According to court documents:
Geiser s son, Darrick Geiser, called the police after his father threatened to hurt himself. An Apple Creek police officer located Rodney Geiser behind the former Harvest Market, 60 E Main St.
Geiser continuously held a gun pointed at his own head. He did not point the gun at the officers or any civilians.
Geiser continued to hold the gun to his head as he walked around the village. Officers ordered Geiser to stop. He passed numerous residences, a car wash, the Dollar Store and the post office.
Geiser paid no attention to and did not threaten any of these people.
Dec 31, 2020
Officers are trained to react within split seconds when responding to unknown situations. That training is supposed to equip them to make good decisions.
Despite that, inevitably errors will occur. But they happen way too often, and also too often they involve black victims. The latest tragic incident involves last week’s police shooting of Andre Hill, 47, in Columbus. Hill, an unarmed black man, was shot to death by police as he held a cellphone.
The Columbus police officer who pulled the trigger, Adam Coy, was fired this week after an employment hearing. Columbus Public Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr. released a statement that said, in part, “The actions of Adam Coy do not live up to the oath of a Columbus police officer, or the standards we, and the community, demand of our officers. The shooting of Andre Hill is a tragedy for all who loved him in addition to the community and our Division of Police.”
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Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents work the scene of an officer-involved shooting on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 at the 1000 block of Oberlin Dr. in Columbus, Ohio. A police officer who shot and killed a Black man holding a cell phone in Ohio s capital city early Tuesday did not activate his body camera beforehand, and dash cameras on the officers cruiser were also not activated, city officials said. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP) December 31, 2020 - 1:31 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio - In the minutes that ticked by after a police officer shot Andre Hill inside his friendâs garage, officers scoured the driveway for shell casings, strung crime scene tape around the house and blocked off the street.