In his letter, Joseph asks James not to paint all officers with that same brush. A black-handled knife falls next to her on the sidewalk.Īfter taking down his tweet about the shooting, James posted: “I’m so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police. The girl, identified as Ma’Khia Bryant, then charges at another person, who is pinned against a car.įrom a few feet away, with people on both sides of him, the officer fires four shots, and the teen slumps to the ground. There has been debate about the officer’s actions in Columbus.Ī 10-second body-camera clip shows an officer taking a few steps toward a group when a Black girl starts swinging a knife at another person, who falls backward. He said he wrote the letter in part because he feels the public needs to distinguish between unjustified and justified use of force by officers. But I also believe that is the exception, not the rule.” They are human traits, and they exist in all professions. Apathy, brutality, insensitivity, racism, bias. As long as human beings are a part of any profession, things can happen,” he said. Joseph said in an interview he knows policing needs reforms and that he was not trying to defend abusive behavior. Joseph, a married father of three boys, was featured on HGTV’s “Home Makeover” as a reward for his good works. Carter wanted to learn about skid row, it was Joseph who showed him daily life there. He has been called the “angel of skid row” and created a program to distribute hygiene kits to homeless people. He’s spent all but two of those years working with the unhoused in downtown Los Angeles. Especially when it involves someone so young.”Ī 25-year officer, Joseph has gained a measure of fame for his work on skid row, being featured in documentaries and giving TED talks about the issues of homelessness and mental illness. a decision I know he and many others wish they never had to make. “You basically put a target on the back of a human being who had to make a split-second decision to save a life from a deadly attack. It showed a complete lack of understanding of the challenge of our job in the heat of a moment,” Joseph said. Your tweet that targeted a police officer in Ohio who saved a young woman’s life was irresponsible and disturbing. “Your current stance on policing is so off base and extreme. The law enforcement veteran said he took issue with James’ comments about policing - particularly in reference to the Ohio shooting. Not to hyper-focus on their flaws or make said flaws the whole of who they are. I was raised to see the whole of a human being. Joseph starts by saying, “I am not going to come at you from a place of hatred.
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