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Criminal Lawyer Bruce Rivers Reacts to Colorado Cop Swiftly Reacts to Armed Woman Blocking Road
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He seemed genuinely concerned from the start, when he was asking "are you okay? Please tell me" He sounded actually worried about her. He seems like one of the really good officers and this is devastating to hear him after the fact.
Absolutely , he's one of those that went in law enforcement for the right reason and my heart hurts for him and this lady . I have no idea what her story was but officers get killed all the time just walking up to a car after pulling someone over and in so many other situations .I know they r trained but that doesn't change and make them less then human , I can't imagine what its like to always be afraid for your life and to never know what they might face on a daily basis. People talk a lot of hate and I do when it's a dirty cop r one that can't admit when they're wrong but this officer is a good man , one that isn't ok after shooting someone , I don't know how they handle it , no matter the circumstances, poor Guy. I hope he's ok and stays on the job , Lord knows We need officers with compassion and caring like this one.
Bruce's unabashed love of his son is always heartwarming.
Some good fathers out there
@@Tbtbtbqq Lots of them...we're just overshadowed by the morons lol
Agreed
I feel bad for his daughter though. He barely mentions her, and when he does it seems like an afterthought.
It's awful to see a cop who is behaving well/respectfully have this happen. That looked like a mental break/suicide by cop.
16:41 16:41❤ Yes Bruce, the Police Officer was very kind untill he needed to protect himself & all!
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16:52
@stephaniecarlson6689 You may have replied to the wrong person.
That sounds about white. Do you think he would react if it was a minority?
Yup I agree suicide by cop. Sad to see this go through by someone who just wanted to make sure she is ok.
20 years ago I was going through DV and I was at the end of my rope. I was hopeless and had lost my will to live. So I grabbed a knife to protect myself. My abuser called the police because I managed to stab him. I still had the knife when they showed up. At that moment I thought that suicide by cop was going to end my suffering so I charged the officer. He used rubber bullets to dispatch me. I was taken to the hospital and I was blessed to receive all the help available for victims of DV.
I was initially charged with assault with a deadly weapon but later dropped and my record was expunged a year later.
Oh my god… I’m glad you were able to get out of that dv situation. And I’m glad they didn’t use real bullets. Wow. ❤
I'm so sorry I really hope you're much better
Prayers up!
Thank God you're alright now.
It is not easy to go through abuse and dv! I’m just happy you’re okay! I went through 14 years of such, as a man. Aggresion is just not my thing! Filed for divorce and suddenly had to go through 3 years of death threats and extortions! I became really distrustful of women and could never imagine being in another relationship. I didn’t see the need to remain alive, going through depression with suicidal thoughts! The only thing that kept me positive was my kids. Each time I get ideas to end it all, I’d look at my kids. I realised that if not for any other thing, just for them I must stay alive. There’s always a reason for one to keep going, there’s always a purpose for one to want to get to the other side of a painful journey!
I was listening to this video the first time and as soon as I heard him start crying while saying I'm so sorry, I couldn't help but start to tear up. You can really feel the emotion in that moment.
Same. He didn’t hit the other driver right? Just the suicide person? So traumatizing! Ugh!
I’ll be one of the first to call out a bad cop, but this dude wasn’t bad. I feel horrible for him and the victims family. He was genuinely concerned. It sucks for this guy because it seems he became a cop for the right reasons. To help people. He didn’t became a cop for the power
Didnt become
I'll be another one of the first to call out a bad cop, and this guy is a bad cop. Not because he is violent, angry, racist, etc., but because he clearly can't handle stressful situations, and that can end up getting someone hurt or killed.
@@richarddukard8989 oh really? Care to enlighten me in how he could've handed this specific situation?
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I do agree with you. I wouldn't use the word bad but I definitely know what you mean. The guy is just not cut out for this line of work. But many won't know until a situation like this confronts them. Maybe he will learn from this situation and move on to another career. Not just better for everybody but best for him.
@@richarddukard8989 as far I’m concerned, ACAB. But I didn’t think that applies here. It seems that it’s not that he couldn’t handle the stress, it more seemed like he knew what he was going to have to do at that point and didn’t want to do it.
Even if he was justified and did everything correctly, still must feel profoundly awful to be used as an instrument in someone’s suicide. I hope the officer gets the help he needs to cope.
Unfortunately the memory of killing people no matter what help you get will always be there . I never understood the stone cold killers not caring at all
"Suicide by cop" is one of the most profoundly irresponsible things one can do.
Why do people think stuff like this is suicide by cop? If she wanted to commit suicide should could have put the gun in her mouth. She wanted to kill the cop, that's exactly what it was.
@@samuelpancake4084I worked at a restaurant in my 20s and one of my managers left for and returned from a tour in Iraq. When he got back, he started bragging about killing people, describing the situations in rather vivid detail while laughing about it. Keep in mind we had several 16-year-old kids working there who had to listen to these stories. Some of them were pretty intense, and one of them is burned into my memory due to the rather gruesome details he shared about the bodies of some men he'd killed.
He was an overall one of those people obsessed with authority who mistreated everyone beneath him and came across a bit sociopathic at times. On the other hand, he was also in his early-20s when he started his tour and (in my opinion) too young to really understand why the US military was even in Iraq, aside from the post-9/11 propaganda we'd all been fed. So I'm honestly not sure if talking about things so nonchalantly or braggingly was his way of coping, à la gallows humor, or if he genuinely thought he'd done the right thing or that his enemies deserved what he'd done to them. Or maybe a bit of both.
@@cdavidlake2 There's definitely more irresponsible ways to take yourself out.
As a combat Vet - I find it VERY difficult not to tear up when he starts to break down and cry...
I know that feeling... Its not a good one...
I can't imagine that. It's hard for regular folks to even conceive of a job that includes the possibility of having to kill another human.
I have a friend who fought in Afghanistan. He was put in prison for refusing to go back? Something like that, I didn't totally understand what it was. Some kind of desertion but I'm not sure the technical charge. He never talks about it but on a long drive once I asked him how it was over there and why he was charged by the military. He said (take it for what it is, I have no idea if this is true but he isn't a bullshitter for as long as I've known him. Very serious person), that he was at a roadblock and a car was coming towards them that wouldn't stop, wouldn't respond to their directive to stop and he opened fire. When they got up t the car it was kids that he'd killed, teenagers I guess. Again, he didn't go into detail and I didn't press him but he refused to keep fighting after that is the story he gave me. He didn't breakdown and he didn't glory in it or brag. He seemed ashamed but resigned to what had happened. I'm probably not getting all that correct.
He just seemed like a regular family guy in our small town but quiet, a bit down all the time.
@@mattosborne1366 Its not easy... And you can often tell who is blowing shit up your ass when they tell you stories... If they are "bad asses" in their story... Its most often not true...
Yes , onions
Thank you for your horrible sacrifices. I'm so sorry.
@mattosborne1366 I served in Afghan, too (I'm British). What your friend went through was not uncommon over there.
A common tactic of the Taliban was to recruit poor kids (often orphans), give them love and the feeling of family to earn their complete trust and loyalty, then use them as discardable weapons. Sometimes they'd have a suicide vest strapped on, other times they'd have them drive at patrols or checkpoints. The Taliban knew it would either portray Westerners as evil for shooting a child (making it a good propaganda/recruitment tool) or that it would mess up the soldiers, because the last thing anyone wanted to do was harm a child.
So your friend sounds legit to me and is far from alone in that experience. If it would help him, maybe gently recommend that he talks to other veterans or gets in touch with some of the organisations providing support to veterans with PTSD. If he feels let down by the US military and wants to avoid them, an alternative would be to look at the groups supporting other militaries around the world - because any country involved in Afghanistan went through this.
I have a friend who was helped a lot by talking to others who had been through it. He had to shoot a young child in the late 2000s and it changed him. Completely. This child had a suicide vest strapped on him and was running into a packed marketplace that also had Western soldiers nearby on patrol. Stopping the child saved at least 100 people (local Afghanis and allied soldiers) from being killed or seriously injured. He made the right call, but it's easy to see why he struggled with it. The real monsters were the people who strapped explosives to a child and then sent that child to commit both suicide and utter carnage. It's taken him a long time to even start to understand that because he's a good dude. These things affect good people.
Please let your friend know that there are many of us out here who understand. He's not alone in this and help and support are out there if he wants them 👍
He's obviously a kind-hearted man and this really shook him up. It looked like a good shoot but that still can't be easy to live with. 🥺
Omg. This poor guy. I’m so sorry he had to go thru it. Thank God good men like him serve.
A friend of mine was married to a cop. He was a super smart guy and made detective in just a few years. Off duty he walked into a convenience store with an armed robbery in progress. The robber was just about to kill the clerk and Howard shot him.
It messed Howard up so bad that he was divorced within a year and suffering PTSD. 10 years later the same thing happened again and within a few months he committed suicide. No one knows how it will impact a person to take someone's life.
Damn 😢. I’m sorry.
That's sad. People don't think about this stuff when jugging cops. Sure there are some bad cops but there are also people that are selfless and often the good ones are the ones that pay the price.
That's awful I'm so sorry for your friend and her husband 😢 it shouldn't happen and he didn't deserve it.
He signed up for it! He wanted the money and got bad blood money instead.
@@artsalazar9841Do us all a favor and delete your account
I've seen this video and you can see that cop was truly sorry and felt horrible
He felt horrible for the other car driver
Yeah, in America you can get killed at any traffic stop.
100 percent
😅 low key he was talking at her not with her
My heart really breaks watching this officer. I feel so bad for him .
We need more cops like this guy. I'm really sorry for all the trauma he probably went through with this. I also pray that woman knows peace, because she definitely seemed not alright. There was something going on there. Thoughts for her family as well.
No. We need more citizens like this.
I'm so glad you spoke about this. It was very upsetting to watch, and you were so respectful to the police officer, and to the police in general.
"I love cops, they take them off the streets. I put them back on." Classic, I literally laughed out loud... I did feel sorry for that officer as well.
SAME 💯 here I was feeing bad for all involved….then “I love cops…..”. I wasn’t expecting that!! I couldn’t help but literally laugh out loud!
You know some lawyers do this literally: follow or find people in forensic mental hospital lobbies and fenced recreation areas and offer to take on their cases for free, just so they'll commit more crimes and give them and their lawyer friends more work, and round and round. (There's nothing illegal about offering someone your phone number.)
I wrote the same , didn't saw you did it too !
Yea Bruce is a fool ... our very own Saul Goodman and I really love this guy and Mike too I can't forget him
Same 😂😂😂
This is so sad. He went to speaking to the lady like it was his mother. To apologize to the other driver is even more sad. This appears to be a police assisted suicide. The poor police officer. Everyone involved has now been traumatized. People think it's no big deal for an officer to pull a weapon, but it is. 😢 Thanks Bruce for explaining this situation.
He's apologizing because he came within an inch of killing the innocent woman due to his spray and pray firearm skills. Don't worry, he's got qualified immunity so killing her wouldn't result in punishment.
I hope this cop gets the help he needs to put this incident into perspective and heal mentally and emotionally. He was left with no choice, and he did what he had to do to protect himself and others.
Yes. I really hope he recover and get back on asap. We need him in this job. Aka zero psychopath genes in him. God bless him.
I’m moved to tears. I literally feel the emotion coming from this officer. My thoughts and prayers are with him for the strength he’ll need.
its surreal seeing a human(cop) breakdown after pulling his weapon. it really makes you understand why they are required to go through mental health evaluation. judging by his reaction, i wouldn't be surprised if he has nightmares about this situation for a while. I hope he recovers because he is clearly one of the good ones.
I feel so sorry for this police officer. He had no choice.
I can’t get over how good you look with your beard.🙂
And I am so relieved you are back home with your family.
It's very "lumbersexual"!
Straight out of one of those classic touch of grey commercials
I watched an old video after seeing the beard and I can’t deal with it haha he looks soooo good with the beard!
Yes...he looks more like a lawyer. Like Indiana Joes/Criminal Lawyer. Either way he gives good advice in how to navigate through life ..if you're going to need a lawyer . I hope I never do.
I'd like to hear the outcome of why this woman went nuts.
I'm not pro or anti cop. I feel so bad for this officer though. Seemed like he had actual concern for the woman before the shooting.
Bruce Willis he's tha criminal lawyer
@@TheProtagonistDiescringe
@@ImARealHumanPersoneh, I liked it
@@TheProtagonistDiesbut you do know that it is really Bruce Rivers, correct? Just checking.
@@ImARealHumanPersonexactly
Dad energy is awesome, I am a dad and you help validate that talking to and treating them like adults/honest is a great way for most children. I appreciate you and your media genius son. Thanks
My heart breaks for him. Hes clearly showing signs of shock.
@9:29 “Being a little aggressive with someone that had nothing to do with it, but this is the cop’s stress level”
This is another great and subtle example of Bruce’s excellent capacity for empathy.
You dont need a lot of empathy to realize he has high stress levels💀
That woman's decision created a ripple effect of pain for many others. So heartbreaking for that officer! 🙏🏼❤️
Could say the same if she jumped off a bridge
Based
@@MH-dy5pb okay
The saddest part of it is that she most likely felt like she had no choices left. Depression is an illness that cripples a person’s ability to reason rationally.
@@andrewburkinshaw1446 It is definitely sad. Depression is cunning! Unfortunately there is such a stigma attached to mental health issues that people are ashamed to admit when they're struggling. Although, I believe it is not nearly as stigmatized as it was 30 years ago. Depression often leads to substance abuse, thus causing people to make dangerous decisions.
This certainly appears to be a "suicide by cop".
I really feel for this officer, and certainly hope that he gets all the support and assistance he needs, both personally and professionally.
yeah you wouldn't be calling it that if she had another 4 seconds to act
I wonder if she was planning suicide by semi prior to the cop showing up...
I live in this area, and when this happened it was super distressing to hear about. It was just so strange. The police released a statement right after and it seemed a little bit rushed and a bit less professional than statements from one of the larger cities nearby. That makes sense now- just seeing him react is so heartbreaking, the bystanders, the lady who died, it's all heartbreaking. Those bigger cities have people who can sit down and carefully craft a statement and might not even be in the same building. The body cams really do bring to light a lot of things, including how human and emotional these moments really are
That poor officer. He is a good man. I feel for him and his family. It will be a very hard road to come to terms with the events that took place on that day. I hope he can recover and go back to work some day.
We need police officers like him. We want police with feelings like that, not robots.
God bless him.
The only time in 20 years as a police officer I drew my firearm was the biggest adrenaline hit I’ve ever experienced. I feel sorry for this guy, he’ll live with this forever.
you only pulled that strap out ONCE?
and how can he even make sense of this ? he'll probably never know why this even happened. It's tough.
@@Spooky-4000most officers will never have to fire their weapon. It's why it's alarming when you have the same officer involved in multiple pew pews.
That poor cop was SO distraught. His remark about America didn't really mean anything. All the adrenaline was just making him rattle, which is totally understandable. I hope he's able to put this behind him and move on in both his professional and his personal life. Bless his heart. ❤
We’ve all said weird things in the aftermath of a terrible event. It annoys me that the newscaster drew attention to what he said, because he was clearly having a breakdown and having trouble controlling his racing thoughts.
I think the god bless americas were nice explatives. People who try not to cuss amd in several christian youth groups they teach you to try to say something else like God bless america instead of cuss words. Or your favorite food to get you thinking positive. Fudgcicles mmmmm yum. Becomes a habit after awhile.
@@bernicemarie7243 that's why I say fuck when I want to curse... to get me thinking positive about something I like doing... fucking.
@@bernicemarie7243 Ive actually done this to stop myself from letting loose with the GD word.
"GOD D...BLESS IT!" or "GOD D...Bless....America!"
This dude without help will be another one day that will do what alot of us do wothout help its a shame i hope it wont but ive scene people get eat up by this to the point it destroyed them
I feel so bad for this cop. He kept apologizing to the witness and he tried to console her. What a sweet guy and great cop. He did everything right in my opinion, although I'm not a cop and I can't make that assumption...but again, I personally thought he did an excellent job and I hope he's able to get through this traumatic event and live out the rest of his life and career and relatively happy peace.
Don't blame this policeman AT ALL. He gets to go home tonight.
I have respect for the cop for considering those in his backdrop after shooting (hopefully before like he mentioned) and actually going to check on them.
@@flycrewhe should have told green jeep to move beforehand
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Lmao. You feel sorry for someone who would willfully FK your life over for fun!! 🤔🤔. I wonder what that mentality is like..?? Pure Bit-ch Energy!!!
Split second decision
This is heartbreaking for the officer. I feel bad for him. I hope that he recovers from this traumatic event.
This is so sad!!! He sounds like such a genuinely caring man trying to help this lady! Hope for healing for this officer!!! Just heartbreaking 💔
it’s unfortunate. May her soul rest in peace. The officer who shot her is in my prayers, he’ll be traumatized forever.
A very sad situation - I live very close by to where this happened. The cop involved has 20+ years on the force and everyone is saying he took the right action. I can't imagine the mental stress he's likely going through though. The Westminster PD is an outstanding dept and I'm sure they're giving him all the help he needs.
I really hope he can get the help he needs. We need good cops!
I used to live in the area too. I can also speak for the professionalism of Westminster PD.
I just wanted to give the guy a hug listening to him in the aftermath.
I completely understand what this officer is experiencing. My brother, a 30 year veteran PD officer, had a similar situation. It affected him the rest of his life, and our family. No officer wants to be put in this situation. I pray he finds peace.
This officer didn't want to kill anyone but it's very clear that some do. If you believe that no cops are looking for an opportunity to shoot people then you'll dismiss unjustified shootings as being justified. This one was justified but you can easily find thousands of cases that weren't. It's not because all cops are bad, it's because civilian police are militarized (in countries like the US) and because law enforcement is a very attractive profession to sociopaths/psychopaths (ultimate control with minimal accountability) who are more than happy to fire their gun when they can get away with it
@@nowandaround312this is a completely unnecessary comment towards someone who had a moment of relatability. We all hear this mantra of how bad cops are all the time. Leave this person alone.
@@nowandaround312I agree with almost everything you’ve said. However, I think you nailed it when you said this profession attracts “sociopaths”. I used to date a cop. They are like a pack of wolves. Bound in solidarity. They have each others back no matter what the situation is. The vast majority of them reminded me of those kids that were bullied in HS!
@@nowandaround312why do people feel the need to read things into a lovely, empathetic comment, things that aren’t there.
Congratulations on hitting 1mil, Bruce !!!! That police officer broke my heart. It definitely seemed like suicide by cop and it was so hard on the officer. I really appreciated that his sergeant showed up and held his hand till he calmed down a bit. He obviously became an officer to protect and serve and that was a very sad day for him.
Very emotional and completely understandable. Great reactions by the cop. I hope he will be ok.
Yes unfortunately from what I can tell, it was definitely unaliving by cop. She looked like she was done with life but didn't want to end it by her own hands or ask someone to do it for her.
Trust me I could be wrong, but her whole setup just points to do that. The way her suv was parked, her demeanor, no communication what so ever, her uneasy and unnatural calmness about the whole thing, and how she just gently and naturally grabbed the gun and pointed at the cop.
I honestly feel bad for the both of them, I hope the lady's family and friends will be understanding about the WHOLE thing. Cause the cop sounds like he will be haunted by this forever.
I agree. She has the look of resignation and is way way to calm.
@@Aur1x1 Yea, it reminds me of the guy that passed away by his own hands while still keeping up a happy family appearance with his wife and children.
Like you could never tell that he had lost the battle with his inner demons and was gonna end it all. It was very sad since he seemed so happy on the outside and that he really and truly loved his family.
Thats the vibe i get too, She seemed completely uninterested in conversation that could end up changing her mind. I've seen what someone who wants the pain to end but not their life looks like, theres still a want to find the hope to live showing in them. She doesn't have that, almost like right then and there she decided that was when she was gonna go and nothing was going to change her mind
You can write suicide
Seems like it, especially because the only thing she answers is the question if she needs an ambulance, because she probably doesn’t want an ambulance nearby that could help.
That poor cop. I hope he gets all the support services he needs!
This just screams mental health. So sad. I really feel for the officer put in this position, he was so genuine and caring.
Grew up in Westminster, Co. I immediately recognized where this happened. I feel so bad for this cop, I hope that he is able to get the resources he needs to deal with the trauma he obviously recieved from having to shoot somone.
My heart goes out to the officer!
Great to see you back. I hope your friend is doing much better. Kudos to your son. You make a great team!
“I love the cops, they take them off the streets and I put them right back on it” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I CANNOT, BRUCE!
As a former cop, I didn't find police work overly difficult. Of course, I wasn't a jerk or it might have been different. However, when things go wrong, they often go really wrong. It also depends on the area. In some areas, the public makes it easy to be a cop, but in other areas, you never want to let your guard down.
Never been a cop, but this makes sense. If you work as a deputy in the suburbs, pretty boring. But work PD in west central Baltimore...
Thank you for your service!
🖤💙🖤
You weren't a jerk being a key part. So many cops want attention or for people to bow down before them. I respect constables who act with the law, and for justice. By what you describe you were that type, and most of the constables I've met were like that. But a few that came to escalate trouble, them I really remember and for that in general I don't trust officers of the law.
@@andychow5509Police never seem to acknowledge *why* they’ve lost public trust, they just blame the public and avoid accountability for their actions
One convenient tactic I’ve seen police use to defend themselves is “don’t lump us all in with the bad cops”
Conveniently ignoring the default position is to assume you’re a good cop, therefore lumping you in with the group you favorably identify with, while calling anyone doing the opposite unfair
@@Tortilla.Reformagreed. They also seem to forget the old saying, “one rotten apple spoils the barrel,” and if they’re letting their colleagues get away with rotten shit, they’re just as rotten (if not worse, honestly.)
That poor, courageous cop. As a society, we need to surround him with all the love and support he needs xo
My heart breaks for him … poor guy I’m not anti or pro cop but the job has to be hard man. My heart goes out to all involved ❤
He put his life on the line the moment he woke up and put his uniform on. He did the right thing to serve and protect not only himself but those around the situation. She pulled the gone so he would shoot her in my opinion.
i laughed heartily. Was a good watch seeing him crack. Oink oink!
Poor cop. He was in shock. Hope he's doing ok.
My heart goes out to that officer and I hope he gets plenty of counseling and down time to deal with this horrible situation.
In a weird way I am somewhat happy that the officer was so distressed after, not because I dislike police or enjoy hearing a person that is distressed but because it shows that he is a good man who REALLY did not want to harm anyone and was looking for a peaceful solution. I would actually be concerned if he did not react that way and had carried on like nothing happened and it was a normal day for him. My respect and best wishes go to the officer, I hope he recovers well from this horrible situation that he obviously tried to avoid.
Aye - sometimes I feel like a significant amount of the "bad cops" you see are people who have convinced themselves that everyone they end up in a confrontation with is an evil criminal that deserves what is coming to them, and that in turn feels like a rationalization that is made to avoid getting emotional in a situation like this. Not trying to get rid of the reaction to having shot someone is a sign of good.
He was in distress because the other woman in the car was a witness to the shooting. The officer knows the climate created by shootings like that in the USA today. So he wanted to make sure the other woman would testify in line with the cop's actions. It's really sad to see a cop who did everything right so terrified of being prosecuted that his mind won't even respond to the other officers but trying to make sure the witness is on his side.
@@hmmm3811extremely delusional take. She pulled out a gun pointed it at him and shot at him. He was completely justified.
@@hmmm3811he was in distress because his angle sucked and despite his efforts, he put a bullet through the witness’s WINDOW and was overloaded on adrenaline from the suicide by cop situation and being worried he hurt a bystander… and knowing he DEFINITELY traumatized her. It’s a fucking lot for one human to handle. If he wasn’t in distress after killing someone (no matter how justified) it would be more concerning.
Look at that! An honest, remorseful, and empathetic cop. Much respect for that cop.
We seem to live in an pandemic of distressed, mentally ill people pulling others into their dramas. If you're planning on checking off the planet, please either get help or just do it and don't involve others. This policeman will carry this with him for the rest of his life, and he did nothing wrong.
This has always happened. Only now, it’s audiovisually recorded and posted on the internet. Don’t think these times are any different than any others
@@abeecee Yes honey. These times are VERY different. And no, it's not because it's being recorded/posted. No, this has not always happened.
@@shotgunbettygaming honey?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 there's nothing new Under the Sun
@@deadmanswife3625 😐'honey' offends you? You don't have any Aunties that actually like you, do you?😑
I am unaware of any other time in documented Human History where mental illness was so rampant and normalized as acceptable behavior when it spills into the public arena.
I've never been privy to reading about a time in History where the public insisted on normalizing mental health disorders to the point of damaging the very fabric of Society.
Nor do I recall a time in History where our species actually devolved instead of evolved.
So yeah...some shit's new.
@@abeeceetrue. Suicide by cop has been going on for a long time.
This is heart wrenching. My husband is an Leo and this situation terrifies me. The mental health stuff they go through is unreal.
I just get the feeling this cop is the nicest guy on earth who found himself in the worse working day of his life. I feel so much for this guy.
Yes, Most police usually want to give you the benefit of a doubt but if he would have given her a chance to shoot him there is no telling who else she might have killed. He did what he had to do...period.
this cop was clearly very traumatized by the situation even as far as breaking down at one point on that bystander’s jeep who’s windshield got shot, just a wild situation.
I feel bad for that bystander. She just witnessed a shooting and then had to deal with a emotionally frail, armed, police officer, having a mental breakdown.
The cop kept going through with his job like he needed to do it for his own conscience and sanity, even though he was clearly losing it. It was heartwarming to see how the other officers quietly got him away from civilians and looked after him while preserving his dignity.
He is concerned, gentle, respectful. I feel so bad for him...
thank you for pointing out the stress and how hard it is for Law Enforcement to do their jobs. It's not easy and yes there are bad eggs...but most of them are good people.
Listening to his reaction is a great reminder that cops are people too. Most of us look at them differently because of the power they hold over us but at the end of the day most of them are just like this guy.
Hot tip: practice saying "I have a concealed carry license", and never say "I have a gun".
I was startled by a cop outside my own house, and when he told me to freeze, I blurted out, at adrenaline speed, "I have a gun!"
It worked out, but it could have been tragic. Saying you have a gun is a threat. Saying you have a license is reassuring. You decide if you want to be perceived as a threat to a cop.
That's some good advice
Jeez, you were lucky! It's tricky, what to say - I mean, I'm not sure saying you have a license when you actually have a gun is the perfect solution, but let's put it this way - if you were a cat, I'd say you walked away from that encounter with significantly fewer lives!🙀😉
I mean not every state requires a conceal carry license to conceal carry. In az if I tell him I have a license, I’m lying. If I tell him I have a weapon, I am not.
😂 in this situation she only wanted suicide and he should have called back up way before to avoid this mishap 😅 yikes he might get sued because I didn’t really see her gun at all
@@LalithoTheRedBorderCollieWhen should he have called backup? Everything was calm until it wasn’t. The police don’t call in backup a few minutes into a calm traffic stop.
Bruce, you're so fair and a voice of reason. Indeed there are good and bad cops and we do need to give credit to the good while exposing the bad. It's obvious this cop has very human emotions and is not trigger happy. IMHO, his reaction and response is totally understandable and justified. This poor woman was likely suffering some sort of mental illness. Just tragic for everyone. No doubt this will effect him forever. Thanks for another great job telling a story based on fact and logic. As always 👍
Ive only ever had one Real interaction with a Cop. I was freshly diagnosed with PTSD and my neighbour had gone unresponsive in her back yard. I did CPR on her (said f covid i didnt care in the moment) and unfortunately she had passed (no pain thankfully, she had an unfiagnosed heart condition) and the police officer that came with EMS gave me a victim services card, his personal card and sat in silence with me while i took it all in. Very thankful for that man
I could believe he was told to turn off his body camera because this is the worst moment of his life, he's dealing with a lot of guilt and grief, and the camera had seen enough of his mental breakdown.
They always tell them to turn it off after a shooting because they can incriminate themselves, same reason advice for civilians after an event like this is to not say a thing. I dont think it should be legal though to turn off their body cam, this is when its absolutely most important
I love the relationship that you have with your son. How cool.
Totally understand the officer,,,my condolences to the lady’s family
You know, this video really shows something important. That being not everyone is a killer. It takes a certain kind of responsibility to take someone's life, and a majority of times no one will want to take it. A cop's job is always to get people out of danger, including the perp who may be causing it. That latter part is never easy, as if someone is shooting back, they are A. Overconfident in their abilities, or B. They are seeking to not come out of this situation alive. It's a really tough decision, and this poor man made the best one he could make in this situation.
Leo and military don't start the day wishing to shoot someone . Idc how good of a solider or cop you are. You remember every single time.
@@samuelpancake4084Having the ability to compartmentalize is critical.
@@samuelpancake4084Plenty join both because they want to kill and need a legal way to live like a cowboy, we don’t need to blanket virtue signal about people who choose these roles being heroes. Many choose to be police because of the immense power they get over everyone else by taking the government job that empowers them. Uvalde showed us the “few bad apples” excuse is a myth
@@samuelpancake4084Stop comparing the two military personnel never goes around abusing authority. Most cops do it every time they open their mouths.
I like the purple tie-- a quick reaction time from the cop...I found it interesting when you said "cops take them off the street and I put them right back on"...People always think defense attorneys defend dirt bags and put them back on the street" but in reality criminal defense attorneys are there to make sure innocent people are not convicted of crimes..Your intro's to your videos are awesome..
Watching this made my heart feel so heavy. God bless this officer.😭
Absolutely heartbreaking. Regardless of how you feel about cops in general, in this moment all I see is a human being who was forced to take another human being's life in a moment of extreme stress and panic, and who is genuinely devastated by the fact. That's going to be a very hard thing to mentally and emotionally recover from. My heart goes out to everyone involved in this tragedy and the people who love them.
I love this lawyer. This thing was really sad!
Its just a sad situation. Im a veteran and i will never forget the feeling everytime pulling a trigger. It haunts you and its burned in my eyeballs .
So sorry for your ghosts
I can’t imagine what this officer is going through. God help him and families involved
I lost my friend 6 years ago today to 5uicide. I hate this situation for everyone involved. I pray for this officer and that he gets help quickly. I found my friend, which was added trauma. I can’t imagine the trauma of this situation. I see ALL trauma so differently now. I will say it makes me angry that people do this to officers. Go out of this world by your own hand. Don’t take others with you or have someone else do it for you.. To see or find a dead person who died a violent looking death is forever life changing. It doesn’t ever go away.
Happy you and Michael are back together doing your collaborative content magic.
Bless this officers heart. The raw emotion in his voice after the shooting proves he is grief striken by what he had to do. He also sounded genuinely concerned about her leading up to the incident. I hope he gets whatever help he needs to deal with what happened and move past it. ❤
Being a cop and going from calm to almost having to use deadly really comes this quick. Being military police we got all kinds of people who you never think would do something so crazy. Especially on base overseas. We were conducting a DUI check point and it was next to this bowling alley. Dude was driving towards us but it looked like he was parking at first. We also had a car coming from the opposite direction. In a split second this other dude in the bowling alley came at us speeding and we tried to flag him down to stop but he was on us so fast. He jumped the curb almost striking us. He took off blew several red lights and was driving about 75 mph in a 25mph zone. Dude ended up recking out basically trying to kill himself. He was hammered and later blew like a .225. Once he wrecked we pulled out our guns and ordered him out of the car. We were about 25ft away and could smell the odor of alcohol. Had there not been a guard rail there he possibly would have killed himself with there being a 15ft drop off. Never did I think this would happen overseas involving another military dude. When he means spilt second decision he means it. Using the right amount of force to stop the threat. Whether it’s non lethal or deadly force. The force necessary to stop the threat. Cops never shoot to kill only to stop the initial threat from continuing their action.
I worked in Law Enforcement for just a little more than a year after retiring as a flight nurse. I went from being a welcome professional on the scene (as a flight nurse) to being very hated as a LE officer. I ended up being involved in a situation where my partner and I were ambushed. After fatally wounding the individual who ambushed us, I realized that I had gone from saving lives to quite the opposite. After this incident I resigned and went back to school. I have the utmost respect for those who do this job. I was not cut out for law enforcement. I know very many good men and women who dedicate their lives to this profession. In my eyes, it’s one of the most difficult jobs in this country. Aside from a few bad apples (the few you hear about on the news - a true minority) these men and women should be commended for what they do. Y’all have a blessed day!
So happy to hear Bruce say its hard to be a cop. This is a sad situation for everyone.🙏❤️👮
I thought I was desensitized to this kind of thing. But I am crying. My god. Bless all of these people...the vulnerable and the strong.
Faith in humanity enhanced by this poor cop. His reaction was very shocked but 100% kind and thoughtful.
In the area where I live a street over the sheriff's deputies were responding to a case is infant SID or "crib death", this just wrecked one deputy, I ran into him when he was leaving the area and he asked if he could interact with my dogs saying he's had a really rough case. One of my dogs was a service dogs and she ran over to him and started licking his face, my other pup climbed onto his lap, both were large dogs. I'm glad I could get his mind off his day.
COP JUSTIFIED.
Awwww I felt so bad for this cop. You could tell he was a kind hearted man who really didn’t want to do this. Him crying and talking to the Jess girl made me want to cry. You could tell by the time he got to her he didn’t know what to do and just wanted to comfort her and break down himself. He was really just freaking out. Understandably. His adrenaline was definitely high as hell then crashing. Poor guy. I hope he’s okay now and the lady’s family is okay too. Ughhhhh
Love how Bruce gives respect to officers and the job they have to do. I also love how these videos inform us of laws & rights..they help us to consider situations from different angles...TY Bruce & Michael
My heart goes out to this officer. Very hard job. Rip lady. I don't know what was going on but it looked like you couldn't take it ( whatever that may be) anymore. Peace, Love and Light 💜
I'm so sorry for everyone involved in this. Respect for this officier. Much strength to everyone who got affected by this.
I think he was just thankful to be alive and that’s why he said “God bless America”. His adrenaline was at max levels, so he was saying some stuff that don’t make sense.
And that the woman in the jeep wasn’t taken by him. I think he worries about that most in that moment.
I think he was praying for our country.
Loving the beard Bruce!!!! Glad to see you and Michael reunited! And glad that your back safely. Still praying for your buddies. Glad you had a great time. Can’t wait for the vlog when you guys hit SA To Alaska!
Lovin' the beard, Mr. Rivers! It give you a very trustable appearance and one of strength and safety. Your unwavering, universal compassion and confidence rings out authentic and loudly, as usual. I seldom feel bad for a cop, but this one certainly tried everything else first. He DID NOT want to shoot this lady.
I dont think the officer was aggressive when he was asking if the people in the other car were ok...he probably just realized that a bullet had hit the windshield and that potentially they might have a 2nd victim and he may have killed another person...so his stress was already at 2000% and then probably went over 9000% when he saw that
he made a huge mistake backing up and opening them to the line of fire. he had body armor and once she reached he shoulda shot her. you know life if the person in the car was black.
@gamerslockerslife4444 you're wrong. First of all his decision to move towards the back of the vehicle is part of his training, it gives him better cover and 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of the time there won't be someone in the forward direction. So it wasn't a decision he made, it was his training kicking in.
2ndly, man oh man if I had a nickel for every time someone played the "if they were black" card...woo I'd be one wealthy bastard. But no, just because the media reports on every single police interaction that leads to the death of a person of color doesn't mean it happens a lot. There are damn near a million cops in the US, each doing numerous interactions with people of color every single day. If your argument of "if they were black" held water it would be a daily bloodbath, particularly in the cities and neighborhoods with large PoC population density areas. This isn't, and has never been the case.
That poor cop♡ My heart was breaking hearing the emotion in his voice. And on a lighter note, the end of this video made me giggle so hard 😂
I can’t imagine going about your day, minding your own business, doing your job and then this happens. I hope he is able to forgive himself. And hopefully that lady was able to find the peace she needed.
I honestly feel bad for everyone involved in this situation, not just the cop. The witnesses, that poor woman’s family, everyone.
I love that you create a unique e-sign ad for each of your videos. I actually listen to your ads because each one is tailored to the video you are commenting on!
Why hello Bruce, looking mighty fine with that beard.
This cop really sounded concerned for the woman that pulled the gun. when he went to the jeep and broke down, it seemed he was relieved that innocent driver wasn't hurt. I feel so bad for him, and the family of the woman he shot.
Am so glad no one else got hurt. I was an 🚑 worker and my old man was a cop...That officer didn't have any good choice to make. I hope he is ok mentally
That poor cop... In absolute shock. IMO he did everything he was supposed to and it still went bad (because some people are just determined).
I hope he's getting help to handle this and knows he did whatever he could. Sir, we see that and I'm praying for you, the woman in the Jeep and any loved ones of the decedent.
That cop did everything he could do to make sure things were good and ended up having to pay a heavy psychological price for that lady's mental (I assume) issues. I wish him the best in recovering from this. I feel bad for the lady's family, too. They probably didn't imagine that she wouldn't come home that day.
Damn. I'm not one to usually defend cops but I feel so bad for this man. His approach was pure concern and empathy. He was devastated to have to shoot her. This is absolutely tragic.