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Reply With QuoteIts not over, Harless can still appeal.
Whatever Happened to the 'Cop Heard Around the World' I wasn't planning on including nearly the entire post by Dan Zimmerman, but, looking it over, I feel that nearly the entire post should be seen here.
I've been champing at the bit to find out what happened to this incredibly scary copy in Canton, OH. When I Googled his name, up came a number of updates on his situation. He has been fired, but, having been caught threatening the life of a citizen who had a Concealed Carry Permit, all of a sudden they have discovered that he has PTSD from some unspecified situation eight years ago.
I could have paraphrased the posting, below, but I felt Dan Zimmerman's post, what I copied of it, should be read in its entirety as he wrote it. I left out very little.
I did not seek out whatever happened to this cop's partner, the one who could have stopped his partner's rant and threats, but did not interfere. He, too, should have been disciplined severely.
Originally Posted Elsewhere by Dan Zimmerman:
Canton police officer and anger management poster boy Daniel Harless has been fired from the Canton, Ohio police force... As cantonrep.com so eloquently put it, “A pattern of verbal abuse and death or physical threats was too much for the city to overlook when deciding to fire Patrolman Daniel Harless, according to the safety director.” You can probably see how threatening to “execute” motorists who are licensed to carry a gun could be problematic.
According to safety director Thomas Ream who issued the ruling:
“It is quite clear that (Harless’) actions represented a pattern of behavior where inappropriate verbal abuse and threats of death or great bodily harm of the various complainants occurred,” Ream wrote in his ruling.
“This escalating pattern of potentially dangerous behavior cannot be justified or excused and clearly illustrates the seriousness of the departmental infractions,” he added.
As you’d expect, the Canton Police Patrolman’s Association will be appealing the ruling. CPPA president Bill Adams said,
“Obviously, it’s an unfortunate set of circumstances that transpired,” Adams said. “We feel that due to the fact that (Harless) has PTSD, that nobody realized it for eight-plus years, for it to come to light the way it did … this is not a way we wanted this to play out. PTSD is obviously a disease.”
Adams said that the incident that sparked the illness occurred in 2003 when a suspect nearly bit off Harless’ finger while trying to get the officer’s gun.
Harless’s PTSD wasn’t diagnosed until after was finally removed from active duty for his abusive behavior, eight years after the incident that allegedly caused it.
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Its not over, Harless can still appeal.
No, the way Adams wanted it to "play out" was the citizen to be convicted. I don't believe that he had PTSD for 8 years and no one noticed. That's just BS and I'm not buying it. His partner should be disciplined as well. Maybe 6 months off without pay would wake him up.
Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you:
...Jesus Christ and the American G.I.
One died for your sins; the other for your freedom.
PTSD?!?! Nothing but a b.s. excuse to try to cover for a BAD COP. This guy was nothing more than a thug with a badge. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM !!
(If you wish for peace, prepare for war !!)
100% agreement. The partner should have been fired as well, for standing there and watching it happen and not stopping it.Originally Posted by BKG203
War to the Knife, Knife to the hilt.
If we don't want to live in a trashy area, we all have to be willing to help pick up the trash.
In other words, the officer was scared spitless after the previous incident. If he suffers from PTSD, he has no business on the police force, and I would seriously question his eligibility to carry a weapon, whether as a civilian or peace officer.
I am not defending the Officer. He screwed up royal and was way out of line. As to him not being on the force IF they had discovered his PTSD, I am sure that he could have been regulated to some duty that never would deal with the stresses that could set him off. There is no need to throw away a man's career and purpose in life for something that happened to him. At this point he threw his own career away, and people were put in danger while it happened. I feel sorry for everyone involved, they are all victims of rules put in place by short sighted, narrow minded legislatures that want everything to be both ways without thinking about the stressful situations that it could create. I am not for socialized medicine or universal anything, but we need to have people watching out for each other and he was failed by everyone around him. I hope he gets the help he needs, the poor CCW carrier that was put through the abuse gets compensated, and the partner to go through training on how to handle situations that are getting out of hand.
