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originally posted by: Greathouse
a reply to: swanne
One thing that blew my mind was this officer was a marine that served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: Greathouse
Of course there are. It still amazes me that people think otherwise.
If they were all like the ones we see in all too many Youtube videos, we'd all be in jail, or tased, or dead...
Good on that police officer. He's to be complimented, and commended for his restraint.
originally posted by: Greathouse
a reply to: swanne
One thing that blew my mind was this officer was a marine that served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
People want to see these good cops cross that blue line and take care of the bad ones.
It is nice to see that a cop can in fact deal with an unarmed man running at him with out shooting him.
The body cam makes no difference in this officers reactions because he was well within his rights to shoot and would've been vindicated by the body cam.
originally posted by: eisegesis
a reply to: Greathouse
The body cam makes no difference in this officers reactions because he was well within his rights to shoot and would've been vindicated by the body cam.
Within his right to shoot? If the suspect didn't appear armed and was rushing the cop, a Taser would have been the safest bet. With that said, putting your hands into your pockets is probably the worse thing he could have done and I'm surprised the officer showed restraint. That guy's luck was running out fast.