Comments by "Bear" (@bear3663) on "The New York Times" channel.

  1. Yes, ignore the part where the guy was violent and shot a firearm at both officers trying to incapacitate them, which would give him access to the officer's gun.
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  2.  @noelpasamonte9373  A taser is a firearm, and anyone should expect to be taken down if they fire one at an officer (or anyone else for that matter) unlawfully.
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  3.  @noelpasamonte9373  Well, the threat has to be taken down. The officer's taser didn't work, and his partner can't taser him because the man stole his taser and used it against him and tried to use it against the other officer. So, in this case it is dead down.
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  4. Not really. It isn't as if they took them off, the suspect knocked them off while fighting them. It shows that in this video.
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  5.  @adamr9570  Your assumptions are noted.
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  6. In the wrong hands, a taser can become deadly quick. There's a huge difference between a proper trained use of a taser vs untrained use in the hands of a violent criminal who is on drugs.
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  7. He already used it multiple times, it didn't stop him. I don't know if it was the drugs in his system or maybe it caught wrong on his clothing. The other cop could have tasered him, had the suspect not attacked him and taken his taser.
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  8. To be fair, he also didn't have the taser on him either, but he took it and could have taken a gun as well. I don't know if the officer really thought he heard a gunshot though...but I have no sympathy for this violent criminal. At least now he won't be hurting anyone else.
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  9. Sure, mention that he was running away as if that means that he isn't a threat, ignoring him firing a firearm at the officer while running away trying to incapacitate the officer.
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  10.  @baokhong6036  You can be wrong or you can be rude, but I don't suggest being both. A taser is a firearm.
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  11.  @banteilangjpyngrope9486  We are looking at this in hindsight. If the man had continued driving, he could have killed a family and himself. The police should be called in this situation. It was handled well until the man became violent. It is unfortunate but the only person at fault was the criminal who chose to drink and drive while on probation and who chose to threaten and attack these officers.
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  12. No he wasn't. He stole the officer's firearm (taser) and then shot it, which is deadly force.
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  13. @City Lights Brooks fired deadly force at the officers.
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  14. @City Lights They are officers and they did their jobs correctly. I don't know if these officers have degrees, but more cops have degrees than you would think. It might be a requirement to be an officer, but still about half of all officers have a degree.
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  15. He was a violent felon on probation. There's no way he is going home. He was most likely going to prison for violating probation, which I guarantee you is the reason why he ran and violently attacked the officers.
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  16. Nah, put him in the drunk tank and release him in the morning. Either way, they have to put him in cuffs and take him somewhere, whether it is home or jail. This dude fought the officers, took and used their firearm (taser) against them.
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  17. The suspect was attacking the officer while he retreated, so the fact that he was retreating was meaningless.
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  18.  @Axl_Pose  An improper use of a taser can become deadly quickly.
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  19.  @babsayinke9720  Okay, take care.
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  20. Yeah, the officer tried. The other officer might have been successful if the suspect didn't take his taser and use it on the officer.
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  21.  @alanmorris7669  That's your opinion.
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  22.  @alanmorris7669  You too.
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  23. No, he commit a crime that endangered people around him, he is going to prison, he isn't going home. Were those "young white college kids" violent felons on probation too?
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  24. He was passed out in a driving lane xD He could have chunked his keys out of the car and they still would have enough to charge him with a DUI.
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  25. He definitely was drunk, so we can definitely see that he committed a crime. However, your point is how did they know that he was drunk to stop him initially? Well, he was operating a vehicle in a drive thru lane and he lost consciousness. This gave them cause to investigate and then they confirmed that he was drunk.
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  26. I'd be scared of a taser in the hands of a violent felon on parole. A taser when misused can turn deadly quickly.
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  27.  @JSYTx  They did catch him. I have no sympathy for people firing weapons at other people.
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  28. If you're going to use lethal force on someone, you are using it for a reason. Shooting at someone's legs is going to greatly increase the chance that he misses. This puts the officer's life in danger. This puts the people's lives around them in danger. He had a bullet hit one of the cars. If he had tried shooting for his legs, he would have missed more and maybe killed an innocent person in the process.
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  29. "if they let him run away what he gonna do??" Dunno, find his way back to his car if they don't tow it, and drive into a family of 4? Maybe walk into traffic, making someone swerve and hit oncoming traffic, killing someone's kid? I don't know. Either way, this is the suspect's fault here.
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  30.  @ajaefamous5089  "how if they by his car???" Well, they aren't going to be there forever. They have other things to do. "what if he ran into the restaurant and ate a burger" The restaurant that called the cops to remove him? I don't think that's going to happen. There's a lot of what ifs. I am not saying what would happen, but you don't want a drunk and violent criminal running around. They were right to pursue him, however they didn't expect that he was going to shoot a firearm at both of them, hit one and try to incapacitate the other.
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  31. A taser in the hands of a criminal is a deadly weapon under Georgia law. Just ask the district attorney.
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  32. They did nothing wrong here.
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  33.  @andysanabria498  Because they are racist criminals who want to destroy things.
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  34. I really doubt that the officer would just let a drunk white felon on probation drive home drunk...
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  35. I agree that Brooks was wrong. Anyone that uses deadly force should be shot down like he was.
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  36. If someone shoots a taser at someone with a gun, they should expect to be shot down. It's unfortunate, but it's the fault of the suspect here.
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  37. Or, just maybe, the person shouldn't be getting drunk and driving a vehicle while on probation.
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  38.  @ishitunot5152  It is true that a person is not required to answer questions or take a breathalyzer test. However, there is no duty for the officer to tell them that they are not required to answer questions. At least, not until they are put under arrested and taken into police custody. Then they should give them the Miranda Warning, otherwise, anything the suspect says from that point forward won't be usable in court unless they give that warning. The officer DID tell Brooks that it was his choice if he took the breathalyzer. He did not force him to take it. Brooks was clearly drunk and lied to the officers multiple times. There's no way that he should have been back on the streets. It's a shame that he chose to attack the officers, resulting in the loss of his life. Instances like this is why I don't drink.
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  39.  @ishitunot5152  It wasn't that subtle. The officer said that it was his choice. The only reason why he wouldn't understand that is because he was drunk.
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  40.  @ishitunot5152  Brooks is clearly drunk, they don't need a breathalyzer to figure that out. Either way, he was going to jail, and likely prison. The officer said that it is completely up to him if he takes the test. He clearly had a choice. He didn't demand that he take the test. If an officer were to ask me if I would take a test and said that it was completely up to me if I take it, I don't see how I could take that as a requirement. Unless I was drunk.
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  41.  @ishitunot5152  It would have been unlawful for him to walk to his sister's house. It doesn't matter what he wants to do. He was clearly drunk. He couldn't focus, he couldn't keep his lies straight, he couldn't stay conscious while driving drunk, that is a crime. The officers know that this man is drunk, but you want them to hold his hand and tell him not to incriminate himself?
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  42.  @ishitunot5152  This guy is all over the place. When asked on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being sober and 10 being impaired, he states that he is impaired. He was confused. He admits to being too drunk to drive home. Then when asked if he's safe to operate a vehicle, he says "absolutely" and then when he is asked about the breathalyzer, then he changes his tone. Now he's been drinking again. He also changes his mind again about what he was drinking. First it was margaritas, nothing else, then it was a daquiri and no margaritas, then it was daquiris again. Either way, it is illegal for him to walk home while drunk anyway, and who is to say that he wouldn't travel back to his car and get in again. There is no doubt that this person was drunk. There is no doubt that he was too drunk to drive. There is no doubt that he was driving while drunk. I don't see your argument here.
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  43.  @ishitunot5152  Okay, so your point here, is that this man was too drunk to drive, but how did the cops know that he was too drunk to drive? Well, he admitted to drinking. He was driving. He passed out while driving. He admits to drinking too much to drive. He doesn't know where he is, he doesn't even know what city or county he is in, even though he grew up there. He doesn't remember what he had been drinking and can't get the amounts correct. Honestly, just admitting to drinking too much to drive is pretty damning in itself. He tried to play it off that he wasn't driving, but the cops have evidence that he was driving and his story collaborates that evidence. Then he takes a field sobriety test, which he failed. Sober people can fail those though, so they aren't really useful by themselves. However, if you have that on video AND a breathalyzer, it is easy to get a conviction. So, then they ask if he will take the breathalyzer and he fails that too.
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  44.  @ishitunot5152  His BAC was .108 which is well over the legal limit.
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  45.  @ishitunot5152  I agree that he was allegedly drunk. That is confirmed with the fact that his Blood Alcohol Level being over the legal limit.
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  46.  @eriks8382  Officers have to deal with what could happen. If they don't, then they don't get to go home to see their family. If a suspect is being cooperative and non violent, then an officer would be wrong to shoot a suspect on the off chance the suspect has a gun. However, when you have a violent criminal on probation who is drunk (and on drugs), fights you and takes your partner's firearm, and uses it on your partner and tries on you, then that person should be taken out. Sure, his back was turned, but that means nothing when he is attacking the officer. If the officer turned his back to the suspect and unloaded his gun towards the suspect, would that not be a threat?
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  47. It would be a bad idea to let a drugged up drunk person wander the streets when he doesn't know where he is. I wonder what argument you would make if the officers did let him go, then he walked into a street, causing a car to swerve and hit oncoming traffic and killing a family. Would we still be saying that the officers made the right choice to let that man go and not let him sleep it off in the drunk tank?
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  48. The suspect fought them, stole one taser, shot it at one officer, then the other fired a taser at him. That's 100% a legit reason to fire a taser.
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  49. " ITS FUNNY HOW PEOPLE IS SAYING HE RESISTED ARREST.." Are you saying that he didn't? "WHERE WHITE PEOPLE RESIST ARREST AND THEY GOT AWAY OR TASED!!" The officers used their taser first, but it didn't work. Part of that was the fault of the suspect for taking away one officer's ability to taser him. "WHATS THE DIFFERENCE" This man used deadly force on the officers and had to be taken out.
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  50.  @jegelsker99gmail  If a violent person attacks me and my friend, takes my buddy's taser and sends electricity into him, and then tries to do the same to me? Yeah, maybe.
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