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What's the problem ? Those bags are made to take a pounding. No way any of those clubs were damaged. I have a bag similar to those. I have tossed mine on the ground many times.
Really poor work by the officer. He had multiple people in his line of fire, and should have prepared for it before opening the door and ordering the guy out. The PR is lucky he didn't get shot as well. Egregious!
*The sad thing is, unless he was actually put behind bars, this wouldn’t have made him unhirable as a police officer in other states.* Convicted/fired cops jump from state to state all the time, moving on when it eventually goes bad. And we know that more cops lie on records than not, so this definitely didn’t ruin his reputation. It just made him look reckless & inexperienced.
