In the aftermath of the Ferguson police shooting, police lieutenant Ray Albers of the neighboring St. Ann police department got himself fired by pointing his assault rifle at protesters and journalists and saying, “I will f—– kill you!” Now, Albers is fighting to keep his cop license, so he can get another job in law enforcement. This is what happened at his license hearing:
“Video footage from the night in question clearly shows Albers pointing his rifle at people who were recording police activity. He can be seen advancing in their direction as they stood on the sidewalk. But Albers claimed that he was ‘approached by a mob of people’ and that he only raised his weapon because he saw a black male with a handgun. … However, in each of the three videos played during the hearing, Albers can be seen pointing his gun toward … the crowd. At no point does he appear to be pursuing [anyone] …. Albers was also a long distance away from Sam’s Meat Market at the point when he claims to have seen individuals carrying Molotov cocktails and a handgun.”
One of two things has to be true: Either Albers is lying, or if he did see a man with a gun, he made no effort to apprehend and disarm him. Either way, he shouldn’t be a cop again. Read the story here.