While trying to unload gun into unarme black males who had surrendered, cop shoots white cop 9 times

[Liberal_in_LA]

Oh s**t that was Jacob': Horrifying moment cop accidentally shoots undercover white colleague NINE times after confusing him with the black suspects
This is the moment that a police detective was shot nine times by his own lieutenant.

The pair were on an undercover drug operation in Albuquerque when Greg Brachle repeatedly fired at Jacob Grant despite the detective crawling away and begging him to stop.

The city has since released the footage from Brachle's lapel camera video which filmed the disastrous episode in a MacDonald's car park.
The lieutenant can be seen getting out of his car and yelling, 'Hands up!' before running to a black car. 'Put your hands where I can see them,' he cries as several men stand with guns at the other side of the vehicle.

In the car there are four people - the two suspects Edmond Vester and Damien Bailey as well as Grant and a colleague.

Grant is sitting in the rear driver's side seat behind the other undercover narcotics detective. The two suspects are on the passenger side.

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The bust team were supposed to approach from this side to avoid a cross fire situation, but Brachle violated protocol by advancing from the driver's side.

The suspects were in the process of surrendering and had opened their doors to exit the vehicle but Brachle swiftly opens Grant's door and fires two shots with his handgun at a distance of less than 5ft.

He then repositions himself and shoots seven more times despite Grant being white and the two suspects being black - a fact Brachle would have heard on his radio.

Moreover he and Grant had worked together for two years before the incident.

The heavily bleeding Grant - who wasn't wearing any body armour - tries to crawl away and pleads with Brachle to stop shooting.

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Come on out Dude!, the distressed Brachle cries, 'I'm sorry man, I didn't know it was you.'

The lieutenant get increasingly hysterical as he backs away yelling to others, 'Jacob's been shot!'

The team carry Grant out of car and lie him down on the tarmac. 'Jacob!' Jacob!' Brachle wails forcefully, 'I thought you were a bad guy!'


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Grant, 38, lost 80% of his blood in the shooting and all of his vital organs were shot or injured. He reported additional injuries to his neck, shoulders, arms and hands.

The detective had to undergo multiple surgeries and has been in out of hospital ever since. This week the lawsuit was settled for $6.5million (£4.5million).

The city has also agree to pay Grant's medical expenses for the rest of his life.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3518665/Oh-s-t-Jacob-horrifying-moment-cop-accidentally-shoots-undercover-colleague-NINE-times.html


Most thumbed up comment following article

"However, if the guy who was shot 9 times had just been an unarmed "bad guy" no one would mind at all that a trigger happy cop had filled him with lead."

[daleanime]

1. ......

[valerief]

2. If this happened more often, more unarmed suspects would live. nt

[Half-Century Man]

3. Does Zippy McTriggerfinger still have guns?

If so; why?

[Turbineguy]

4. Why do these costs

always get transferred to the taxpayers? Why should these people have to suffer so much?

Perhaps better training, based on less shooting, would be a better use of funds?

[Paladin]

5. I don't begrudge that shot-up cop a single penny of that settlement.

If the taxpayers don't like the costs associated with a trigger-happy police force, it's up to them to change things.

[Turbineguy]

8. Oh, I don't either.

But society as a whole has to derive some benefit from a police force. I don't see that happening here.

[AgerolanAmerican]

9. In this case the shot-up cop was actually the shooter's boss

He's got to have some responsibility level above zero for the training of the people working for him.

Wonder how many times this happened at the hands of this shooter - or the shootee - and it was actually an unarmed person? Wonder what the brutality record of that department looks like, bet it's ugly.

[Chan790]

13. Other way around...

a lieutenant is the supervisor of detectives and sergeants, not vice-versa.

I'd be pretty pissed in that situation if my boss, who I've worked with for more than 2 years, shot me nine times. It is the height of incompetence.

I hope the shooter lost his badge...his breaking of protocol in multiple different ways cost the taxpayers a fortune, caused injury to a fellow officer, and endangered the welfare of every other officer on-scene, the suspects and the public.

[Rex]

6. So a responsible gun owner and badge wearer, until not?

This one puzzles the shit out of me, how could he be that callous and stupid? These are experienced law enforcement officers. Something more must have been going on here. Or is this common? Did he mean to murder one of the suspects?

[exboyfil]

10. Exactly

Demonstrates how immediate aid could save many suspects who have been shot. I still shudder at the callowness of the cops who shot Tamir Rice.

[lpbk2713]

11. Was he drinking on the job?

I don't see how he could have done that even by accident.

[Lancero]

12. Wonder if the departments will start reigning in their collection of Rambo wannabees if...

More undercover cops get shot up by their supposed friends?

It's pretty telling just how out of control the police are when they start shooting each other up.

[rusty fender]

14. Brachle wasn't even supposed to be there

In addition, the suspects had $60 worth of meth on them! Since when do you shoot to kill unarmed suspects in a penny ante drug deal!!

The Abq police wouldn't comment for about a year on this case. The victim had to sue the police department to have any info released. The shooter was allowed to remain on desk duty for the year after the shooting.

The whole debacle has been a nightmare for the victim.

[Jitter65]

15. See what that black guy made him do? nt

[rockfordfile]

18. Hopefully the pos cop is fired