“Were these officers charged with a crime? Were they prosecuted?”
If you’re asking about the cops who shot a cop, I don’t think it has gone that far yet. They certainly took it more seriously than if a cop shot a citizen. Most likely they’re going to try and let it die from the public eye.
Hell, the cops’ shooting in that one was justified. The idiot cop tried to be a cop out of uniform.
But the cops who shot him clearly embellished the story with claims of “He turned on them” and “We ordered him to drop his weapon and he refused”
Are you dumb enough to believe a cop would do either of those? That is what they claim, and it was clearly BS dressing up the story to sound better.
“Does it make a difference? What if another person not an anti-gun person made the call? The officer came on the scene realizing someone was thought to have a weapon. If an anti-nut made the call, would the kid represent less of a threat? If he had what looked like a weapon, would it matter who called?”
The point is they are taking an unverified report and acting on it like it is hard fact. They didn’t know what, if anything was going on.
“What if cops actually analyzed what was going on, instead of rolling up ready to rock and roll, and determined that will be the outcome?
What if they just didn’t respond to the call? Isn’t that really what you would prefer here?”
From one extreme right to the other. No one said don’t respond. All anyone is saying is when you approach a situation with a forgone conclusion in your mind, you will make that happen.
Something really important to consider here. How many incidents of kids at a table with a ‘gun’ have gone bad? Hmmm? How many? Any? Did any suddenly just start shooting people? I don’t think it has ever happened.
One day it will be you or yours on the wrong side of a cop wetting himself over unreasoned fear. And on that day you will learn.
You may think I’m just yanking your chain with that comment about officers not rolling. Believe me, there are folks here who don’t think there should be law enforcement officers.
I think you’re mistaken when it comes to inner city kids and 12, 13, and 14 years of age kids. Has it happened? Some of these kids are like feral cats. I can’t point to any cases on the spur of the moment, but I’m inclined to think it has happened and more than we suspect.
As for someone calling in a report about a person with a guy, an officer has to take that seriously. If a kid is walking on the street with something in his waist-band and goes for it, I’m inclined to think an officer would take that as a serious threat.
If you’re outside a restaurant and a group of three boys approach you with something in their wait-band that looks like a weapon and they look you in the eyes and pull it out towards you, what are you going to think?
Your wife and kids are right there.
I’m thinking this could get real dicey.