Saturday, December 24, 2022

When Inmates Take Over The Asylum And Then Try To Sue

Apparently, it is now considered by some to be a lack of deescalation problem when a police officer fails to do something other than shooting someone in the act of trying to shoot the officer.

As I had written about the Dearborn Suicide-by-Cop incident, "There have been no protests yet that the Police should have used a social worker in this instance, but as in a recent incident in Detroit that may yet happen."

Sure enough, and it didn't take long, the family in this incident is now protesting and claiming that police should have "deescalated the situation" and hired a lawyer to try and get a payday out of their family member's criminal acts:

The Detroit Free Press: Dearborn police station shooting: New details about man killed by officer, how it happened

Attorney Amir Makled, retained by Naji's family, has acknowledged the threat Naji posed when he pointed the gun at the officer. But Makled argues the killing could have been avoided with proper implementation of police deescalation protocols.

"Officers are trained to and should be skilled at recognizing mental health crises. The deceased was not in a state to know right from wrong," Makled said.

 "At what point did police know that there was someone in the lobby with a firearm? Did they give (Naji) the opportunity and time to comply with the demands of law enforcement? At what point were law enforcement in immediate threat if there's bullet-proof glass? This is what we're trying to find out."

Let's remember for a moment that Naji was shot while he was pointing a gun at an officer and had pulled the trigger. 

Police Officers, if made to adopt this ridiculous standard suggested by his attorney, would be in an impossible situation.

If someone is pointing a gun at you and pulling the trigger, you're somehow supposed to in a nanosecond evaluate if they're having a mental health crisis - as if this implies someone with a mental health crisis is somehow less of a threat when committing a deadly act - and then apparently try to talk them down while they're trying to kill you?

Sounds like an eminently sensible standard right there, then aagin there has yet been any proof provided that Naji even was diagnosed with a mental illness at the time he committed his act of attempted murder.

What next?  Perhaps demanding that Police Officers must be shot first before they can shoot back?

I daresay the attorneys for Naji have jumped the shark in their misbegotten quest to get the family a payday.

5 comments:

Glypto Dropem said...

I never thought I'd see the day where I, NOT a law enforcement officer, would have less issues using deadly force than a LEO. Because psycho or not, point or come at me with a weapon and they're done.

Aaron said...

Glypto Dropem: It's almost by design to make law enforcement no longer enforce the laws and to dissuade good people from becoming law enforcement officers. It's beyond ridiculous.

pigpen51 said...

There are probably 90% or more good teachers, and the rest are just bad teachers. I suspect that it is the same with law enforcement.
One problem with the police that I have seen, is that the police often recruits from former military personnel. The issue is that the rules of engagement for the military are completely different from the ROE for the police. And while most are able to make the transition, it could be difficult for some to always make that transition, especially when faced with a tough or possibly dangerous condition, that requires immediate judgement, with the possibility being getting shot, or shooting the innocent person.
I certainly may be totally wrong, but I think that it could be one possibility that training may be hard to overcome, in some candidates, when faced with life or death decisions.

Old NFO said...

Ridiculous... The officers have to be able to protect themselves! WTH???

Rick T said...

His family knew he was ill but didn't confiscate his weapons. The lawyer can pound sand.