On to diversity training I s’pose!
Ping!
Not excuses, just explanations:
1) One of his own has been tried and found guilty in the media, the mob, and DOJ.
2) NBLP and others have been publishing hit lists with LEO’s home addresses.
3) 12 hour shifts take a toll.
Interesting that such did not happen in Mass. when the search for the Marathon bombers was in full swing.
Of course, there may not have been any words spoken, but make no mistake, those “officers” were pointing their weapons directly at civilians and although specific demands were likely made, they are not as easily recalled in the public sector that I’m aware of, and I could be distinctly wrong in that belief.
Imagine if a protestor pointed an assault rifle at cop and said, “I will [expletive] kill you.”
When I watched the video, I felt sorry for the cop. He didn’t do anything that I wouldn’t have done under similar provocation. I cannot imagine what it is like dealing with those assholes all night long...
At least he didn't point a rape rifle or a arson rifle at that poor little protestor.
good, his behavior was extremely unprofessional
Not to excuse this but when you have been working this scene for the last ten days 12 to 16 hours a pop, and then get someones urine or feces thrown on you, well you might just say something untoward...
But that kind of behavior was apparently perfectly fine in Bunkerville.
All police officers should be required to wear small cameras that document everything they say and do.
The cameras would be a boon to the honest cops...who are the majority.
This tech has become so inexpensive that a small device with multiple cameras can be created cheaply. This would totally eliminate the “The camera failed” excuse for missing camera data as only hard drives belonging to the IRS can have multiple hardware failures at the same time ;-/
The cameras data should be encrypted in such a way that only a court order can make the video watchable. This eliminates the argument that police would be under constant scrutiny that would hinder them in the performance of their duty. I would strongly oppose the decryption of ANY camera data that did not occur during the time period of an interaction with a suspect....no cop-to-cop chit-chat should ever be decrypted. I’m certain that defense counsel would endlessly seek the decryption of video that occurred outside of the time window of an actual arrest...they would seek to go on a fishing expedition to find anything that would make the officer look bad to a jury. Such a thing should never be allowed. No one should have to self sensor everything they say and do.
lets put cameras on the cops and restore honor to the profession and make the lives of honest cops a lot easier!
With all the s..., er, stuff, hurled their way, it would take the patience of Job not to react. One of their ranks came up a little short on patience and it will probably end his career. I feel sorry for him ... unless the stress exposed a real JBT and his forced retirement will save a dog or two. I hope Gov. Nixon is proud of what he accomplished.
If the idiot civil authorities were not terrified of “optics” and historical connotations then the safest way of dealing with this would be the use of fire hoses.
Of course, we’d have to endure endless choruses of “We Shall Overcome” and video clips of Jesse, Al & Eric walking across the Selma (Ferguson) Bridge arm in arm, but no one would get shot.
How about foam cannons from the airport fire department? Eventually, folks might get to laughing, call the whole riot off and go home....
Naaa, makes too much sense.
Maybe a little skunk oil?
You know, if anything good comes out of this Ferguson fiasco it will be that cops such as this might be held more accountable for their actions/language. That’s a good thing. Too many of them think they are above the law and act like thugs themselves in some cases.
“I will [expletive] kill you.”
An Act of Felony Domestic Terrorism in EVERY STATE as well as the Federal Level, Every Gestapo Agent involved in this act of TERRORISM belongs in Prison.