Most people have heard the phrase “if it bleeds, it leads†— a reference to the hierarchy of news programming, most often on television, and to fear-based programming in particular. The idea is to grab the viewer’s attention, stroke their anxieties, and sell them on the suggestion that they need to watch the news story in order to get the information they need to resolve their fear. “Tonight at six: the toxin found in YOUR air conditioner. Could it be making you sick?” Dunno. Better watch and find out!
The success of such programming relies on a number of unfortunate tactics. They are unfortunate because they focus on kindling emotion rather than conveying information.
Those tactics include:
-Presenting dramatic anecdotes instead of scientific evidence
-Suggesting that isolated events are trends
-Promoting fatalistic thinking
-Pushing simplistic generalizations as universal truths,
-Relegating fact-checking to the back-burner…
-While placing corrections out of sight, and – critically –
-Not going beyond the surface in news reporting.
Why am I bringing this up? I’ll tell you one thing: I have no interest in sparking conversation about so-called “fake news†and I am not trying to criticize broadcast news. Rather, I am bringing this up to explain why, when you hear about an officer-involved shooting on TV, you never hear about the officer’s experience.
What was going through their mind? Why did they shoot? What emotions did they feel at various times throughout the incident? Who are they as a person?
None of those answers are likely to accomplish any of the goals of fear-based programming. So the questions don’t get asked, and it doesn’t get programmed.
This is the first video in a short series which will be taking a deeper-than-usual dive into one or more officer-involved shootings. Rather than start off with video of the incident itself, we will begin by viewing the officer interview portion of the internal investigation into the OIS. You will hear from officers who speak candidly about what they were seeing, hearing, thinking, and feeling throughout the event.
After which you will see the incident footage.
Let’s see how it goes.
** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) **
cop was in the right very much so but still acted very nervous,, i guess even patrol officers shake in their boots when talking to detectives
These individuals involved ( tina 511 aptment. Curtis clark and his brother. Aptment 617. . Anthony n. Davis and his mother, Barbara Jane castill. Eho had a very good relationship with white older maintance men . And some white men from an organization , who made a deal with her son. They call theirselves catholic ministers. Eho have home meetings. One was arrested for involves with drugs.
Both aptments518- and 516, along with 617 have been told to horass tenants, steal their FedEx packages.. I believe their being encouraged by law enforcement on the Northside. These individuals living at pressley are told to go out side different individuals windows, and laugh out loud to horass them , after coming in their aptments , when their out. They vandelize, tamper with food. Put listening devices in the walls?, set up sirvalance cameras in smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, behind mirrors. So they can watch homosexual and prostition relationships in the tenants house when their out
Individuals apartments have been used for sex traffic and prostition, and drugs. When certain tenants go out, tenants like anthony n. Davis , and his mother Barbara jane castill are paid by someone to inform them, so tenants aptment is used for sex.. .young women coming to pittsburgh pa from out of town. Usually 1:30 in the morning, they'll sit on the side of giant eagles, with a parked car waiting that brought them. The buyer will take them somewhere and bring them back. Sirvalance cameras are around the giant eagle bldging, and the senior highrise bldging next door to it. Security guards from the Osa security guard company are apart of protecting the prostition. Different tenants in the senior bldging are paid to horass thr tenants who apartments are being used if they complain.?. .one is in aptment 516. Name richard, . .he's real tall , abusive towards woman associates, and had violate behavior towards tenants. He came here from california, probably has a police record. Threaten harm to a tenant across from him. And had a friend name drew, he tried to get to assault a neighbor coming in the bldging.
I'd like to make a private complaint against the northside police department , which I believe had somethen to do with coruption going on in a senior highrise bldging. Police has acted out of charactor often, siding with the criminals in the bldging. Going in their aptments during the door. . Itd like their working with the horassors, and stickers.. 10 years of police coming to the bldging about the same trouble makers, and no arrest.
My name is Dustin ryan Massey I been harrassed by by the FBI since 2015 till now please share
Love what you said in the description. I’m glad to support you – you’re not just some jerk in the right place at the right time, you’ve engineered something very unique and critical here. Kudos.
No garrity warning? That seems odd. In any event, this interview is not an investigative interview. @16:50 17:49 18:39 19:43 the investigating officer is establishing the defense strategy. There was no push back whatsoever. If this were a civilian interview with the exact fact pattern it would have been much more in-depth and confrontational. I'm not saying that means he acted inappropriately but lets not confuse this with a legitimate investigation either.
High -stress= scared cop !
They found out that both of my firearms worked perfectly !
I understand why, I just wish his replies didnt have to be so… rehearsed? (Not sure that's the right descriptor) it makes everything sound staged
3:03 Wow, listen to this guy…the second they gave him the “green light†to tell his story, he began a clearly rehearsed recitation of what he had written in his police report. I’d bet a lot of his, and many other officers, reports are that copy and pasted as the BS he just spewed out.
Yeah right… But let's not get distractacted from the ISSUES AT HAND.
Interesting. I never heard that phrase though.
He is obviously inlove with Chistina… lol
He called everyone Officer So and so badge number whatever… but always referred to the female at the scene by first name…
I'm just kidding around… I like your content concept. I'm a fan…
Sweet! This is a cool idea RWP cant wait to see more
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I like this new approach to view the Internal investigation.
Great idea thank you!!
This officer was very good at expressing himself to the board. He was using terms that show he has been educated. No expletives. I think he could have said I felt my butt clench when I saw he was holding a gun. Anyone would feel that way when facing an unknown person with a gun.
@Real World Police,
Thank you so much for uploading this "behind-the-scenes" internal investigative meeting. I have never seen anything quite like this, before. This was very informative…and as you wrote, it is important to understand the officer's view-point, experience, and in-the-moment interpretation of events, as they unfolded…as well as their resulting action. Great stuff.
lol @ how rehearsed that statement was. The interviewer basically says "ok go" then the cop spews out like 4 paragraphs of shit written by his lawyer lol well done sir
Just wanted to take a moment to applaud what you said in your description. I'm very interested to see where this series goes, not to prove any agenda but simply to be exposed to the raw, unedited (or barely edited, I can understand why some parts will be muted or blurred) truth of the experience(s).
You get off let's go have coffee and donuts DRAMMA
as a police officer you're only one wrong trigger pull away from life in prison.
You forgot to mention that officers are usually well coached by police union attorneys before they go in for this type of legal transaction. One thing most people are not aware of
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