Video released Monday on a judge's orders shows a non-compliant suspect playing victim with two Tulsa police officers for over seven minutes before pulling a gun on them and shooting them, killing one and wounding the other.
Before the Tulsa Police Department released video of two officers being shot, Chief Wendell Franklin urged the public to avoid watching.
He said the public shouldn't be able to "see the execution of a police officer."
"What kind of society is that?" he said.
The video, recorded on Officer Aurash Zarkeshan’s patrol car camera and body-worn cameras on Zarkeshan and Sgt. Craig Johnson, shows the suspect [32-year-old David Ware] shoot both officers after a traffic stop in the overnight hours of June 29.
Johnson died from his wounds.
Zarkeshan was severely wounded.
WARNING: DISTURBING VIDEO:
The video shows the officers were doing everything in their power not to use excessive force, likely due to the current anti-police hysteria and Ware crying incessantly like a child.
Tragically, it cost Sgt. Craig Johnson his life.
This is a perfect example of why it's so important for police to get compliance and be allowed to use justified -- and at times what appears to be aggressive/excessive force -- to detain suspects.
Their lives can be taken in a split...
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4 comments:
This is what Gallows and public hanging are for.
The needless death of police officers will continue until the penalty for such action is swift and severe. Officers need to be able to respond immediately to a potential threat without having to second guess themselves. That one second delay in responding, the momentary hesitation imposed by fear of repercussions for their action, costs lives. The wrong lives.
Agreed.
Having lived in Tulsa for decades I watched until they started grappling with the turd.
The Sgt kept triggering his tazer trying to get compliance thereby running down his battery.
Tulsa Police used to be absolute badasses, they used to give 1 warning then its hammer time. From the outside it seemed harsh but the dirtbags knew to comply and it ultimatly protected the cops. I knew the TPD were in real trouble when they got rid of the Equine Patrol, the horse patrols were iconic of an elite force.
I'm really sad for them.
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