699. Weak Cops Are Dangerous To Everyone: Real Cop Reacts To Excessive Force

Best-selling author and former cop Eric Tansey takes viewers inside newly released bodycam footage from Charlotte County, Florida — where Deputy Timothy Poole shot and killed unarmed Deep Creek resident Daniel Scott Burch. Tansey’s law enforcement experience brings clarity to the split-second decisions and emotional chaos that ended in tragedy. In this episode, bodycam video showing the fatal encounter between and an unarmed Deep Creek man shot and killed after saying “Let’s do it.” Tansey dissects use of force rules, tactics, body language, escalation, and officer decision-making under pressure that decides life and death. Was deadly force justified? Did the deputy have other options? What does the video reveal about modern policing, community tension, and how split-second choices define lives? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices