Palestine, TX shooting body cams

[Voodoo_Man]

Guy kept his hands up, with the paper towel for nearly the entire walk, who does that?

No one.

That should have been a very huge "wtf is he doing that for?" light bulb.

Otherwise good shoot.

[HD1911]

Agreed, Renegade.

[Eurodriver]

You guys are on crack. They both did things wrong.

1) Terry search before leaving bathroom.

2) Don't pull a taser if you think the guy has a gun.

Fortunately it was not a real gun.

Context brother.

The "did no wrong" we were referring to was her shooting the perp after he was already down and had been hit 11 times.

Nothing else.

[Renegade]

Context brother.

The "did no wrong" we were referring to was her shooting the perp after he was already down and had been hit 11 times.

Nothing else.

my bad

[Eurodriver]

my bad

No worries man!

[Alpha-17]

WTF. At first I though it was a training video. What special kind of stupid is in the water. Hopefully this idiot died before having a chance to procreate.

Same here. Props to SGT Green on the fast draw, and rapid fire.

[Outlander Systems]

Officers handled the situation, kept Crapablebees out of the crossfire, and ate that dude's lunch.

[26 Inf]

Sgt. Green was quick on the draw and on target quick. Very cool under pressure. Looked like the female officer drew a taser first and the guy was still moving when she fired on him. Both handled it very well IMO.

That's what I was thinking between :49 and :52 saw it for an instance and then gun comes up in the same hand - quick transition - wonder why she drew TASER? Maybe in previous contacts she had been TASER officer and it kind of imprinted on her so she had a short slip and capture error episode. But she was up and into the fight fast even dumping the TASER

There aren't very many contacts that go perfect.

I can see a good reason for NOT doing the Terry pat in the restroom - easy to get your ass kicked in a confined space if the guy gets lucky or is just having a better day, maybe no room for partner to position for contact cover. We can debate tactics, but ultimately as long as there was some degree of thought in the application, these officers were doing better than many.

Going out, the officer in front chokes off the escape route, the officer behind should be in escort; maybe have the first officer go forward, turn and hold as the second officer moves the subject, but that requires almost SWAT practice choreography; I'm dang sure not going to back out down that aisle. It's problematic moving folks out of locations like that - it didn't seem to me like they could have moved one on either side of the guy. Sgt. Green did turn and wait until the guy was past that table - moving the silverware at all showed he was thinking.

I also like the fact that Sgt. Green didn't try to wrestle for the weapon, instead he impaired the guy's balance - slowing him down - and disengaged, creating distance while going to the lethal option. Officer Griffin, IMO was in too much of a hurry to get on the radio, it is probably better to make sure the gunfight is over before handling admin tasks.

Just my shot at 20/20 hindsight.

[Moose-Knuckle]

When a colleague of mine first showed this video to me I thought, "wow those body cams look like there from Universal Soldier". I know the Sci-Fi geek comes out in me often. Then the split screen reminded me of a game but then the fireworks start, WOW!

Good on Sgt. Green! This will be used for In Service classes for years to come.

[ThirdWatcher]

...There aren't very many contacts that go perfect...

+1 That might be the understatement of the year.