The job is to prevent, stop or emliminate threat to safety. We could wait for facts? Early indicators, during his job he pulled gun, observed threat fired and missed. Yes mistake. Too bad. He did what he thought best or had brain cramp freaking out. He was there not me. Is this his first shoot?
It looks bad yeah. Also bad are criminals roaming streets with 50 mistakes recorded. Where is the outrage?bhai
When all you genius don't make mistake at your job let us know. 90% of you have probably made mistakes driving your car to your job. Some are near jujufatal.........you slink through and say "glad no cop saw that".
OK fire the guy, make him homeless with kids and wife on welfare. Will that make you genius happy? Monday morn QB on hard job.
Move the guy to non-lethal is not impossibility. The mgrs will deal with this guy, but I suppose they have to go 100% maassive punishment to keep you all from murder and mayhem on grand scale.
Mistake? Look, if I forget to call a customer or leave my testing gear at home, that is a mistake. If I ignore a stop light and hit a pedestrian, it is more than just a mistake.
The unarmed civilian was flat on the ground with his hands in the air YELLING that he is a behavioral therapist and he needs to help the, obviously, mentally disabled man sitting next to him.
The fact that the cop was pointing his gun at the man with his finger on the trigger is NOT a mistake. It is utter contempt for the safety of the men in front of him. To fire a weapon at two unarmed men, both on the ground, and neither showing ANY threatening behavior is beyond a mistake.
I get that no one is perfect. If a police officer forgets to return my license, misspells my name on the ticket or take the wrong turn (you know, harmless mistakes) I have no issue with him or her. But when
deadly force is used when it is not even close to being warranted, I take issue. As should every other citizen.