Cops should stick to their primary duty:
Raising money for the welfare state from innocent citizens attempting to lawfully go about their day.
Not all that different from George Zimmerman; “If only he had stayed in the car, none of this would have happened”.
I imagine it went something like this:
http://klipd.com/watch/apocalypse-now/river-boat-massacre-scene
Another example of militarized cops in action.
Serves him right for not having a dog.
I read somewhere that cops are now trained to yell “drop the gun” while unloading their high capacity magazine at the perp. If so then what happened would make sense as the minute on of them yelled at the perp it triggered an automatic response in the cops to unload their gun in the general direction of the perp. That said the cops will be cleared and the guy shot will get whatever the going rate is for being shot (but not killed), here in LA it appears to be around $2M or so depending on how helpless the victim is (say a pair of little old ladies delivering newspapers versus some guy looking for a smoke).
ping
Nest time this guy wants to go look in the car at night, he is going to have to call the cops first and let them know the address, the time he expects to be outside, and what clothing he is going to wear.
Even so, they might still kill him.
Tell St Peter at the Golden Gate that you hate to make him wait
But you just gotta have another cigarette [Asleep at the Wheel version, original-Tex Ritter]
These deputies were not on the ball. At 2:42am, unless the vehicle was strongly illuminated, which is unlikely, a typical police approach would be to shine their bright flashlights on him, announce that they are the police, and that he should *not* move.
If he is rummaging around in a car, even if he was holding a gun, he is at a distinct disadvantage.
Police should not have said “Keep your hands where we can see them”, unless he was *seated* in the front seat where he could put his hands on the steering wheel or front dash.
You see the advantage of ordering him to freeze?
At that point he should have blurted out his business, and that this is his home, and the car is his mother’s car.
In any event, these cops need to be sent back to the minors for some seasoning.
More Pig violence. These people should lose their jobs and pensions.
Time to go back to the old standard for LEOs: No shooting at ANYONE unless they shoot at you first. Period.
Woo! paid vacation time, in Florida.
Thank goodness the man didnt have a dog.