Road-raging motorcyclist points gun at car — and Georgia cops let him go

[RandySF]

An angry motorcyclist who threatened another driver with a gun on a Georgia highway Sunday was allowed by the police to go free.

According to Atlanta’s CBS Channel 46, a former police officer who filmed what appeared to be a clear case of road rage now wants to know why the gun-waving man wasn’t charged.

The witness told Channel 46 that the motorcyclist was placing himself and the lives of everyone around him in danger.

“Drawing a firearm, in just about every case, should be an absolute last resort. It seems like it was this guy’s first resort,” he said.

The witness followed the cyclist, filming him with his dashboard camera while calling 911.

When police caught up with the motorcyclist, they briefly detained him, then removed his handcuffs and let him go.


http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/watch-road-raging-motorcyclist-points-gun-at-car-and-georgia-cops-let-him-go/

[Scuba]

1. Anyone care to speculate on the man's race?

[cui bono]

3. If I typed less I would have been the first to mention that!

[valerief]

8. Does anyone really have to look at the link to know he's white? nt

[Recursion]

11. "Speculate" is a strong word

It's either an off-duty cop or a reservist, probably the first.

But white privilege doesn't exist or anything...

[cui bono]

2. I'll take a guess and say the motorcyclist was white.

And then I'd like to know why using a gun for road rage is ever even a last resort? It should not happen at all.

Why are we just moving the goal posts continually as to what is acceptable behavior? Society is doomed.

[tularetom]

4. "...they briefly detained him, then removed his handcuffs and let him go..."

...after they discovered he was an off duty cop.

(just a guess but it wouldn't surprise me).

[edgineered]

5. ^^^ - Occam's razor

[Cirque du So-What]

7. If this off-duty cop were black

it's within the realm of possibility that he wouldn't have been afforded an opportunity to identify himself as such in the first place.

[valerief]

9. Excellent guess. He also could have been a rich kid. nt

[DetlefK]

10. Yeah, most likely an off-duty cop.