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Jumping Frog wrote:

Vol Texan wrote:Wow, in looking at these videos again, it appears that Officer Green didn't just do a good job...he did an OUTSTANDING job of keeping himself and his partner alive.

rbwhatever1 wrote:Awesome reaction by Sgt. Green. Looks like a perfectly executed "adrenaline fueled" response to me. I hope this doesn't effect him too much. The BG got exactly what he needed and Sgt. Green should get a raise for saving taxpayers money...

It wasn't until I looked at Officer Griffin's video the second time that I realized Officer Green first put his hands on the suspect and physically threw him away, and while the perp was stumbling, Officer Green drew and shot. Smart thinking. If he had simply drawn first, the perp would have had time to shoot but placing hands on him and physically controlling him interrupted the whole perp OODA loop and allowed Officer Green to get ahead of the perp and prevail.

You prompted me to take a another look at the videos & pretty much saw it as you.

From what I "think" I saw, was Green at first trying to physically restrain the BG & then he changed tactics as the BG twisted out of his grasp. Green then gave a shove...and this is where it gets impressive - Green's gun hand is almost at shoulder level at the 56 sec mark into the video, he then draws and is hitting the target multiple times at 57 secs. The BG is going down at the 58 sec mark!

Words cant convey Green's amazing craftsmanship.

DevilDawg wrote:I am glad that the BG was the one shot and not anyone else. But Dang It!!!! 13 Rounds? That officer better spend some time at the range. They all appeared to be combat effective shot placement, but he had no control at all of the recoil. That could have gone bad quickly.

I disagree.

This was a usual everyday task that would have caught many off guard. (I think that was the case with Griffin)

In any incident there is always a "lessons learned", but I was very impressed with Green's fast & decisive response. His gun did buck a little the first 2-3 rounds but he settled it down quickly. (This could be attributed to the urgency of the situation.)

Im not a LEO and not qualified to critique the reason Green walked in front of the BG, but I recognize the potential of the BG walking in front, grabbing a knife, taking a hostage, or dumping a table in the walk way and running.

This video will be featured hundreds of times in future training classes.

Carlson, please convey my respect to Green.