Eaglelord17
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Just thought I would share this disgusting example of why many people don't have faith in the police nowadays (note this is the US, not Canada).
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48969432
"Philip Brailsford, 28, killed 26-year-old Daniel Shaver in the hallway of an Arizona hotel in early 2016.
He was fired and charged with murder - but was acquitted at trial in 2017.
Records show that he was briefly rehired last year so he could apply for a lifetime pension worth more than $2,500 (£2,000) a month.
The move meant he could be medically retired - rather than fired - which made him eligible for the pension."
The bodycam footage of the incident is also out there online, you can make your own judgment call on if it was murder or not. Personally I don't think any of the officers actions were justified and they easily could have just moved forward themselves and cuffed them instead of this powertripping crawl towards us BS when the citizen was clearly stressed out and having difficulty processing the orders (I would be too with a rifle pointed at me and a person threating to kill me with it).
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48969432
"Philip Brailsford, 28, killed 26-year-old Daniel Shaver in the hallway of an Arizona hotel in early 2016.
He was fired and charged with murder - but was acquitted at trial in 2017.
Records show that he was briefly rehired last year so he could apply for a lifetime pension worth more than $2,500 (£2,000) a month.
The move meant he could be medically retired - rather than fired - which made him eligible for the pension."
The bodycam footage of the incident is also out there online, you can make your own judgment call on if it was murder or not. Personally I don't think any of the officers actions were justified and they easily could have just moved forward themselves and cuffed them instead of this powertripping crawl towards us BS when the citizen was clearly stressed out and having difficulty processing the orders (I would be too with a rifle pointed at me and a person threating to kill me with it).