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"BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) -A Birmingham Police Department detective was injured on Birmingham's east side Friday morning.
The plainclothes detective was injured near 9100 Parkway East in Roebuck and has been transported to UAB Hospital. Police say the detective's condition us unknown at this time and they are waiting on more information from doctors. Police now say the detective is in stable condition and has been admitted for observation.
The detective was injured around 11:20 a.m. after stopping a suspicious vehicle while waiting for back up, according to Lt. Theophilus Smith of the Birmingham Police Department.
Police say after a verbal exchange with the detective, one of the suspects exited his vehicle and the situation escalated into a physical altercation."
"Shortly after a Birmingham police say a fellow officer was attacked on Friday, images of the bloodied officer appeared on Facebook, something that has
outraged Sgt. Heath Boackle, President of Fraternal Order of Police.
"This man has a wife, he has kids so now all this stuff is flashing on Facebook, seeing their dad, their husband bloodied, laying face down," said Sgt. Boackle. "This officer is doing his job, gets beaten with his own weapon, the public is taking pictures of him?”
...
He said had the situation been reversed, and an officer did this to someone it would have gotten national media attention.
Sgt. Boackle said officers all over the country officers are walking on egg shells, which leads to what we saw today in Birmingham."
originally posted by: Flesh699
Apparently he's not very smart. I don't understand how a cop could get whipped with his own pistol, that's allot of time with a gun out. Just a squeeze and it's done, so what was he doing? Waving it around? Holsters are designed specifically so others can't yank the gun out.
lmao dumbass cracker dats for da red bit
gonna say it even though it'll probably be flamed: he would've been within his rights to shoot his assailants, had he been able to get his weapon back somehow, or retain it when the fight began.
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: Shamrock6
gonna say it even though it'll probably be flamed: he would've been within his rights to shoot his assailants, had he been able to get his weapon back somehow, or retain it when the fight began.
No flames from me on that point.
He would have been justified in shooting them.
Sadly, if he had done what he had a right to do, he would be looked at as a murderer by some.
originally posted by: Rosinitiate
a reply to: Shamrock6
Or he wasn't aware he was dealing with more than one person. Someone got the drop on him.
originally posted by: hounddoghowlie
a reply to: RammerJammer
cue the racist and cop haters in 3.2.1.