One of the more bizzare attempts at suicide by cop I have ever seen. He’s not happy with his performance, but I guess his instincts told him not to shoot. It turned out for the best, but it could have ended very differently, glad it turned out as it did. His partner on the other hand, wow, just wow:
I saw that video the other day. I think the male officer’s hesitation and overall bad response was because he knew the subject and his family. He called them all by their first names and knew their situation- the officer is lucky he or the family members weren’t shot. And the useless female officer holding on to her notepad the whole time needs fired or made the evidence room clerk.
My Brother was a Small Town Eastern Arizona Cop for almost 15 years. He said he could almost predict by the Hour where he would be called to and what the call would be for.
Alcohol, DUI and Domestic Violence. The Bars are Closing time, time to go arrest the Drunks on Main Street.When that’s done there will be a Domestic at the Trailer Park, etc. etc.
He said you might arrest the same Guy 10 times for a mix of Battery, Dui and Domestic Violence and before long you know his Name and date of Birth.
Exactly. If the perpetrator had hurt someone else, the officer would have been blamed for not acting.
Sometimes you do things wrong and it works out. Other times you do everything wrong and it still goes to crap.
Nope.
:Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales (2005): The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously (7-2) that police cannot be sued under the Constitution for failing to enforce a restraining order, affirming that individuals do not possess a federally enforceable “right to police protection”.
DeShaney v. Winnebago County (1989): In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Due Process Clause does not impose a constitutional duty on the state to protect citizens from private harm, such as domestic violence, unless the state has taken the individual into custody.
Warren v. District of Columbia (1981): In this foundational D.C. Court of Appeals case, the court ruled that police departments owe a duty to the public collectively rather than to any specific person, dismissing a lawsuit from victims who were assaulted and held hostage after police failed to respond to emergency calls.
Lozito v. New York City (2013): A New York state judge dismissed a negligence lawsuit filed by Joseph Lozito, who was severely stabbed during a subway attack, affirming that police officers had no specific legal duty to protect him despite him being actively assaulted while officers were nearby.
I didn’t mean in a legal sense, but your clarification is warranted due to my ambiguity. BTW, how can a ruling be unanimous if it was 7 to 2?
A legal sense is all that matters. No duty to protect, but nothing that prevents making the false claim and receiving benefits as though the claim is true.
I have no idea why it spit that out, but the no duty to protect side won that one also.
The officer likely failed to pull the trigger for a different reason. He knew the perp and his family, so his feelings about them got in the way. He literally risked his life (foolishly in my opinion) for someone who didn’t care about him. Social pressures are a reality, especially in small town situations like this one.
I think we observed on that Video is a lot more common than you might think.
A lot of Americans live like that, they may not have a lot of money, but come Friday Night they’re going to get drunk, High or Both. They are either addicted to the High or addicted to the release of what ever pressure they’re dealing with.
And it’s easy to point fingers and make fun of people in Trailer Parks, but if you’ve got money, you’ve got a classier place to hang out than watching your naked neighbor dance on the Patio in “No Trailer Skirts Estates”; so you can hide it better. DUI is a pretty much cross cultural and crosses classes which kind of proves my point
By not doing the right thing you’re just perpetuating the inevitable. You point a Gun at me Someone needs to shoot you, who better than me if I’m a Cop answering this call?
That Cop will be there again as soon as Pay Day.