Police officer who fatally shot sobbing man temporarily rehired to apply for pension
Source: NBC News
A former Mesa, Arizona, police officer who was acquitted two years ago in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man seen on video pleading "please do not shoot me" was temporarily rehired by his department last year so he could apply for an accidental disability pension.
Philip Mitchell Brailsford, 28, is now retired from the force with a tax-free pension worth $31,000 a year for life and his attorney confirmed Friday that the settlement was a result of him suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder due to the shooting involving Daniel Shaver of Texas.
Shaver was seen on police bodycam video crawling on the floor of a Mesa hotel and sobbing for his life before he was shot a case that drew national scrutiny over the use of deadly force.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-officer-who-fatally-shot-sobbing-man-temporarily-rehired-apply-n1028981
Oh Karma, where art thou?
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)Beaverhausen
(24,472 posts)How naive we were.
This is beyond fucked up.
How. Did. We. Get. Here?
CanonRay
(14,113 posts)Not despite doing so, because of it.
bucolic_frolic
(43,286 posts)sometimes there's a lot of that to go around
Judi Lynn
(160,621 posts)Hope he will never be free of what he did to that unarmed man.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)they take care of their own, especially in a state rife with LDS, as is AZ.
Explains a lot.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)Both are hyphenated nationalisms.
In-group/out-group
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)Owl
(3,643 posts)GETPLANING
(846 posts)This cop belongs in prison. He couldn't WAIT to waste that poor guy. Now that it has faded from public awareness, the system hires him for a few days so he can still receive his pension? I swear, the only people more dishonest than the mob are the cops.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Typical dirty cop playbook
cab67
(3,007 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,856 posts)After all, aren't they the real victims of the murders they committed?
Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)Blues Heron
(5,942 posts)You need a firearm, call in a specially trained squad. This idea that every low level cop should have a gun is just plain wrong.