Posted on 09/06/2026 9:33:19 AM PDT by Leaning Right
A former Columbus police officer has pleaded guilty a little over four years after he fatally shot an unarmed man.
Ricky Anderson pleaded guilty Thursday to reckless homicide in the death of Donovan Lewis, doing so to avoid a potential murder trial. The agreement did not include a recommended prison sentence. Anderson faces up to three years in prison and a $15,000 fine.
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The suspect was shot less than two seconds after the police opened his bedroom door. The cops said the suspect was holding a vape pen at the time.
Make of all that what you will. But if I were the prosecutor, I would not have offered that cop such a nice deal.
I get what you’re saying, but if you’ve ever been to that part of Columbus, you would be putting yourself in danger, even if you were minding your own business. Plenty of crime.
I’m not giving the cop permission to shoot, but I can see that he made a quick decision that was wrong.
I’m Okay with this, now we have shown that cops will be held accountable. Now move on the prosecutors and judges. They should not enjoy immunity for for deadly workplace decisions.
You make a good point. Something has to be done about “catch and release” prosecutors and judges. They are no different than a food inspector who deliberately allows tainted food to be sold to the public.
The big question is what to do about trash prosecutors and judges. This won’t be an easy problem to solve.
If someone dies or is harmed because they did not do their job they should be charged the same as if they had done the crime personally.
I think that is known as “aiding and abetting”.
There was a judge in Ohio who released a guy who had been arrested in the act of assaulting his former girl friend, in the middle of the street.
No doubt as to what was going on. The police that arrested him had some of assault on their body cameras.
The judge read the guy a mild scolding and said that he was going to release him without bail because he was sure that now that he had calmed down he would see what he had done was wrong.
The guy said yes of course, promptly went out and calmly killed his victim.
“””””I get what you’re saying, but if you’ve ever been to that part of Columbus, you would be putting yourself in danger, even if you were minding your own business. Plenty of crime.
I’m not giving the cop permission to shoot, but I can see that he made a quick decision that was wrong.”””””
Don’t sign up for risky work if you aren’t willing to take risks, you can’t just kill everything in front of you to clear the field, a civilian cop is to maintain order among the citizens, shooting house dogs and killing unarmed people should be extremely rare, to get there, cops have to be willing to take a little risk.
Which is why I’m glad to see that they’ve charged the officer.
You left that part out of the post you made offering justification for the shooting.
IMO.
The entire system escapes accountability too easily.
From my original post.:
*** I’m not giving the cop permission to shoot, but I can see that he made a quick decision that was wrong.***
I was commenting that the area is known to be a high crime area. Yes, the police need to be well-trained. Apparently this particular officer made a poor decision.
The post read as the “but”.
Thanks for working for us. Go to jail.
Never work as a cop.
Poor choice of words on my part. Mea culpa.
Sure it is, just hold them to the same standard as everyone else. If your a engineer or foreman on a construction site and your F-up leads to people being killed or injured you face civil and criminal exposure.
Cops know this which is why they all have personal liability insurance. I did for 25 years.
I see no reason why prosecutors and judges get a free pass. Its the total lack of accountability that has resulted in prosecutors and judges free to become activists.
They have no fear of their activism coming back at them. At most they could get over ruled by a superior court. The state bars are like the UN useless. No personal consequences for their catastrophist actions.
Strip them of their immunity and hold them accountable, just like the rest of us, and you will see their actions change dramatically.
People are dying every day. This must be stopped.
> just hold them [prosecutors and judges] to the same standard as everyone else <
Oh, I agree. I said the solution won’t be easy because you’ve got to get legislatures to enact such standards. I can’t see that happening in most states.
Government folks love to protect other government folks. As George Carlin noted, it’s one big club.
Yea and we aren't part of it.
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