I don't know if you guys follow this channel or not, but the Police Activity Channel on Youtube contains some amazing footage that is also often instructional. In this particular video an officer stopped someone walking along I-75 between of Dayton and Cincinnati. The guy ends up pulling a knife on him and the office shows a heck of a lot more restraint than I would have. Once the situation is resolved the officer starts to retell the events and another recommends he stop making any statements for the time being. I know it's part and parcel here, but I feel this is extremely good corroboration of why so many in the self defense community recommend not making any statements immediately after a self-defense situation. Even the police recommend against it.
Obviously the officer was 100% in the clear and did a remarkable job of handling the situation, but the recommendation to keep quiet was a good one. Hopped up on adrenaline and being mentally exhausted he might have inadvertently said something that would be contradicted by his bodycam footage. Some lawyer might have then tried to argue that the officer was clearly trying to misrepresent the encounter. At any rate, good work by this officer, my hat is off to him.
[video=youtube;4buDqSE3Vx4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4buDqSE3Vx4[/video]
Obviously the officer was 100% in the clear and did a remarkable job of handling the situation, but the recommendation to keep quiet was a good one. Hopped up on adrenaline and being mentally exhausted he might have inadvertently said something that would be contradicted by his bodycam footage. Some lawyer might have then tried to argue that the officer was clearly trying to misrepresent the encounter. At any rate, good work by this officer, my hat is off to him.
[video=youtube;4buDqSE3Vx4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4buDqSE3Vx4[/video]