and his family. As usual, over reaction by a dweeb and paranoid police, I’ve seen a few of those.
In our area of Texas, as folks were gearing up with concealed handgun permits, deputies and small town cops were over-reacting to permitees who were advising that they had a permit (when stopped on minor traffic infractions) as required.
The permit holders were generally better trained in gun handling than many of the LEOs and kept a cool head under stressful situations as they were being yelled at and ordered to “get out! Stay put! Show your hands! Don’t show your hands! Get on the ground, the floorboard, lean on the trunk, the hood!” It was insane.
I drove up on one scene that three deputies were all hollering different orders at the same time. Never could figure out the need to be screaming at folks, a calm demeanor dampens a lot of iffy situations.
For those who aren’t aware, the Las Vegas PD has recently been caught manufacturing evidence, framing people, and lying to the public. The chief of police recently admitted it.
“Just over a year ago, the sheriff had to stand in front of the press and admit that much of what he had averred in a previous press conference about a high-speed collision that killed a Las Vegas police officer was completely false. It turned out that when officer James Manor plowed into a pickup that was attempting a left turn on Flamingo Road early one morning in May 2009, his flashing lights and sirens were not activated, the patrol car was traveling 109 mph in a 45 mph zone, the officer was not wearing a seat belt, and the man arrested and charged with driving under the influence and failing to yield to an emergency vehicle was not drunk and not at fault.
Late last month, the Metropolitan Police Department agreed to pay the falsely accused driver $120,000.”
In this case, the police lied about the dead officers actions, falsely claimed the driver the officer hit was drunk to avoid responsibility for the accident, and they arrested the man despite trying to save the officers life by putting out a fire in the vehicle after he himself was injured.
Has any officer involved in the cover-up or false charges been fired? No.
This is a department out of control and needs federal investigation IMHO.