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Man waiting to get to a hospital gets stopped by Bowie Police Sergeant Robert Warrington, who proceeds to shoot at him

www.fox5dc.com 'It's hard to watch': Victim speaks out after Bowie police officer indicted for firing shot at him

*WARNING: Some viewers may video in this story disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.

On Sept. 12 at 8 a.m., came across a stopped vehicle with hazards on the left shoulder near John Hanson Highway and got out of his cruiser to help.

"Are you here to help her?" Sgt. Warrington asks the man.

"No, she's taking me to the hospital," he responded.

Moments later, he fires a single shot at the passenger who says he was getting a hat blown onto the road.

"Oh my God, what did you do? What did you do?" the driver screams out.

"He had a gun!" Warrington says.

"No, I don't have a gun!" the man shouts, lying on the roadway.

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This is exactly why training the police as warriors instead of as civil servants is so insidious and deadly.

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- They aren't "training" them. Certainly not as well as actual soldiers. But they are arming them with more and more military gear. If you were a high-school bully who never grew up or a racist who wanted to harass and maybe even kill a black person, what job would you get?
  
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  They are being trained.
  
  To escalate, that’s why they “need” all that military kit.
  
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  The training is worse than what actual soldiers get.
  
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Wait a minute. Just having a gun isn't a reason to shoot someone in Maryland, is it? They might have a license. So the policeman would be guilty of manslaughter either way.

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- You seem to be under the impression that police answer to the law.
  
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  Well, he was indicted, so that's a start. Just have to wait and see if he's convicted.
  
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- The second amendment doesn't actually exist beyond the gun store counter. Which is the most American way possible of enforcing it.
  
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- Oh honey...
  
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Officials want to be clear the man who is shot was never charged, never arrested and has fully cooperated with the investigation.

This is apparently something that needs to be said when talking about shooting unarmed people.

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- Surprising. Usually they charge them with something stupid so they can justify it.
  
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He just fucking aims and pulls the trigger. What the fuck is going on in america.

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- I don’t think he even aimed. He hit a passing car. He just pulled his gun and fired.
  
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  I didn’t say he aimed well. Really shows how well those assholes are trained. He couldn’t even hit accurately at 20m.
  
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- At some point I'm about to read an article where a cop was overtaking someone, rolled down the window, shot the other driver, continued onwards, and called for backup from a dinner.
  
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They are just always on-edge and terrified for their life no matter what the situation is. What does their training do to them... there was absolutely no reason to see this as some sort of well-disguised trap intended to kill the police officer, so why did his mind go there?

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- How many times in 2020 did I see a cop or cop apologist say "Only .000000000231% of interactions go bad why are those what you focus on??" (I'm totally making that number up, and they probably were too.)
  
  How about this cops? Only a vanishingly small percentage of the rest of us actually intend to do you harm, so why do you treat everyone that way?
  
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At this point we're going to start giving the same advice for interacting with police as with soldiers in a war zone. Basically do whatever they say. And if it's contradictory then sit on your heels and put your hands up. Make yourself as un-aggressive as possible so the ~~scared, sleep deprived, teenager with a machine gun~~ man child with a badge and a gun can't possibly see you as a threat.

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- They'll still just shoot you for not following orders. Especially if you're not white.
  
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  Unfortunately we can't make it zero chance. You could always just sit there on the curb, oblivious, and get shot.
  
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  The ghost of Daniel Shaver would like a word
  
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  They will also give you conflicting orders (often on purpose, so they can claim resisting arrest), so sometimes it is literally impossible to "just do what they say."
  
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- Lol, no. Remember when they shot the aid worker who was spread-eagle on the ground next to their charge? And then the aid worker asked the cop "why did you shoot me?" Cops response? "I dunno."
  
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  Yup. I actually pointed this out a couple comments down. You can do everything right and still get shot because they're just that stupid and unaccountable.
  
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- Idk what this dude coulda done different except not be there, he just was walking and the cop draws on him and fires
  
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  That's it that's the problem. The only thing he could have done was be immediately and massively submissive.
  
  Yet again we see where the civilian is expected to have better de-escalation skills than the person with the badge.
  
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  And walking away!
  
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- I kind of have the opposite advice for interacting with soldiers in a warzone.
  
  I have a cocktail recipe that might interest you
  
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  Unless you've declared yourself independent of everyone else that's only going to help you 50% of the time, and it's not easy to deploy in a manner allowing escape. I would really just suggest joining whichever side you support at that point.
  
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And he's a sergeant too. He should have his career ruined because of this.

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- Mhmm best we can do is slap on the wrist and a multi decade intimidation campaign against the victims and anyone who supports them.
  
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  You forgot a two month paid ~~suspension~~ vacation.
  
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American Keystone-Cops at work. Can't the American police afford any professionals?

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- They can, they just can't find anyone with the mental acumen to attend more than 10 weeks of training.
  
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  Now compare that to civilized western countries, where policemen take training of between three and five years.
  
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- They don't want professionals, they want man hunters to fill slave quotas for privatized prisons
  
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