forward to there's a 40 mile an hour Pursuit they're headed south done passing reliant
on 522.
they're asking for statistics
all right they just pulled into Royal Farms all right I'll still respond
Ed it's going down
I'm your captain it's going down
it's going down I'm your captain and it's going down
that was [ __ ] unjust and [ __ ] unfucking called for
Jesus Christ oh that's gonna be
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what you just saw there was a good cop disgusted with what he saw which was an elderly man
with dementia who was taken down by his colleagues after a Brazen and dangerous 40 mile per hour
pursuit to a gas station that man would later die in the hospital 13 days later of course
police officers responsible should be held accountable but it's happened before it will
happen again why there are enablers among us the Fourth Amendment fuds let's take a
look at what happened here and then I'll explain or do there's a 40 mile an hour Pursuit they're
headed southbound passing Reliance on 522.
10-4 in route
earlier this year deputies with the Warren County Sheriff's Department in Virginia attempted
a traffic stop on 77 year old man named Ralph Innis who was apparently suffering from dementia
he didn't stop but instead drove to a gas station that's when they want me to put stop
sticks
thank you
all right 10-4 I'm heading that way past the little Bridges and Guard Hill all right they
just pulled into Royal Farms uh
all right I'll still respond
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[Music] an officer from a different agency The Front Royal Police Department captured
what happened on his body cam us cards man just grab a hold of him
what do you just prior to the violence the video shows that all the man did was to get
out of his car and walk towards the deputies with his keys in his hand [Music] the footage
shows a deputy slamming the elderly man's head against a truck while pinning his arms
behind his back a second Deputy then tackles the man to the ground hitting the man's head
on the concrete [Music]
let me up the man cried out with two officers on top of him let me go
The Front Royal officer was clearly shaken by what he saw and he said so while his body
cam was still recording as he left the scene
that was [ __ ] unjust and [ __ ] unfucking called for
Jesus Christ
oh that's gonna be
the elderly man was apparently then hospitalized with a brain bleed he would never get out
of the hospital he died about two weeks later unbelievably but not surprisingly the government
medical examiner ruled that the death was of natural causes and I'm sure that has nothing
to do with the fact that the man's son filed a lawsuit against the government let me repeat
what I just said a few videos ago there are two kinds of people in this world those who
support the he deserved it defense and those who support the Constitution unconditionally
those who are willing to allow police officers to bend the rules so long as the victim deserved
it in their eyes haven't fully thought things through though case in point your usual Fourth
Amendment flood who is the same guy who thinks that the second amendment protects his bolt
action 30-06 but not your AR-15 is okay with the police beating someone unnecessarily who
chose to leave the cops on a Pursuit the same Fourth Amendment flood who is okay allowing
police officers a discretion to meet out their version of Justice with no due process however
is not okay with the cops beating his own elderly father with dementia who had no idea
what was actually happening if you allow one you have chosen to allow the other by definition
you either protect all constitutional rights or you protect none we've created a society
where the government sends an armed employee to deal with even non-violent interactions
why is it that the DMV or postal employees can generally interact with the public and
nobody gets hurt just like why is it that UPS employees can manage to interact with
dogs without shooting them this is just one of the many recent incidents involving police
officers and elderly people with dementia police officers have been enabled to fly off
the handle at the slightest perceived threat to their Authority they have been enabled
to fly off the handle on the basis of perceived threats to officer safety they've been authorized
to act like robots to attack at the slightest provocation without compassion for those they've
been entrusted to protect and serve the law assumes that police officers will make mistakes
that they will have bad information or or misunderstand the situation the law judges
them objectively not based on what they actually thought or intended but based on how a reasonable
police officer would act in the same circumstances not that that should exonerate the officers
here the original suspected crime was a mere traffic violation of eight miles per hour
over the speed limit then that turned into a slow speed pursuit to a gas station okay
let's think about the so-called reasonable police officer looking at the totality of
the circumstances here known to the officers was it really necessary to gang tackle the
guy oh my God [Music] while a militarized pet cries and Barks because she really really
really wants to sink her teeth into this confused old man here's the problem most of us would
look at those circumstances including police officers such as the guy who was wearing the
body cam in this footage and say hell no we're not robots we're not supposed to be we are
supposed to be able to adapt to deal with different types of people in different scenarios
what would happen if it confused old man walked into a bank holding his keys in his hand would
he be immediately tackled and handcuffed by security or would any competent person recognize
that they're dealing with an elderly man who might be confused does it ever cross the mind
of a reasonable police officer that a vehicle may not be stopping because it's an elderly
person who's confused or suffering from dementia I would argue that a reasonable officer should
be concerned first first with protecting and serving in elderly man as the U.S population
ages and more people develop dementia older people are increasingly running into problems
with police but analysis of U.S crime data by The Marshall Project showed that the number
of arrest of people over age 65 grew by nearly 30 percent between 2000 and 2020.
the number of Elder arrests is growing more than the population is aging 2010 to 2020
more than 12 000 people 65 and older ended up in a hospital emergency room for injuries
caused by police or private security unfortunately police officers are not taught to think about
the citizen they're taught to only think about officer safety it seems citizen safety is
last that's our problem but officer safety isn't mentioned anywhere in the Constitution
where it exists is in police officer training police officers should be trained on how to
help people they are the ones that wanted to be in a public service job that's what
it's about it's not about them being scared if they're scared go find another job freedom
is scary deal with it
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I realize I may have left out the point here on this beautiful Christmas Day I would propose
that police officers just follow the Golden Rule to treat people like you not just like
you would want to be treated but like you would want your own grandfather your elderly
grandmother to be treated and for those of us or those of you who may end up on a jury
judging a police officer or a government employee for one of these interactions don't just knee
jerk back the blue back the Constitution first again freedom is scary deal with it
Merry Christmas [Music]