This happened just a couple of miles down the road from my house. Whoever called this in to 911 said he had a gun.
I have heard that some women are told to yell “Fire!” if someone tries to rape them. People respond more quickly to cries of “Fire!”
If someone calls 911 and says “I see a guy walking in my neighborhood — can you send a cruiser?” there might be no response. Maybe someone got the bright idea to call 911 and say “I see a guy walking in my neighborhood — AND HE HAS A GUN — can you send a cruiser?”
That would be a tragic error in judgment that led to other tragic errors in judgment.
I know almost nothing about California but I think I've read that Bakersfield is kind of working class...not a slum but not Beverly Hills either.Also,I think I've read that Bakersfield has a pretty bad gang problem.If I'm correct about the gangs,in particular,it's understandable that the cops there are pretty nervous at that hour.I know *I* wouldn't want to be a cop in such a scenario.
An old,confused guy...probably couldn't hear (or understand) instructions given to him.Hard to imagine anything more sad.
“Whoever called this in to 911 said he had a gun.”
Probably just said it to get the cops to respond faster.
If someone dies as a result of your actions, even if you didn’t intend it, isn’t that manslaughter? Charge whoever made the false call with that!
***Whoever called this in to 911 said he had a gun***
And? Because some dumb ass thinks they see someone with a gun the cops are supposed to just show up and start firing like it’s the old west?
Cops are clearly not trained properly anywhere. Years ago a friend of mine was in a car accident. The reason he was in a car accident was because he went into diabetic shock. Because he was acting “out of it” they handcuffed him and was fixing to take him to jail. Thankfully when the paramedics arrived they noticed his DIABETIC BRACELET and immediately knew what was wrong, got the cops to take the cuffs off and they began treatment on the scene and rushed him to the hospital.
My brother n law was in a severe car accident with severe head trauma and because he wasn’t acting “normal” he rode in the ambulance handcuffed because they thought he was on drugs. Turns out he had severe head trauma which was obvious by his obvious broken jaw.