Body
cameras were supposed to end the wrongful death law suit trend
But
not the case when they are not turned on in the case of shooting Logan in South
Bend
Officer
O’ Neill responding to a report of cars being damaged came upon the scene
without siren turned on
Body
camera linked remained off so no video record of whether Logan’s knife was or
was not drawn
The
officer said he was retreating while Logan with a knife pointed continued to
advance
Fearing
being stabbed did not want to take the potentially fatal chance
Fired
two shots one of which in the abdomen struck
Another
officer took Logan to hospital in three minutes but he was out of luck
The
city is 24% black but black officers total only six percent
Protesters
of the shooting into the streets quickly went
Blacks
too often do not believe accounts of shootings by officers of the law
Body
cameras whose on switch is linked to a siren is a fatal flaw
Mayor
Peter from Swalwell over not firing the officer took a lot of flack
Facts
not in and a rush to judgment to side with the feelings of the family of a dead
black
Defect
on the camera switch needs to be fixed and in all confrontations the camera
must be on
Or
protests in the streets and wrongful death suits will in such shootings be
spawned
©
June 27, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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