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Father 'utterly terrified' after trooper points gun at his 7-year-old

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Post by Admin Tue Aug 16, 2016 2:58 pm

At first, Kenneth Walton thought the Arizona state trooper following him and his 7-year-old daughter wanted to warn him of a broken taillight.

They were in a rental car, on a stretch of Interstate 40 between Las Vegas and Flagstaff, Ariz., on what was supposed to be a fun Grand Canyon vacation. It was dark, and Walton knew he hadn't been speeding, so - not thinking much of it - he pulled over on an off-ramp, rolled down his driver's side window and waited.

That's when things went "terribly awry," according to the San Francisco man's account of what happened last Thursday.

"Tonight, I was arrested at gunpoint by an Arizona highway patrol officer who threatened to shoot me in the back (twice) in front of my 7-year-old daughter," Walton wrote on Facebook, hours after the incident. "For a moment, I was certain he was going to kill me for no reason. I'm alive, and I need to share the story."

His post, published early Friday morning and updated throughout the weekend, went viral, serving as a lightning rod for discussions about what is appropriate during interactions with law enforcement.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety confirmed that the traffic stop took place but disputed the tone and some of the details in Walton's Facebook post, calling it "inflammatory" and "irresponsible." The department is standing by the trooper's actions, including his threat to shoot Walton during the traffic stop, said Capt. Damon Cecil of the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

"We sympathize with them; I don't think there's any law enforcement official who would not be just as angry, just as fearful and terrorized if [they were in a similar situation and] officers had guns pointed out," Cecil told The Washington Post. "It's a scary situation. But in light of that, this is a positive story. . This case is a prime example of how things should be done."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/08/16/father-utterly-terrified-after-trooper-points-gun-at-his-7-year-old-during-traffic-stop/

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