LINK St. Louis-area cop indicted for shooting shoplifting suspect
The excuse isn't that she was in the wrong apartment, like the cop in Texas, this one simply had "weapon confusion." Yep, that's right, cops even have a catchy name for when they shot someone rather than tase them. Jesus. Only in America. smh
(This entire article is filled with near jaw-dropping statements such as, "He noted that police officers typically train by drawing their gun, not their stun gun, and that becomes habit." SO that explains all those unarmed people being shot, the cops weren't really fearing for their lives, they just ...out of habit...drew a gun versus a taser. sigh)
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I have wondered about this since it happened, and yes the training does need to be changed. There is never a reason to shoot a shoplifting suspect unless they have a visible weapon and appear to reach for it. Reasons to taser such a person should also exist before that is done as well. Did she provide open resistance to the officer?
As for that case in Texas I'm finding media shots at trying to get the cop a fair trial that rile me a bit. They keep saying that Amber Guyger mistakenly shot and killed her neighbor. That bothers me. Neighbor my ass! She was on the wrong floor of the apartment building and claims she thought this was her apartment. Working a full shift beforehand does not excuse this sort of behavior and poor judgement and her trial will have to be a complete circus.
DenoPenno
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May 2, 2019
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How disgraceful. The excuse and the behavior. Blue virus of too much reliance on deadly force. The seeing of community as being a enemy to overcome and eliminated as opposed to be a coomunity to be protected. Really accelerated under Bush Ii when military machinery and weapons were peddled to domestic police departments. Began the militarization of local police departments.
t1nick
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May 1, 2019
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That is so very disturbing.
Here's a story of when a cop does things right, despite the fact that many people wanted to see this guy dead.
Athena
Level 8
May 1, 2019
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I'm not sure I'd call this 'right'. I think the cop would have been justified in this case to shoot. He was potentially in significant risk. In the US, by contrast, there have been cases of suspects being shot whilst on the ground.
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