Unarmed Grandfather 73, shot 9 times by cops.

The Daily Mail ^

[wyowolf]

An unarmed grandfather in the early stages of dementia was shot dead by police while he walked around the block near his home. Francisco Serna, 73, was hit nine times by gunfire from police in Bakersfield, California, answering a call about a man with a gun - but no weapon was recovered from the scene. He was stood in his neighbor's driveway at around 12.30am Monday morning when he was gunned down. His family said he took the late-night walks to tire himself out.

[wyowolf]

WTF?? He clearly wasnt armed.. they dont have tasers at least??

[goldstategop]

I understand the police have to be careful - but to gun down an elderly man out in the middle of the night?

Something doesn’t add up.

[trisham]

Poor man. His family must be devastated.

[trisham]

No, it doesn’t.

[Gay State Conservative]

Yikes! What in God's name caused someone to think he was armed???

[knarf]

The site took forever to load and I quit after about 4 minutes .. still not loaded ... too many pictures

I don't know the story.

But I can envision ... late at night a cop or a couple of cops, yelling "halt" and an old man that maybe didn't hear them, and the cops open fire on a rambling (he wasn't running or anything, right) old man makes the Bakersfield hiring practices suspicious.

[circlecity]

"Something doesn’t add up."

I'm thinking there's a lot more to the story than isn't being reported here.

[smokingfrog]

Yikes! This makes no sense.

[trisham]

It’s just heartbreaking.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Yikes! What in God's name caused someone to think he was armed???

Probably some pajama boy.

[matthew fuller]

Danville Virginia Police Officer McLean Fired for Shooting and Killing a 12 Pound Dachshund Dog
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The cowardice of some cops knows no bounds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUfJ6M_okas

[gr8eman]

In the era of (exposed) fake news, isn’t there always?

[loungitude]

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[wyowolf]

Im not any kind of cop basher, i know a few, but I do not understand this at all... no tasers at least? why??

[JayAr36]

Another example of just how low the standards are to hire police these days. Go back ten years and see if the higher standards weren’t higher and police thought before blasting away like Wyatt Earp.

[Future Snake Eater]

Francisco Serna, 73, was hit nine times by gunfire from police in Bakersfield, California, answering a call about a man with a gun - but no weapon was recovered from the scene.

Paid leave for everyone involved! Except the dead innocent, I guess.

[goldstategop]

Good question.

Internal Affairs is going to be looking at the shooting. One officer was involved.

He may or may not face criminal charges but his life is already ruined.

Shooting someone’s grandfather is not a mark you want to have on your police record.

[Magnum44]

Im not any kind of cop basher

you don't have to be a cop basher to count the number of bad shootings that have occurred over the years, and the number of times the bad shooter walks away without any repercussions. You have every right to ask "why".

[wetgundog]

Hope Bakersfield has a lot of money to settle the lawsuit that is coming.

[NYRepublican72]

Where’s Black Lives Matter? Oh yeah, the dude was either a white Anglo or white Hispanic. Guess his life doesn’t matter.