Posted on 02/01/2023 3:47:39 AM PST by Adder
A group of California police officers shot and killed a double amputee on Thursday as he tried to run away from them on his stumps after jumping out of his wheelchair.
The three cops from Huntington Park Police Department were filmed firing at least eight shots at Anthony Lowe Jr., a 36-year-old father-of-two.
His family say he lost the lower halves of his legs recently after an altercation with police in Texas.
Lowe Jr. had just stabbed someone unprovoked, according to the police department, and was trying to run away from two officers on Thursday.
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It’s only half the story.
This exceprt omits that he had large knife (butcher knife?) that he used to stab someone and was trying to throw it at police. Not such a clearcut issue.
I guess shooting him the leg was not an option
I'm stumped for an answer.
Another career criminal that is about to be elevated to sainthood by “the community”.
Hide the Nikes, the booze and the big screen televisions, because “justice” is coming.
Suicide by cops.
Yes?
I see what you did there.
Everything you said is correct. As a police officer, you just don’t chase down a double amputee like that and shot him dead. That was an execution. Anybody that has seen that video may be rethinking their opposition to “defund the police”. I’m open to bringing back “cruel and unusual” punishment...for the officers.
Btt
“Its just a flesh wound”
I would have thought the Texas cops were better shots.
I would have thought the Texas cops were better shots.
It’s not like they couldn’t just wait for the guy to tumble onto the ground. Weebles wobble and all that.
And a butchers knife looks dangerous, but it’s not exactly a throwing knife.
True. But still I hope the cops go to jail a long time. They seem to have a trigger finger syndrome that needs rectified immediately.
Why shoot a dead guy?
The Daily Mail always uses “shootdead” as a transitive verb.
A night stick would have worked in this situation.
Is the vice president going to his funeral?
Clearly, he didn’t have a leg to stand on.
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