THE SILENT MAJORITY STANDS WITH OFFICER ROLFE. YOU CAN'T TELL ME WITH A STRAIGHT FACE THAT AFTER WATCHING THIS YOU THINK HE'S UNJUSTIFIED IN SHOOTING BROOKS.
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false. watch the video. Officer Rolfe gave him all kinds of chances to explain his story. he couldn't do it. and i will say, the only way i see the officer could have done better, was cut the interrogation short. clearly the guy was off his rocker. the officer should have told him to call someone to come get him, or just went ahead and arrested him. but that still didn't give rayshard the excuse to resist arrest and attack the cops.
Blame MADD they made even slightly under the influence a big deal. They can't let people go for it or they'll face lawsuits. If officer Rolfe left him without arresting him - the Atlanta PD could be sued for damages he caused.
Exactly. Like the Eric Garner situation. Cops have to arrest people for breaking the 100,000 laws politicians write, then people resist and it’s all the cop’s fault - and the politicians jump on the perps side and stab their enforcement in the back. Depending on the skin color of the perp. This whole thing is sick.
Don't follow orders for a living, kids.
I'm right with ya, this is madness. The media has peoples brains in a sleeper hold.
The next thing he would have done is jack someone's car to get away. If he gets killed jacking a car, is that murder too?
And rightfully so-dude was over the legal limit. He was passed out.
Definitely.
Where I am, I know people that got arrested sleeping in the back seat of their cars with the key in their pocket because of the risk that they could drink and drive.
I know people (women) that had a glass of wine with dinner and have gotten DUIs after being hit by another car because they were at .08
The rules are super strict, Rayshard Brooks probably could have gotten away with drinking and driving if he wasn't passed the fuck out, then immediately passed out again. Then again.
I was once woken up by police at 4:30 AM when I was sleeping in my vehicle in my friends driveway, I left the keys on my back tire (because I know the routine) but they still tried to give me shit. This parolee passed out in a drive thru wanting tendies.
is that national law?
No, but is in several places. They've written everything so convoluted, they can't let people go for anything. The first guy even debates if he wants to deal with it, or let him go - but he's in no state to drive, if they leave him alone, and he wakes up and drives off and kills someone, legally that officer could have repercussions, the police would have repercussions, and it's unethical to be in a position to stop something and not.
Officers are very very rarely giving you a chance to explain your way out of a situation. They knew he was drunk the moment they smelled the alcohol in his car. The first question he asked, and any officer would ask in that situation is "How much have you had to drink tonight?" Pay attention closely. They don't ever ask, "did you have anything to drink" because the obvious answer to even an idiot is to say "no", instead they ask a question that puts the suspect in the frame of mind- "they already know I've been drinking so I'll try and say it was just one drink or two drinks" thinking that just one or two drinks means you can walk away. In reality, it doesn't matter how many drinks you say you've had, you just admitted to drinking. The officer continues asking him questions, not to let him go, they know they're not letting him go the minute they look up his rap sheet and find out he's violating parole. They ask the questions to get the guy comfortable and take his guard down. The drawn out interrogation is a very smart control tactic, get the guy to not be defensive and convince him he's only going to the station for the breathalyzer test. Unfortunately the dude had been to jail before and panicked the second they tried to cuff him.
You should never talk to police. They aren't there to give you a chance to explain things. They are giving you rope to hang yourself.
Obviously this isn't true of all police, I've seen officers bend over backwards to help idiots that probably should have spent a night in jail, but in general...don't talk to police.
So what exactly should they have done? Slipped a citation under his wiper, called an ambulance and drove away?
I'm not suggesting they did anything wrong. I'm just explaining to parent commenter that you don't simply "explain" your way out of a DUI. The more you talk the more evidence you stack up against yourself for the courts.
And the guy refused an ambulance. You can't force someone to take an ambulance. If they called an ambulance, the ambulance would have shown up asked him if he needed treatment, he'd deny, they'd leave, he'd get in his car and drive drunk. They probably wouldn't have arrested him if he'd been willing to accept an ambulance and a ride to the hospital.
You can't just let the guy walk away either though. I see a ton of people on reddit saying they should have just called him a cab or a relative to pick him up. Sure. Then when he decides he's good to drive a few hours and drinks later and he needs to get his car before it gets towed, then ends up killing someone- those cops are fucked.
Guilty until proven guilty.
Once the DUI cop showed up, it was all letting him incriminate himself. Cops are not your friends, they get you talking so you can incriminate yourself. There is a good video of a FBI guy explaining that on youtube.
Never talk to the cops even if you are innocent and trying to prove it. Lawyer up