Posted on 05/29/2010 10:19:58 AM PDT by Drew68
OLYMPIA — Sarah Harris goes through the motions of her day trying hard not to think about what life was like a year ago — or what it would be like now if not for "the incident."
She feels guilty leaving the house, even if only for a couple of hours to visit her mom or sister, to run errands, or go grocery shopping. She still cries every night.
Her husband, the first boy she kissed and the only man she's ever loved, suffered a catastrophic brain injury when his head slammed into a concrete wall after a brief footchase with two King County sheriff's deputies on Mother's Day 2009. He's now confined to bed, unable to talk, walk or do anything for himself.
Christopher Sean Harris spent six weeks at Harborview Medical Center, where his family was encouraged to remove him from life support because doctors didn't think he'd ever come out of a coma. But he did, and was transferred to an Edmonds nursing home in June.
Sarah Harris, who worked as a manager for Nordstrom and dreamed of becoming a buyer for the department store, gave up her job to care for her husband.
"I loved my job, and I miss it all the time," she said. "But I knew there was no way I could go back to work and leave him alone in a nursing home all day. There was no decision to even make."
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You’re just proving what a thug you are.
I’m sorry, I should rephrase....Policing the Civilians of a city based on different standards and tactics from that of a Military Cop policing their own is quite different.
Also, being an Insurance DEFENSE Investigator is absolutely different from having to approach and confront SUSPECTS UNKNOWN (which this guy was) and having to make split second decisions.
That's an outright lie by the reporter. The video clearly shows the officers were wearing common police officer uniforms with their badges clearly visible on their chests and insignias on their sleeves, and gun belts around their waists.
The guy was clearly running from them, dropped something from his hand, moved toward the cop, and raised his hands toward the cop before he was knocked down. It's tragic that he chose to run, was positioned where he was relative to the wall, and that he was misidentified. None of which was the cop's fault.
That was cute but offers no insight or aid on this topic.
“None of which was the cop’s fault”? So who slammed the guy’s haed against the wall?
True enough...but the LE mission on post also results in the policing of civilian dependents, contractors, etc., so similar, if not identical rules apply in a lot of cases. The biggest difference I see is the Military Police are held far more accountable for their actions than their civilian counterparts.
"Also, being an Insurance DEFENSE Investigator is absolutely different from having to approach and confront SUSPECTS UNKNOWN (which this guy was) and having to make split second decisions."
You miss my point. Certainly the investigations I do now are on the behalf of municipalities (and their insurers if not self-insured) when allegations of misconduct are levelled at them. I work in defense of the cities, the attorneys representing them, and by extension the police departments. My point is, in order to help defend these cases, I have to be pretty familiar with the policies, procedures, statues, regulations, ordinances, etc. governing the use of force.
How would you defend yourself in the wrongful termination lawsuit?
Sorry, I did misinterpret what you meant by ‘Defense’.
I’d show the jury the video of the “wrongfully terminated” cop smashing the innocent bystander into a cement wall.
Having dealt with MPs and civilian police, my understanding is that MPs have a good deal MORE latitude in dealing with suspects as compared to civilian police.
If an MP commander says it's over the line for MPs, it's WAY over the line for civilian police.
That's funny...none of the MPs I got rid of ever mounted one. You'd think the thought would have occurred to them with all that free time on their hands at Leavenworth.
That is just low.
Everyone here can view the video and the only people who see the the kid as a danger are the cop groupies. The US is turning into a police state and you idiots are cheering it on.
To the police officer, he was a fleeing felon, and not only is he allowed by law to use force to subdue him, but he is expected to do so.
How about not. We have all seen or experienced these Rambo wanna-bes hopped up on steroids, testosterone, Redbull and KrispeKremes running aorund in paramilitary attire with assault weapons but know they are all too chickensh!t to have actually kicked in doors in Fallujah. When these guys admit that their first priority is to serve and protect in stead of the union line about "officer safety" being paramount and begin to look and act like the term innocent until proven guilty is meaningful I will continue to look at them like strange pit bulls off the leash.
Fumb-ducker ran from the police. Fatigue clad should have been enough of a hint, unless you are blind drunk. The bar patrons weren’t fatigue clad, were they. Did he ever think about staying there like a citizen? Personal responsibility and citizen duty are no longer part of the progressive culture. I have to wonder exactly what crime he was committing that made him decide to avoid the police.
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