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In reply to the discussion: 1-Year-Old Boy Killed After Police Shot At His Car In Walmart Parking Lot [View all]Blue Full Moon
(3,755 posts)12. It's plain murder.
Shoplifting is a fine. Death is a cruel and unusual punishment. They usually get the tag off the parking lot cameras. Go to the house.
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1-Year-Old Boy Killed After Police Shot At His Car In Walmart Parking Lot [View all]
LiberalArkie
Tuesday
OP
I'm sure there's dashcam, body cam, and parking lot video (and bystander video)...
QueerDuck
Tuesday
#3
Shoplifting isn't good (but I can understand desperation vs for kicks) But this IS UNACCEPTABLE!...
electric_blue68
Tuesday
#6
Exactly. Let alone: IF they were shoplifting, the punishment is not death, let alone by ambush. ...
marble falls
14 hrs ago
#73
Even if a driver is trying to drive toward a cop with their car, shooting them is NOT an acceptable response.
Wiz Imp
Yesterday
#68
And I would expect local law enforcement to have largely adopted these standards.
pat_k
Yesterday
#71
Heroes in Blue my big fat butt. Cowboys with a licence to kill. They were waiting for them, that's an ambush.
marble falls
Tuesday
#13
LEO killing a person running over a LEO is the new excuse - Renee Nicole Good
LiberalArkie
Tuesday
#31