officers in this encounter shouted at least 71 commands. 71 commands, in approximately a 13-minute period. i want to play a clip frankly from that initial stop for a moment. listen to this. i didn t do anything. turn your ass around don t do that. ok? get on the fing ground. i ll tase your ass. i m on the ground. i ll tase you. get off the ground. . just hearing this yet again, frankly, it is anxiety producings at the the least. and i wonder about this the screaming, the confusion that must have ensued the disorienting nature, how disorienting to receive the com the initial stop. know what he was getting pulled over for, i went to the police academy we were trained not to do that. i ll let law enforcement analyst get to the nuts and bolts when you go to the police academy they struck you to have one individual interacting with that with that person, she don t that you don t have those conflicting type of commands, because people know what to do and the more it e
to the officers tyre nichols was? he was the one in that video we just played who appeared to be trying to use some kind of deescalation tactics, the cooler head attempting to prevail. i wonder what should the officers have done besides none of this? what should the officers should have done what would have been the appropriate training. they were a unit, one person should have been defending anatomied to give the commands, several commands there and you re right, so many, there s no way you could perform them all of the tone of the escalating when you have units like that, you hear get on the ground, lay on the ground, put hand behind your back and you hear the tone so the tone set up a lot of confusion and you re right. tyre was trying to deescalate it in many ways throughout the
the crisis. the doj has reached a settlement in 20 cases involving lafayette square protesters protesting against racial injustice following the death of george floyd. the united states park police released a new policy that would require officers to be clearly identifiable with visual name plates on gear and pell mets. the policy also lays out the new guidelines about the use of non-lethal force, such as using deescalation tactics and seeking approval before using defense equipment. that s some of what you may have missed. let s watch as grand rapids as i do the eulogy and stand with that family for justice for this young man unarmed, shot in the back of his head. we ll be right back.
year throughout that 26 year period, right? yes. sometimes multiple times a year, right? yes. and all of those requirements were in place to make sure that you continued at the beginning of your career, continued to be competent and capable of performing the requirements of the job, right? yes. you mentioned on direct that you were also a hostage negotiator as part of your duties? crisis negotiator. crisis negotiator. that involves some hostage type situations? i ve never had a hostage situation. ok. crisis negotiation. yes. and that involves some deescalation tactics, i presume, correct? yes. and you have to develop that skill set and be pretty good at deescalating situations as a crisis negotiator, fair? yes. you had some experience in stressful situations doing that?
training? yes. you did that every year throughout that 26-year period, right? yes. sometimes multiple times a year, right? yes. and all of those requirements were in place to make sure that you continued at the beginning of your career and continued to be competent and capable of performing the requirements of the job, right? yes. you mentioned on direct that you were also a hostage negotiator as part of your duties, right? crisis negotiator. crisis negotiator. did that involve some hostage-type situations? i never had a hostage situation. but crisis situation? yes. and that evolved some deescalation tactics, i presume. yes. you had to be pretty good at de-escalating situations as a crisis negotiator, fair? yes. you had experience in stressful situations doing that?