Deputy Yells 'Shots fired!' After Acorn Falls, Proceeds to Unload on Cuffed Suspect in Squad Car
QuoteIn a bizarre case of misjudgment, Deputy Jesse Hernandez of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office resigned following a shocking incident where he opened fire on a handcuffed suspect in his patrol car. The incident, which unfolded on November 12, 2023, began with a seemingly routine call about a stolen vehicle, leading to the detainment of suspect Marquis Jackson...
The situation spiraled out of control when an acorn fell on the roof of Hernandez's patrol car. Mistaking it for a suppressed gunshot, Hernandez reacted hastily. Believing he was under attack and possibly shot — "I'm hit! I'm hit," he yelled — he began firing at his own vehicle, where Jackson was cuffed in the backseat. Sgt. Roberts, responding to Hernandez's "shots fired" calls, also opened fire, equally convinced of an ongoing threat.
Read more about it and watch the outrageous body cam footage here...
https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/deputy-yells-shots-fired-after-acorn-falls-proceeds-to-unload-on-cuffed-suspect-in-squad-car/?utm_source=scipio1775%40hotmail.com&utm_campaign=49&utm_medium=email&utm_content=+Deputy+Yells+%e2%80%98Shots+fired!%e2%80%99+After+Acorn+Falls%2c+Proceeds+to+Unload+on+Cuffed+Suspect+in+Squad+Car+ (https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/deputy-yells-shots-fired-after-acorn-falls-proceeds-to-unload-on-cuffed-suspect-in-squad-car/?utm_source=scipio1775%40hotmail.com&utm_campaign=49&utm_medium=email&utm_content=+Deputy+Yells+%e2%80%98Shots+fired!%e2%80%99+After+Acorn+Falls%2c+Proceeds+to+Unload+on+Cuffed+Suspect+in+Squad+Car+)
saw that a few days ago. such a moron.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on February 16, 2024, 10:40:50 AMsaw that a few days ago. such a moron.
A West Point grad, no less.
was he the most hazed cadet ever?
Cadet Acorn?
I really hope that, before he resigned, the other cops put up some wanted posters featuring chestnuts or showed chipmunk with its cheek pouches full-on nuts and labelled it as a suspected mass shooter.
Nuts fired!
Thank God, the suspect in the back seat was unhurt. And the officer(s) involved had the good sense to resign. My lord, I can't believe this....
while I have no problem with ex military people going into law enforcement I do think there needs to be a minimum period of time between the two. that in between time needs to have LOTS of training for their new career. the streets of America are not Sadr City.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on February 16, 2024, 01:12:28 PMwhile I have no problem with ex military people going into law enforcement I do think there needs to be a minimum period of time between the two. that in between time needs to have LOTS of training for their new career. the streets of America are not Sadr City.
There usually is a lot of training and time, as they have to go to the Law Enforcement Academy. In Wisconsin, that is a minimum of 720 hours of instruction. I would also note that approximately 19% of law enforcement are former military, and they aren't shooting up the population like these two did. That indicates that this issue wasn't the inherent result of being ex-military, it was the result of something else. Sometimes people make dumb mistakes and sometimes people are in jobs they are not suited for. I'm not sure what happened here, but based on the evidence I've heard so far, I don't think a supportable claim can be made that it was the partially the result of the officer having been ex-military.
I would say that my experience if pretty much Floriduh based with a healthy injection of first hand observation from my step brother who is a local K-9 officer with a 25 year career.
Seems like a severe PTSD reaction. Apparently the guy's a former Green Beret, though I read somewhere he never saw combat.
But yeah, my jaw was on the floor when I saw that video. If he took a desk job, they'd be egging him on for daily desk pops.