‘Sir, why did you shoot me?’

[Sage Truthbearer]

The victim presented absolutely no threat that would justify the use of lethal force. At best, the officer is incompetent, a coward, and unfit for duty. At worst, he's a trigger happy psycho who just wanted to shoot something. Regardless of intentions however, he committed a crime by firing his weapon and he should be held accountable.

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by Sage Truthbearer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The victim presented absolutely no threat that would justify the use of lethal force. At best, the officer is incompetent, a coward, and unfit for duty. At worst, he's a trigger happy psycho who just wanted to shoot something. Regardless of intentions, however, he committed a crime by firing his weapon and he should be held accountable.

Based on what we know, I agree with all of this except the nasty name calling if he made a mistake and of course the last assertion, due to simple ignorance (on my part). What law has he violated as an officer?

[Alarti0001]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Based on what we know, I agree with all of this except the nasty name calling if he made a mistake and of course the last assertion, due to simple ignorance (on my part). What law has he violated as an officer?

Laws... hmm excessive use of force? Shooting a person without cause?

[Sage Truthbearer]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What law has he violated as an officer?

Following an investigation, the guy can be charged by a DA with whatever the DA sees fit.

At the very least, he should be charged with assault with a deadly weapon, vigorously prosecuted, and sentenced to real time.

If it was a "mistake" as you claim, I imagine that the charge will be criminal negligence.

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by Sage Truthbearer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Following an investigation, the guy can be charged by a DA with whatever the DA sees fit.

At the very least, he should be charged with assault with a deadly weapon, vigorously prosecuted, and sentenced to real time.

If it was a "mistake" as you claim, I imagine that the charge will be criminal negligence.

I haven't claimed anything yet. Keeping an open mind until all the facts are in ^^

[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I haven't claimed anything yet. Keeping an open mind until all the facts are in ^^

You just got chin-checked.

Earlier ITT:

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well now that sounds like Kinsey was just caught in crossfire as the police were trying to put down the crazy. I was just going off your excerpt which made it sound like they shot 3 times at Kinsey. I'll go read the article ^^

Originally Posted by Pokesan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

by 'the crazy' do you mean the autistic fellow playing with a toy truck?

I felt that burn pokesan all the way over in RNF. That's hot.

[Raev]

Originally Posted by Pokesan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

BLACK MAN SHOT BY POLICE WHILE LYING ON GROUND WITH HANDS UP

I'm excited to hear the latest garbage nonsense about why this was OK and somehow justified. I wonder if the cop will face any punishment?

Fortunately no one was killed or permanently injured, so the police officer should simply be fired. Santa's video is a great example of how these situations can be damn tough, but this one seems like a relative softball. With one of the men already complying, the police officer could have taken cover, called for backup, and proceeded cautiously. Instead he panicked and sent an innocent man to the hospital. I suspect he feels terrible about the whole business, but, to quote Dalton, he doesn't have the temperament for the trade.

The real villains here are the people stirring up race hatred with misleading headlines. The police officer was shooting at the autist (no doubt an avid tracker with multiple vulak loots) who was holding what he thought was a gun, not the caretaker on the ground. Since he was shot by accident, his race is irrelevant, and there is an 80% chance that the shooter is Hispanic or Black. Instead the average Liberal will read this article, apply confirmation bias, and incorrectly increase his confidence in the 'racist police are out to kill black people' narrative.

[Jarnauga]

why did they even have their weapons out ? i don't know the us police process in that kind of situation, but it doesn't seem like there was any threat that would require the use of any weapons..

i guess there's gonna be an investigation, wait for the conclusions before shouting fool.

Hoping the investigation is not gonna be:

Judge "why did you shoot him ?"
Police guy "i felt threatened"
Judge "ok you're out"

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by Jarnauga [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

why did they even have their weapons out ? i don't know the us police process in that kind of situation, but it doesn't seem like there was any threat that would require the use of any weapons..

i guess there's gonna be an investigation, wait for the conclusions before shouting fool.

Hoping the investigation is not gonna be:

Judge "why did you shoot him ?"
Police guy "i felt threatened"
Judge "ok you're out"

Good post! ^^

[Alarti0001]

Originally Posted by Jarnauga [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

why did they even have their weapons out ? i don't know the us police process in that kind of situation, but it doesn't seem like there was any threat that would require the use of any weapons..

i guess there's gonna be an investigation, wait for the conclusions before shouting fool.

Hoping the investigation is not gonna be:

Judge "why did you shoot him ?"
Police guy "i felt threatened"
Judge "ok you're out"

It's going that route. https://twitter.com/ChuckRabin/statu...05074548924417