“Ferrell had wrecked his car down the street and had simply
gone to the nearest home seeking help, family attorney Chris Chestnut said.”
When he choose a random home to go to he made a mistake in choosing this one
which he found out later that night. How was he supposed to know walking up to
a random house would get 911 called on him for all the wrong reasons? To me
this case seems a lot like he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I don’t
understand why somebody would call 911 and lie to them about such a huge
situation that could get Ferrell, the man that “was beating on the door” in
trouble. If you lie there is consequences this being one of them, falsely leading
others into trouble. I feel as though she was part to blame but of course she didn’t
know the cop would shoot him even when he was not threatening anybody when they
got there.
"The
onus isn't on the homeowner. The onus really here is on the officer, because
it's the officer's job. He's a trained professional. She's a citizen. She can
panic. An officer cannot," Chestnut said. Of course the homeowner isn’t guilty,
maybe she made a mistake in stretching the truth and blowing things out of proportion.
But any defense less person would and we all make mistakes and freak out without
thinking about what would be the appropriate thing to do. Now when your job
involves staying calm and making smart decisions and knowing what to do with
criminals, maybe you should better prepared and more careful about the life of
others at risk. Instead Kerrick freaked out along with the woman even though
Ferrell was not armed in any way, showing no threat. Not to mention he wasn’t running
from the cop at first sight, because he wasn’t guilty of anything, that he knew
of. The cop should use his knowledge of the fact that usually when somebody has
committed a crime or attempted to, they would be running at the first sight of
a cop. So clearly this was no sort of defense, no sort of shooting to get the burglar
from escaping, it was him not thinking about the decision he was making before
he did it which is something a cop should always do before shooting at someone.
"The
public should see the video ... because it tells the story better than
anyone," he said.
The more evidence to the case, the better. Getting the public involved would also give another point of view. Of course none of the police and attorneys in support of Kerrick wanted anybody to see the video because they only cared about defending their fellow policeman. If that was what they were trying to do by not showing it, which it probably is, then they are very selfish for that which is definitely not a good look for someone who is supposed to “serve and protect this country.” I’ve heard many cases about the police abusing their power and shooting innocent people based on them thinking they were doing something bad but in reality were not. I’m not trying to say all policemen are bad, but ill equip ones are and they are the reasons situations like this are happening.
The more evidence to the case, the better. Getting the public involved would also give another point of view. Of course none of the police and attorneys in support of Kerrick wanted anybody to see the video because they only cared about defending their fellow policeman. If that was what they were trying to do by not showing it, which it probably is, then they are very selfish for that which is definitely not a good look for someone who is supposed to “serve and protect this country.” I’ve heard many cases about the police abusing their power and shooting innocent people based on them thinking they were doing something bad but in reality were not. I’m not trying to say all policemen are bad, but ill equip ones are and they are the reasons situations like this are happening.
I can’t imagine how Ferrell’s family must be
doing but I hope they find justice in this all and we can stop things like this
from going on.
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