Ok, how do you justify this?
“”I’m honestly afraid to get out,” Nazario is heard telling the officers after they’ve approached the vehicle with weapons drawn and order him to exit the vehicle.
“Yeah,” Gutierrez says, “you should be.””
That’s Agg assault with a deadly weapon. They fired him finally, but hopefully he’ll at least get some probation over it too.
I will NEVER justify any poor tactical or communication obligations of an officer to a citizen. I have and will now acknowledge violations of protocol by the coppers.
What I am trying to highlight is the poor decision making by all parties involved, particularly the army officer who should have known better then to jailhouse lawyer with an overly aggressive cop as he issued his distorted commands. Again, he is an OFFICER who should understand the necessity of obeying lawful orders. I do not believe that he would have been sprayed had he just gotten out of the car when told to do so.
Given the current public antipathy toward police in general and the greater than usual political cowardice of their leadership, I fully expect that these officers will be thrown under the bus and that bus will be backed up and they will be run over again.