CrackPot
NES Member
ATF certainly was entitled and "I am a federal officer" etc and clearly was shocked by his treatment. Yes he could have de-escalated by following directions but it should never come to this. Why was the gun drawn in the first place? Blaming the victim is an interesting approach. Just because he is an ATF enforcement agent and we by nature hate his existence does not change the fact that he was the victim here. He was going about his day job doing it properly when CPD went all Rambo on his ass. Pretend for a second it is you with your daughter selling girl scout cookies and some thug pulls his gun on you as his first action?No. ATF guy even forgot that he had an ID on a lanyard around his neck. He had many opportunities to keep the situation from going sideways yet chose to be an a**h*** and make things worse. His appearance and behavior was sketchy. Based on the video, ATF guy needed a drug test or psych eval. Easy to armchair quarterback the cops. Maybe dispatch dropped the ball, but the guy was still an ass.