Secondly, the officer drew his weapon because he was rushed by a few of these people while attempting to gain control over this teenager...runnin her mouth, adding to the chaos.
Man oh man. I've seen many videos of out of control cops injuring citizens. I absolutely despise rogue cops....this was not one of them.
He was attempting to gain control over a chaotic scene. Did he go a lil overboard with the language...yea, prolly. But just like he said in the video...you're making me run around with 30lbs of gear on in 90’ heat.
We are headed toward a situation where the police will not respond to most calls and people will be on their own. In cases like this one, the neighborhood will have to maintain security in whatever way they can. The invaders will bring guns, etc. Everywhere will become like inner city killing zones.
He was the only officer running around back and forth- other officers are calmly walking.
There are people who can walk into a crowd of people and immediately have control, there are other people who can walk into a crowd and immediately escalate things- he is the latter.
He should have calmed down- look at the video again- he is the only officer running back and forth.
While I agree this was NOT one of the more egregious examples of a rogue cop, he was clearly not in control of himself and he caused panic every place he went.
Listen again to the video. He is basically the star of the video because his action were causing the most attention.
Every place he goes there is an increase in screaming and panic.
Rule #1 in riot control is DO NOT ESCALATE the situation. Rule #2 is DO NOT FORGET RULE #1
It is a personality thing- he needs a desk job.
When I was in the Security Police in the Air Force we had a riot control training video.
It showed the same situation 2 different ways. In the first situation a group of rowdy people is approached by an officer EXACTLY like the one in this video and things escalate out of control very quickly and VERY BADLY (as in this video- where he was moments away from shooting two kids.)
In the second half the training video had the exact same situation, and a different officer CALMLY takes control of the situation and things end peacefully. I remember it as being one of the best training videos I had ever seen, and clearly fixed in my mind the difference between gaining and losing control of a situation.
This officer lacks the professional demeanor and presence necessary in that situation.
Look at the video again - he was SECONDS AWAY FROM SHOOTING some kids.
The other two officers calmly walking towards that scene were probably as shocked as everyone else. Notice how the other two officers did not rush into the crowd to assist him?
Listen again as he runs around screaming and swearing- each place he goes there is suddenly more screaming and panic.
He escalated the situation nearly out of control.