Another vet chokeholds a dude to death

Esteban Lowery trying to murder a cop

Not that one that’s been in the news. Though this one was also the hero of the day.

Local media out of Bowling Green, Kentucky dove into a case from June 2023. A Bowling Green cop was lucky to have a citizen rider with him. The unnamed US Army specialist from Fort Campbell was checking out police work for after his impending ETS. The cop and rider responded to a disturbance call that jumped bad awfully fast (as these things tend to do).

The above screencap is from the cop’s bodycam. The suspect was acting erratically, refused to obey commands, and then drew a pistol. He shot the cop several times as he emptied his gun. For whatever reason, the cop engaged the threat with his Taser, and got shot six times for his troubles. Fortunately for him (and the civilians in the building), the unnamed member of the E-4 Mafia noticed the bad guy’s gun slide lock open. He took that opportunity to go on the offensive, and engaged the threat (while himself unarmed and after the bad guy literally just gunned down a cop). Putting him in a chokehold after some tussling, and with another citizen kicking bad guy’s gun away, he stopped the threat. Permanently.

There’s a lot to chastise the tactics of the uniformed cop here, so I’d not like to go down that path. Rather, I’d like to find out the name of the soldier so he can never have to buy a drink in any cop bar in the world ever again. I’d also like to see him get a Soldier’s Medal.

Bowling Green Daily News has the video and a detailed rundown of the day’s events.

Category: Police, Veterans in politics