There’s a reason he couldn’t let go and it has to do with fear and physiology. He’s not the first cop to grab the car of a fleeing suspect. It never ends with the cop slowing the car to halt like some superhero. The grab is an unconscious reaction to the suspect’s sudden ...
Go to a mirror. Any mirror. Get into a fighting stance. Got it? Now throw your money punch: a straight right cross. (If you’re left-handed, that will be a straight left. Throughout the article, keep this in mind.) Throw it in real time a few times. Mix it up a bit. Get on the balls ...
Under my names are a few sentences that describe who I am and what I do. It reads something like this: Chief Magnusson is the chief of Havelock (N.C.) Police Department. He spent 30 years with the Miami Police Department, retiring there as a major. He is a graduate of American ...
Body- and dashcams have been around for quite a few years now. Both have been controversial for almost as long. Most of the controversy seems to stem from exactly when the cameras were--or weren’t--turned on. T.V. news programs always seem to focus on those incidents for which the ...
“It was very uncomfortable. It was disturbing to watch.”
That’s what the Euclid, Ohio, mayor said about a recent physical altercation between one of the city’s police officers and a motorist.
She’s right: It is uncomfortable and disturbing to watch. That doesn’t mean, however, ...
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