CANTON--A woman was sitting at a four-way stop near Heritage Christian School with her 3-year-old daughter in the back seat when a man approached her on the driver's side. He kicked her car and yelled obscenities through her window. She quickly rolled up her window. She drove east on Sixth Street SW and called 911 from her cellphone. Marks had just finished roll call with fellow officers Brandon Shackle, Kevin Sedares and Zach Taylor. He began his patrol shift, solo, and headed west from downtown on Sixth Street SW. As he approached Park Avenue SW, he saw the woman, who frantically waved him down. She was telling her story about the man who had kicked her car when he rounded a corner and began walking toward the two cars. "He was strutting. His chest was out," said Marks, who had seen this walk before. He said some men project an attitude when walking past a cop, as if to say "you don't scare me." Marks pulled his car toward the curb at an angle, hit his overhead lights and rolled down his passenger-side window. He called the man over. "Hey, what's up? What's going on?" The man, in his early 50s, told the officer he wasn't doing anything. He denied kicking the woman's car and shouted an expletive when asked for his name and identification. Then he walked away. Marks is a solid 5-feet-9, 190 pounds. At 38, he has a big personality and an easy smile, and he talks with his hands in an animated way. He faced the man, who at 5-feet-10, 175 pounds, did not appear imposing. "I ...
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