Possible, but stupid from another direction if true.

It would mean he followed that kid all the way through the neighborhood before grabbing him. And there's no reason to drag him back to the house if the cops have been called. Even if it was necessary to grab the kid, just hold him until the cops show up. Dumb.

Yeah, your outrage is duly noted. Thanks for participating.

I am not defending the cop but these statements are just absurd.



If the cop wanted your son to be dead, he'd probably be dead.



Nobody shot your kid.



You can read the cops mind? If he intended to use it, then why didn't he use it?

What we know is that he fired one shot. What we don't know is where he fired that shot. Was it at the kids? Into the air? Straight into the ground?

My guess was that it was an ill advised "warning shot".

Although, after watching the video, he was attacked by multiple people. But why was he dragging the guy to begin with? If he witness illegal behavior and intervened, why didn't he identify himself as a cop?

I can tell you why I think he was dragging him around. its only my opinion.
he was dragging him away because he was furious that the 13yr old kid didn't "respect" him or his feeling of authority. He wanted to somehow make a point and have the 13 yr old boy realize his error and be contrite. he was dragging him because he hadn't figured out how to accomplish that yet.

again my opinion, most likely wrong, maybe it was some kind of weird mating/dominance ritual to prove his dominance over the other males to impress the hot chick living next door to finally give him that sweet BJ and rimming he has been craving??

My understanding is this:

Kids walking home in group, some of them, including a girl, walked on the guy's lawn. Probably something that happens everyday and something he's already pissed about. He yells at her to get off the lawn, using some profanity. Punk kid responds with either, "I could sue you" or "I could shoot you." Off duty cop hears, "I could shoot you" and decides that's enough of a threat to make an arrest. That's why he's holding on to the kid, and the kid is resisting.

It's possible that in off duty cop's mind, he thinks the kid might actually have a gun. Who knows?

A couple other kids try to intervene, and attack. Cop pulls gun. Cop arguably fears for his life, as he's now being attacked by others and he possible thinks the kid has a gun. Gun either goes off or a warning shot, either one of which is problematic.

What we don't know or see is how the cop attempted to make the arrest in the first place. Did he just run out and grab the kid? Or did he present a badge? You'd think that if the officer truly believed the kid may have had a gun, he would have immediately drawn his weapon then, rather than try to subdue the kid first.