2 things:
1. The LEOs told him not to get in the water and he did it anyway. What is it with blacks refusing to comply with police directions?...especially if the cop(s) are white.
2. Attempting to rescue a drowning person when you haven’t had the proper training will get YOU dead.
They're trying to portray all cops as Texas chickens.
“1. The LEOs told him not to get in the water and he did it anyway. “
Article: The Tempe Officers Association noted in its statement that the cops’ exchange with Bickings “was largely cordial prior to Mr. Bickings’ entering the lake” and said he had been “free to go at any time.”
“2. Attempting to rescue a drowning person when you haven’t had the proper training will get YOU dead.”
True. If the police weren’t trained, standing and watching was the only thing they could do.
The police should have called a Boy Scout trained before that organization fell apart.
I have to agree 100%.
In my youth I became a Boy Scout Summer camp staff member, an Eagle Scout and certified life guard. YES, I had a lot of training in lifesaving situations.
Then 8 years later I had to save a drowning person in an ocean surf.
If it wasn’t for life saving skills. As I had my guard down for a second because a close friend was drowning in a rip tide. It would have been a double drowning for sure.
When he grabbed me. It was like the cartoon kitten trying to get out of the water.