The history of the officer is absolutely important....it speaks to his integrity and or ability to uphold the law honestly and in good judgement. In the end, Porter may have been in the wrong but what people fail to realize is, the officer should be a de-escalator and not an agitator of the situation. If this officer has a history of abusing power, I could only imagine what role he played when he was first on the scene and his body cam was off....like any investigation, allow time and the facts to help make the situation transparent. The officers past simply make his testimony questionable, but that's why investigations involve eye witnesses. If everything matches up, then there should be no problem. But if the stories of multiple people differ and the majority of the stories of the eye witnesses are in sync, this officer's integrity will once again be called into question. Its guys like him that make it harder for honest cops to be trusted by the community....
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