Another Inexplicable Cop Shooting

This one is for you LexusLover.

The Dallas PD shot a mentally retarded man. Not sure if it was IBHankering.

Watch the video:

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/vi...l-man.cnn.html

He stands up from chair and just .... stands there. Didn't move at all until he was shot by the cops, who looked to be about 15 feet away. FOUR SHOTS. Luckily he was only wounded.

One cop did the shooting. The other one wrote a phony report in which he claimed the guy lunged at them with a knife.

According to the reporter, he had a knife. But he never made any threatening motions.

The cops shot him in less than 20 seconds after getting out of the squad car.

at least they fired the cop this time instead of just putting him on "internal investigation".

Anyone that is that bad a shot should be fired.

I hope you fuckers know, cops do a million GOOD things everyday. The media only shows us a few negative things everyday...

Anyone that is that bad a shot should be fired. Originally Posted by i'va biggen

No kidding, 4 shots and the best they could do is wound him? What kind of firearms training are they running in Dallas?

they need to hire Hating Kayla to pop a cap in everybody's ass!

they need to hire Hating Kayla to pop a cap in everybody's ass! Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Just because you enjoy getting a big one in the ass? You sick fucker...

Go away Simple jack. You've taken stupid to a whole new level.

at least they fired the cop this time instead of just putting him on "internal investigation". Originally Posted by JCM800

Criminal charges were filed BUT the judge hearing the case refused to sign the order to arrest the accused officer.

He deferred the case to a Grand Jury for possible indicment. Just so you know, cops don't get indicted in the "Great State of Texas"... We'll see

Just so you know, cops don't get indicted in the "Great State of Texas"... Originally Posted by GentleGiant2467

Wrong. Dallas is NOT the "Great State of Texas."

This one is for you LexusLover.

The Dallas PD shot a mentally retarded man. Not sure if it was IBHankering.

Watch the video:

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/vi...l-man.cnn.html

He stands up from chair and just .... stands there. Didn't move at all until he was shot by the cops, who looked to be about 15 feet away. FOUR SHOTS. Luckily he was only wounded.

One cop did the shooting. The other one wrote a phony report in which he claimed the guy lunged at them with a knife.

According to the reporter, he had a knife. But he never made any threatening motions.

The cops shot him in less than 20 seconds after getting out of the squad car. Originally Posted by ExNYer

I'm not defending the Officer's actions in this case, having watched the video the shooting didn't look justified, obviously. However, a knife in the hands of someone who knows how to throw it just right can be dangerous. Also, while the suspect initially backed up by rolling his chair backwards, I'm sure they were yelling at him to "get down on the ground" like they normally do, and he stood up out of a wheelchair, which was probably a little disorienting. I read in the newspaper it is SOP to let a grand jury decide on Officer involved shootings. As someone else has said, convicting an Officer in Texas is very difficult. The last time a Dallas Officer was convicted of murder was in the 1970's when Santos Rodriguez was shot Russian Roulette style in the back of a squad car. Rodriguez was about 12 and the cop got 5 years. Let that be your guide.

what?? a cop lie to cover up another cops lies?? say it isn't so

No kidding, 4 shots and the best they could do is wound him? What kind of firearms training are they running in Dallas? Originally Posted by Chica Chaser

Better than NYC, where a bunch of cops shot at a perp and wounded nine bystanders.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/08/nypd-a27.html

I read in the newspaper it is SOP to let a grand jury decide on Officer involved shootings. As someone else has said, convicting an Officer in Texas is very difficult. Here is what was actually posted: "cops don't get indicted in the "Great State of Texas"...

The last time a Dallas Officer was convicted of murder was in the 1970's ... not long after the President was killed there with no conviction.
Originally Posted by Bert Jones

Cops do get indicted by the State, and then by the Feds on a separate charge. Not all shootings by the police deserve an indictment or a conviction, but it is SOP for the DA to take the case to the grand jury and the Feds look at those cases not indicted, no conviction, and/or a slap on the hand sentence.

Wrong. Dallas is NOT the "Great State of Texas." Originally Posted by LexusLover

Huh??? Wha??