I'm not sure I understand just WHY the officers opened fire on a truck that: Wasn't the color of the perp's truck, wasn't the same make/model, had 2 people in it, when pulled over why didn't the people in the truck simply obey officer's commands, and barring some kind of "furtive move" simply arrest the folks?
To make matters worse, they didn't (thankfully) KILL one of the two women in the truck, despite turning the cab into swiss cheese.
So we're left with stupid incompetent cops, or on the other hand, thank God the LAPD is full of stupid, incompetent cops.
They shot it up because they could do it and get away with it. Just like the Nevada cops shot down the guy at Cosco like he was a dog.
“Pulled over”? Oh my that never came close to happening. It was spray and pray from a distance.
“I’m not sure I understand just WHY the officers opened fire on [that] truck...”
Nobody really does. And that they couldn’t tell two women from one (rather large) man is also disturbing.
Look, I can never see the details of other drivers because I guess I’m about 1/3 blind, but hubby can. I mean I can’t tell if a person driving some other vehicle is male or female, old or young, what race they are, Tall and Short, that’s as much as I can perceive.
But, hubby can tell and I’d like to think the cops can too, at least before they open fire.
I have to say I used to be a very law-and-order conservative. But it’s the news I’ve read on FR that’s made me much more skeptical about cops in general.
And this was just an outrage. I feel like that could have been me in that car. I’m a middle aged woman, I might be out there on my paper route, I’m not Hispanic, but HELLO I’m not a 6”5” black guy either, so please don’t shoot at me regardless of my vehicle!
Not to mention neither of them was a large, black male. As far as I know the truck wasn't pulled over they cops just started shooting.