Posted on 10/07/2022 3:48:48 PM PDT by algore
A San Antonio police officer has been fired after he shot and injured a 17-year-old multiple times when the boy fled in his car after he startled him in a McDonald's parking lot.
Shocking video shows the moment that Erik Cantu was wounded multiple times while eating a cheeseburger inside of his car after being confronted by Officer James Brennand. An unharmed female passenger was seated next to the victim. She has not been identified.
Cantu was hospitalized at nearby University Hospital. He listed as being in critical but stable condition.
On Wednesday, the San Antonio Police Department acted swiftly in firing Brennand. He was still in his probationary period and had been on the job for just seven months.
Officers initially laid charges against the teenager for evading arrest and assault on a police officer, but those have since been dropped. Under Texas law, due to the fact that the teen had charges pending against him, his family was only permitted to be by his bedside for limited periods of time.
Brennand was called to the McDonald's after a reported disturbance when he noticed Cantu's car outside the restaurant.
The officer thought the car was the same one that evaded him the night before when he attempted to stop the vehicle as the registered license plate didn't match the vehicle.
Brennand approached Cantu's maroon car and called for cover, but quickly tried to take matters into his own hands and opened the car door.
Police have not confirmed whether Cantu's car was stolen.
Prior to the release of the video, Brennand maintained that he only opened fire on Cantu after the teenager hit him with his car.
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It also looks like the cop lied about being hit by the car.
Officer claimed the open car door hit him as Cantu backed up.
I know McDonald’s isn’t healthy but it’s not a crime. Yet.
Just following the feral government’s lead.
Somebody said you did something so the FIB can kick down your door and drag you out in the middle of the night and kill you if you resist.
Blatent lie.
They need to put him in jail.
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Guy is lucky he wasn’t eating a donut. That would have really pissed the cop off
The kid was eating meat and contributing to global warming. Should have gotten a veggie burger.
that was flat out murder by the cop.
(I know McDonald’s isn’t healthy but it’s not a crime)
Well, there is the McRib - meat pressed into a shape
“They need to put him in jail. “
Can’t... Putting an officer in a normal prison is a death sentence. It is considered cruel and unusual punishment.
So... We need “Cop only” peer prisons.
McJail
I just spent three months on a grand jury.
We had a guy who demanded to see cop cams on every case where they stayed body cams were turned on. That made sense to me and we got a majority of jurors to join us. By the second month we saw body cam video on every case where it was warranted.
The cops do a good job. It was good to be able to see that three or four times a day. The DA hated it because their video equipment in the grand jury room sucked.
Body cams keep everyone safe.
That would be murder...if he did.
Well, it is clear why that clown became a cop.
Yes, that was a blatant lie. If it weren’t for the video, the kid would be convicted of felonious assault on a police officer. And the cop would be getting some sort of award.
(And, yes, the kid was wrong for not obeying the cop’s orders. But not every such response is deserving of a bullet in the back.)
Meat? That has never been conclusively proven. It’s never been determined what “ species” the Meat might come from.
Who got murdered? The victim is still alive.
The officer acted like a carjacker the entire time and recorded all of it. San Antonio and the SAPD are going to settle out of court as fast as they can over this.
Yes, the cop would say, stop eating my donut, I am not fat enough yet. 🤪
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