I actually said "The armed white guys wearing uniforms... Got it." In response to you. Where you've pulled this from, I have literally no clue. My premise for why this isn't an issue is because he wasn't going to show up to a shootout and shoot the other armed cops.
If a cop pulls up to an active shooter situation, regardless of skin color, the officer will be pulling there standard issue pistol, and shooting when applicable. The lack of a call in, the clear orders about who was engaging police, exacerbate a non-situation that you're trying to make about race.
Do you though? Officer arrives to a situation in which he's exiting a vehicle, from behind two officers, and watching what he presumes is a perp based on the dispatch walking towards two officers with a gun. This probably happened in, what, five seconds? The other officers don't see him as a threat (they did originally) once they realize who it is. Within five seconds to responding, with no assist from the officers who have it "under control", he's supposed to take everyone's temperature on the situation given what was occurring and what was dispatched? Please.
The officer who was shot is a civilian. His job doesn't matter when you're not being paid to do it. His lawyer (the one he hired) will attempt to collect from the city, and the union won't smack his wrists.
So, based on your logic; if an officer is dispatched to a shootout, he should show up, and get out, and try to figure out if a shootout is occurring?
You've also contradicted yourself. First, he arrived after the detain and release. Now he saw it happen. All within the same post...
It's not institutional racism. It's not an officer targeting innocent black people. It's an unmitigated risk in a situation that would not have happened, if the situation was under control and updated through dispatch.
1st a law enforcement officer is never off duty.
2nd. the Radio is a tool not a justification to shoot people
3rd. The officer made an inaccurate assessment. he did not issue any commands to the suspect or if he was on the radio informa the detectives that a suspect was walking toward them .
4th. Even if there had been gunshots. the officer needs to assess where the threat is coming from.
5th. There was a streetlamp right at the shooting scene. There is no mention or reference that's the on scene officers were turned around or had their guns drawn. from the reportsit is more likely at least one of the officers was facing the "citizen"
6th . the officer apparently was out of hearing range but within shooting range. otherwise he would of heard the officers tell the citizen to get up. Indicating that the officer may have ben over 50 yards away from the suspect when he fired.
7th : shots fired on the radio does not entitle an officer to shoot just because something looks weird.
8th. Once again if an Off Duty Cop complies with law enforcement officers at the scene and gets shot following their instructions.. what chance does a non off duty person in this scenario have.
9th. The issue with profiling is that when a suspect is "black" all Black people are therefore suspects. this isn't the case when a suspect is "white".
10th. The officer was in fear for his safety in a controlled crime scene with no indications of any threat outside of a black man walking towards 2 fellow officers.
“You’re never off duty,” said Cox, who now works as a police officer at Midland Memorial Hospital. “You’re in a constant state of readiness. You’re always watching.”
https://apps.texastribune.org/unholstered/off-duty/
“You still have the same authority,” explained Howard Williams, a former police chief in San Marcos and a criminal justice lecturer at Texas State University. “Just because you’re off duty doesn’t mean you’ve given up that authority.”
as far as what the officer is supposed to do when arriving on the scene.
Follow safety procedures. Officers must identify any dangerous situations or people to keep themselves and other individuals safe.
The responding officer(s) should:
- Ensure that there is no immediate threat to other responders— scan the area for sights, sounds and smells that may present danger (e.g., hazardous materials such as gasoline). If the situation involves a clandestine drug laboratory, biological weapons, or radiological [opens in pop-up window] or chemical threats the officer should contact appropriate personnel/agencies before entering the scene.
- Approach the scene in a manner that maximizes the safety of victims, witnesses, officers and others in the area.
- Survey the scene for dangerous persons and control the situation.
- Notify supervisory personnel and call for assistance/backup.
Secure and control people at the crime scene. Officers should control, identify and remove people from the crime scene.
The responding officer(s) should:
- Control all individuals at the scene — prevent individuals from altering or destroying physical evidence by restricting movement, location, and activity while ensuring and maintaining safety at the scene.
- Identify all individuals at the scene, such as:
Suspects. Secure and separate.
Witnesses. Secure and separate.
Bystanders. Determine whether they were witnesses, if so treat as above, if not, remove from the scene.
Victims/family/friends. Control while showing compassion.
Medical and other assisting personnel.
- Exclude unauthorized and nonessential personnel from the scene (e.g., law enforcement officials not working the case, politicians and media).