California Cop Pulls Gun on Resident Who Was In His Own Driveway

[Stuart G]

Last edited Sat Aug 8, 2015, 07:37 AM - Edit history (1)

He comes out of car at about 2 minutes ..

[newfie11]

1. Talk about harassment

Pulling his gun out on a guy that did nothing to warrant it!

I guess he should be glad he is white.
Black or Latino and he would be dead!

[glowing]

2. I wonder what the background story is regarding the family?

He says, "you guys have done enough to my family already".... and then says the station is "corrupt"... AND then the cop is trying to claim he's some sort of nutty "constitutionalist"; like that might justify someone shooting this man or a member of his family in the future.

I really wish we had a little bit more background knowledge on why the man and his family is being targeted by the police. Perhaps we will get the whole story... No matter what, the police are making themselves look incredibly bad in this situation. There was no justification for stopping, getting out, telling the man to empty his pockets, chasing him around his vehicle with a gun unholstered, and then trying to make the guy into a "nutty constitutionalist" I guess just in cases the cop decided he could get away with shooting him or perhaps shooting him at a later date in time.

Background would have been awesome. BTW, if that man had been black and refused to pull his hand from his pocket, I think the police officer might actually has shot the man in the end of his own driveway.

[valerief]

13. Go to YouTube for more info. nt

[Agony]

3. arstech article

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/08/man-films-cop-who-quickly-unholsters-his-weapon-for-no-apparent-reason/

[RKP5637]

4. Cop must have been acting out of control if he's now on administrative leave. That cop was weird. n

[rurallib]

14. Almost as if he had taken some mind altering drug

looked like he was trying to provoke a fight.

Makes me wonder how many cops may be taking Prozac or something similar.
We had a really strange incident in our family with my disabled BIL and Prozac.

[MADem]

5. I have no idea what is happening in this video, but that police is poorly trained.

Police are supposed to de-escalate, not escalate.

He stops his cruiser, he LOOMS, then he gets out all loaded for bear. All he had to do is say something friendly, ask for the guy's help, ask if he'd noticed something suspicious, or something, anything, to engage the guy. Instead he treats him like a criminal in his own driveway.

I too would like to know what the background is, here. Did one of this guy's neighbors call the cops on him? Is there something else going on? The guy isn't helping the situation by getting shirty--that's not a crime, but when dealing with a cop who pulls a gun so easily, it's probably best to initiate the de-escalation process oneself, rather than make matters worse. He's lucky the cop didn't shoot him--I'd be very nervous if that cop was in front of my house holding his gun like that.

[merrily]

6. Anyone remember JIM CROWley, who handcuffed Professor Gates for returning to his own home

from a work assignment in China (or somewhere quite far away--don't make me google. Point is, very long flight)?

I wonder if Crowley still teaches sensitivity classes, or whatever the fuck he taught.

[left-of-center2012]

7. Saw on line a few days ago that ...

That police department has cancelled it's "Have coffee with a cop" program due to this incident.
Seriously.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. I guess they were afraid of what might happen if someone likes it black.

[blackspade]

8. WTF was that about?

Cops are out of control.

[packman]

9. Follow up - cop suspended

Due to the outcry, police in this burg cancelled their "Coffee with a Cop" at a local food joint - Gee, wonder why?

http://www.people.com/article/rohnert-park-california-police-officer-pulls-gun-unarmed-man-gets-paid-leave-viral-video

[Hoppy]

12. So the cop gets a paid vacation. Big punishment.

[zebonaut]

11. Photography of Cops is NOT a crime. They are here to serve US.

[passiveporcupine]

15. Someone needs to tell them that

An awful lot of cops seem to think it is a crime.

[brett_jv]

16. Only reasons this cop got suspended ...

1) Rohnert Park is an upscale/expensive, and definitely largely progressive town in Sonoma County (CSU Sonoma is located there).
2) The guy being questioned is almost certainly white, and in an obviously nice neighborhood.