re: Salamoni-Terminated; Lake Suspended- New Videos Released-WBRZ

But see Moss, here’s where the tricky part is: As stated they were at a safe distance in a tense situation. If (2) BRPD officers are drawn on a non compliant suspect who is ADVERTISED by dispatch as ARMED with a pistol...and they remain there...he turns his back to them, reaches to his pocket or waistband and they kill him...then the argument is...Why (2) officers had to shoot that man?!....it’s a no win situation. One could argue that Salamoni’s actions to close the distance and go hands on to secure AS hands with handcuffs are a better alternative than a Mexican standoff in a poorly lit parking lot with unknown threats all around....as it turned out, the landing spot where they fell was not advantageous to gain control on that one side. I could argue that Salamoni’s actions were to prevent lethal action then Once on the ground, continually reaching for the gun, not complying and losing the hand battle...he had to shoot him to stop the threat...

He going to get paid, I mean they settled for 6 figures for arresting protesters, this dude going to go ham with a decent lawyer.

All I see in that vid was Sterling turning and facing up Lake after he was tazered, the dude was resisting the entire time.

Roger I’ll say it like this...Salamoni took action. I mean do we want to hold him at gunpoint, block intersections, tape off the area and dispatch SWAT? Here’s what I see. Verbal commands ZERO effect, non lethal deployment ZERO effect...AS turned his back, Salamoni saw an opportunity to take him down, he took it...I’d have done the same....Here’s the bad part: where he landed was horrible area for Salamoni and Lake—they were then at a disadvantage to control. Do I think Salamoni was the consummate professional? No....Do I think this situation ends the same way? Yes...AS was not going to allow either of them to cuff him and find that pistol...period

I’m not quite sure how you would have de-escalated the situation. Salamoni, while not an alter boy, did the best he could to try and get all 3 out of there alive, it didn’t shake out that way.

So how do you handle a non compliant doped up 300lb man armed with a loaded pistol in his environment and satisfy the dept and public opinion? I’ll hang up and listen...

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So how do you handle a non compliant doped up 300lb man armed with a loaded pistol in his environment and satisfy the dept and public opinion? I’ll hang up and listen...

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The opposite of how Salamoni handled it.

Being overly aggressive is a sure way to get someone killed.

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Was basically a loner career criminal that lived on the streets yet HIS people STILL think he did NOTHING WRONG...... 

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This doesn't have anything to do with this incident per se, but how someone with this rap sheet wasn't sent away for like 30 years is a problem. He was a habitual offender to say the least. I thought felony possession of a firearm was an automatic 10 years alone?

9/09/96 aggravated battery
10/31/97 2nd degree battery
1/06/98 simple battery
5/04/00 public intimidation
9/20/00 carnal knowledge of a juvenile
9/04/01 domestic violence
5/24/05 burglary of an inhabited dwelling place
7/11/05 receiving stolen things
9/12/05 burglary of inhabited dwelling place
3/17/06 simple criminal damage to property, simple robbery, simple theft, drug possession, misrepresentation during booking, simple battery, aggravated battery
4/12/06 aggravated battery, simple criminal damage to property, disturbing the peace, unauthorized entry
4/04/08 domestic abuse battery
6/03/09 resisting an officer, drug possession, receiving stolen things, possession of stolen firearm, illegal carrying of a weapon with CDs, sound reproduct without consent
10/12/09 illegal carrying of weapon, marijuana possession
8/13/15 failure to register as a sex offender
4/08/16 failure to register as a sex offender
6/14/16 ecstacy and marijuana possession

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. Salamoni, while not an alter boy, did the best he could to try and get all 3 out of there alive, it didn’t shake out that way.

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OK.. Fine... Yet he language an attitude the minute he showed up was way more aggressive than it should have been... Lake seemed calm just trying to do what he could... Sal was an aggresser from the start... NOT defending Sterling at all.. But the cop was out o control with power IMO..........

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Yet he language an attitude the minute he showed up was way more aggressive than it should have been...

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Correct. It's a textbook case of how you exacerbate the situation, and not diffuse it.

I’d like to know how an armed person should have initially been handled in a case like this if done by the book. I can’t for the life of me bring myself to believe that Salamoni’s actions up until the tackle were remotely close to how he was trained to handle the situation. If he was not trained to deal with an armed person and to avoid escalation if possible, that’s on BRPD.

In the end, Sterling dug his own grave.

Lake seemed to be getting close to having the situation under control before Salamoni rolled up and decided to escalate the situation by going on a power trip. AS was giving resistance to them but they could of got him cuffed while they had him pinned on the hood of the car if Salamoni hadn't gone nuclear.

2 officers can't control a suspect.

Suspect is tasered, no response from suspect.

1 officer decides after the taser does nothing, the next best option is to tackle the suspect? That's just stupid.

Both officers are drawn on the suspect. Continue verbal commands fromna safe distance to deescalate the situation and subdue the suspect.

Get down on your knees. Hands on your head.