Really, just what is your problem? You have called me a liar regarding this issue at least five times. You have accused me of deliberately giving false information on Free Republic. I live less than three miles from where this incident took place, the local news stations and breaking news, immediately reported that the victim of the robbery was shot by the police, THAT HE WAS CARRYING A GUN AND REFUSED TO DROP IT. I have just shown you proof that i was correct and you still want to call me a liar. I don’t know that is what really happened at the scene and you don’t know that it didn’t. But I do know I was not lying and your comments have been reprehensible. I did not hurl accusations against the victim, I reported what was being reported by the news, as well as the authorities.
You did accuse the victim of “brandishing” a weapon; a claim yet to be demonstrated.
Since the new story is at odds with the initial information, it has the marks of invented information to make the cops look in a better light.
Had the story remained consistent, the police officers could be believed as demonstrating veracity.
However, since shooting a burglary victim does not garner police sympathy, it is not unexpected for the police to attempt to paint the (deceased, cannot defend himself) victim in a negative light to turn attention away from their own actions).
You were dishonest about the information in the initial story, even when your error was pointed out to you, repeatedly. Furthermore, you have provided the revised “Official Story” a few days after the initial story broke.
Those are not the actions of someone seeking the truth; those are the actions of someone who wishes to validate and defend the police, even when they are in the wrong.
Murdering a victim of a burglary is decidedly and emphatically wrong. Dishonestly accusing the deceased murder victim of “brandishing” a weapon should be beneath any thinking conservative.