If I was to report all of the instances of police abuse it would require an entire new blog, and a lot more time. There are instances everyday of police abuse. This year was no different; from EMT’s being choked by Highway Patrol (here and here) to a 72 year old grandmother being tazed(here) to a Louisiana man being choked to death(here) by officers and an innocent mother being tazed in front of her children(here).
The following report is from CNN, however the CNN report has a much different video on their site. The video available on you tube clearly has the officer admitting he drew his gun, and another clip shows him holding what appears to be his weapon. Why did I make a post for this? I don’t know, just to share the stories I suppose.
Washington police were investigating on Sunday whether an off-duty officer drew his gun in the midst of a snowball fight involving a couple hundred people.
The Metropolitan Police Department said video from a local media outlet at the scene Saturday did not show the officer with his weapon drawn. However, authorities have since received “additional images and statements that would seem to support the allegation that the off-duty member did pull a gun,” a police statement said.
one of a few videos on you tube.
About 200 people from a D.C. neighborhood had gathered Saturday to brave a snowstorm for a massive snowball fight, CNN affiliate WJLA reported.
“It was pretty fun,” one unidentified participant told WJLA. “And then, you know, when the gun came out, uh, it just changed the tone of the thing a little bit.”
The off-duty, plainclothes officer was driving in the area of the snowball fight when several snowballs hit his vehicle, police said. The officer exited the vehicle and yelled at the crowd, WJLA reported; witnesses accused that officer of drawing his gun.
And other cameras on the street documented the following:
