I don’t like Monday Morning Quarterback police and incidents that go bad. Policing is a dirty business. I’ll let you decide on the officer’s actions. Back in the day in this situations, the officer would probably have Brooks call a friend, family member, cab (no Uber in our day) to pick him up and take him home after his name was ran.
But today, cops have no discretion whatsoever. If this happens YOU MUST do this action. Cops are trained now that if they don’t do something, they will have to answer. The Patrol Guide has been replaced with SOP’s and GO’s (General Orders).
The officer involved, Garrett Rolfe, was immediately fired (Atlanta’s Police Union SUCKS) and charged with murder. Good luck proving intent. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said that Brooks should not have been shot over a taser. Yet, DA Howard is charging 6 Atlanta PD cops over using a taser, declaring a taser is a deadly weapon!
So; an overzealous Mayor and Police Chief firing 8 officers without any investigation. An overzealous DA under investigation from the GBI for corruption, so what is the rank and file Atlanta cops to do? Do a mass sick out. The result? 911 calls not being answered, nobody reporting for work. Mayhem in the streets. This is what defunding the police looks like!
Meanwhile everyone is ignoring the fact that Rayshard Brooks was resisting arrest!
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The arresting officer was polite and respectful to the drunk driver. He even expressed sympathy over the death of the drunk driver’s mother. (If that story was even true.) The drunk got very violent. What if he had disabled one of the cops with the taser and gotten the cop’s gun? The cop took appropriate action in shooting the violent drunk dead.
I have Zero sympathy for any drunk and/or stoned driver. Black or White. End of story. Calling friends etc. is too soft. The drunken moron will do it again until he kills someone. Zero tolerance for drunk/stoned drivers.
I do have one question about cops. I’m struck by how inept they are in tackling and grappling. Women shouldn’t even be cops. But, many of the men are criminally unfit. Don’t cops get martial arts training in the academy? Or is it that they so afraid of getting (((sued))) that they, in effect, wrestle with one hand behind their backs?
Also, what happened to the non-lethal restraint devices like shooting ropes of sticky glue or nets over violent suspects? Were these things ruled ((((illegal)))? Watching those half dozen cops struggle to restrain one Black guy in Milwaukee showed how wrong things are.
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