"...shot the homeowner..."
Don’t know about the previous incident yet, but this latest is so bad. That cop killed a good guy.
More information needed. Could be a “trigger happy” cop or one with overpowering fear reflex. If either of those is true, he has the wrong temperament and shouldn’t be a cop.
Black’s life matters.
Colorado is getting to be my screwed up state. I wonder why.
Denver is a mean town. Mean.
A witness report from the step-son:
“My dad exited the bathroom, went around the corner, and I immediately heard multiple shots, which I thought was my dad engaging these other people in the house,” Hayashi said. “There was a pause, and then I hear people start screaming, ‘Police!’ and I hear people enter the house. And my son starts screaming, ‘I’m here with my dad. This crazy guy tried to attack me.’”
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“They heard gunfire but they shot the first thing they saw moving, in my opinion, although all the officers’ spent cartridges were outside of the house. And judging by the line of fire, had they missed him, they could have shot me or my son through the wall.”
That was a mistake. Seems to me if an investigation is taking over a month, possibly coming up on two months, it isn't a slam-dunk. That means the shooting in June is probably questionable. Now he's involved in another highly questionable fatal shooting - this time of an innocent. (not sure about the first shooting - innocent/criminal)
It certainly sounds like a "bad shoot." Though the investigation - now investigations - will probably be intentionally dragged on for months so that public attention fades. Here's what will happen - I'd give this prediction a 90% to 95% probability of being correct:
Months from now, sometime early next year there will be an announcement that the investigations have determined the officer acted within department policy and training guidelines and no charges will be filed. This of course is an admission that in some/many/most jurisdictions if you have a badge you can literally get away with murder. It is an admission that department policy results in dead innocents - you know, those people they claim to protect and serve. How is it that it can be policy to occasionally kill one of them?
INSANE police MAL-REACTION! On a related topic: The link for Free 3D printable gun blueprints is:
www.codeisfreespeech.com
I have no printer, but I downloaded all 10 to show support for the First Amendment