Posted on 04/28/2021 6:22:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The unidentified officer was coming down from an apartment to a underground garage where the officer’s personal vehicle was parked, when he and another person he was with noticed a man seated in the officer’s vehicle wearing his bulletproof vest.
As the officer confronted the man about the vehicle burglary, Moore said an altercation turned into a “gun battle” between the two men.
The suspect used the officer’s primary duty weapon kept in the vehicle to shoot the officer, while the officer used his own backup weapon to defend himself, Moore said.
The “rolling altercation” continued through the garage and onto a breezeway, where the suspect fell to the ground after being struck in the shoulder, arm and leg, Moore said
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
Hmmm. Maybe keep your primary weapon with you, not in your car.
Or practice shooting limbs....
He isn’t a “suspect”; he’s the criminal/perpetrator.
So-called journalists overuse the terms “suspect” and “alleged” when the guilt is obvious.
Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Alleged is the proper word there...
He forgot to lock his car.......
When do the riots start?
Who was white and who was black? That’s all that matters anymore.
This is quite racist for the author to describe the "suspect" as a "MAN". That's presumptive, and potentially even illegal, considering that "they" have not yet given "their" preferred pronouns. I'm sure the "person" who was walking with the officer would readily agree.
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