Originally posted by: MindStorm
Originally posted by: tcsenter
Her inability to control the situation any other way but overreaction is not uncommon with police officers who are physically inferior than most of the suspects they will find themselves having to deal with. ....
I agree with that. She acted "unprofessional" because the guy wasn't listening and she had appear like she's a person who could make him comply through threats; and when he complied at first, she acted fine. I really don't see a problem there - I've seen even big male cops having to act tough at the get-go so the suspect would understand that the cops shouldn't be messed with...now, why are people giving this small female cop grief for doing the same thing? Back to the tape, the guy started throwing excuses left and right for not performing the drunk test and won't put his hands behind his back, she had to start getting tough again. Hell, she even BEGGED him to comply so she "can do this nice and easy." Asking him "will you work with me?" Then she shot him - I don't know what he did right before she shot him, but from what I saw, she had a hell of a time trying to get the guy to simply put his hands behind his back and not turn around. The cop was about to put her cuffs on him, and that means getting close to the suspect and risk being easily overpowered. She may have overreacted, but considering the situation (small cop, bigger guy who absolutely won't listen, the risks of handcuffing the suspect), she didn't step over the line.
The funny thing I've been seeing is a lot of people who sided with the white Cincinnati police officer (Steven Roach) for shooting and killing the unarmed black suspect who was running away (not the 300lb guy incident), saying that they always side with the police because they're just doing their jobs and that the suspect deserved to be shot, are the very same people who are condemning this black cop for doing hers. Since those people wanted to turn this in a race issue, I want to ask them if they think only white cops would not abuse their position or if only black suspects deserved to be shot. Of course, I don't expect people to give me a real answer, but I am very interested to see how people justify their defense of the white cop and their attack on this black cop, who both had to deal with suspects who won't comply.