so he stood actually for much of the interview so he wouldn t have to look up to tom snyder. when he had his hand around my neck, he was actually it was very creepy. and he was actually saying to me, are you going to ask questions like is this where i hold the knife to women s throats? and my blood ran cold until i realized as i was warned that this was a test. so i m actually responding right there, oh, charles, you re such a kidder. and he shrugged and a littlismish and walked away. jesus. that s frightening to imagine. why do you think he was so good then at man inlatesting people? particularly vulnerable women. many of whom who stood by him, even after the conviction of these crimes. he was a little bit older than they were. he had been raised in the prison system and his closest friend was a pimp who really taught
video of excessive use of force like that seems to have been flooding american television this year but we now have a truly heroic example of restraint on the use of force by officer jesse kidder in new richmond, ohio. a murder suspect approaching officer kidder in the dark and repeatedly asks the officer to shoot him. officer kidder had been warned that the suspect might be armed. but he remarkably keeps his cool in the face of danger. get your hands up! get your hands up! get your hands up right now! stop! stop right there! i don t want to shoot you, man. i don t want to shoot you. don t do it man.
him. i started a dialogue saying i don t want to shoot you, just get on the ground. he wasn t having it. he just kept yelling shoot me. at one point he said shoot me or i ll shoot you. at one point the suspect charged. he got right in my face before he lost balance. if he had attacked i thought at one point i would have to use deadly force to protect myself. just as he backed down there was backup. we ve shown a number of police encounter videos often showing very disturbing behavior on the part of law enforcement. there s been several police officers both on and off the air who said these videos don t often capture the difficulties of making life and death decisions during interactions with suspects. what this video shows is a testament to that incredibly hard task. it s also an illustration of a situation that could have ended very well easily in death, and didn t and that is a testament to officer kidder s bravery and commitment in bringing a deadly situation to a peaceful
then the suspect charged. hi got towards my face right as i lost balance. i thought if he does attack me i ll have to use deadly force. just in the nick of time there s the sound of backup. the past several months we have shown a number of police encounter videos, often showing very disturbing behavior on the part of law enforcement. several police officers who said to me these videos often do not properly capture the difficulties of making life-and-death decisions during interactions with suspect. what this video shows is a testament to that incredibly difficult task. it could have ended easily in death, and that is a testament to officer kidder s bravery and commitment to bringing the situation to a peaceful resolution. the question is, how do we create policing nationwide that produces more peaceful outcomes?