Yesterday I posted a link to a video of an altercation between an El Paso Police sergeant and a TV news crew.
Yesterday the police sergeant was put on desk duty.
And, according to news reports at KVIA, the sergeant has a dozen internal affairs allegations. And, also according to reports, he kept a health professional (a nurse) from attending to the injured at the same scene.
It’s always good advice not to argue with an individual who carries a gun. The sergeant seems to have forgotten advice almost as good, however — don’t lose your cool with individuals who carry a camera and microphone.
It’s always a fine line … comment on a story before the backstory comes out, or hang out and wait in silence. Seems this time we had a hair trigger individual.
Lucky he didn’t go postal on the cameraman.
There is a very solid follow-up at Newspaper Tree El Paso. Interesting reading.
It’s called “contempt of cop” when a police officer over reacts to real or perceived signs of disrespect.