There is no damn excuse for this. Clear video evidence. Officer Ryan Speakman is a piece of shit sub-human. He has been fired. I hope he gets sued and loses everything . . . and doesn't get hired in another jurisdicition.
sad thing is even the dog didn't want to do it.
the office first tries to sic the dog and that doesn't work, dog is not interested.
officer then drags the animal to the victim, and the dog just runs away
officer calls the dog back to himself, and then finally scares the dog into attacking the victim
The entire time the commanding officer is ordering the exact opposite to happen.
FiredOhio, like most states, is a bastion of qualified immunity for police and politicians. The Ohio attorney general has totally rejected multiple attempts to do away with it there, even as recently as 2021.
As in most states, the police get away with pretty much anything short of murder (and sometimes even that) with no legal liability whatsoever. Sadly, I suspect that will be the case here. They will defend the piece of crap to the end rather than allowing a precedent to be established denying QI.
Personally, I think they should just chain the bastard to a post and sic the K9 on him for about 10 minutes to see how he likes it when it happens to him...
sad thing is even the dog didn't want to do it.
the office first tries to sic the dog and that doesn't work, dog is not interested.
officer then drags the animal to the victim, and the dog just runs away
officer calls the dog back to himself, and then finally scares the dog into attacking the victim
The entire time the commanding officer is ordering the exact opposite to happen.
Oh there are a lot of Republican townships now banging down this guy's door to hire him. This is exactly who they are.
I wonder if a DeSantis will say he'll appoint this guy as head of the FBI if he wins.
Doesn't matter. They'll defend him to the death just to prevent even the remote possibility that qualified immunity might be breached. If they let it get breached even once, even for this piece of crap, it makes it easier for it to happen to some "innocent" cop again in the future. At least, that is the mentality.
That was my exact sentiment in the other thread its posted. Dog had no idea who the perp was, has never been trained to attack someone like that.sad thing is even the dog didn't want to do it.
the office first tries to sic the dog and that doesn't work, dog is not interested.
officer then drags the animal to the victim, and the dog just runs away
officer calls the dog back to himself, and then finally scares the dog into attacking the victim
The entire time the commanding officer is ordering the exact opposite to happen.
If he was the commanding officer, why the hell did he not take command?The entire time the commanding officer is ordering the exact opposite to happen.
I assumed he was speaking over the radio.If he was the commanding officer, why the hell did he not take command?
Actually yell the command instead of speaking a quiet and calm volume that no one would hear?
Then when disobeyed, why not move forward and assert himself?
Weak leaders make for bad outcomes. Especially with that psychopath holding the dog. Anyone present could have stopped that.
He was yelling "do not release the dog". Yelling! Should he have stood his ground?If he was the commanding officer, why the hell did he not take command?
Actually yell the command instead of speaking a quiet and calm volume that no one would hear?
Then when disobeyed, why not move forward and assert himself?
Weak leaders make for bad outcomes. Especially with that psychopath holding the dog. Anyone present could have stopped that.
Good they can have him & pay whatever settlement this guy will certainly cause plus pay the increased insurance he will certainly cause.Oh there are a lot of Republican townships now banging down this guy's door to hire him. This is exactly who they are.
I wonder if a DeSantis will say he'll appoint this guy as head of the FBI if he wins.
And as it turns out, the man was not wrong.Audio recordings of 911 calls show Rose told emergency dispatchers that the officers pursuing him were “trying to kill” him and he didn’t feel safe pulling over.
There is a history in the US of using dogs against people of color.And as it turns out, the man was not wrong.
The whole situation after the man stopped and got out of his truck is confusing as hell. You have a set of officers telling him to get down on the ground and another officer telling the man to come over to him. Despite the confusion caused by the officers at the scene, it was clear the man was not a threat to any of the officers at any point in the video. I am disgusted by what happened.
This is the crap certain people want to drag us back to!
Never, ever assume that. It's a dangerous thing to assume, and leads to the shit we see in America. Many of America's problems are rooted in the societal presumption that authority is self-evident and purposeful. It is everywhere if you are looking for it, and not well concealed.I just thought that with half a dozen state troopers that he must have done something big.