Today in cops gone feral

I listened to it as well. I went through a citizen's police academy and they do a "shoot/don't shoot" simulation. You are trained to shoot until a person is down. If there are three cops on the scene, they'll all shoot as they are trained - center mass. So the number of shots fired - while getting a lot of attention - is somewhat meaningless.
I don't know what the solution is to mental cases though. Should families have the ability to "flag" a relative who may be suicidal or off their meds to better inform the police if an incident arises? A cop out here was shot by a schitzophrenic teen and put in a wheelchair dying about 10 years later. And really, while someone having a mental condition helps explain why these things happen, it doesn't lessen the danger at all - probably makes it higher, since the "suspect" may wish to harm him or herself, others, police or have police shoot them and there is no way to ascertain that.

 

Galveston police apologize after photo surfaces of horse-mounted officers leading handcuffed suspect

Guesses on the race of the man arrested?

 

First two don't count.
The standard I apply on these cases is this: put me, an elderly white man, in the same situation, and how am I treated?
You'd think by now that cops would think twice before bullshit like this, knowing the crap they will take. But I guess they're this fucking stupid.

 

Judge seals video of off-duty LAPD officer’s deadly Corona Costco shooting – Press Enterprise

“The criminal investigation is ongoing. We sought the court order because we do not want to taint the recollection of witnesses as to what happened that day by making the video public,” Riverside County District Attorney spokesman John Hall said Tuesday.

 

That one actually passes the smell test. If it's graphic and explosive the threat of tainting the jury pool is very real.

Unless it does not show up at trial.

 

Yeah, they’re that stupid. At least those two are.

 

20-year veteran....

Officer on leave after apparent Klan document seen at home

 

I hadn't heard about this. Pennsylvania attorney general's office conducted a controlled drug buy in a mall parking lot that turned into a shooting last month.

Ross Twp. Police: Officer-Involved Shooting At McKnight Rd. Shopping Center

The writer of this piece provides some background on the tactics and problems with controlled buys. Claims he was a major crimes detective, but offers no other background.

When a 'Controlled Buy' Turns Into a Daytime Parking Lot Shootout

 

Weird. I shop in Ross Township all the time. Plus it has one of the few Chick-fil-A locations in the area.

 

Ex-Lansing officer charged in school sexual assaults of 3 students takes plea deal

 

It took five years to fire this guy.

He choked a man to death, and it's on video.

And it took five years to fire him.

Five Years After Killing Eric Garner, NYPD Fires Officer Daniel Pantaleo