Thank you for making my point for me! Had the guy just cooperated, he would not have died!!! He fought with the officer, struck him, grabbed the taser (which is a weapon), and actually fired the taser at the officer. And you know what might have happened if he had hit the officer? The criminal (which he was as soon as he fought with the officer) might have gone back to a incapacitated officer and taken his gun. And what happens then-does he shoot and kill the officer? Just do what the f*ck the officer tells you to do and you will be okay Almost every time.
So to answer questions, no I have never been in a "situation" with a police officer, other than being stopped for speeding. But I have never been stupid enough to put me in a "situation", and I always cooperated with the officer. That is what is smart and that is what is the right thing to do. As for the unfortunate Mr Brooks, he was stupid. Did not cooperate, attacked the officer, stole his weapon, used it against the officer, and paid the price for it. He got what he deserved.
Just to show that I won't blindly say the cops are ALWAYS right, there was a case in Chicago where the cop shot a kid in the back, which was later covered up by the department and Dem mayor Rahm Emmanuel. IIRC, that was not at all justified. I also recall seeing a video, I think from Phoenix, where a guy was in the hallway of a hotel/motel, I think was on his knees, when he was shot. I think he was not doing exactly what the officer was yelling at him, but he did not appear to be a threat. Don't recall what ended up happening in that case.
From Wiki:
On the night of June 12, 2020,
Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old
African American man, was fatally shot by
Atlanta Police Department (APD) officer Garrett Rolfe.
APD officer Devin Brosnan was responding to a complaint that Brooks was asleep in a car in a
Wendy's restaurant
drive-through lane. Rolfe arrived minutes later and conducted a weapons search pat-down, a field sobriety test, and
breathalyzer test of Brooks.
[1] While talking with officers, Brooks offered several times to walk home.
[2][3] After the breathalyzer, Rolfe stated Brooks was too drunk to drive and attempted to arrest him.
A physical confrontation ensued, during which Brooks struck officer Brosnan, grabbed Brosnan's
taser and attempted to run away.
[1] Rolfe pursued Brooks on foot, and Brooks turned and fired the taser toward Rolfe. Rolfe then fired his gun three times at Brooks, hitting him twice. A third shot struck an occupied car. By the time Brooks was shot by Rolfe, the taser had fired twice, the maximum times it could be fired.
[4] Brooks died after surgery.
Video recorded from the officers'
bodycams, a witness's phone and the restaurant's security system, was widely broadcast.
[3] Police chief
Erika Shields resigned one day later; that same day, Rolfe was fired and Brosnan was placed on administrative duty. Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard charged Rolfe with
felony murder and ten other offenses; Brosnan with aggravated assault and two counts of violation of oath.
Howard used video clips from the shooting in his campaign commercials for his unsuccessful 2020 reelection bid. Howard's successor decided the DA's office could not prosecute the charges against Rolfe.
[5] On May 5, 2021, the Civil Service Board of the City of Atlanta reinstated Rolfe with back pay, after finding that the City of Atlanta did not afford him his right to due process.
[6][7]
In June 2022, Rolfe and Brosnan filed a federal lawsuit alleging that they were attacked by Brooks and had the right to use force to prevent him from “imminent use of unlawful force against them.”
[8] On August 23, 2022, prosecutors announced that they had dropped all charges against both officers, saying that "the use of deadly force was objectively reasonable and that they did not act with criminal intent."
[9][8]
Brooks' family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Atlanta in September 2021. Both parties reached a $1 million dollar settlement in November 2022.
[10]
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