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Posted on 07/22/2011 1:14:25 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter
Among the pressures facing police officiers working the streets of America is the rising number of people legally carrying concealed guns. But when one such licensee was pulled over in Canton, Ohio, an officer threatened to shoot him on the spot. Here's the chilling video.
The arrest took place in early June, but the video only came to light today from a group called Ohioans for Concealed Carry. They had been working on behalf of the driver of the Pontiac Grand Prix, known so far only as William, who was arrested and charged in the stop.
As the 17-minute dashcam video shows, the two Canton police officers see the car pulled over in a neighborhood and detain a male passenger and a woman standing outside, whom the officers quickly identify as a prostitute. After telling the driver to stay put, they detain the male passenger and search the back of the car for a few minutes.
Only after that search does Officer Daniel Harless start questioning William, some seven minutes into the video — who then admits, when he can get a word in, that he has a concealed weapon, and tries to show Harless his permit. When he discovers William's gun in his belt, Harless instead becomes enraged: "You are supposed to say that right off the goddamned bat!"
Right now, the shit that you just pulled, I could blast you right in the mouth...I am so close to caving in you're goddamn head...you're just a stupid human being...People like you don't deserve to move throughout public. Stupid idiot."
After searching the car, getting worked up with his partner, and hearing from police dispatch that William does indeed have a legal permit to carry a concealed weapon, Harless comes back to the cruiser where William has been detained:
I swear to God man this little bull crap you just pulled right now has got me so hot. You know what I should have done? I'll tell you what I should have done. As soon as I saw your gun, I should have taken two steps back, pulled my Glock 40 and just put ten bullets in your ass and let you drop. And I wouldn'tve lost any sleep. And he would have been a nice witness as I executed you because you're stupid.
William was charged with two misdemeanor counts; one for stopping in the roadway, and another for failing to inform officers of his weapons.
After the video surfaced, the Canton police announced that Harless had been put on indefinite suspension last month, and the case forwarded to Internal Affairs. Ohio gun activists are raising money for William's defense. And the rest of us get to hope the next misunderstanding ends more amicably, rather than less.
As a photographer, if you are outdoors, in public space, you have no “assumed right to privacy.” I can take a picture of you and post it on the web and in a newspaper. I cannot sell it for commercial gain, but you cannot stop me from taking the photo.
I am not sure why a cop would feel any differently.
And what if you created a black box for your car that measured all of the speed, etc. and had forward and rearward looking video cameras. That could be used to reduce your insurance significantly. And it would catch crap like this.
“did something happen in either Ohio or the officer’s personal life that had him so on edge?”
Yeh he’s a psycho. I think its called “unfit for duty”
A comment on the facebook page said that the officer had been investigated 16 times by IA for excessive force and one reprimand had been placed in his file.
can’t someone get ripped without taking steroids?
The cops feel differently because they are the POLICE and you had best not forget it or you will be punished.
It is the justification used by Illinois to banning cops being filmed.
And I don’t agree with it. In fact, I think they should have a camera on their shirt at all times when on duty.
Took my CCW class in Utah. The police officers that gave the class repeatedly said to let the officer who has pulled you over, or whatever, you let them know you have a CCW and you are armed or have a gun in the vehicle. BTW, the Police Officers who gave the class were exceptionally friendly, knowledged and answered all questions from the class.
The weird thing about this stop is that the cop didn't approach the driver for 7 minutes, and from what I could understand from the tape, the driver handed him his CCW as soon as he was at the window.
FMCDH(BITS)
What does a cop make now'days after all their training, degrees and experience? $29k?
I answered your question for a couple cities:
Starting pay in Cleveland is $48k. Chicago starts at $43k and jumps to $61k the second year
You said:
It sounds like a bunch of gibberish coming from you...
Could you or someone else explain where the gibberish is?
bfl
Where is the charge against the cop for felony menacing? Are cops above the law? If so, we need to abolish them from having such authority.
“I believe the driver in this instance, to be wrong by not being more authoritive in informing the leos. “
He was told by the authority controlling the situation to shut up. He did so. How is that wrong? The cops need to take responsibility for their actions.
“A comment on the facebook page said that the officer had been investigated 16 times by IA for excessive force and one reprimand had been placed in his file.”
What that cop did and appearantly has been doing should be a hanging offense. Threatening a citizen with lethal force under authority of the government should be a capital offense.
$29k?Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.
Please, buy a clue.
Please watch the video. Then you can be an informed statist a-hole rather than in ignorant satist a-hole.
I've been looking behind the garage and I've got the windshield and the back window but someone stole the driver's side window. Sorry.
As my grandfather used to tell me when I was looking for a job as a 20 year old: “They don’t give a crap about how you ‘feel’, they give a crap about what you can do.”
I dont care how they feel. We should only be concerned if there is a safety issue involved (such as revealing the ID of someone under cover.)
One company makes a product called "Drivecam."
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