Anti Federalist
05-19-2014, 02:25 PM
Maybe, you are just too scared to be a cop.
Even though "Line of Duty Deaths" of cops are down 5%, at 42, lower than the record low of last year.
It will not be long before theye justify terrorizing us as a reason for those low numbers.
Recording captures traffic stop when Michigan State Police trooper pulls gun on woman
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/05/watch_traffic_stop_video_that.html
STURGIS, MI – The fatal shooting of a fellow trooper was "at the forefront" of Michigan State Police Trooper Timothy Wagner's mind last month when he pulled his handgun and pointed it at an 18-year-old woman during a traffic stop near Sturgis.
That's according to a written statement Wagner provided to Detective 1st Lt. Chuck Christensen after Christensen informed Wagner he was under investigation for allegations of excessive force. The statement is included in a nine-page report by Christensen obtained by the Kalamazoo Gazette under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.
Wagner was westbound on U.S. 12 at about 5:35 p.m. April 15 when he spotted the woman's eastbound red Pontiac, which he clocked on radar going 77 mph in a 55 mph zone, according to the report.
In-car video from Wagner's cruiser shows him doing a U-turn to catch up with the Pontiac. The driver pulls over to the shoulder about 45 seconds after Wagner made the U-turn and about 35 seconds after he activated his lights and siren.
Wagner exits his cruiser with his handgun drawn and approaches the Pontiac.
"With the recent incident involving the murder of Tpr. Paul Butterfield while approaching a vehicle at the forefront of my mind I elected to 'clear' the vehicle for my safety as I feel the vehicle could have suddenly pulled to the side in an effort to lure me into a vulnerable position where I could easily be shot," Wagner later told Christensen in his statement.
Video from Wagner's dash-mounted camera shows him handcuffing the woman then taking her to his cruiser, where the conversation between the two is recorded. The woman apologizes to Wagner, telling him she was trying to get home because she had gotten a call from her father informing her that the family's home had been broken into.
St. Joseph County dispatchers confirm the report of the break-in to Wagner as the woman sits in his patrol car.
Wagner tells the woman, "I chased you for two miles with my lights and sirens at almost 80 mph. Do you see a problem with that?
(Not consistent with his first statement. He would have had to been going about 160 mph to cover two miles in 45 seconds. - AF)
"Yes, I do," she responded. "I honestly didn't see you."
At the end of the audio captured from inside the car, Wagner asks the woman, "How'd you like having a gun pointed ...." The rest of his statement is inaudible.
St. Joseph County Prosecutor John McDonough, who was asked by Michigan State Police to review the incident, focused on that statement in calling for Wagner, a 19-veteran of MSP, to be fired.
McDonough considered whether to authorize charges of felonious assault and conduct unbecoming a public official against Wagner, but ultimately decided his handling of the traffic stop did not warrant criminal charges. In a statement issued Wednesday, however, the prosecutor wrote that he was "appalled and disgusted" by Wagner's conduct.
"When he asked if she enjoyed having a gun pointed at her I became sick to my stomach," McDonough wrote. "... I do not want Trooper Wagner to have the opportunity to do anything like this again and certainly not in St. Joseph County."
Attempts by the Kalamazoo Gazette to reach Wagner through his union, the Michigan State Police Troopers Association, were unsuccessful. Wagner has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation by MSP that is ongoing.
In a statement issued Wednesday, officials at MSP's Coldwater Post, where Wagner is stationed, said: "The video associated with this traffic stop clearly shows actions by the trooper that are not consistent with department policy. Inappropriate behavior like this is not condoned or tolerated."
Even though "Line of Duty Deaths" of cops are down 5%, at 42, lower than the record low of last year.
It will not be long before theye justify terrorizing us as a reason for those low numbers.
Recording captures traffic stop when Michigan State Police trooper pulls gun on woman
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/05/watch_traffic_stop_video_that.html
STURGIS, MI – The fatal shooting of a fellow trooper was "at the forefront" of Michigan State Police Trooper Timothy Wagner's mind last month when he pulled his handgun and pointed it at an 18-year-old woman during a traffic stop near Sturgis.
That's according to a written statement Wagner provided to Detective 1st Lt. Chuck Christensen after Christensen informed Wagner he was under investigation for allegations of excessive force. The statement is included in a nine-page report by Christensen obtained by the Kalamazoo Gazette under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.
Wagner was westbound on U.S. 12 at about 5:35 p.m. April 15 when he spotted the woman's eastbound red Pontiac, which he clocked on radar going 77 mph in a 55 mph zone, according to the report.
In-car video from Wagner's cruiser shows him doing a U-turn to catch up with the Pontiac. The driver pulls over to the shoulder about 45 seconds after Wagner made the U-turn and about 35 seconds after he activated his lights and siren.
Wagner exits his cruiser with his handgun drawn and approaches the Pontiac.
"With the recent incident involving the murder of Tpr. Paul Butterfield while approaching a vehicle at the forefront of my mind I elected to 'clear' the vehicle for my safety as I feel the vehicle could have suddenly pulled to the side in an effort to lure me into a vulnerable position where I could easily be shot," Wagner later told Christensen in his statement.
Video from Wagner's dash-mounted camera shows him handcuffing the woman then taking her to his cruiser, where the conversation between the two is recorded. The woman apologizes to Wagner, telling him she was trying to get home because she had gotten a call from her father informing her that the family's home had been broken into.
St. Joseph County dispatchers confirm the report of the break-in to Wagner as the woman sits in his patrol car.
Wagner tells the woman, "I chased you for two miles with my lights and sirens at almost 80 mph. Do you see a problem with that?
(Not consistent with his first statement. He would have had to been going about 160 mph to cover two miles in 45 seconds. - AF)
"Yes, I do," she responded. "I honestly didn't see you."
At the end of the audio captured from inside the car, Wagner asks the woman, "How'd you like having a gun pointed ...." The rest of his statement is inaudible.
St. Joseph County Prosecutor John McDonough, who was asked by Michigan State Police to review the incident, focused on that statement in calling for Wagner, a 19-veteran of MSP, to be fired.
McDonough considered whether to authorize charges of felonious assault and conduct unbecoming a public official against Wagner, but ultimately decided his handling of the traffic stop did not warrant criminal charges. In a statement issued Wednesday, however, the prosecutor wrote that he was "appalled and disgusted" by Wagner's conduct.
"When he asked if she enjoyed having a gun pointed at her I became sick to my stomach," McDonough wrote. "... I do not want Trooper Wagner to have the opportunity to do anything like this again and certainly not in St. Joseph County."
Attempts by the Kalamazoo Gazette to reach Wagner through his union, the Michigan State Police Troopers Association, were unsuccessful. Wagner has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation by MSP that is ongoing.
In a statement issued Wednesday, officials at MSP's Coldwater Post, where Wagner is stationed, said: "The video associated with this traffic stop clearly shows actions by the trooper that are not consistent with department policy. Inappropriate behavior like this is not condoned or tolerated."