Bodycam footage released in shooting of US Airman
Not trying to be redundant but now that the body footage is out I felt it necessary to post it since some people were asking about the POV of the police. As I see it the cop fd up and hopefully some Justice can be served in Florida. As stated in the video they have a strong castle doctrine. My biggest issue with this situation is how the officer responded. Just straight up banging on the door like a mad man, you’ll be lucky if I even go up to the door at that point. He doesn’t even announce himself immediately. Finally does when banging some more but who is legitimately gonna trust someone claiming to be the police after they banged on the door and you didn’t respond. Worst of it is he moves away from the door so the individual couldn’t look through the peephole immediately. Kid had the gun at his side, Pointing down and the other hand was up with his palm showing indicating non aggression. I know these things happen in the moment but come on this could of straight been avoided over a damn noise complaint that may have been the wrong apartment. Hopefully the US airforce can get involved and get him Justice but I wouldn’t hold my breath with my experience when the Army “Investigates”. Some other commentary I found interesting from another news video. “Former law enforcement officer turned criminal attorney, Mike PAG says the officer was likely processing real time information within fractions of a second.I did not see any threatening mannerisms on his part at all. He didn’t, you know, wasn’t waving his hands around,he wasn’t yelling profanities like get the Blankety blank out of here. Nothing threatening…” Then he loses me later on when he says this “Training is everything. But how do you train for this type of situation? This is one of those unique situations where it’s tough.It’s really a tough call.” Yes, yes you can, and no its not. This definitely not one of those unique situations this is one of those situations where the police didn’t do Basic procedures to put the individual at ease. He banged on the door, didn’t announce himself initially, moved away from the peephole, then claimed to be police. I’ll comment the link to the second video once I figure out how. submitted by /u/EyeBusy |
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