I think the picture of the guy in the hospital, in a neck brace, with this mouth hanging open is a journalistic attempt at trying to convict the officer in the court of public opinion. I'm sure they'll be wheeling him out on the "Today" show soon.
Anybody who has not been a policeman (including attorneys) doesn't know what it's like out there in the battle zone.
That is exactly the reason I quit after 4 years. There was an opportunity for me to get hurt or killed at every bend in the road. And we weren't trained as well as cops are today.
BTW, twos of the three internal affairs investigations of this cop were for damage to vehicles, not physical encounters.
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