Maryland police officer indicted on assault charges

[John Marston]

A police officer in Maryland has been indicted on assault charges after prosecutors say he held a gun to the head of a man who hadn’t committed a crime.
We shoot people Maryland police officer indicted on assault charges US news The Guardian

“We’re PGPD; we shoot people”- seems to me today this is the main principle of police actions. Not "to serve and protect"
Of course the officer is a product of his training. But whether it should be so incompetent training so the officers act like Uniformed homicidal maniacs?

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

According to prosecutors, Santiago was on patrol in a Bowie neighborhood last May and told two men that they were parked illegally outside a home when they weren’t.

So it took ten months for them to determine this was a crime? Pretty sure any of the rest of us who aren't part of the protected class of the Blue Mafia would already be serving our prison sentence.

 

[Mad Scientist]

I'm thinkin' it should be "Aggravated Assault" if the weapon was loaded. That makes it a Deadly Weapon.

 

[bucs90]

According to prosecutors, Santiago was on patrol in a Bowie neighborhood last May and told two men that they were parked illegally outside a home when they weren’t.

So it took ten months for them to determine this was a crime? Pretty sure any of the rest of us who aren't part of the protected class of the Blue Mafia would already be serving our prison sentence.

Yes. Cops are different than losers like you.

 

[Mad Scientist]

So it took ten months for them to determine this was a crime? Pretty sure any of the rest of us who aren't part of the protected class of the Blue Mafia would already be serving our prison sentence.

Police have strong Unions, Local, State and Federal.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

It's PG County, MD. The great black middle class hope. The homes are worth upwards of a million and sometimes over a million in Bowie but the odds of being murdered, assaulted or robbed are nearly five times the national average. The crime rate here is second highest in the state and region (only Baltimore city and parts of DC are worse) and the public schools' failure equals that. Fatherlessness is the source of the problem.
When the person in question refused to heed to cops request to return, the odds were likely, in the cop's mind, that this was a problem. Can't blame him. But the law and the rules are what they are.

 

[bucs90]

So it took ten months for them to determine this was a crime? Pretty sure any of the rest of us who aren't part of the protected class of the Blue Mafia would already be serving our prison sentence.

Police have strong Unions, Local, State and Federal.

Plus...their job at times includes using force and guns. Sometimes it takes time to determine if the use was lawful or not.

AND...sometimes the cop is needed to testify in other cases like murder or child rape. So...they delay his arrst until after those trials because he wont be testifying in any case after arrested.

Cop haters wont be satisfied until they get dead cops though.

 

[bucs90]

It's PG County, MD. The great black middle class hope. The homes are worth upwards of a million and sometimes over a million in Bowie but the odds of being murdered, assaulted or robbed are nearly five times the national average. The crime rate here is second highest in the state and region (only Baltimore city and parts of DC are worse) and the public schools' failure equals that. Fatherlessness is the source of the problem.
When the person in question refused to heed to cops request to return, the odds were likely, in the cop's mind, that this was a problem. Can't blame him. But the law and the rules are what they are.

Its why good cops continue fleeing cities like that.

 

[|electric|foxy|]

Its why good cops continue fleeing cities like that.

I bet good cops are so few that we can mount gps sensors on them and look where they are to make these statistics more clear