florida police sergeant grabs colleague's throat on cam

[butters]

he arrives on the scene where a suspect is giving other officers verbal grief and resisting to a degree... he jumps in, escalating the problem and colleague follows protocols, intervening to prevent him further exacerbating issue... she pulls him back by his belt, he turns around and grabs her by the throat then, when her back slams into different car, turns and walks away.

relieved of his supervisory duties, he is under investigation

Rosa called the sergeant's behavior “inappropriate and unprofessional” and said he “unnecessarily elevated the demeanor of the suspect."

A concerned officer ran toward the sergeant and pulled him by the back of his duty belt, Rosa said.

The video footage shows the sergeant turn around while backpedaling as he was pulled by the officer. He then momentarily places his hand at the throat of the officer and pushes her backward, until her back hits a nearby police vehicle, according to the clip and the statement from the chief. The sergeant then walks away.

Rosa said the officer who pulled the sergeant was following the department's policies and procedures that call for intervention when there’s “imminent fear of engagements escalating unnecessarily.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...y-her-throat/ar-AASN6aR?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

 

[Lazaran]

he arrives on the scene where a suspect is giving other officers verbal grief and resisting to a degree... he jumps in, escalating the problem and colleague follows protocols, intervening to prevent him further exacerbating issue... she pulls him back by his belt, he turns around and grabs her by the throat then, when her back slams into different car, turns and walks away.

relieved of his supervisory duties, he is under investigation

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...y-her-throat/ar-AASN6aR?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

I've had to do something similar many times in my line of work when toxic levels of testosterone overruled rational thought and protocols. Of course some of the guys I had to restrain were likely roid raging. Some others just seemed to snap under the pressure of the situation.

The female officer very likely did everybody, including the Sergeant, a great service by intervening. She also did her job.

Kudos to her.

 

[LittleDixie]

Cops... They are a bunch of angry gorillas.