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Buckeye_Democrat

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37. I'm not surprised either!
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 01:16 AM
Sep 2022

If you watch Buen's 70+ minute body cam video of the encounter with Glass, which I shared earlier in this thread, I think he was involved in every threatening action or decision that was made that night!

I believe he's the same guy who suggested another cop stand on the vehicle's hood too.

Why they often seemed to defer to Buen, who completed community college police training less than two years ago, is beyond me! Even the older gray-haired cop that they called "Chief", who was very calm and comforting with Glass, seemed too prone to Buen's suggestion to break the passenger-side window. The older cop seemed hesitant, like he wanted to think about it some more, but then Deputy Buen volunteered to break the glass himself! Of course!

Someone like Buen should NEVER be a police officer anywhere, and he deserves prison-time!

If Glass had EVER exited the vehicle with the knife, I'd still be saddened if he was shot to death, but I'd probably also think he posed a danger at that point. Even if he ran away from the cops with the knife, the shooting might still be justified because he could possibly stab a stranger in his disturbed mental state. But for crying out loud, he never left the driver's seat! Of a completely immobilized vehicle that was apparently out of gas too! (Per the words of the "Chief" as he was talking to Glass.)

The dispatcher seemed like a sweetheart, but it also would've helped if she had explained to the cops that Glass was terrified of "skin walkers" in that area and he didn't want to leave the vehicle for that reason.

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Unreformable. Abolish it all. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2022 #1
He was trying to stab the officers jimfields33 Sep 2022 #17
Said the cops, who made every wrong decision from the moment they showed up. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2022 #18
and yet, the same paragraph ends "body-camera footage seems to show otherwise" muriel_volestrangler Sep 2022 #19
That Is not what the video shows whopis01 Sep 2022 #26
THUGS Hekate Sep 2022 #2
K&R for exposure Blue Owl Sep 2022 #3
It doesn't make sense until VMA131Marine Sep 2022 #4
And to protect themselves. Think Uvalde. Nevilledog Sep 2022 #7
Becsuse not all Cops in other countries are armed. They have to be in the US JI7 Sep 2022 #25
Not as many as you might think. Straw Man Sep 2022 #39
More details: gldstwmn Sep 2022 #5
And in the shooting of Chris Kaba in London, the officer involved has been suspended GoneOffShore Sep 2022 #40
it's what police do nt msongs Sep 2022 #6
Reminds me a lot of Elijah McClain exboyfil Sep 2022 #8
I counted inthewind21 Sep 2022 #9
This story makes me sick. SharonClark Sep 2022 #10
We need to get murderous thugs out of the blue gang, nationwide. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #11
Those that actually fired the deadly shots, deserve the same outcome as their victim. Deuce Sep 2022 #12
The police clearly provide no service to society. joshcryer Sep 2022 #13
He had a very small pen knife and he was locked in his car. Laffy Kat Sep 2022 #14
I've seen enough. Will not kacekwl Sep 2022 #15
... Faux pas Sep 2022 #16
A former DA told me... Xolodno Sep 2022 #20
cops were so 'brave'. pansypoo53219 Sep 2022 #21
We need mental ambulances Corgigal Sep 2022 #22
We Have This RobinA Sep 2022 #29
Shoot first, ask questions later. sakabatou Sep 2022 #23
Being someone with autism, I'm terrified the police will do the same to me. Oneironaut Sep 2022 #24
He'd still be alive if some tow truck driver... Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2022 #27
Chartered Crime Syndicate. Voltaire2 Sep 2022 #28
The cop who fired the killing shots... Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2022 #30
They no longer have qualified immunity gldstwmn Sep 2022 #31
Fantastic! Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2022 #32
He can tell it to the judge. He seems like a real Rhodes Scholar. gldstwmn Sep 2022 #35
I wrote my assemblyman (in CA) tishaLA Sep 2022 #34
The only solace I take tishaLA Sep 2022 #33
Well looky here: gldstwmn Sep 2022 #36
I'm not surprised either! Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2022 #37
Buen didn't get into policing so that he could serve the community. gldstwmn Sep 2022 #42
Mom's statement Nevilledog Sep 2022 #38
Truth! Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2022 #41
Her lawyers are the same ones representing Johnny Hurley's mother. gldstwmn Sep 2022 #43
That's good to know! Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2022 #44
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