Some quotes from the full article I found disturbing:
“Asked if he would have handled the matter the same way again, Glans said he would, but not if he knew it was being filmed. He acknowledged that he did not know the incident was being videotaped. “I was concerned. It was a public safety issue,” the sergeant said. “If I had to do it all over again ... I’d probably do the same thing. If I knew the camera was there, no, because it does look bad.”
Yes, trampling on the constitution and striking innocent citizens does “look bad”. We should all make sure we have some way to record any encounters with the police so there’s an incentive not to have things look so bad.
“His wife, Carrie, who is a medical provider, said her husband has been under a lot of emotional and physical stress and that she’s concerned how the video and any fallout may portray their family in the community. “What my husband did and how he reacted wasn’t the correct way to do it, but there were circumstances that came about beforehand,” she said. “He’s had a very hard year.”
I would say the guy who was paralyzed in the car crash this officer caused also had a “very hard year”. The Constitution of the United States has also had a very hard year.
This, by itself, should preclude him from EVER having a job in law enforcement, anywhere in the United States, ever.
There should be a No Cop List, like the No Fly List. There should be a nationwide FBI-hosted point of contact that all departments should check before hiring.
This guy should be first on the list.