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<blockquote data-quote="MAKAVELI" data-source="post: 1398912" data-attributes="member: 43825">Another trigger happy cop. Luckily this didn&#039;t end in tragedy.Jones said that his concern in the case is the disregard that Martinelli showed his sons by approaching them without asking questions, and instead treating them as a threat. The video does not show the initial interaction between the officer and the two children.&quot;Why not ask them what they&#039;re doing? Are they OK?&quot; he said.The incident has left his sons afraid of police, as Jones and both his sons all were thinking the same thing: the officer was going to shoot them.&quot;It can affect them and how they view police for the rest of their lives,&quot; he said. &quot;That can be detrimental... when they have to deal with police officers in the future.&quot;In filing the complaint on Sunday, Jones said he learned that the officer had already run the plates on his truck and identified it as being owned by an Oakland firefighter -- making his explanation for being at the fire station all the more plausible.&quot;I felt he should not be an officer out on the streets of Oakland. Or if he is, he needs more training,&quot; Jones said.Firefighters are &quot;trained to handle stressful situations. Oakland officers should be the same,&quot; he added.Jones, who is black, also said that he believes there is a racial motivation for the way Martinelli approached him and his children.&quot;I think if we&#039;re in Piedmont, Danville, Pleasanton, I know this officer wouldn&#039;t have treated a 9- or 12-year-old that way,&quot; he said. &quot;I think they have a lot of young officers that don&#039;t really connect with the makeup of Oakland.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MAKAVELI, post: 1398912, member: 43825"] Another trigger happy cop. Luckily this didn't end in tragedy. Jones said that his concern in the case is the disregard that Martinelli showed his sons by approaching them without asking questions, and instead treating them as a threat. The video does not show the initial interaction between the officer and the two children. "Why not ask them what they're doing? Are they OK?" he said. The incident has left his sons afraid of police, as Jones and both his sons all were thinking the same thing: the officer was going to shoot them. "It can affect them and how they view police for the rest of their lives," he said. "That can be detrimental... when they have to deal with police officers in the future." In filing the complaint on Sunday, Jones said he learned that the officer had already run the plates on his truck and identified it as being owned by an Oakland firefighter -- making his explanation for being at the fire station all the more plausible. "I felt he should not be an officer out on the streets of Oakland. Or if he is, he needs more training," Jones said. Firefighters are "trained to handle stressful situations. Oakland officers should be the same," he added. Jones, who is black, also said that he believes there is a racial motivation for the way Martinelli approached him and his children. "I think if we're in Piedmont, Danville, Pleasanton, I know this officer wouldn't have treated a 9- or 12-year-old that way," he said. "I think they have a lot of young officers that don't really connect with the makeup of Oakland." [/QUOTE]

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