California Cop Who Shot 18-Year-Old Had His Bodycam Off, But Surveillance Footage Captured Him Shooting Suspect in the Back as He Fled
California Cop Who Shot 18-Year-Old Had His Bodycam Off, But Surveillance Footage Captured Him Shooting Suspect in the Back as He Fled
On Wednesday, March 13, the Napa County District Attorney's Office released surveillance footage of a shooting by an American Canyon police officer in Vallejo
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You're telling me the police statement lied??? I am SHOCKED. yeah right.
Police statement are always false, always. Never believe them. That's why I didn't buy it a few days ago when everyone on Lemmy was saying the kid deserved it
Which is crazy because any doctor (or coroner) would recognize an entrance wound in the back.
I will say that at least in this case the kid had guns. Usually they don't even have that and get murdered. This is more justified than usual cop involved shootings, but still not justified. The fact that a lot of the others get away with it tell me this guy probably will too.
So he got killed for dropping the guns when told to? The article may not be explicit enough with the timeline, but at least implies that
Well, he dropped one of the guns. The other didn't leave his hand until shot, per the video. So for whatever reason he hadn't let go of the second gun. He didn't manage to do anything vaguely looking like aiming the gun, but he certainly hadn't dropped the second gun at the point he got shot.
Think this is a tough one to use for either side of the argument. On the one hand, he didn't quite manage to raise the gun or face the officer. On the other hand he might have been about to find some cover and return fire too quickly for the officer to react, since the gun was in hand, depending on what was in front of them.
What was the statement?
I don't have it off the top of my head, but the usual "he was running at us blasting so we had to do it"
Wow. Anyone who believes this at face value is part of the problem.
Misinformation and propaganda are spread on all sides, guys. Try to rise above it even if you like it.
(most of you won't)
It's funny to me how you're immediately sabotaging all the points you're trying to make by being a dick about it.
What was the lie?
When they claimed he was shot as he was advancing on the cops. When in fact he was shot when he was running away