Oh, wait. So if it’s a burglary call, cops can be forgiven for shooting through a window at an unidentifiable target. That’s nice to know.
I called the police for an open door burglary. Pulled up to my mom’s house at 10am and the door was wide open. She was in the hospital. The dispatcher told me don’t go inside just wait for them to get there. When they approached the house they had their hands on their weapons, not drawn. They knocked on the doorjamb and said....anybody in there?
I’m pretty sure that’s how it should be done.
And I bet if you were the police officer on a burglary call and you glanced and observed a human being pointing a handgun at you, you would have calmly instructed the person to drop the gun!! Actually, you would have sh*t your pants and fired, just like this rookie did. The victim is very likely not at fault whatsoever, but the police officer was likely negligent and not criminally culpable.
They can’t rob you if you’re dead.
Stops the robbery cold.
I saw an article yesterday that claimed the person inside the house pointed a gun at the officer. I don’t know if it’s true or not. Does anyone know if that really happened?