Another cop I hope gets fired

[jellowrestling]

If the assailant touches someone it's assault and battery. A credible, immediate threat can be an assault. Probably this fool didn't intend to attack the cop but his crazy actions at the outset would set any prudent person on guard.

Exactly.

[Red Oak]

And then there is this story.....

http://fox59.com/2015/08/15/pistol-whip ... -headline/

[jellowrestling]

And then there is this story.....

http://fox59.com/2015/08/15/pistol-whip ... -headline/

“He calls for backup and tells the man to stay in the car, but he didn’t,” Boackle told CNN in a phone interview. “The last thing the officer remembers is getting sucker-punched in a parking lot. The next thing, he’s waking up in a hospital bed with staples in his head.”

According to Boackle, the detective spoke to Janard Cunningham, who was sitting the car. The detective decided to call for backup so that he could continue his robbery investigation while another officer handled the traffic stop.

While he was calling for backup, Cunningham allegedly exited the car and became aggressive, approaching the detective and repeatedly questioned why he’d been pulled over, the union chief said. The detective considered using force but thought better of it and continued his call when Cunningham hit him, Boackle said.

Cunningham is accused of then “pistol whipping” the officer with his own service weapon, Boackle said.

If Mr. Jump-Out-and-curse had taken one more step, the same thing potentially could have happened here. Some of y'all may remember, a Dallas cop was assaulted several years ago, and the perp took his weapon from him and shot him in the head while a crowd stood by, with some of them encouraging the murderer.

[Red Oak]

Yes I remember that incident from about 27 years ago, that is when the Backing the Blue Bumper stickers appeared.

[jellowrestling]

Yes I remember that incident from about 27 years ago, that is when the Backing the Blue Bumper stickers appeared.

I didn't live here then, so either the incident I'm talking about was more recent, or I saw some historical reporting.

[jellowrestling]

You're right; it was 27 years ago. I must have heard about this during the Aubrey Hawkins/Texas 7 incident, and not having been here, thought it was a more recent incident:

https://www.odmp.org/officer/2987-offic ... lenn-chase