Fatal shooting in the US
Cop shot a man in a mobility scooter nine times in the back.
(, Sat 4 Dec 2021, 7:36, Reply)
...then tried to put handcuffs on.
(
FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sat 4 Dec 2021, 8:38,
Reply)
They'll get off with this.
They'll argue that there was no way to safely disable the mobility scooter or disarm the 'assailant'. As far as I'm aware, shooting at a vehicle to disable it isn't encouraged. They'll make the argument that they had to treat the guy the same way they'd treat an assailant brandishing a knife on foot.
Now obviously, the correct course of action here would have been to calmly wander away from the scooter as it trundled towards you, or carefully stack some heavy boxes around him as he approached, but that's far too reasonable for 'murica.
I've seen a slightly more comprehensive version of this video and I get the distinct feeling that the deceased gentleman on the scooter was having a serious case of the dementias or was aiming to roll off this mortal coil via suicide by cop. It's the shop assistant I feel most sorry for, though. Shed was standing 6 feet from the guy when the police officer riddled him. Nobody needs to experience that first hand.
What a fucking country.
(, Sat 4 Dec 2021, 9:40, Reply)
“… his client's close proximity to Richards did not allow the officer to safely deploy his taser.”
Then maybe stroll back the five feet or so needed to make it safe? He’s in a mobility scooter so isn’t going to outrun anyone, and if he was waving a knife around you can’t have been that close in the first place.
(
wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sat 4 Dec 2021, 10:54,
Reply)
I thought shoplifting is a victimless crime
(
Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Sat 4 Dec 2021, 12:11,
Reply)
Jog round the front of the bloke, whack his knife-holding-hand with baton, he'll drop that knife.
Or just squirt him in the face with CS.
(, Sat 4 Dec 2021, 15:54, Reply)
Disconnect his battery.
Used to do it to my mates wheelchair all the time when he was being a twat.
(
rjmrjm, Sat 4 Dec 2021, 23:34,
Reply)
it's because the rascal was getting away
(
cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 5 Dec 2021, 10:47,
Reply)