Cop Unlawfully Points Weapon At Motorist In Houston
BY Herschel Smith
8 years, 8 months ago
This video comes via KTRK. Watch it all.
No he didn’t point a gun at the cop. It’s as simple as that. No he didn’t. The video clearly shows that he pulled in, he got out of the truck and knocked his gun out of the floorboard of the vehicle (I’ve never done that with a gun but I have with my iPhone and wallet), reached down to pick it up, turned back towards the truck with it, placed it in the truck, and closed the door. Then he was surprised by an off-duty cop who unholstered his firearm and didn’t observed muzzle or trigger discipline. He pointed a deadly weapon at the man. There was no excuse for this. None.
The comments here are interesting.
“Overreaction on the part of the cop. Period. No harm, no foul,” and “Yep, shake hands and walk away.
So the cop should be able to do what I can’t without it being a felony, otherwise called assault with a deadly weapon, because you know, he’s a cop and all that. And cops are different.
On April 14, 2016 at 5:56 am, t_reese said:
The officer needs to be fired and the individual that dropped the weapon needs to rethink and train at weapon security!
On April 14, 2016 at 2:06 pm, Jack Crabb said:
A lying pig?! Go figure.
Cue Gomer Pyle. “Surprise, surprise, surprise.”
On April 14, 2016 at 5:23 pm, sage419 said:
Cop needs to be charged. Not only did he commit assault, he lied about the incident in his report.
On April 15, 2016 at 12:33 am, Just Tim said:
Wow! Talk about a rush to judgement on the part of the commenters. Obviously there’s no agenda here. Look, if the agency’s internal affairs unit is investigating the incident, I’m sure the issue will be resolved fairly and professionally. As far as the officer committing a crime…what crime? He claims the guy pointed a firearm at him and a loaded firearm was subsequently found inside the truck. If the officer, in good faith, thought a crime was being committed or was about to be committed, then he’s covered…just as any other legally armed citizen would be. Remember, as long as the officer reacted as “reasonable person” would have given the same circumstances and training, then the officer is covered both criminally and civilly. It doesn’t matter if the man isn’t criminally charged by the district attorney…that’s a seperated issue intirely. The issue here is whether the officer conducted himself as a reasonable person would have given the same circumstances. Besides there may be other video of the incident that will more clearly show the handgun in the man’s hands pointed in the direction of the officer. I’m willing to wait for the investigation’s results before passing judgement.
On April 18, 2016 at 11:12 am, Jack Crabb said:
You are a first class copsucker. Sorry, but wearing a magic blue costume does not give one extra-Constitutional “rights”. If you truly believe a mundane (your “reasonable person”) would not have the book thrown at him for such behavior, you are delusional.
On April 19, 2016 at 2:52 pm, Pat Hines said:
The cop clearly committed a crime for which an arrest should have been made. If, upon investigation by disinterested third parties finds insufficient evidence, then the cop can be released. It must be handled EXACTLY like it would be handled for anyone.