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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEx-Prison Boss Drunkenly Pulls Gun On Cops, then gets to go home -- Shows Two Tiers Of Justice
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On the night of Jan. 6, Arizonas former prison director, Charles Ryan, drank half a bottle of tequila and got into a three-hour armed standoff that involved about 50 police officers. After a tense confrontation in which Ryan repeatedly pointed a gun at officers, Tempe police took Ryan into custody and brought him to a hospital but he was never booked into jail. In the end, Ryan went back home like nothing had happened.
The incident began with a 911 call from Ryans wife, who told police she feared that her husband had injured himself. When police arrived, Ryans wife stepped out of their home and told police that Ryan had been consuming half a bottle of tequila regularly at night for the past two years. Ryan eventually stepped outside and pointed a handgun at two cops for over 30 seconds.
When someone points a gun at police officers, they often get shot. But instead, police went to incredible lengths to protect Ryan from himself, even as he put officers safety in danger.
First, police hit Ryan with a beanbag round, prompting him to return inside his home. In the ensuing hours, a swarm of law enforcement officers, including hostage negotiators and SWAT teams, descended on the upscale, gated community where Ryan lives. Police evacuated seven homes in the area. They spent hours urging him to come out over a loudspeaker. They brought a robot and an armored vehicle to the scene, and eventually used the robot to push open Ryans front door. Then they convinced Ryan to go to the hospital with them.
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Ex-Prison Boss Drunkenly Pulls Gun On Cops, then gets to go home -- Shows Two Tiers Of Justice (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Feb 2022
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Poiuyt
(18,087 posts)1. CRT has to be taught
MagickMuffin
(15,892 posts)2. Gee, what a budget they have to play around with
Evacuating the neighborhood
Robots
An Armored vehicle
SWAT team
Those things cost money!
exboyfil
(17,857 posts)3. Contrast what happened to Daniel Shaver from Tempe AZ
police next door. He could have used some of that velvet glove treatment as well.