He stood his ground

[kpete]

He stood his ground

by digby

Being armed and hyper-vigilant has a price:

A New York police officer killed his son after thinking he was an intruder and shooting him.

Michael Leach, of Rochester, was staying at the Clark Beach Motel in Old Forge, Wyoming County.

The 59-year-old and his son were part of a group of police officers who had driven to the area on motorcycles for a long-weekend getaway.

'It was just a group of guys coming to have a good time,' motel owner Dan Rivet Jr told uticaod.com.'We have very little violence in Old Forge.'

http://rochester.ynn.com/content/top_stories/592387/off-duty-officer-mistakenly-shoots-son-to-death/
Here's an interesting little bit of context on this:
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/he-stood-his-ground.html

[JI7]

1. i didn't read any of the articles but if you are going somewhere with someone

wouldn't you assume a person trying to enter wherever you are may be that person you are with ?

it's like some people assume the bad unless they are 100 percent sure it's not.

[tularetom]

2. Karma turned out to be a bitch for Officer Leach

I'm not arguing with his right to defend himself but perhaps he was a bit too panicky to be armed.

At any rate he has now fucked up the lives of quite a few people including his own.

Old age ain't gonna be golden for him.