Is a gigantic moron.

A glocks safety is the trigger itself. Why then, would you walk around, with your finger perilously close to the trigger? Why not just holster your weapon? Why risk slipping and grabbing the trigger?

Or are you trying to tell me the officer doesn't have a holster for his weapon? That he just waist bands it?

Yah, sounds like a professional to me.

Besides, we all remember the video of the officer who shot himself in the foot in front of a class of kids, with a glock, because he wasn't paying attention to where his finger was. You think a guy slipping and sliding in the snow is going to do any better?

No, hes not. Any officer who has his trigger safety weapon drawn, and not only drawn, but waving it around, is a moron. There are numerous times where it is not pointed directly at the ground. In fact, its pointed at angles that a bullet could easily ricochet into someone else.

Anyone who has taken basic firearms safety would know this.

If you want to see the proper way to handle a weapon. Look at the uniformed officer. He keeps his gun aimed directly down, in a holster like position, the entire time he is walking. Professional and smart.

Det. Baylor waves his around like hes showing off to buddies at the range. Unprofessional, and begging for an accident.

Now that I've clearly established reasons NOT to have his weapon drawn. We must conclude, he drew it for a reason other than safety.

Whether to threaten the crowd.
Show off or maybe scare them off.
Or because he was afraid.

Whatever the reason. It was entirely and completely inappropriate. This is not a valid response to having your car hit by snowballs.

And yes, i saw that he was hit with a snowball on his person, drawing a gun is still not a valid response.

Was he in danger? No.

Did he put dozens of innocent people on the street in danger when he drew his gun? Yes.

Even to apprehend the person who hit him with a snowball, he should have never drawn his gun. He would be risking dozens of people just walking along, or driving down the road. Something no trained officer would do.

In fact, as a detective, you think he would be smart enough to know that he can track the person down later. You can clearly see the person who hit him with a snowball in one video. An identification could easily be made. You could trace and track that man down, and arrest him later for his crime.

Which yes, i think the man who threw a snowball at the detective should be arrested and fined or charged. Throwing a snowball at a vehicle is one thing. But hitting a person with a snowball, when they were not part of the festivities is another matter. And frankly, its not something i would want to happen to me.

And while not as bad as some incidents involving police officers we see in the news. The man still obviously needs new training. On everything from dealing with the public, to firearms safety.

Until then, he is a danger and a menace. And i am glad his off the streets.

Sure. But last I checked, in most places drawing a gun in response to no display of lethal force was criminal assault.

The cops, of course, being in one of those few professions where lying is actually taught and cultivated as a tool of the trade, think nothing of fabricating a complete fiction to explain what happened. They then simply wait to see if it sticks, which nowadays simply means there is no video to contradict them. For the cops, there is no down side to that strategy. If they are caught in the lie, there are no repercussions because anyone with the power to actually hold them accountable is on the same team as the cops.

This cop is obviously a hothead with a gun in a profession where intimidation, threats, and violence are encouraged as a first response to any behavior that makes them angry.