Cops shoot child-beating father
In today's AJC:
What saddens (almost infuriates) me is that both of these cops will now be on administrative leave because they fired their weapon (note: it's my understanding that this is "policy" for any shooting, regardless of the outcome, though I could be wrong). I'm just wondering how much investigation do we need in this case? From just this report, the man was acting strangely and violent, had beaten others, and when threatened with his own life, still wanted to inflict harm on another innocent child. Maybe he had a deathwish and got the outcome he was looking for; regardless, he was obviously willing to "take someone with him"; how much more investigation needs to be done? Why should these two cops be "softly" punished and removed from an area they have already shown excellent judgement and self-control? Other officers may have acted very different. A pat on the back to these two boys in blue.
Cobb County officers shot and killed a Mableton man early Thursday after he refused to drop a large rock he was using to beat a child, police said.Thankfully, these cops didn't wait; the mother as well as other children already showed signs of being beaten.
The officers entered the trailer and found the Hispanic man "standing over a child with a huge rock in his hand, and he had apparently been striking the child with the rock," Delk said.
The officers ordered the man to put down the rock, but he raised it over his head as if to strike the child again, Delk said. At that point, both officers fired on the man, killing him.
What saddens (almost infuriates) me is that both of these cops will now be on administrative leave because they fired their weapon (note: it's my understanding that this is "policy" for any shooting, regardless of the outcome, though I could be wrong). I'm just wondering how much investigation do we need in this case? From just this report, the man was acting strangely and violent, had beaten others, and when threatened with his own life, still wanted to inflict harm on another innocent child. Maybe he had a deathwish and got the outcome he was looking for; regardless, he was obviously willing to "take someone with him"; how much more investigation needs to be done? Why should these two cops be "softly" punished and removed from an area they have already shown excellent judgement and self-control? Other officers may have acted very different. A pat on the back to these two boys in blue.
posted by misawa at 12:19 PM
2 Comments:
I agree. But sometimes in more emotionally charged situations, it's good to give the community time to absorb and work through the situation instead of making a harsh judgement. I think the whole idea of administrative leave serves all parties well. I think after sevral days of reflection, the community will confirm that the officers did the rightthing.
Isn't it funny the difference between tv shows and reality. On CSI Miami, the lead investigator shot a man that was pointing a shotgun at one of his men. Was there an internal investigation - yes. But not on the lead investigator (I won't say any more just in case you have not see the show). These officers protected the public and those kids and woman by doing what they did. If they had done it any other way, the man may have killed the kid or hurt others. Then the community would have been angry because the cops did take him out. I'm not for violence. I wish everything could end peacefully. We know that's not a reality.
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