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Pros And Cons Of Sheriff

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This video and the ramifications of the actions of the sheriff in killing an unarmed teen seems to be more of a misuse of power rather than to protect and serve. For an eight year veteran of the sheriff’s department, I do not know how this went so wrong, and that this sheriff allowed it to become more than a traffic stop. To start by pulling over someone for flashing high-beam, to a scuffle and then seven shoots killing a teen boy. It’s hard to believe this is the United States, one would wonder why. But apparently because this sheriff felt his life was in so much danger that he took it a pond himself to shoot not once but seven times. Then to sum it up, the sheriff is cleared of all wrong doings, and that he did everything by the book. …show more content…

While the sheriff says he pulled over a couple other drivers and gave then no ticket, then as you read in the transcripts it says the sheriff pulled one person over. “The 2015 Ford Explorer that Frost was driving has regular headlights that may seem to be on high beams when they are not. The vehicle drew a similar reaction from at least one other driver who had been pulled over by Frost that evening, Lloyd said” (Mencarini, M., & Greco, R., 2015). So what is true the sheriff pulled over a couple people or did he pull over one person? This just makes one wonder if this sheriff even know, or is he just lying about that as it seems the reasoning for shooting this teen boy and killing him. This assumption also makes me wonder why the sheriff has to reassure himself before he get out of his patrol vehicle. “Code 4, flashing me with the bright”, “I did not have my bright on!!!” (Family of unarmed Michigan teen shot seven times by officer files lawsuit, …show more content…

It seems the speaker narrating the video, is leading the audience toward this boy deserved to die because he was being disruptive and noncompliant with the sheriff. As you read into the web pages as it details in the investigation they want you to believe this teen had it coming and the sheriff was completely afraid for his life when he shot the teenager seven times. It seems the sheriff was using excessive force and deadly force where it was not needed. The sheriff allowed the teenager to continually disrupt him and then the sheriff seemed to be agitated and this escalated his anger. Had this sheriff taken control early on, he could have shown his authority, not allowing the teen to refuse. Then when it seemed the teen was out of control the sheriff then tried to control the situation, which was a bit late. This seemed to make it more as a fight rather than the show of force to control. Then when the sheriff became entangled he used deadly force to kill this teen

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