Take the cop’s gun away and put him on desk duty at the very least. What a dolt.
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LOL!
So not only poor judgment, but a bad shot as well. At least he didn't hit the widow in the window across the street.
I guess there was no good explanation (shooting someone while he is laying on the ground with his hands up in the air), so this is the best they could come up with.
They should have gone the PTSD route and said that he was having flashbacks of his days in 'Nam, and thought he saw Charlie running across the street at him... Either that, or he ate a bad mushroom that morning.
Praise the Lord that no one got killed (although the guy who got shot in the leg has reasons to be pissed off).
“Police accidentally shot man in North Miami, union says”
What, police intended to shoot him in South Miami?
Oh, that procedure is in place already?
We don't need nation-wide protests and calls to action to make that happen?
Looks like this situation is under control.
Exactly why would he have to shoot ANY UNARMED person?
Yeah, like that's going to help.
It wasn’t a felony stop so the police had no reason to even have their guns drawn. This is liability all the way down. Qualified immunity does not apply.
I watched this video and it may be the most idiotic thing I have ever seen.
I am not sure even the Gestapo would have shot either one of them.
No reason to even have more than one cop and even then, to just introduce himself and ask if anything is wrong.
As the father of an autistic child, I find this just as much disturbing as the original story.
Why was he pointing his weapon at him??
I guy on the ground with his hands in the air and a retarded man playing with a truck are a cause for caution, but not drawing and aiming a weapon.
Well, sh!t happens.
Then they accidentally handcuffed him
Pure BS!
They did not LATER learn the other man was Autistic. The therapist repeated that over and over during the standoff.
Pure bullcrap.
As a strong supporter of police, it just makes me FURIOUS they ALWAYS try to protect bad cops. Right, he ACCITENTALLY shotbthe wrong guy he wascaiming for!
Nothing ever on eart will ever justify the evil assassinations of police just doing their job, most of whom are good and competent, but it is easy to understand how black racist anti-cop groups can be inflamed by BS like this.
Say it you assholes. Say, we are investigating but it appears we have an officer who could not handle a simple situation and if so, we are going to punish him. We know we will get sued and in this case frankly, we deserve it.
Same old stinking blue line of defense.
Didnt know man was autistic. BULLCRAP.
Shot black guy but meant to shoot peaceful white guy sittingb10 feet away. BULLFINGCRAP.
Had he shot the white guy in that event, I would be calling for his head anyway! That cop needs to be fired and convicted of a misdemeanor, at best. He has no business carrying a weapon.NONE!
Just when you want to love cops again and they have your heartfelt sympathy, they pull some asinine stunt like this, sayig he was aiming at a white guy he didnt know was autistic, but accidently shot the black man multiple times.
Stupid MFers!
Cop needs to go to jail.
Sorry, but poor trigger control when pointing a weapon at someone is gross negligence.
Okay, there are certainly some bad cops out there, from everything I’ve seen on this there was no reason to shoot. There therapist wall yelling to the copy “It’s a toy truck, it’s a toy truck” and the policeman had to have heard him. Such a shame. I don’t get it.
One thing that might be contributing is the BML movement and killing of police officers. It certainly would make one a bit quick on the trigger, however, from everything I saw this was not one of those quick decision instances.
This is not a justified shooting at all IMHO.
Trigger control ...... booger picker error big time !
Wounded man is very rich, very soon !
Pretty lame....
Cops have to use their sense of perception to evaluate a situation. The patient wasn’t threatening them. This is not due an apology. It deserves full restitution and discipline, not a criminal charge.