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Henry Krinkle

(208 posts)
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 02:31 PM Oct 2017

Cop has complete meltdown, starts shooting for no reason what so ever [View all]

Gets really bad at 5:25 when he starts hyperventilating...



Even more fucked up, from the description of the incident, it sounds like they wanted
to charge the woman in the video with causing the "panic attack".

A Sevier County Sheriff’s Office deputy opened fire without warning in a mobile home park, suffered an apparent panic attack four minutes later and was forcibly disarmed by a paramedic, body camera footage shows. Deputy Justin Johnson did not mention the panic attack in his report on the December 2016 incident, and he remains on active duty, court records show. Brian Keith Mullinax, 41, and his girlfriend, Tina Carrie Jo Cody, 37, spent 42 days in jail on felony charges, accused of causing what was described in court statements as a "panic attack" and which a detective called "some type of cardiac event." They remain under prosecution on misdemeanor charges, court records show. A spokesman for Sevier County Sheriff Ron “Hoss” Seals did not return a phone message. It’s not clear from court records whether the sheriff’s office conducted an internal investigation, ordered psychological testing for Johnson, or required him to undergo counseling or additional training. Cody was unarmed and being held on the ground by Johnson and paramedic Blake Gregg when Johnson fired four shots toward a set of mobile homes, paused and fired three more, the video obtained showed. He ran away from Cody and Gregg toward Sharp Road. “Shots fired,” he told dispatchers. “We need help.” Four minutes later, Johnson was kneeling over Cody, who had remained on the ground, with his gun still in his hand when the video showed he began hyperventilating and running backward away from the mobile homes and Cody. Paramedic Michael O’Connor ran toward Johnson. “Pull it together,” O’Connor told Johnson. “Look at me.” Johnson continued to hyperventilate while pointing his gun toward Cody, Gregg and the mobile homes.


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He needs to get help. rockfordfile Oct 2017 #1
Cowardice cops nt Tavarious Jackson Oct 2017 #2
I wouldn't exactley call it cowadice. Henry Krinkle Oct 2017 #11
He surely seemed to have a break with reality. Mariana Oct 2017 #28
Exactly. brush Oct 2017 #31
Dude needs to find a new line of work....he ain't suited for this. Thomas Hurt Oct 2017 #3
Another panicky, out-of-control cop. And the EMS guy who initially calmed him down and took his... brush Oct 2017 #4
That EMT looks more like a hero to me. Doing his job, of course. Hortensis Oct 2017 #8
Nah! Did you not see that he gave the gun BACK to the hyperventilating maniac? brush Oct 2017 #9
No. I wasn't there, and I certainly wouldn't assume I knew everything required Hortensis Oct 2017 #14
Yet you assume to know everything required to form the antipodean opinion LanternWaste Oct 2017 #20
Oh, hi, LanternWaste! What did I inadvertently do to attract YOUR attention? Hortensis Oct 2017 #22
Apparently antipodean does not mean what he thinks it does. cwydro Oct 2017 #38
:) Hortensis Oct 2017 #41
Seriously? It's right on the video that he gave the gun back to the out-of-control cop. brush Oct 2017 #29
Still don't know the whole story, though, Brush. Hortensis Oct 2017 #32
This is why training needs to be tough, rigorous and stress inducing Lee-Lee Oct 2017 #5
Yes, and starting pay should be high enough to provide a pool of good-quality applicants Hortensis Oct 2017 #17
You get what you pay for Lee-Lee Oct 2017 #18
+100. A waiter in any decent restaurant could make more, Hortensis Oct 2017 #19
Mother of God burnbaby Oct 2017 #6
Wow this loon is walking the streets fully armed workinclasszero Oct 2017 #7
Somebody needs a desk job sarisataka Oct 2017 #10
Somebody needs a straightjacket lagomorph777 Oct 2017 #12
what are the paramedics doing kneeling on the woman?? Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #13
What a fucking mess. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #15
"The couple spent 42 days in jail because they were too poor to post bond and did not get a WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #16
Am I following this right? hamsterjill Oct 2017 #21
I was wondering the same thing. Grammy23 Oct 2017 #27
An article I read said the guy who scared him (the man they arrested) had a cellphone tblue37 Oct 2017 #33
I doubt a sheriff with a nickname Hoss maxrandb Oct 2017 #23
"Deputy Justin Johnson did not mention the panic attack in his report" Solly Mack Oct 2017 #24
A friend of his said in a comment on YouTube that he is still on the force but tblue37 Oct 2017 #34
He shouldn't be doing any sort of police/security work. Solly Mack Oct 2017 #36
I agree on all points. nt tblue37 Oct 2017 #37
How did this cop NOT kill somebody? The paramedic gave the gun back to this SICK MAN...... Old Vet Oct 2017 #25
Glad no one got hurt, and he can get some help. I suspect he'll be looking for another line of work. Hoyt Oct 2017 #26
What the HELL .... LenaBaby61 Oct 2017 #30
Of course greytdemocrat Oct 2017 #35
Walk over ryan_cats Oct 2017 #39
Crazy world. nt oasis Oct 2017 #40
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