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SSgt Boyd Welch
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During my time as a LEO, we had a lot of great, dedicated professional officers. We also had those who were hired as political favors because some local politician's kid could not get a job. They should have never been given a badge much less a weapon. I had to belt this one guy for shooting at a poor dog in an owners back yard when the dog was chained, wasn't growling and was wagging his tail. Before he fired the shot he stated" I feel threatened. I got a three day suspension for striking him but on the other side of the fence where the dog was chained was a playground with kids on it. Not everyone is cut out to wear a uniform.
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SSG Warren Swan
SSG Warren Swan
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Not everyone shares a desire to do the right thing in any uniform. Some look for the "power trip" and knowledge that almost anything they do will end with the other side taking the brunt of it. I have no issues saying good job to the cops who bust their asses and do the right thing (even when I don't like it), but I'll be damned if I sit back (even with dear friends who are current cops) sit back and not say something when they fuck it up. Even here when you go against the grain regarding cops, I've had a few actually go out of their way to demean me and others thinking their position/rank in the PD is going to intimidate and anything we look up, post, or present is slanted or biased. Even when it's from a DOJ or state PD page.

Not ALL cops are bad, not ALL cops are good, but there has to be a general accountability for actions taken without fear of character assignation either for/against the cop or for the victim. If the highlight of your day isn't how many people you helped without escalation, but the number of times you pulled out your non and lethal means to "deescalate" a situation, you might be in the wrong profession. If one is a criminal, you're in the RIGHT profession....to make sure someone puts you after court where you have lots of time to think about life decisions.
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SGT Tomas "Huey" Husted
SGT Tomas "Huey" Husted
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Many of us from my home town felt threatened because of 2 police officer's.They were upper classman by one year in high school. And they were the biggest bullies in the school, literally. They didn't care who they picked on, girls the goat ropers (their designation) the heads. Even special ed kids. As cops they were constantly harassing my self and my groups of friends.
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CSM Charles Hayden
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This being the officer’s second - ? - shooting, things should go badly for her, SSG Warren Swan
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Capt Gregory Prickett
Capt Gregory Prickett
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Not necessarily. I worked with an officer in Dallas who had killed three men, all in separate incidents, and all justified. In the first shooting, she shot a guy who had just gained control of her taser. That was justified.

I have serious questions about this shooting, but the previous incident shouldn't play into it.
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SSG Warren Swan
SSG Warren Swan
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CSM, I don't think it will. There have been other shootings that were supposedly "cut and dry" cases with excellent video proof where the cop walked away just fine (NOT referencing Mike Brown). I'm NOT going to use the race card yet either. I want to see how this pans out. I AM going to call BS on her affidavit. It reads as a "get outta jail free instructional" paper, with all the "right' sayings.
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SGT Tomas "Huey" Husted
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I hope to God that this doesn't end as you have predicted. There are certain times when you take a life (even under so called accidental circumstances) that you should have to pay.
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SSG Warren Swan
SSG Warren Swan
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I always hope justice is served when a crime is committed. But statically it's shown that in certain fields, justice isn't justice. I don't look at job as a determining factor as to who justice is given out to. Whether you're a cop, a garbageman, a GI, a stay at home mom....your life is worth the same as everyone else's and that is how it should be. It's not that way.
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