Posted on 02/09/2013 9:05:20 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A mother and daughter newspaper delivery team who were mistakenly shot by Los Angeles police hunting for a fugitive former cop will get a new pickup truck courtesy of the department.
LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith says the department's Chief Charlie Beck met with the women in their Torrance home Saturday to apologize and tell them he had arranged for someone to donate a new pickup truck.
The truck will be donated early this week, Smith said...
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Re: “PROTECTED AND SERVED” :
They should definitely drive it around (if it still runs) or put it on display in public places with signs to the effect of “Your Police Dept. on Steroids”.
It almost looks like the car that Bonny and Clyde Barrows got caught in - except they were really criminals!
If the makers of that model truck had the balls to do it, there’s a great advertising opportunity...
“All steel construction...because some work days are rougher than others...” BANG BANG-BANG BAM BUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDA PING PIM PIM PIM PEOWWW POWPOW
“Now featuring the armor plated bucket seats, and bulletproof gas tank, standard!”
"The department would like to give you a new truck for your trouble.......just sign right here at the X and we'll have the truck delivered tomorrow."
If it did, I hope they didn't fall for it.
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