[Erasmus]

I seem to recall a story covered here some years ago about some poor schlub who was shot in his car by a cop (don’t recall whether the guy died).

In that case, one cop was shouting at the guy to keep his hands on the wheel. The other cop was shouting at the guy to get out of his car. Only problem was, the guy had his seat belt on. He was a dead man no matter what he did, wasn’t he?

[ken in texas]

Re: ... He was a dead man no matter what he did, wasn’t he?

I remember that story. Very tragic.

[muawiyah]

There was a situation in Maryland where the cops, plus the FBI, pulled over a car that looked like a car they were after. The Boy Scout was in the passenger seat. His girlfriend was driving.

The cops gave contradictory commands and the trigger happy FBI guy shot him in the face.

Neither of the victims were armed; they'd not robbed a bank lately; etc.

The FBI immediately put procedures in place to protect the guilty agent and his immediate supervisor. That was their FIRST MOVE. I don't think a civil suit got going until the FBI district manager was relocated to some other place to screw up ~ cover ups are always a mess you know, and how do you cover up your guy shooting a kid in the face eh? Stupid woman too (the supervisor).

[valkyry1]

That happens all to often in these situations, amped up cops screaming contradictory orders and they all got their guns drawn, a 95% death sentence.