Also, the officer who was the hothead actually had no choice but to act that way since he was the first to arrive on scene, it was ONE man against an angry mob. If he wasn't aggressive, he would've been DEAD. Did you see the two kids who tried to take his gun away from him? They're lucky they didn't get SHOT. He actually had very good control because he did not shoot the kids trying to steal his gun. He was only ACTING aggressive to avoid being overwhelmed by an angry mob. If he were not acting and he really lost control, he would've shot the two kids trying to steal his gun. He is incredibly brave. I probably wouldn't have been so brave and shot the two kids trying to take the gun. He took a chance and bet that the two kids weren't brave enough to follow through. If the two kids went for it at the same time, one of them stand a 50% chance of being shot but the other one would've surely successfully taken his gun. The officer bet with his life in order to save the lives of the two kids who tried to take his gun. That officer deserves a commendation, not punishment.
I really hate corrupt cops, but this officer is probably not corrupt.
Rrash wrote:Yep. I also noticed that when the officer used his knee to hold the girl down, his eyes were scanning all around him, and he was specifically addressing the girls in front of him. IMO, he wasn't trying to hurt the girl, as much as he was trying to detain her while his attention (and hands) needed to be focused elsewhere. It was disturbing to watch, but it wasn't outright abusive.TexasVet wrote:Thank you for the first hand account. I watched the video before reading the thread here and had the same reaction about the two males flanking the officer while he was restraining the uncooperative female. The one reaching in his left pocket, waistband area could have been reaching for anything - gun, knife. And even without a weapon he and his buddy could have tackled and tried to disarm the officer. After they saw the prompt reaction to their approach they high tailed it out of there quickly. The line between establishing order and getting confrontational. No one got hurt, but everyone on the reports are only reporting how the WHITE officers treated the unarmed BLACK teens. Nowadays any story I read regarding law enforcement has to have the races of the officer and suspect (especially if the officer is white and the suspect if black). They use it to establish prejudice towards the officer and take the heat of the suspect who generally did something to get the officers attention.
Hope the situation gets evaluated based on the facts not the cries of the likes of Rev. Sharpton for justice (aka money).
We have also been notified of marches that will come through our neighborhood tomorrow #blacklivesmatter. This isn't really a "white" neighborhood. My street alone has white, hispanic, African-American, Indian, Asian, and Middle Eastern. I'm on a first name basis with probably 50-60% of my neighbors. Very few African-Americans in our neighborhood have openly expressed this is a racist thing. Its quite the contrary, as many (if not a majority) have spoken up saying that the behavior from these teens and young adults is not to be tolerated. It's really upsetting to see the negative press, let alone completely fabricated stories by people who don't even live here. Worse yet, its decisive to our community, as people feel they need to take sides.