Cop FIRED & Called A “COWARD” For REFUSING To Shoot Young Black Man

Attorney General Jeff Sessions ― who says that federal oversight of police officers prevents them from doing their jobs ― has hinted that his Justice Department will be scaling back its pattern-or practice investigations, which probe whether a department is violating the constitutional rights of citizens. Sessions is also skeptical of consent decrees in which police departments promise to change their practices, and blames “bad apples,” instead of systemic failings, for police violence.

Firing an officer who refused to shoot a mentally distressed black man could add an extra strain on the relationship between communities and police, Mader says.

“It would put it in the citizens’ minds that this is what [officers are] taught, which isn’t true, but it’s still the thought in their head,” he said. “Their outlook on policing is not what it should be. It’s definitely not a confident one.”

“This didn’t help that at all,” Mader added. “In the public’s eye, it’s not getting any better. It sends the wrong message. This isn’t what we want the public to see in policing.”
Mader is now a military police officer with the West Virginia National Guard.