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Cimarron29414 · 07-26-2010, 12:22 PM

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Take the time to watch the video again. Watch ONLY the officer in question. It seems the officer had his attention drawn to his right. He looks there twice and is distracted by something. His attention returns to his personal space only when the woman comes in contact with him. At that point, her head is down and he can't see what the woman is looking at (his firearm?) or her "state" (a threat to his being disarmed?). So he shoves the person out of his personal space. Obviously, her disability made it impossible to keep her balance (although a perfectly able-bodied person may not have been able to maintain balance.)

In short, I don't think he tracked her all the way to his person and then shoved her - something that would be quite callous. I think he detected her in his personal space after some distraction and sort of reacted instinctively.

So, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on actually shoving her. Where I have a big problem is in the fact that he then had time to evaluate the woman (with back-up), take stock in the fact that she was not and had never been a threat - and then just walked off. That's where he gets fired in my book.

07-26-2010, 12:22 PM	#13 (permalink)
Cimarron29414 Still Free Location: comfortably perched at the top of the bell curve!	Please read this entire post before responding to it. Take the time to watch the video again. Watch ONLY the officer in question. It seems the officer had his attention drawn to his right. He looks there twice and is distracted by something. His attention returns to his personal space only when the woman comes in contact with him. At that point, her head is down and he can't see what the woman is looking at (his firearm?) or her "state" (a threat to his being disarmed?). So he shoves the person out of his personal space. Obviously, her disability made it impossible to keep her balance (although a perfectly able-bodied person may not have been able to maintain balance.) In short, I don't think he tracked her all the way to his person and then shoved her - something that would be quite callous. I think he detected her in his personal space after some distraction and sort of reacted instinctively. So, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on actually shoving her. Where I have a big problem is in the fact that he then had time to evaluate the woman (with back-up), take stock in the fact that she was not and had never been a threat - and then just walked off. That's where he gets fired in my book. __________________ Gives a man a halo, does mead. "Here lies The_Jazz: Killed by an ambitious, sparkly, pink butterfly."