Posted on 09/05/2017 8:08:19 AM PDT by Leaning Right
A cop shot an Ohio news photographer after confusing his camera and tripod for a weapon, according to the paper.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot New Carlisle News photog Andy Grimm in the side as he unloaded a tripod from his vehicle to snap pictures of a traffic stop around 10 p.m. Monday.
Without warning, the deputy opened fire as Grimm was setting up the tripod. The photographer said he and the deputy knew each other.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
“BLM and similar anti police groups were starting to lose legitimacy in the eyes of most people. Then these two recent bonehead cop moves resuscitates them.”
It does lend credibility to the trigger happy complaint doesn’t it?
“A cop shot an Ohio news photographer after confusing his camera and tripod for a weapon, according to the paper”
What haven’t these idiots mistook as a gun?
This is what a country that raises it's young to worship authority produces.
Either that, or there is something else going on here that we don't know about.
Drill Instructor: This is my rifle! This is my gun!
Recruits: This is for fighting! This is for fun!
They should have included a tripod in there, somewhere, to help this inept cop understand the difference.
"The photographer said he and the deputy knew each other."
So... you are saying the DEPUTY was CONFUSED and thought someone he KNEW was pulling out a RIFLE to shoot him ?
The story didn’t say the cop know he was shooting at his friend when he was pulling the trigger, just that he saw someone with what he thought was a gun.
Agreed.
just that he saw someone with what he thought was a gun.
So, even though he was a police officer, he ignored all formal training and fired without warning at someone who turned out to be his friend. The traffic stop must have been in a bad part of town.
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