Pretty disappointing to read some of the disparaging comments here, from some armchair quarterbacks who have probably never ventured anywhere in a small vessel by themselves. From the article:
“An update posted to Baumstein’s Facebook page Sunday said that Baumstein had made the decision to abandon this year’s attempt after “long conversations, loosing a drogue, a critical steering system failure, and battling headwinds and typhoons.”
“While we were only eight days in, the progress against wind and storms was slow and the next few weeks promised more storms and potentially even slower progress. Furthermore, she was receiving constant AIS alarms which given the weather conditions so far made it impossible to see the many vessels near her.On top of the data, Sonya and some team members felt that things weren’t going right. While we couldn’t put our finger on it, something felt wrong. Our expedition experience has taught us that when that feeling doesn’t go away, you pay attention. As we prepared to leave normal Coast Guard range, that feeling only got stronger. As a team, we felt that combined with incoming weather, loosing a piece of critical equipment with a a single backup, it would be irresponsible to continue. Perhaps more importantly, none of us could justify putting responder’s lives at risk by pushing further.”
04/14/2015 10:37:54 AM PDT
· 712 of 723 FBD
to chris37
It’s been pointed out that perhaps Officer Slager was trying to keep the weapon secure from other people grabbing it off the ground and using it on him. That is a very good point.
04/14/2015 10:31:16 AM PDT
· 110 of 111 FBD
to Reverend Wright
Its been reported to be the taser that was dropped, and he picked it up again afterwards. It was pointed out that perhaps Slager was concerned that he couldn’t control the scene and someone else could run up and grab the taser from behind him.
It does appear that there WAS a struggle for the taser before the shooting.
04/12/2015 2:40:44 PM PDT
· 38 of 43 FBD
to Kenny Bunk
"FALSE.. .By running, Scott committed a crime. "
True: Scott committed a crime by resisting and running. True: Slager also committed a crime, by dropping that taser alongside Scott's body. Honest police officers don't drop things beside a body after a shooting.
04/12/2015 2:07:28 PM PDT
· 106 of 111 FBD
to Reverend Wright; P-Marlowe; 21twelve; cynwoody
Sure looks like a taser to me. Regardless, an honest cop doesn't drop things alongside a body after a shooting. That's evidence tampering or planting evidence.
04/12/2015 2:00:23 PM PDT
· 105 of 111 FBD
to Oliviaforever
_”The answer would be to put body cams on all police officers, all the time and the cameras would not have on Off switch.”
That’s unreasonable. Officers deserve their privacy while doing personal business like anyone else. I recently talked to an officer and on occasion, some of them have forgotten to turn off their body cam while using the restroom.