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Looks like the Louisville slugger was stopped by a slug...
If one of my rounds “went astray” and killed an innocent person I’d be up on charges of manslaughter so fast it’d make my head spin. But then I’m just a citizen of Illinois with a CCL. Cops are “special” and the mostest importantest part of the story is that the cop made it home safely.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, else matters and that includes the dead citizen.
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The cop does not want the family’s money. He wants the money that the city will eventually give to the family.
I’ll leave it to others to debate the legality of the shooting the baseball bat guy. But the cop also (accidentally) shot the innocent neighbor. I hope the neighbor’s family sues the cop personally. One good lawsuit deserves another.
Wow, kill a couple people and then sue surviving family on top of it?
Disgraceful.
Police were once upon a time trained to deal with baseball bats. In my youth I remember that sort of confrontation happening more than once and such events ended always with the bat wielder being caught in a chokehold or having his arm dislocated. Now they are trained to just shoot as first response to any perceived threat of any nature.In the old days, though, police would also shoot someone believed to be a fleeing felon. Young punks and old pros knew not to run unless distance and the availability of cover made it at least 50-50 that one would not get a bullet in the back.
Why was this woman who had nothing to do with the incident standing next to a cop killer?
Every policeman involved in a ‘death by cop’ needs to sue the family... enough is enough.
Since “Quintonio” was a black guy, this cop may have been making a preemptive move with the lawsuit to prevent the usual “Ferguson/Baltimore effect” by the BLM bunch. Also, the lady who was hit by the same bullet should not have been lurking around a confrontational police situation.
That being said, police officers are trained to be aware of the background before they shoot. But in the heat of battle, “stuff happens”. I guess we’ll see how this plays out.
Simply put the best defense is a good offense
The suit adds that the 'fourth round that Officer Rialmo fired passed through LeGrier and struck Bettie Jones, who unbeknownst to Officer Rialmo, was standing in the front doorway to the building … behind LeGrier and partially exposed to any gunfire that might pass through LeGrier.'
Seems to me Bettie Jones is partially at fault here, if this narrative is correct
The mentally ill guy is swinging a bat at him, officer starts to fire and she is just standing there...
I understand the time frame is tight, but once a guy starts swinging a bat around, I'd start moving away...