Pistol-whipped cop didn’t shoot black suspect, didn’t want to be labeled murderer

The Alabama cop who was attacked with his own service weapon last week hesitated to shoot the suspect because he feared losing his job. The unnamed officer apparently feared being labelled the next Darren Wilson (the Ferguson cop who shot dead Michael Brown), said Heath Boackle, a sergeant with the Birmingham Police Department and president of the city's Fraternal Order of Police.
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