Posted on 07/30/2018 2:08:14 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
The case of a man who was accidentally shot to death by his girlfriend in her Bradenton home has come to light more than five months later.
Despite the finding that the shooting was accidental and no charges were ever filed, a Bradenton police officer has been punished for among other reasons, not turning on her patrol car’s lights and sirens or displaying any other urgency in responding to the scene.
Officer Amy Schwartz told internal affairs investigators she usually doesn’t activate her lights and sirens unless “there’s an officer down.”
On the afternoon of Feb. 21, the Bradenton Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in the 1000 block of Sixth Street East in Bradenton. Malik Gore-Bell, 20, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in the bedroom of his girlfriend’s home.
Gore-Bell’s girlfriend, who is facing no charges in connection to the shooting, told police that the handgun had accidentally discharged when he handed her the gun to put away. The couple had a common practice of putting his gun and drugs in the top drawer of the dresser when children were home, as they were on that day.
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Schwartz, had been assigned as the primary officer to the call by dispatch but never activated her lights or sirens nor did she speed to the scene, according to the internal affairs report.
Instead, Schwartz drove below the speed limit at times, stopped multiple times for traffic lights and stop signs and even pulled over as her own sergeant passed her by with his lights and sirens, according to the internal affairs report.
Man gets shot by a woman: presumed accident.
Woman gets shot by a man: presumed murder.
The article goes on to say she’s a “chronic offender.”
Not the first time she’s been written up for being a bit too leisurely.
Malik is not gonna be any less dead.
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And the world seems to be better off without him.
Yup
Contrast with around here where cops and others turn on the lights and sirens to get to Arbys...................
Did she know for certain she was dead?
Was there evidence to be preserved?
Was it a case of responding slow to avoid danger?
When seconds count, the Police will be there in minutes, or hours, or days.
Did you know this guy? What was he like?
Whatever it was she should have chosen another profession.
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Oh really? Only blue costumed nobility matters?
Find another line of work ...
Yes, but at 20 years old, he seemed to be responsible. He always put his drugs and guns away when children were in the home.
Schwartz drove below the speed limit at times, stopped multiple times for traffic lights and stop signs and even pulled over as her own sergeant passed her by with his lights and sirens
Well in there defense, I may have blown a red light or two to get a nice Arby’s Beef and Cheddar. Sometimes you gotta have one.
And in the top drawer, too!
I like to think he maybe had a nice soft touch trigger on his gun.
Sorry wrong thread.
, I may have blown a red light or two to get a nice Arby’s Beef and Cheddar. Sometimes you gotta have one.
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This clown should be working at Arbys or a like profession.
‘To Protect & Serve’ just isn’t in her makeup, maybe she should just be serving - AT a fast food joint.
Taxpayers ought to be suing because she is drawing a PD check and runs around ‘playing’ a cop.
Can you imagine a White MALE using the ‘I only rush to a scene if it is an Officer down’ card?
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