I’ve seen other reports on FR that referred to the shooter as a “police department employee”. Is this guy an active policeman or a civilian?
It is noted that the shooter was in civilian clothes at least a white dress shirt with what appeared to be cuff link cuffs.
So no body cam?
It is noted that the shooter was in civilian clothes at least a white dress shirt with what appeared to be cuff link cuffs.
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I’m thinking a Congress security person.
Don’t know the organization of all that.
Unless you are in the military, please DO NOT USE the term CIVILIAN when referring to your fellow CITIZENS! All members of all police forces are also “civilians”, but are (more accurately) fellow citizens entrusted with the enforcement of our laws. They are most emphatically NOT military, though they do like to play at it with all the gear they end up with.
Only MILITARY members can legitimately use the term civilian to refer to non-military members. That certain police want to further separate themselves from the citizenry they supposedly *serve* by using military terminology is only ONE of the symptoms of the dysfunctional, irrational split happening between the police forces and citizens.
Words mean things, and certain words can be used to drive a wedge between otherwise homogenous groups (eg the law abiding community and the law enforcement community).
I don’t believe this. Cops don’t wear cuffs. Cop employees don’t wear cuffs. I bet it was either a congress person or a senior staffer. The person was known to those cops in the area. It looks like it may have been a female. Maxine??