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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite police officers use their bodies to shield black man from gunfire
We hear so much about police misconduct it's nice to get a glimpse of police selflessness from time to time.
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White police officers use their bodies to shield black man from gunfire (Original Post)
QuestionableC
Jan 2015
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Shield with their bodies? Must have missed that part, the car seems to be getting no credit at all.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. Shield with their bodies? Must have missed that part, the car seems to be getting no credit at all.
The civilian crouches down first, shielded by the car, the officers have to go over top of him to see....
QuestionableC
(63 posts)2. They drag him down and climb on top of him
The car blocks most of the direct line of fire. The officers use their bodies to shield from ricochet and shrapnel. At the end of the video you can hear him encouraging the officers.
840high
(17,196 posts)3. Thanks.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)4. wow, doing their job.
a bit underwhelming, but keep digging.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/08/1356312/-I-hereby-charge-Timothy-Loehmann-the-Cleveland-PD-with-the-murder-of-12-year-old-Tamir-Rice
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)5. They get paid to do that.
joeglow3
(6,228 posts)7. Then they are grossly underpaid.
elias49
(4,259 posts)6. I really think it was more self preservation than selflessness nt