D.C. Policeman Accused of Pulling Gun to Quell Snowball Fight

Ive heard dont bring a knife to a gunfight but what about bring a gun to a SNOwball fight wow. Why would you even pull it out of the holster. I understand if there was a fight but looked like all was well just throwing snow. Guess snowballs are considered deadly weapons now.

Not a smart move Detective. My sentence is time off with pay and a couple of hours of retraining.

Here is another video that shows the Detective outside his vehicle, gun in hand and calling on the radio. Little does he know another person at the scene calls 911 to report a man with a gun (Him). Which will explain the response from uniformed officers. It all started when the Detective's personal vehicle was hit with snowballs, and then he too was hit once he got out.
Too many people on here are making blind comments or judgments without even watching the video's. Watch the videos, there are many related videos on youtube. Don't just comment or judge based on what other people are writing or what your seeing in this brief video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U17SxJzv9DM&feature=player_embedded

the Land of the FREE!?!?????

"unholstered"
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RayJay55, I agree with a lot of your points, "IF" we were talking about the UNIFORMED Officer, but we are NOT. We are talking about the B/M in plain cloths; the MPD Detective that was driving his Hummer down the street minding his own business when all of a sudden a bunch of idiots who decided to have a snowball fight in the middle of the street, threw snowballs at his vehicle. He stopped and got out, and when he did, he too got hit with snowballs (note the snow in his ear). This obviously either pissed him off, or made him fear for his life because he broke leather and drew his sidearm. Now, was that the right thing to do? I don't know. Did he violate department policy? I do not know, and I'm not going to second guess him since I was not there to see what he saw, or do I know what he was thinking or feeling at the time. May he regret his actions? Maybe.

As for the "UNIFORMED" Officer, he was responding to a "Man with a Gun" call, but when he arrived and approached with gun in hand, he realized the man with the gun was in fact one of their Detectives, to which he re-holstered and he and the other uniformed officers handled the problem.

As for the snowball fight which was broadcast over Twitter; these idiots disrupted an intersection in DC, they showed a total lack of regard and respect for others on the street to include people trying to negotiate the snow covered roadways. This showed a lack of respect for everyone, and once the police arrived, a lack of respect toward them as well. Might have the Detective reacted poorly, Maybe, but these idiots caused the problem to begin with. It is just a snap shot of what society has become, a bunch of over privileged scum that feel they can do and say what they want with out accountability.

I say let the investigation play out, if he was wrong, so be it.

maybe he should have joined in it would have relieve his stress alittle

Need to clarify, the video showed a uniform officer which was not in the wrong. Giving police dept. Bad rap.