About that young lady the cop brutally attacked over the pool party....

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245. In such situation you do as you were trained to do

And I hate to say this, most police are trained to go to their pistol if things gets out of hand. That the officer touched him was to reassure him that he had backup, that the officer then shoves the other officer away indicates that the officer had saw himself in danger by being surrounded.

Sorry, it reinforces my position that the officer saw himself in danger and did as he was trained to do in such situations.

Now, I am one of those persons who believe no Police Officer should carry a Pistol till he or she has at least five years experiences on the street. They have to be able to defend themselves without resorting to weapons, even if that means calling in back up and waiting for back up. You be surprise how well you can defend yourself with a billy club, if given the training with a billy club AND not having a pistol (the use of a billy club generally prevents the use of a pistol, and a pistol in the hand prevents the use of a billy club).

We need to make sure Police are trained in ways to end confrontations without the resort to firearms. A Five year period where they have to do just that will carry over to the rest of their career. It will reduce killings by police officers more then any other proposed program.