[Ammi]

Youtube video

The moment a bungling officer shot his colleague nine times during a drug sting is captured in a video just released by a US police department.

"Oh s*** that was Jacob!" screams Lt Greg Brachle after opening fire on the undercover detective during the January 2015 mix-up in a McDonald's car park in Albuquerque.

Jacob Grant, 38, survived, though he lost 80% of his blood and suffered injuries to all of his major organs as he was shot in the arm, shoulder, chest, abdomen and hip.

The footage was released a day after the city of Albuquerque paid a $6.5m settlement to Detective Grant, who has undergone multiple surgeries since the shooting.

The white officer and another colleague were in a vehicle with two black drug suspects, who were surrendering as officers moved in.

Lt Brachle approached the car, which had tinted windows, and opened fire as one of the rear doors opened.

"Holy s*** it's Jacob! ******* me!" Lt Greg Brachle screams as he realises his near-fatal error.

"I didn't know it was you," he howls. "Hang in there, bro. I thought you were a bad guy."

"Are you okay?" he asks the wounded cop, who wasn't wearing body armour.

Detective Grant replies: "No."

As part of the settlement, the city agreed to pay the father-of-two's medical expenses for the rest of his life.

He will be granted medical retirement.

Lt Brachle retired after the Police Oversight Agency recommended he be fired.

The agency found that he did not follow standard procedures and missed a crucial briefing before the sting operation.



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[Mystic Mock]

How can you accidentally shoot a colleague nine times?

I suspect there's more to his motives that can't be proven, especially as he wasn't at the briefing on this particular case either, what was he exactly doing at that moment?

[kirklancaster]

Same story - different victim. Just another over zealous, trigger-happy cop who was prepared to shoot what he thought was a blackman without observing any of the accepted codes of practice.

The key phrases in the report are:

"a bungling officer shot his colleague nine times"

"The white officer and another colleague were in a vehicle with two black drug suspects, who were surrendering as officers moved in."

How does one justify shooting a man who is surrendering 9 times???????

I wonder how much compensation one of the black 'suspects' would have received HAD they actually have been the victim?

[Kizzy]

Unbelievable :/ and then to blame him? talk about adding insult to injury...
Pleased he survived though wow! shot 9 times through a car window and lives, what a guy.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Accidents happen when guns are involved, law enforcement is dangerous. Hindsight has no danger

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Ammi

"Holy s*** it's Jacob! ******* me!" Lt Greg Brachle screams as he realises his near-fatal error.

"I didn't know it was you," he howls. "Hang in there, bro. I thought you were a bad guy."

"Are you okay?" he asks the wounded cop, who wasn't wearing body armour.

Detective Grant replies: "No."

I'm sorry but this reads like a comedy sketch! Like a scene form South Park or something.

LT still adamantly refusing to admit that US cops can be trigger-happy is the icing on the cake."Anyone could accidentally shoot another cop NINE TIMES, accidents happen."

Hahahaha...

[Tom4784]

When police officers make mistakes people can and will die. Saying 'accidents happen' is a stupid copout (wordplay not intended).

If you're going to arm every police officer on duty with a gun then standards to be a police officer needs to be higher. There's far too many police officers in the US that should never be allowed to hold positions of power.

[Kizzy]

Is this from 1970?

[arista]

Its America
Ammi.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I'm sorry but this reads like a comedy sketch! Like a scene form South Park or something.

LT still adamantly refusing to admit that US cops can be trigger-happy is the icing on the cake."Anyone could accidentally shoot another cop NINE TIMES, accidents happen."

Hahahaha...

[Crimson Dynamo]

The policeman shot what he thought was a deadly perp 9 times who turned out to be AN UNDERCOVER COP.

BIG DIFFERENCE


but still lets get the usual suspects together to bait the police

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The policeman shot what he thought was a deadly perp 9 times who turned out to be AN UNDERCOVER COP.

BIG DIFFERENCE


but still lets get the usual suspects together to bait the police

He knew the Cop as soon as he saw his face, therefore knew what he looked like. In other words - he shot someone before he had seen them properly any idea who they actually were.

No, in fact, he didn't just shoot... He unloaded his entire clip on a closed car. That's not tactical, that is a panic reaction, and anyone who panics like that should not be holding a gun in the first place Ffs.

[GiRTh]

Cop who shot fellow officer: I didn't know it was you

Brachle appears to scream out in fear and shock after realizing he'd shot one of his own.

"I'm sorry," Brachle screams. "I didn't know it was you ... I thought you were a bad guy."

Grant has undergone multiple surgeries, and has been in and out of a hospital since the incident. He and the city settled the lawsuit for $6.5 million this week.

Grant said because of the settlement, all the donations given to his family will be set aside for other injured officers and charities.

The city has shelled out almost $40 million in settlements since 2010 when it comes to lawsuits facing the Albuquerque Police Department.

That does not include lawyer fees, though the city also agreed to pick up Grant's medical expenses for the rest of his life.

Grant will also receive a medical retirement. He turned 38 this month.

"My family and I wish to express our profound gratitude to the community, my fellow APD officers, Chief (Gorden) Eden and my medical staff," he said.

He added that he can't change or undo what happened.

"We are hopeful that this incident will be positively used to improve law enforcement training, practices, policies and procedures," he said.

Brachle has since retired. The Police Oversight Agency recently recommended that Brachle be fired, but he retired before that could happen.

The agency's executive director, Edward Harness, says that Brachle made several mistakes that could have been prevented using common sense.

Brachle, Grant's supervisor, didn't attend a briefing for the drug bust, and responded for some reason when he found out the bust was happening.

Without knowing specific details of the operation, Brachle interjected and shot Grant who was sitting in the back of the car behind the driver.

Brachle shot Grant when Grant pulled a gun on one of the suspects. Harness says that it is standard operating procedure that a cop drive a bust car and that their partner sit behind them for safety.

Harness says Brachle had done hundreds of drug busts and should have known where Grant was sitting. He also should have known that Grant would be armed.

"It should have been evident to Brachle where Grant was in that car," Harness said.

Brachle and Grant had worked together for over two years.

In his lapel video, Brachle was listening to radio communications of the operation where both of the suspects were being described as African-American.

Harness says that Brachle should have realized who Grant was the moment he opened the door of the car being targeted.

This is not the first shooting case involving Brachle. He was involved in a shooting at a southwest Albuquerque home in 1998. According to a lawsuit filed in 2000, an Albuquerque man was in a fight with his ex-wife and a neighbor. The suit claims Brachle shot the man as he left the house with his hands in the air. He did survive.

According to the report, the man was drunk and charged with assault on a peace officer

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The officer doing the shooting was a Lieutenant and not an untrained rookie. Also, the Lieutenant had allegedly shot a man with his hands up in 1998.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The policeman shot what he thought was a deadly perp 9 times who turned out to be AN UNDERCOVER COP.

BIG DIFFERENCE


but still lets get the usual suspects together to bait the police

I'm not sure who is baiting the police. This is yet another unnecessary shooting.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

I'm not sure who is baiting the police. This is yet another unnecessary shooting.

LT defends police officers no matter what they do, it's always the victim's fault, it's never the perpetrator's.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

LT defends police officers no matter what they do, it's always the victim's fault, it's never the perpetrator's.

Unless its the Portuguese police in the McCann investigation.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

LT defends police officers no matter what they do, it's always the victim's fault, it's never the perpetrator's.

I was wondering if there would ever be an exception to the rule but apparently not. Even when the victim is also a cop. And the weapon is fired NINE times. Nine! Not nine random pot shots trying to get one hit - nine shots that all connected. At an obscured target. It's madness...

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

How can you accidentally shoot a colleague nine times?

I suspect there's more to his motives that can't be proven, especially as he wasn't at the briefing on this particular case either, what was he exactly doing at that moment?

No way should it be able to happen Mock, this is a shocking story.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

LT defends police officers no matter what they do, it's always the victim's fault, it's never the perpetrator's.

Why is it a dangerous attitude? What's going to happen? are we all going to be gunned down by LT in an early morning killing spree

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Why is it a dangerous attitude? What's going to happen? are we all going to be gunned down by LT in an early morning killing spree

Victim blaming is always a dangerous attitude and one that should be discouraged. If we blame the victims then the perpetrators can be vindicated for their actions.

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Victim blaming is always a dangerous attitude and one that should be discouraged. If we blame the victims then the perpetrators can be vindicated for their actions.

So you would rather the officer did not shoot and took a bullet instead?

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

So you would rather the officer did not shoot and took a bullet instead?

Well, the undercover police officer seemed competent enough not to shoot a co-worker that he knew would be apart of the operation so your post makes no real sense.

(You should read articles before commenting on threads so that you don't embarrass yourself in future.)

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Well, the undercover police officer seemed competent enough not to shoot a co-worker that he knew would be apart of the operation so your post makes no real sense.

(You should read articles before commenting on threads so that you don't embarrass yourself in future.)

Apparently everyones post in any thread makes no sense to you. And we all need to read up and educate our selves too.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

Apparently everyones post in any thread makes no sense to you. And we all need to read up and educate our selves too.

Well, since you don't understand what this story is about then you really should take a minute to read the article so you don't embarass yourself by making posts that don't have any relevance at all to the story.

Long story short, A police officer shot another undercover police officer nine times because he was stupid and didn't follow procedure. The officer who was shot was never going to shoot the idiot cop who fired the gun, so saying 'you would rather the officer did not shoot and took a bullet instead?' makes no sense because the shooter was in no danger from the undercover officer.

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Well, since you don't understand what this story is about then you really should take a minute to read the article so you don't embarass yourself by making posts that don't have any relevance at all to the story.

Long story short, A police officer shot another undercover police officer nine times because he was stupid and didn't follow procedure. The officer who was shot was never going to shoot the idiot cop who fired the gun, so saying 'you would rather the officer did not shoot and took a bullet instead?' makes no sense because the shooter was in no danger from the undercover officer.

Everyone in here with a different point of view to yours is some how uneducated. We have not apparently read the story