#72: Yes, I think the suspended, shoplifting cop who claims she was asleep is lying. That's correct.
#73: I think she was passed out drunk. Maybe that counts as “asleep”, I dunno..
Which of the following do you believe to be the truth?
1. That she was passed out drunk.
2. That she was asleep.
3. That she flashed her badge, as the initial story said.
Make #3 ‘police ID’ instead of ‘badge’.
Police sources identified the officer in Polanco’s car as 29-year-old Vanessa Rodriguez. She was waving her police ID out the window just before the shooting, sources said.
I think the woman was passed out, then woke up after the car was pulled over and waved her ID out the window. I also suspect that the cops who approached the car that had just cut them off twice and then attempted to flee and was finally forced to pull over at 5 in the morning didn't really care to get close enough to examine the ID to see what it was and determine if it was genuine. That part of the story is barely relevant and anyway, it sounds like the shooting happened pretty quick.
I maintain that the kid was probably reaching down beneath his seat to stash his drugs. The cop saw this and maybe saw an object in the dark- - the power drill - - and shot.
Ironically, the kid allegedly wanted to be a cop, and so that makes him just as disgraceful and stupid a pig as all other cops, don't you think? So in the end, it's a wash. You should be happy - - a future thug cop is dead.