Only in America: Deputy shoots 70 year old man reaching for Cane.

[zebonaut]

"Good guy with gun" shoots "good guy with cane" mistaking him for "bad guy with gun" and turning "good guy with gun" into "bad guy with gun'

[Iwasthere]

1. I am so tired of the shooting

We need highly trained, well compensated officers. Low pay means, generally low quality cops that tend to have that shoot instead of apprehend mentality. STOP THE MADNESS! Look at England

[FailureToCommunicate]

2. "My husband's a veteran!" "They shot him, they shot him!" "He jumped otta the truck and

grabbed something..." (His cane)

"Oh God forgive me"

Very disturbing. The man's condition is unclear at the end, but you hear sobbing...

[1monster]

3. I cannot express my disgust... It runs to deep for words.

[tomm2thumbs]

4. Reports say he is expected to survive... listed in fair condition

Just wanted to find out so hunted around a bit... figured I'd post

[FreakinDJ]

5. That is Fucking Disqusting - and NO - he ain't no Good Guy

Just another Mental Midget Wanna Be Rambo Cop salivating, waiting for the day he gets to legally kill another human being

[blackspade]

6. Shit, even I could tell it was a cane even with the shitty video.

[Prana69]

7. Agreed, but the point is why is the Police first response always to fire their weapon?

Law enforcement's job is supposed to be to assess, then defuse and de-escalate a situation. But modern policing's response is always "go in hard" which just provokes, antagonizes and escalates a situation.

This incident is absolutely appalling.

[blackspade]

8. No arguement there.

[randr]

9. I guess he will plea the chicken shit defense

I was afraid he had a gun.
Problem is that the proliferation of guns makes it likely.

[Adam051188]

10. this man obviously has no business wearing a badge.

he emptied the clip. this cop should face criminal charges and be convicted of a felony for this so he can never own a weapon again.

[passiveporcupine]

11. The cops are trained to respond as if everyone is a potential criminal

But when you see an old gimpy guy getting out of his truck, doesn't anything click in your brain that he's an old fart and may not react the way some young kid might.

People are not robots and civilians have not been trained how to not be shot by police. Unfortunately.

I don't blame the cop so much as the way they are training the cops, regardless of who they might be dealing with. And remember...this is America the land of guns...where The NRA fights tooth and nail for guns to be sold to everyone for every situation. So how are cops trained? That most people might have a gun. It's partly this damn gun culture.

the old guy was released from the hospital and will be OK. But nobody should be shot in the chest at 70 years old because of something like this.

[SmittynMo]

12. Shoot first, ask questions later - How disgusting

Innocent people being shot. Sickening.

However, you should NEVER get out of your car when pulled over. This is the possible result. Just think what the result could have been if the cop was a bad shot and hit him in the head. WOW.