They were only 30 feet from this guy, and they couldn't tell this wasn't a gun?
From 30 feet away, I can easly tell a fork from a spoon...
What's up with that?
Posted on 12/15/2010 6:28:43 PM PST by marktwain
The 35-year-old Long Beach man killed in an officer-involved shooting Sunday was holding a pistol-grip water nozzle, not a gun, Long Beach police officials said Monday.
Two officers responded to a 911 call at 4:40 p.m. Sunday from a neighbor reporting an intoxicated man holding a "six-shooter" in the 5300 block of East Ocean Boulevard in the upscale Belmont Shore neighborhood.
"The officers had a position of cover and were observing the suspect while other officers were en route," said Sgt. Dina Zapalski, a spokeswoman for the Long Beach Police Department.
Zapalski said Douglas Zerby had been sitting on a stoop playing with what appeared to be a weapon and pointing it at objects as if it were a gun. He extended his arms and pointed in the direction of an officer. Police said they did not have time to make their presence known or to tell Zerby to drop the weapon before opening fire because they believed he was a threat.
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They were only 30 feet from this guy, and they couldn't tell this wasn't a gun?
From 30 feet away, I can easly tell a fork from a spoon...
What's up with that?
Of course, that is exactly what this guy did, and they killed him anyway. So what is the moral of the story now?
SeeSac (aka "Look at my Balls"), in your most logical and calm matter, if you please: was this a good shoot or not? A simple, calm "yes" or "no" will do.
> “So what is the moral of the story now?”
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If you live in a town that has gone as far down hill as Long Beach, Move!
You’re expecting way too much from that troll.
Any day a cop is part of your life, it's a bad day.
If someone robs you and you call a cop, you're out of luck and it's a bad day.
If you are sitting on your porch and a neighbor calls the cops on you, they'll shoot you dead, which is a very very bad day.
Every day a cop is in your life, it's a bad day.
It's called common sense.
Hmmm...seems to be some kind of testicle fetish going on with this guy...
He’s a head case.
I’m in agreement. I hope my comment was taken as sarcasm; I was certain it would be. Got to use the /sarc from now on.
I’d say he’s a “nut” case!
Wiggins is a cop groupie. However, since the History Channel is running specials all week on the Third Reich, Wiggins is probably popping wood watching all those marching black uniforms.
I got the sarcasm John...lol
Yea. These cops were probably lucky that they had an opportunity to say “Police Drop The Gun”. My heart goes out to the officers that never had that chance.
lol...
They did but didn't and the young guy is very dead because of this.
My heart goes out to the officers that never had that chance.
This isn't about other cases, this is about this case. It's seems you're diverting away from this event.
I’m not the poster that posted that picture, but that is the very nozzle that the man killed was holding.
He was holding an orange colored .45 with a tube coming off the magazine?
Please tell me your joking.
Collectively, the population which includes you and me, deserves the kenyan. Maybe the population has wakened to what it has wrought and will correct the problem.
Speaking for yourself....
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