Bryan V. Watson: A Case Study

The world is full of camera phones, different social media outlets, and the work of law enforcement is not hidden anymore, the general public can see the police officers performing their jobs. However, those officers quick to use gun or Taser lack the skills in de-escalation when dealing with a minor hostile situation. Nevertheless, the case of Bryan v. McPherson was related to a situation of officer Brian McPherson and motorist Carl Bryan, which Mr. Bryan was pulled over and issued a citation early that same day and headed to southern California from Camarillo to Coronado. I have over seven years of law enforcement experience and I converse with regular everyday citizens, and they fear to get traffic violations because it may increase their insurance premium, or they may have to miss work to go court sometimes. Nevertheless, a police officer will not encounter a hardcore criminal every other traffic stop. However, Bryan was stopped by officer McPherson of the Coronado police department for not wearing a seatbelt, and Bryan was issued a traffic citation earlier that
Bryan to remain inside the vehicle, which Mr. Bryan had exited his vehicle and officer McPherson stated he was acting bizarre, striking his thigh area, and seems to be shouting expletives at officer McPherson. Both Bryan and Officer McPherson agreed that they were about twenty feet apart from each other and Bryan didn’t have a weapon visible. Nonetheless, Bryan took one step and officer McPherson deployed a Taser, which struck Bryan in his arm causing him to fall face forward onto the concrete, causing him to fracture four front teeth and suffered severe facial damage. Officer McPherson’s argument was because of Bryan Bizarre behavior and he took one step toward him, and by him as a police officer and the nature of law enforcement work, fearing the unknown and has to make a decision within a split second he deployed his