Yeah I agree. They couldn’t do anything

Exactly, it’s very common for people to drown while trying to save someone. Also the guy should have never jumped in, it’s not like the cops pushed him into the water. He went in himself

Now THIS wins the "ridiculous comment" award. Doubly ridiculous.

@@u32481 Only if they're stupid enough to jump in after someone ELSE - instead of throwing him or her a ring buoy, or other lifeline.

Both would of drowned

He was mentally I’ll and surrounded there was only one way to go in which he climbed a barrier that was actually illegal to do why not grab him then, or even sliding down the embankment, or even as he sat there before sliding into 8 feet of water. Why did they even chat with him after girl friend said nothing physical happened. In all honesty they were looking for a way to pick him up looking for warrants while he did nothing. Being mentally ill and homeless isn’t a crime that doesn’t make him a suspect. If they weren’t gonna help this man maybe they should be on the streets looking for drug dealers. But that’s to dangerous as well as trying to save an innocent man drowning.

Except he was mentally ill. He got nervous being surrounded by officers he went the only way he could to get away as they watched.

some have mental health problems and need help so at this stage when he jumped in after having an arguement help should of been sort for this man ... I mean leaning on the balcony and saying how far do you think he can swim to his colleague it was obvious to see he was going to get tired swimming and he did asap!

REALLY?

No cops just don't care just like they didn't care when they let that dude kill all them kids while they stood there

by their demeanor they probably wouldn't of used it if they had it. they just seemed not to care much

They could have called for help.

No it’s not…any person who can swim can perform a water rescue, especially in calm water like Tempe town lake. All you do is swim backwards pulling the person keeping both your heads above water.

@@therickestrick5209 You also have to keep a panic stricken subject from grabbing on to you and drowning the pair. That has happened many times.

@@videoettaceo8900 Without seeing the entire film we don't know all their actions.

They're only "trained" to rescue their own race of Neanderthal. If he looked like mayonnaise then he would've been saved.

Then just be a coward

When the flight Bound for Florida crash you'll need Key Bridge in 1982 I believe when the Potomac River was frozen over ordinary citizens drink down and jumped in the water and went after people in street clothes and way below freezing water to save people even news helicopters and stuff got involved honorable people sacrifice themselves for others a coward like yourself will stand by and do nothing I'm sorry you are a coward

Or just be a fool and jump in. Either way people are going to condemn the decision made.

And the risk is death, not an injury

I think that dude thought he could swim with no problem. Then there was a problem. He was asking for help which means he didn't mean to have happen what ultimately did. Very sad....💔😥

they would have wait for him to go out the lake and after that, arrest him

right!? thanks so much for being a voice of reason! i have a friend whos a cop & with all the changes that have been put into place in the last couple years , it's so sad to hear about what they're simply NOT ALLOWED to do in order to DO their jobs in a way that people don't misconstrue.... literally.... or else they lose their jobs or risk putting themselves in a no-win situation in which they'd be highly likely to lose their LIVES ..... all because of either policy or other stipulations or circumstances that the public generally misinterprets negatively 🤦

I completely think the same thing. He's not a child. They would of jumped in if a child fell in. It's not their fault. When they said "I'm not going in after you", it's what we all would say after a GROWN man jumps in and says he's going for a swim and then says "I'm drowning". They have no idea if he's lying or not. For all we know, the guy was beating on the woman and has a history of being combative with the police and trying to upset them. I'm sorry but the man did it himself. I mean his wife or whatever could of helped too.

I hear that garbage excuse from cops all the time. How their hands are tied, or how tough they have it. Translation, they hate transparency and regulation. Now, that doesn't describe all cops. But it describes cop culture and their standard vindictive response when any type of reform is mentioned. People in power don't like being told no, or that they're wrong. It's not about them jumping in to save him, I've seen Tempe PD more aggressive toward a person who flipped them off, or a person with a camera at a police station. I do agree that having a medical professional would have helped. Because cops are trained like hammers, to bludgeon. Jumping in after the man wasn't the only option, I can't say what each officer did after the fact but the one with the body cam, showed the least concern during a potentially hazardous situation. We'll see how much time elapsed between when he was begging for his life, and what was done to help when new evidence surfaces.

Absolutly right. Except in knee deep water, don't go in. There is no law that compels any one to rescue a drowning person. Dogs are a problem as well. I have a method for rescuing a drowning person, but you need training for that. It is dangerous at the best of times. That bloke was heavy and strong, and crazy as well.

@@tonylawrence9157 ☝️

Instead of Reach, Row, Throw, Go they did "watch him die and do nothing". Never expected these guys to jump in the water. Also never expected them to do absolutely nothing either.

@@CyFi6 I think we should hold off on making claims that the cops did nothing, until we know the ending.

@@tonylawrence9157 agreed, there wasn’t much they could do for this man.. sad all around. I am curious though tony, I have never heard anything in regards to rescuing a potential drowning dog? Do they pull you down as well or what? Seems like they would be way easier than a human.

But they didnt try

Yup

Could they maybe have radiod for water rescue instead of making fun of how far he could swim. They just allowed a man to drown. No backup call on this one but go 5 MPH over the speed limit and you have 10 cops. THEY NEED TO BE PROSECUTED

@@MamaMia-ye2be exactly! They didn't care

@Mama Mia they did. A boat was on the way. But he made a dumb decision and put himself in harms way even after being told not to. I’m sure that if there were floatation rings at the scene they would have used them. But not going in after him was a smart and prudent decision, unlike the victim.

I slowed the video down to read the transcripts and honestly.. this guy wasnt of sound mind.. he has a daughter.. fighting with his wife in the street with things scattered around in the street.. at 4-5am.. and he gets the smart idea of 'swimming away from officers' and then cries out to god when no one comes to save this mentality Ill 200+lbs grown fat man.

I guess people suffering from obvious mental/emotional distress don't deserve help? You really believe it was his choice, he was compos mentis? I hope nobody around you ever needs this kind of help, as you've already written them off. That's what's really sad

@@lorenzodicapo6305 Screw that N word

I just said the same thing as you, basically. It’s sad but if a person makes a dumb decision, they also get the consequences. Why didn’t his wife jump in if she was so concerned. It’s HER HUSBAND. He wanted to “go for a swim”. If the officers had gone in we would have 3 people Thant drowned.

@@jkhtravelrn They didn't need to jump in after him.all they had to do was prevent him jumping over the fence in front of them... after he clearly said he was going to get into the water lol

@Fuego I'm telling you the easiest way to of prevented the whole thing yet you keep talking about scenarios that may or may not of happened..lol bore off what I'm saying is common sense yet it's more about how you feel within the politics of the country.. simple as this before the guy hopped the fence saying he was going to swim in there they should of prevented him getting in simply because he wasn't allowed in there to begin with... what's the point of being a cop of you're just going to allow people to do things they're not allowed to do right infront their eyes..

@Fuego and besides you know how stupid your last comment made you sound you can't stop someone committing suicide with out shooting them is the most stupid thing I've heard this year... do you hear yourself???

Absolutely nothing…..the same way the acted at that school incident.

@@louiswood57 whole different ball game. I agree with you on the school shooting. But jumping in with all the gear and clothes is a fools mission. It dangerous to try to rescue a scared and drowning (and large) person if you aren't trained to do so. That man chose his own fate. They did what they could to calmly try and talk him out of it. Circumstances make all the difference.

@@louiswood57 You're embarrassing yourself, TROLL. This guy caused his OWN DEATH, Police did NOTHING wrong in this case. Now, SHOO, TROLL, SHOO.

@@louiswood57 next time they should hire Jedi's

@@imchilling perhaps.

While police are happy to take the pay and authority under the guise that they are.

Surround a homeless mentally I’ll person tell them they’re free to go in which the lake is the only way where there isn’t officers. Watch him climb the barrier which is illegal but don’t stop him there let him try and swim away, yup case closed just a dead mentally ill homeless man one less on the streets. Bravo police your really cleaning op the streets

Some cops are heroes, but most do nothing. Cops carry life flotation device frisbees in their trunks, it is part of every cops inventory in their car. It is called a ResQ Disc. They didn't even try to go get it and throw it to him at the very least...

LOL? Karma is a B..a person dying is not something to Laugh Out Loud about...

But it is to get help

There are people out there with mental health problems and some that act with out thinking when upset ..there are also people with learning difficulties without getting the person help you Carnt and should not leave them to drowning ...they didn't after jump in ....just blow in for help asap

He was also being held against his will. The cops were violating his civil rights. It was the fact the cops were trying to take him to jail for no crime. They pushed that man to jump in.

@@link443 they just said they had no reason to detain him. You can’t blame the cops, someone obviously called the police because he was fighting with his wife

It's the most naturalist thing in the world to get help for some one you could see would most possible drowned given the distance of the river ...but they leaned on the railings looking out apparently one cop saying how far do you think he can swim... Cops more interested in checking if they had any reason to arrest him then helping him....shocking !

@@CZF971 she has common sense.

Because usually when you see someone drowning you at least try to look for something like a rope or flotation device. Not saying they have any liability but it's just human nature to make some kind of attempt instead of just watch someone die.

Because someone in the woke media is trying to make them look bad. Unfortunately sometimes it's hard to stop crazy. Officers did nothing wrong.

@@CyFi6 I have a hard time believing that if there was a rope or some other way for them to help him out (other than going in themselves) they would have just stood there and watched this happen. So I agree with your point that human nature is to help and I’m sure they would have if the resources were available. But we also need to start taking a little bit of accountability for our own actions and poor decisions. This guy probably had a minor warrant and would have been out of jail in a couple days at most….but HE chose to try and avoid being arrested and is the only one responsible for his tragedy. It’s heartbreaking but was completely avoidable.

Exactly.

Ohhh nooo god forbid cops ever risking their lives...

@@hammondnordland4822 that’s just shows you never have rescue a single person cops can’t fly sorry they just can’t don’t expect them to do it

@@hammondnordland4822 there’s a difference between suicide and risking your life

@@BlackJesus There is a difference between preventing a suicide and being absolutely careless about it

@@hammondnordland4822 they risk their lives EVERY day they put on that uniform. NOT saying EVERY officer is good, BUT, I'm saying the good guys are worth backing. Sometimes, people amaze me. Y'all want to scream racism, division, and spew hatred towards a group of people because of their job, whilst doing the same, AND WORSE to each other EVERY DAY! THIS is sad - what our world is coming to. It won't last forever, but it darn sure isn't getting any better. Better pull yourself up "by the bootstraps" cause it's going to be a rough road ahead. Go on, spread your hate, just don't expect everyone to agree with you. I KNOW everyone won't agree with me, I'm ok with that fact, are you ok with YOUR " fact"?

Dude he was probably mentally ill don't give cops credit your beyond embarrassing

Under normal circumstances I would 100% agree with you, but there are tons of videos showing police officers risking their lives to save animals that have fallen in a river or lake. And of course patrol officers are not obligated to save animals that are in need, but many have done so. It's pretty cold hearted to watch someone die when you're in a position to do something to help. We can debate over whether or not it was the guys fault for jumping in, but it's also pretty clear that the responding officers showed a lack of empathy over the situation.

@@StayTunedReviews Do you know if these cops are proficient swimmers, or even know how to swim? Not everyone does. Why didn’t his wife jump in and help him? If a water rescue is as easy as you make it sound, why didn’t she do it? Guess she lacked empathy as well, huh?

@@kaep7410 Very good response. The officers fully embraced the art of self preservation in this video. The officers that responded to the Uvalde school shooting did the same thing as well. They didn't want to risk their lives to save kids who were in danger. One could argue that none of those officers had any training in dealing with mass shooters, but you're assuming that these officers didn't help because they didn't know how to swim. I'm simply suggesting that they didn't help regardless of their swimming capabilities.

@@StayTunedReviews What your saying is irrelevant tbh. It would be a different case if there was no law enforcement there and the police officer arrived after he entered, and said no to going in. But the guy jumped in and basically committed suicide... Don't eat poison and expect not to die. Is there no accountability? As if that isn't a grown man in his 40's, not a little kid?

I'd say 1.5 billion is the best number!

@@lilphilosophy481 I was LE for 26yrs and personally I would of went for him as soon as he crossed the barrier. 2 officers there, I would of stripped my gear and stopped him. It was obvious this gentleman has some sort of mental issues and displaying it clearly. I wouldn't be going after him to arrest it would be to calm and defuse the situation. I wouldn't want him going in the water and drowning. Do something don't just stand and watch. Yup the city will pay out on this one for sure. Prayers for his family 👪 🙏

@@igotursixx2665 i believe less than 2 billion humans is ideal for the Earth

@@igotursixx2665 helps prolong humanity as well

........without a ring buoy, rope, or ANY USEFUL RESCUE EQUIPMENT. Forget the social workers. ANYONE - with ANY compassion - FOR ANYONE ELSE - could have done this - or thrown a lifeline - IF HE OR SHE were properly equipped. Maybe the DOCK and the boardwalks SHOULD BE PROPERLY EQUIPPED.

The media are going around desperately trying looking for another George Floyd story to run with - The media are the ones causing racial unrest

It's only typical that the media blame it on the police because the police are clearly not policing. To protect and serve. Let that statement marinade in your brain a few seconds.

@@Cre80s I am just with the overwhelming majority of people here who don’t think it’s another’s responsibility to save your life if you clearly disobey an order-not to mention basic common sense or self-preservation. If you told some jerkoff not to climb a rail at the Grand Canyon and he starts to slip, a hundred bucks says you stay on your side of that fence-badge or no badge. Marinate on that. And I am not going to say that the officers could not have done more, but wasting heroics on a drug-addled criminal who is actually fleeing his 3 warrantsshould hardly be expected for the job.

@@christopherswartz4116 Pretty sure bet if they never showed up, he'd still be alive. Just like the cops in Uvalde. The parents could have saved more kids with their bare hands. Pretty sick how often they're worse than dead weight. Literally.

@@Cre80s you could make the argument that we should let street folk like this battle things out on their own. Then again, if he had harmed her, there would be activists saying that people don’t care about the homeless-even more so, a homeless woman. Catch 22 on many social issues. If we go further back, if this guy made a court appearance, he might have not had the fear of dealing with the cops. Nobody mistreated him prior to him entering Town Lake. About Uvalde, from what I have heard, I have to agree with you. There are no words or justification that I can see so far for the handling of the situation. Just an epic tragedy all around.

Actually, they told him NOT to jump in, they said "you can't swim in the lake."

they're just lazy and cowardly like most cops

Probably he just swimming away trying to not be choked by the police .. But at the end got a similar results. Very sad.

@@jesantonihevileon8611 He unalived himself by making poor life choices. Kinda like Saint Floyd.

@@DelightfulDissident right

I don't understand how he drowned. He was swimming. What do you think happened?

@@DelightfulDissident I agree with you in this situation, but not with George Floyd. I don't know how anyone can watch that video and say he wasn't murdered. You have to just be choosing political sides to completely disregard what happened in that video. I wish people would use rational thinking instead of "I'm going to go with whatever this political party's opinion is." That man kept his knees buried in Floyd's neck for 3 minutes after he went limp and pissed in the street with people screaming to check his pulse. The officer allowed his ego and rage to take control. George Floyd is no hero, but he is a victim. As far as this situation, I don't think the officer was fully grasping what was happening. I can't know for sure until I can actually hear his tone of voice, but it seems like he just thought that guy was trying to stir up drama or something. I don't think this officer did anything wrong based on what I'm able to see.

Long gone I’m afraid, we have to blame anybody else rather than the idiots.

I blame guns and I guess drugs and people there did I cover everything

@@shadydayday its trumps fault

@@shadydayday forgot the race card

@@shadydayday you forgot to blame the unvaccinated

What about as a decent human being?

@@tizabby33 did you see how turbulent that water was??? Would YOU jump in there fully clothed, to try to rescue someone who clearly wanted to GET AWAY from the cops ? If you say yes, then you have a death wish. Only a Firefighter or Lifeguard who is trained in "Swift Water Rescue" should attempt that.

@@tizabby33 the cops were decent human beings. I wouldn't risk my life for another who doesn't care about their own life.

As a human being there is a belief I hold which states: if you see someone in trouble, and you have the means to help, then you help. The fact that you would try to defend this speaks volumes

@@broocewhane1142 so from that two minute video you could tell that he wants to die? You are expert enough to diagnose a possible mental issue? Drug problem? Recent trauma? He asked for help, but you saw through his ruse and know that he wanted to die? Your ability to instantly judge a situation which you know nothing about is almost as profound as your staggering ignorance

No

Absolutely not!

Not only no, but hell no. A child who fell in? Yes. And adult who jumped in of his own accord? Good luck

Nope.

Not in a reservoir with the floodgates open. That's like jumping into a giant toilet.

Cops just felt I’m not even touching this guy he is homeless and dirty. Original video it’s clear the homeless guy became unease after they told him his wife said he was swinging in her direction. After that he puts his cell phone down and began making reference about the water. That was a clear sign for someone that’s at Rock bottom something was at mist and he should’ve have Ben brought in for mental evaluation. They could prevent a suicide by asking the homeless guy to simply step away from the railing in case if anything happens they would have more space and better equipped to prevent something worst such as letting this homeless person going through a stressful situation where officers were called to the scene go swimming in a lake. The excuse they were checking to see if he had any warrants means he was held for questioning and should have not had the opportunity to hop the railing as if he had warrants then he would have been place under arrest. You can arrest a person if you let them free climb over a rail then casually swim to their death. This was below them and they had not interest touching an unclean person

Because they lie.

Probably that man was afraid to get choked for the police and swimming away to get a similar results.

If the parents taught them right from wrong they wouldn't be dealing with the Police... BTW~When the guy wearing a badge AND holding a gun screams STOP, you should stop ! ; )

@@fredgervinm.p.3315 exactly

@@zufalllx I d I o t

Nothing in life is simple , except for the simple-minded.

@@b.c.7741 disagree. Choice is simple. The inability to handle those choices for most isn't. IMO.

@@davidscher1620 "to protect and to serve"

Yeah, right...

@@b.c.7741 you're welcome to your opinion

It's not only that there must have been posted signs clearing any rescue person the legal reason: Danger: No Swimming Permitted; and so, no officer needs to jump into a water area where such posted signs warn. Next important point, with a restricted no swimming permitted area there are no flotation devices attached by rope to the officers we see with lifeguards. Even in permissable swimming areas once a lifeguard is dispensed on a beach an alarm is sent to support staff able to drive rescue boats. One can see all these steps on the 1980s TV show Bay watch.

@@lawrencejelsma8118 Thank you for very intelligent observations.

Not a stupid question at all. First answer: NO EQUIPMENT.

Saying it's impossible mAkes you look highly uneducated and borderline mentally challenged. I could think of several lifesaving managers they could have used to save him. They could have thrown any buoyant object, a rope, an inflated trash bag, a log, a boat, I would go on an on. They just didn't care. I had a buddy when I was small having trouble swimming a stranger threw him a seat cushion from an old couch near the lake. Definitely not even remotely close to impossible.

If you know anything about swimming and if you've ever taken a CPR class for swimming you would understand that it doesn't matter how big the person is you get on your back and backstroke keeping both of your heads above water. It's not hard it's dangerous but it's not hard.

100% agreed

So? He was suicidal? Extremely distressed? That's NO REASON for NOT ATTEMPTING to save his - or anyone else's - life.

@@AmericanTeacher-USA: Why should they put themselves in danger. They were not equipped to go in the water themselves or to do a proper rescue.

@@AmericanTeacher-USA bruh if they jumped in they would've drowned too

Perhaps, it's time for THAT to change!

@@terrancehenderson8412 Except - it wouldnt be me or 99% of the population. You say this as if, we all choose to jump off of bridges because we're criminals & have warrants out for our arrest. 99% of the other people asking for help for any number of situations didn't actively choose to put ourselves in harms way. That's the big difference here. This was a choice that this man made, no one made him do that. He chose that. Give him that accountability for his own actions. 👌

@@terrancehenderson8412 He wouldn't go swimming on a suicide mission, duh. None of us would.

@@terrancehenderson8412 don't get emotional pal, you clearly don't know how dangerous it is to try and save someone who's drowning. And the guy in cause is huge, it's different if you are rescuing a skinny or small person, even then the risk is there. People should get swimming lessons or at least be conscious that if you are drowning and someone is try to save you, be calm. ( I wonder who gets calm while drowning.)

That same argument is being used to justify why the Uvalde Police waited to enter the school as kids were dying.

@@StayTunedReviews Well they can make excuses but it’s not gonna convince people that they were justified in not doing everything in their power to get those children to safety

@@StayTunedReviews There's a huge difference in innocent children trapped in a school & a criminal who actively chose to disobey the law, which resulted in his death. It's about choice - he chose that. Those kids, did not. So I can see where the discrepancy comes from.

Oh, sorry. Somehow I got it in my head that the police motto was “To Protect and Serve” you know, like they did in Uvalde, Tx.🙄

Maybe they have? But what can you do.. they are not there in 1 minute. He would have drowned regardless And to be honest this idiot didnt listened to the police, they said to him that its dangerous. And why didnt his wife jump in to save him? Or why didnt he just listen to the cops? They cant do anything against it

They really do seem stupid lol

Nah.

First fact….this dude severely beat his wife Suzanne and then ran from the cops

Cops carry life flotation device frisbees in their trunks, it is part of every cops inventory in their car. It is called a ResQ Disc. They didn't even try to go get it and throw it to him at the very least...

@@gary_neilson1896 not everywhere obviously, my buddy is a cop and does not carry anything like that. I just asked him about it. No one in the county has one. He said the only ppl he knows that carries anything like that is rescue and possibly DNR that is on the water. We have a massive lake and a huge river and they don't carry any devises like that.

Dealing with people like that nit a chance. Let idiot drown through his own actions get suspended, go in get dead yourself. No win.

DEFuNDiNG tHe PoLiCe had consequences. I don’t blame them

Yes, yes they do. People want police to do everything while at the same time degrading them at every opportunity.

Call for resue squad..yes..protect and discern..mental health

Can she swim? Did they allow her to go into the water?

All the gear police wear is heavy. They can't swim in it, they sink, and their not stripping down to their underwear to go for a swim.

🙄

No they were trying to take him to jail. For no crime. Somehow it's OK for police to molest the public and violate people's rights. Then people like you pat them on the back for it.

Modern society is quick to rush to judgement without knowing all the facts.Modern day lynching.

now the wife will marry another black man, once go black, ain't coming back

Officer couldn’t do nothing The guy didn’t seem to have any issues swimming away from the officer The wife try to jumó after him she would have die too Officer said I won’t jump after not what you said

Or how about we get mental health professionals to respond along with the police? Seems reasonable to me. May not have prevented this but it would certainly prevent a lot of unnecessary harm.

Did they no video

yea that looks odd

Deceased soul souring into the dying light

It's a bird flying right over the water. Kind of an optical illusion because of the angle.

It's a water feature thats infront of the building, it flows over a wall, and there is walking path next to it.

I really pray you don't have close family with mental illness.

Doesn't matter if there are lifeguards or not when you're a copy where they are to protect and serve. For example your Patrol in the street is a car on fire somebody stuck in the car you gotta get over there and you gotta get that person out. You are everything when you're a cop. A building is on fire you would have to go in that building. I have a friend that's a cop and he told me you can get arrested for Not saving somebody of letting them die criminal charges. For example 2 you see somebody getting beat up. You need to step in the help. Not watch. The person you didn't say you're getting beat up. 1st thing your chief is gonna say to you is why didn't you stop that fighI didn't you Save that person's life. That's an officer that doesn't care that we don't need them we need people who care in this world

@@Dondokken1980s Cops just felt I’m not even touching this guy he is homeless and dirty. Original video it’s clear the homeless guy became unease after they told him his wife said he was swinging in her direction. After that he puts his cell phone down and began making reference about the water. That was a clear sign for someone that’s at Rock bottom something was at mist and he should’ve have Ben brought in for mental evaluation. They could prevent a suicide by asking the homeless guy to simply step away from the railing in case if anything happens they would have more space and better equipped to prevent something worst such as letting this homeless person going through a stressful situation where officers were called to the scene go swimming in a lake. The excuse they were checking to see if he had any warrants means he was held for questioning and should have not had the opportunity to hop the railing as if he had warrants then he would have been place under arrest. You can arrest a person if you let them free climb over a rail then casually swim to their death. This was below them and they had not interest touching an unclean person

@@Dondokken1980s Wrong! It's not a cops jobs to run into a burning house, it's not even a fireman's job to do that if the fire is too big. And asking officers to jump in after someone when they have not been trained or given the proper tools to save someone from drowning is dumb and selfish. I can post links to prove that it has already been ruled on by the Supreme Court that officers do not have a duty to protect someone that's not already in their custody. Not intervening in the commission of crime like the example you gave of a guy getting beat is a different topic. Cops are probably required to stop the commission of a crime, but drowning isn't a crime. So your "friend" either doesn't know the law or explained incorrectly or you misunderstood the context... if you even had a friend that said such a thing

@@maniac50ae14 I just thought of every state is different hes from Manahaten New York. I don't know the laws in Arizona.

Join up hero. Show them how it’s done.

Right

Cops just felt I’m not even touching this guy he is homeless and dirty. Original video it’s clear the homeless guy became unease after they told him his wife said he was swinging in her direction. After that he puts his cell phone down and began making reference about the water. That was a clear sign for someone that’s at Rock bottom something was at mist and he should’ve have Ben brought in for mental evaluation. They could prevent a suicide by asking the homeless guy to simply step away from the railing in case if anything happens they would have more space and better equipped to prevent something worst such as letting this homeless person going through a stressful situation where officers were called to the scene go swimming in a lake. The excuse they were checking to see if he had any warrants means he was held for questioning and should have not had the opportunity to hop the railing as if he had warrants then he would have been place under arrest. You can arrest a person if you let them free climb over a rail then casually swim to their death. This was below them and they had not interest touching an unclean person

Maybe they didn’t expect things to take such a turn, or didn’t take him seriously at first. I imagine they would have been stressed watching him drown.

We dont get to see when he starts drowning so we dont know if their attitude changed. It takes about 5 minutes to drown give or take, they likely thought he'd be fine and when they realized he wouldnt be it was too late.

It wouldn’t have been in the news if the man was Caucasian.

Exactly, the media is trash, it just tries to sensationalize. I can't stand how these reporters, that have most likely never lifted a finger to help someone or deal one on one with the people police deal with, act so smug with their uneducated opinions. They report the news, they aren't as important as they like to think.

The MSM have an agenda to divide the citizens and the cops. Just like they want to divide Rep and Dem, male and female, black and white. I am not buying their bull.

This is the same media that referred to his wife as his "partner". They know exactly what they're doing.

It's also dangerous misinformation in case the people watching try and help a drowning person.

Cops just felt I’m not even touching this guy he is homeless and dirty. Original video it’s clear the homeless guy became unease after they told him his wife said he was swinging in her direction. After that he puts his cell phone down and began making reference about the water. That was a clear sign for someone that’s at Rock bottom something was at mist and he should’ve have Ben brought in for mental evaluation. They could prevent a suicide by asking the homeless guy to simply step away from the railing in case if anything happens they would have more space and better equipped to prevent something worst such as letting this homeless person going through a stressful situation where officers were called to the scene go swimming in a lake. The excuse they were checking to see if he had any warrants means he was held for questioning and should have not had the opportunity to hop the railing as if he had warrants then he would have been place under arrest. You can arrest a person if you let them free climb over a rail then casually swim to their death. This was below them and they had not interest touching an unclean person

They are not responsible for a grown adult! He did it to himself. If they would have arrested him you would be crying about that as well I suppose?

@@joshcombe440 Maybe, but he might still be alive if they did? That is if they didn't shoot & kill him during the arrest because they were in fear of their lives?

@@joshcombe440 But my real point is instead of spending all that money on military grade weapons, they could spend some for emergency water kits with rope & life preserves? Unless you are a trained water rescue person, I really can't get that mad at them not jumping in to save him. But it sure would have been nice to be able to throw him a rope or life preserver.

@MJ1S, so you want cops to not have firearms, and instead carry lifegaurd equipment? Im sure that will help them at the next bank robbery or run in with a cartel fentanyl trafficker! You vote for Chesa Boudin buddy????

@@joshcombe440 Just like when people say defund the police, you miss the big picture. If they can find money for military grade equipment, they can also find money for actual life saving equipment for the people they have to interact with on a daily basis. So maybe one less armored car, and use that money on actual life saving equipment. This is the USA, not the UK, I would never expect cops to have to interact with people in a nation of so many guns, if they didn't have guns themselves!

Cops just felt I’m not even touching this guy he is homeless and dirty. Original video it’s clear the homeless guy became unease after they told him his wife said he was swinging in her direction. After that he puts his cell phone down and began making reference about the water. That was a clear sign for someone that’s at Rock bottom something was at mist and he should’ve have Ben brought in for mental evaluation. They could prevent a suicide by asking the homeless guy to simply step away from the railing in case if anything happens they would have more space and better equipped to prevent something worst such as letting this homeless person going through a stressful situation where officers were called to the scene go swimming in a lake. The excuse they were checking to see if he had any warrants means he was held for questioning and should have not had the opportunity to hop the railing as if he had warrants then he would have been place under arrest. You can arrest a person if you let them free climb over a rail then casually swim to their death. This was below them and they had not interest touching an unclean person

I agree, have watched so many videos where officers detain people for no reason. Even though the man himself said he wanted to go for a swim, it was illegal for him to swim in lake, why did they not detain him

Cops just felt I’m not even touching this guy he is homeless and dirty. Original video it’s clear the homeless guy became unease after they told him his wife said he was swinging in her direction. After that he puts his cell phone down and began making reference about the water. That was a clear sign for someone that’s at Rock bottom something was at mist and he should’ve have Ben brought in for mental evaluation. They could prevent a suicide by asking the homeless guy to simply step away from the railing in case if anything happens they would have more space and better equipped to prevent something worst such as letting this homeless person going through a stressful situation where officers were called to the scene go swimming in a lake. The excuse they were checking to see if he had any warrants means he was held for questioning and should have not had the opportunity to hop the railing as if he had warrants then he would have been place under arrest. You can arrest a person if you let them free climb over a rail then casually swim to their death. This was below them and they had not interest touching an unclean person

Good thing she didn’t. She would have drowned too.

That's what I was thinking 🤔

The news people are crazy, too, with all their fake concern over some suicidal, dangerous nutjob.

Based Lake.

Cops just felt I’m not even touching this guy he is homeless and dirty. Original video it’s clear the homeless guy became unease after they told him his wife said he was swinging in her direction. After that he puts his cell phone down and began making reference about the water. That was a clear sign for someone that’s at Rock bottom something was at mist and he should’ve have Ben brought in for mental evaluation. They could prevent a suicide by asking the homeless guy to simply step away from the railing in case if anything happens they would have more space and better equipped to prevent something worst such as letting this homeless person going through a stressful situation where officers were called to the scene go swimming in a lake. The excuse they were checking to see if he had any warrants means he was held for questioning and should have not had the opportunity to hop the railing as if he had warrants then he would have been place under arrest. You can arrest a person if you let them free climb over a rail then casually swim to their death. This was below them and they had not interest touching an unclean person

but protect and serve...

no wait never mind. thugs with badges

@@bradykay9322 A cop wouldn’t have been able to jump in and save him without drowning themselves

Cops just felt I’m not even touching this guy he is homeless and dirty. Original video it’s clear the homeless guy became unease after they told him his wife said he was swinging in her direction. After that he puts his cell phone down and began making reference about the water. That was a clear sign for someone that’s at Rock bottom something was at mist and he should’ve have Ben brought in for mental evaluation. They could prevent a suicide by asking the homeless guy to simply step away from the railing in case if anything happens they would have more space and better equipped to prevent something worst such as letting this homeless person going through a stressful situation where officers were called to the scene go swimming in a lake. The excuse they were checking to see if he had any warrants means he was held for questioning and should have not had the opportunity to hop the railing as if he had warrants then he would have been place under arrest. You can arrest a person if you let them free climb over a rail then casually swim to their death. This was below them and they had not interest touching an unclean person

You do not know any of that, cause not all the facts are out yet.

Thank you! Someone with common sense!!

Cops just felt I’m not even touching this guy he is homeless and dirty. Original video it’s clear the homeless guy became unease after they told him his wife said he was swinging in her direction. After that he puts his cell phone down and began making reference about the water. That was a clear sign for someone that’s at Rock bottom something was at mist and he should’ve have Ben brought in for mental evaluation. They could prevent a suicide by asking the homeless guy to simply step away from the railing in case if anything happens they would have more space and better equipped to prevent something worst such as letting this homeless person going through a stressful situation where officers were called to the scene go swimming in a lake. The excuse they were checking to see if he had any warrants means he was held for questioning and should have not had the opportunity to hop the railing as if he had warrants then he would have been place under arrest. You can arrest a person if you let them free climb over a rail then casually swim to their death. This was below them and they had not interest touching an unclean person