123494

I see so many GoFundMe pages set up for various causes. How about someone sets up one for the fired police officer in Atlanta after the shooting at the Wendy's?

rickair7777

You could do that.

I do give the cop benefit the doubt, the perp had seized his taser and fired it at him. If he had been tased and disabled, the perp might have then used his own pistol on him.

Also possible the cop wasn't certain WHAT the perp was shooting at him with.

People who have never been in what is essentially a combat situation can't really second-guess how someone reacts. If you have kids, going home to your kids is front-and-center in your mind, and you're not willing to take any more chances than you have to. To call it monday-morning-quarterbacking doesn't even come close to how wrong it is.

A solution *might* be to hire "better" cops, basically look for people who are smarter and have demonstrated cool-under-pressure (military, team sports, LE experience in low-intensity jurisdictions?). Or you can try to accurately assess candidates for that potential (although we all know how well that works in airline aviation ). You'd have to pay them significantly more, because you'd be competing with other career fields for candidates who would normally go to college and be doing other things. Plenty of great cops out there, but the LCD is fairly low, especially in some places.

ItnStln

If you do post a link and I'll donate.

rickair7777

Weeeelllll...

Now it's reported (by the DA) that the officer kicked Brooks after he was down, while his partner stood on Brooks shoulders. No first aid was rendered. And he was shot in the back. Starting to look a little more like Rodney King than legit police work.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-m...-idUSKBN23O1IO

Anderson

The DA said that Brooks never presented himself as a threat, never displayed any aggressive behavior, never posed a threat of injury or harm.

Did he watch the same body cam video that I did???
So initiating a fight with police officers, taking one of their weapons, and pointing the weapon at the officers fails to qualify as threatening, aggressive, or uncooperative behavior?

JamesNoBrakes

I haven't watched the video, but would that not depend on the timing of when the shots were fired?

123494

I could not believe he said that either. They're just trying to make an example out of him.

123494

I have not seen any of the aforementioned cell phone or security footage in the news cycle. At this point, who knows if it's even true. If that did occur, I can't see how it changes the fact that the guy assaulted the officers, stole a weapon, and fired it twice as he began to flee.

CX500T

Atlanta PD now walking off the job en masse.

123494

Haven't seen a gofundme, but this from "change.org"

https://www.change.org/p/atlanta-pol...ion=topic_page