“”Let’s wait until ALL the facts are in before commenting on those incidents.” “
That’s just what the LAPD and the Torrance cops are hoping. Just what additional “facts” are needed in the case of the two women in the pickup that were shot?
1. There were two of them.
2. They were both women.
3. They were white.
4. The truck was the wrong make.
5. The truck was the wrong color.
So I guess the cops had “buck fever” and the opened up hoping by some strange “reasoning” that they had the “right” vehicle?
I think the police should be kept on a very short leash. If they were, I don’t think their jobs would be so dangerous. The police can do the arresting, let the people protect themselves. But what we have now is the “civilian “ police force going around in tanks, APCs, helicopters, wearing military style gear, grenades, assault weapons. Not to mention they’re union and prone to corruption. Racketeering backed by deadly force. Real nice. It’s unnecessary escalation of force on the street that is becoming out of control.
FWIW, the truck of the 2 newspaper delivery folks was the same make, different model, and in the hours of darkness was dark blue vice dark silver. The truck was driving around without lights and fit the MO appearance of the suspect who was considered armed and dangerous and very life threatening to other officers.
I can understand their mistaking the vehicle and drivers as possibly the suspect from afar.
I think they have difficulty explaining the numbers of rounds fired, how few struck their target, and why so many other vehicles in the neighborhood also got shot up.
IMHO, it would be easier to explain if the cops had used automatic weapons on full auto with only 1 out of every 5 rounds even striking the vehicle and they went through about 5 magazines of ammo each before even stopping to inquire about their intended target.