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Ex-Officer Charged in Fatal Shooting at DC Special Officer Training Inside Library
Nbc4 ^ | 5 Aug 2022 | Staff

Posted on 08/05/2022 8:06:39 AM PDT by csvset

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Be careful out there.
1 posted on 08/05/2022 8:06:39 AM PDT by csvset
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reckless endangerment causing the death of a police officer sounds like a Death Penalty case.


2 posted on 08/05/2022 8:10:56 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: csvset

SAD day in the USA when a LIBRARY needs a police officer.


3 posted on 08/05/2022 8:13:02 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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This was negligent. If the officer wanted to do this type of demonstration he should have first removed the magazine and cleared the chamber. This is gun safety 101. I do this anytime I pick up or put down a firearm, even if I just watched someone unload it. It should be instinctive.


4 posted on 08/05/2022 8:13:39 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: csvset

Boy...something like that could have happened on Jan 6th.


5 posted on 08/05/2022 8:14:45 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: circlecity

Should add five years to his sentence for sheer stupidity.


6 posted on 08/05/2022 8:15:07 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: ridesthemiles
SAD day in the USA when a LIBRARY needs a police officer.

Gotta keep it safe for drag queen story hour

7 posted on 08/05/2022 8:15:39 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: csvset

First rule in firearms training....no live ammo ANYWHERE but on the range.

Same thing happened years ago in Georgia. The Instructor shot a recruit in the academy as he was showing off. Young woman in her early 20s.


8 posted on 08/05/2022 8:16:14 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: Sacajaweau

Possible.


9 posted on 08/05/2022 8:17:06 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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Damn, his career after Michael left took a nose dive...


10 posted on 08/05/2022 8:17:25 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: circlecity
>>This is gun safety 101

Negative.

Never point a firearm at anything you do not want to destroy.

11 posted on 08/05/2022 8:18:27 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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He can use the Alec Baldwin defense that he didn’t actually pull the trigger.


12 posted on 08/05/2022 8:18:55 AM PDT by KittyKares
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This tragedy sounds like a police version of the Alec Baldwin case. Except that the retired cop had much more training than Baldwin did.

At least the retired cop was arrested. Baldwin however is still walking free, and mouthing off. I guess being a famous celebrity trumps being a member of the thin blue line.


13 posted on 08/05/2022 8:19:26 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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It sounds exactly like what he was charged with - involuntary manslaughter. He accidentally killed another human being. Now, if he had also been committing a crime and she was a responding officer, I’d feel differently, but in a situation like this, police officers’ lives are no more or less valuable than yours or mine.


14 posted on 08/05/2022 8:20:20 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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Reminds me of this oldie but “goodie” from during “safety class”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfONckOPyaI


15 posted on 08/05/2022 8:21:49 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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I’m betting that Baldwin actually has had more training than most cops. His father, whom he said he was very close to, was a Marine and taught riflery. Baldwin was raised with guns. I’ll bet his dad had a nice collection.


16 posted on 08/05/2022 8:23:13 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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First rule in firearms training....no live ammo ANYWHERE but on the range.

And yet it's always the same mistake. Apathy and firearms can't mix. It's very disturbing, especially when it involves those that know better.

17 posted on 08/05/2022 8:23:43 AM PDT by paulcissa (Politicians want you unarmed so they can control you.)
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To: circlecity

I do this anytime I pick up or put down a firearm, even if I just watched someone unload it.


That’s what my dad and uncle drilled into my thick 10-year-old skull before I got my first .22. That and where the muzzle was pointing.

So the training officer not only failed to unload his pistol he apparently had his finger on the trigger as he was demonstrating his fast-draw skills and wasn’t pointing his pistol in a safe direction.


18 posted on 08/05/2022 8:26:34 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Abathar
Actually...


19 posted on 08/05/2022 8:26:46 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: paulcissa

100%...


20 posted on 08/05/2022 8:28:43 AM PDT by qaz123
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