You might want to give the video another look. The guy wearing the webcam, who he charged and swang at, is a police officer.
I don't care what happened between him and the bouncer, he attacked a cop and was dragged to the ground and then pretended to not be able to breathe to try to get out of it. The video, IMO, was worse than the description. Hard pass for me on this guy.
Understand about the Bodycam. Recognize the Axios as the bodycam id.
And perhaps I am missing a part of the law.
And Perhaps I got to state a few assumptions I am working from; maybe they change things.
First, the state gives some allowance to “bouncer made law.” They need a little lattitude with drunks. Its just the reality. They’re also meatheads, so i think that means we have to have some tolerance (in both prosecution and judgement), when it comes to the sorting/meting things out.
reality to me says bouncers do jump the gun, misjudge often, and escalate things. However, the converse is with a crowd of drunks (especially those under 27), things have a potential to blow up quickly. So the the converse is a brawl. Got to stop any brawl potential. So that punch is fine.
The 2nd part
On the other hand, you got a guy that just got slammed, then jacked. Getting jacked, then getting up and expecting a rational response (especially in a bar) is a tall ask.
If I get punched like that, I’m getting up in defense. I ain’t parsing out who pulled me up. I’m defending myself. Even if I do recognize a cop, I’m wondering why he isn’t arresting an assailant.
he gets punched at .25 seconds, Officer Perez picks him up around .28 seconds. Pushes him multiple times, has him on the ground before 30 seconds elapsed.
Now I am unsure how long it takes for his adrenaline to dissapate, but I guess it’s longer than 30 seconds. I’m also noting the cop doesn’t realize his role in the reaponse here. He pulls him up and immediately starts shoving him - someone that just got punched…. Not the move. I think a minor cop mistake, but it certainly puts most people in a defense posture.
Elkins’s moves don’t appear offensive (more defensive). His isn’t attacking, he’s creating space between the guy shoving him. Not defending his moves as noting there character.
Finally, there is the “I can’t breathe.” Someone drinking I’d like expect there perfusion level to be around 88-92%. At the gas exchange level, alcohol gets burned off through our breath and I believe that is why there is a lower perfusion level. So I think that is probably what he is feeling and why he thinks he’s out of breath. Any physical activity with perfusion that low should feel like that.
He gets taken to the ground. He starts realizing whats going on he sounds like he’s calming down. Starts stating I’ll go home. To me, probably would be the move here in a just world. Cop’s hands are probably tied by the law. Once taken down he’s has to go.
Absent any more context, I think this is where this story ends. Give him a fine and move on.
If he did something real bad to get thrown out it changes the calculus. If he’s had issues before or after, it changes the calculus. With just what I see I think a fine is appropriate.
Maybe if I am the cop’s boss, I teach him how he could have imrpoved his safety chances by walking the guy out, acknowledging him, and saying ya still gotta go. Got it, you feel its unfair, shut up and go home.
Circling the convuluted post back around:
We got a cop, that is enforcing law, whereby the only crime he has knowledge about is the bouncer’s assault on the victim. Since, it’s understandable the state needs to enforce that, given its potential, I feel its just, to not have the state, put into a collusive position with the bouncer. To do that, I just let it go. Kid pays $500 bucks (read enough to hurt), learn how to drink fucker, and we all move on.
P.S. i think I was thrown in the article by “allegedly” - somebody watched that punch, then wrote, “allegedly.”
