February 21, 2018
By Corey Jones
Tulsa police (click here) on Tuesday released video from a Dec. 25 officer-involved shooting that involved a naked man who reportedly pointed a gun at an officer in the 1100 block of South Wheeling Avenue.
Evidently, there is another video showing the shooting. This is the video of a supervisor inspecting the scene. The man shot is lying in the road with at least three cruisers on the street. There is never any CPR or attempt at First Aid by the police officers even after a shooting.
Killing and dying of a subject is not the responsibility of the police, it is the responsibility of a jury. I have to wonder how many times a suspect could be alive and in the ER instead of allowed to die on the street.
A police's gun is about survival of the officer. It is not about apprehending suspects. It is why when a suspect is running away the officers are not allowed to fire their weapon. When will police work return to it's original purpose, to serve and protect, even suspects that appear to want to kill cops.
This video serves no purpose to support the officers that responded to this disturbance. It provides no real information to the public, except, officers don't bother to care for the injured. The officer's camera states the person shot has a pulse, but, admits it is agonal breathing. At no time does any officer attempt to stop the bleeding or administer CPR. The officers decided the death sentence, not a jury. It is one thing to do everything possible at the scene and have the suspect die in the process, it is another thing to allow someone to die at the scene without lifting a finger.
