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In reply to the discussion: Cops sorry for shooting black guy. They actually wanted to shoot autistic guy playing with toy car. [View all]auntpurl
(4,311 posts)6. He was apparently a member of the SWAT team, too, according to the report
You'd think they'd be trained better for shooting?
Regardless, I'm quite glad it was the caregiver shot (with a non-lethal shot) than the autistic client. I hope that doesn't sound bad in any way. I'm a mental health professional, and I know I would want this outcome rather than my client be harmed on my watch, especially since it seems the caregiver is going to completely recover. I guess we should all thank god this police officer wasn't a better shot? Or else it would have been a dead autistic person shot through the heart in the street, all for the crime of having a toy truck in his hand.
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Cops sorry for shooting black guy. They actually wanted to shoot autistic guy playing with toy car. [View all]
DetlefK
Jul 2016
OP
As someone who recently had clear legal justification to open fire on a home invader....
Socal31
Jul 2016
#3
This /. They still confirmed when asked why the cop shot, he said "I don't know"
jmg257
Jul 2016
#15
so they were ACTUALLY trying to shoot the autistic guy instead of the black guy
forjusticethunders
Jul 2016
#17
When this kind of thing happens, the ENTIRE COP ORGANIZATION needs to be investigated.
Stinky The Clown
Jul 2016
#21
Incredibly stupid, mentally unstable, or murderer. I see no other explanation. eom
Festivito
Jul 2016
#30
I am beginning to see a pattern of the cops and the 911 operator have already
Jim Beard
Jul 2016
#54