Footage is wild.
Cop just lets him walk off when the taser fails.
Then he comes back to fight him, and they start punching each other.
Then he steals the cop car.
Now I will grant you, I questioned whether it was mental illness or just a altered mental state from the accident he had before the cop showed up, and didn't at first think he needed shooting. But any other race would have been ventilated long before the cop got in a fist fight.
This is another one of those cases where it's essentially the opposite of what the agitators claim; the cop showed arguably way too much restraint. It's admirable, as I don't want cops flying off the handle and killing people on a hair trigger, but it can also be borderline suicidal, if the cop loses the fight he lets take place. It can also lead to the death of others, as it could have here, since this psycho managed to steal the car. I don't want dead civilians, and I don't want dead cops.
The cop showed way too much restraint, and it's a freaking miracle it didn't end worse than it is. Cop lost the fight, and could have been killed. The Tender Homie™ steals the car, and could have killed people. Cop needed to put him down prior to losing the fight. Again, I admire the restraint, but it was too much in this case, and could have been a disaster.
This...Tender Homie™ was given every chance to live, and turned it down at every step.
He crashed two different cars, fought police two different times. He's obviously out of his fucking mind, for whatever reason, but that's no excuse.
Force + 1 is protocol for a reason. As a cop, it is your job to control the situation. “Fist fighting homie straight up” is not force plus one, and that decision put innocent lives at risk.
Footage is wild. Cop just lets him walk off when the taser fails. Then he comes back to fight him, and they start punching each other.
Then he steals the cop car.
Now I will grant you, I questioned whether it was mental illness or just a altered mental state from the accident he had before the cop showed up, and didn't at first think he needed shooting. But any other race would have been ventilated long before the cop got in a fist fight.
This is another one of those cases where it's essentially the opposite of what the agitators claim; the cop showed arguably way too much restraint. It's admirable, as I don't want cops flying off the handle and killing people on a hair trigger, but it can also be borderline suicidal, if the cop loses the fight he lets take place. It can also lead to the death of others, as it could have here, since this psycho managed to steal the car. I don't want dead civilians, and I don't want dead cops.
The cop showed way too much restraint, and it's a freaking miracle it didn't end worse than it is. Cop lost the fight, and could have been killed. The Tender Homie™ steals the car, and could have killed people. Cop needed to put him down prior to losing the fight. Again, I admire the restraint, but it was too much in this case, and could have been a disaster.
This...Tender Homie™ was given every chance to live, and turned it down at every step.
He crashed two different cars, fought police two different times. He's obviously out of his fucking mind, for whatever reason, but that's no excuse.
Force + 1 is protocol for a reason. As a cop, it is your job to control the situation. “Fist fighting homie straight up” is not force plus one, and that decision put innocent lives at risk.