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forjusticethunders

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17. so they were ACTUALLY trying to shoot the autistic guy instead of the black guy
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 08:23 AM
Jul 2016

well lucky for me I'm black........................AND autistic!!!

woohoo.

I would have gone exboyfil Jul 2016 #1
How does this explain the arrest? Beakybird Jul 2016 #2
It doesn't exboyfil Jul 2016 #5
It was accidental awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #39
I suppose if you're a cop and you've shot someone EL34x4 Jul 2016 #46
"that is how I am trained, and I got spooked" alcibiades_mystery Jul 2016 #29
As someone who recently had clear legal justification to open fire on a home invader.... Socal31 Jul 2016 #3
But that is exactly what their "more training" is for--to teach them not tblue37 Jul 2016 #40
Once you identify a clear threat, then yes. Socal31 Jul 2016 #42
I saw this on the news last night anoNY42 Jul 2016 #4
He was apparently a member of the SWAT team, too, according to the report auntpurl Jul 2016 #6
It feels weird to be thankful that the cop was a terrible shot anoNY42 Jul 2016 #24
I have a hard time believving this story... Adrahil Jul 2016 #12
The cop pulled off three rounds from a long gun rateyes Jul 2016 #7
He did miss two out of three shots. LisaL Jul 2016 #8
Well, a guy laying prone on the ground is a smaller target rateyes Jul 2016 #10
The guy claims his "target" was an autistic man with a toy truck. LisaL Jul 2016 #11
I am saying the guy is lying. He hit his target. rateyes Jul 2016 #14
Yup AllyCat Jul 2016 #32
I think this was a negligent discharge. Adrahil Jul 2016 #13
This /. They still confirmed when asked why the cop shot, he said "I don't know" jmg257 Jul 2016 #15
That is probably what happened. And if the cop rateyes Jul 2016 #16
Yup. Agree 100% Adrahil Jul 2016 #18
If he goes with his story exboyfil Jul 2016 #28
The cops almost always get let off he hook for this stuff AllyCat Jul 2016 #31
Three times???? Photographer Jul 2016 #23
Well, exactly. LisaL Jul 2016 #25
Maybe the first was a Negligent Discharge JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2016 #59
The old "I shot the wrong unarmed person" defense. Vinca Jul 2016 #9
so they were ACTUALLY trying to shoot the autistic guy instead of the black guy forjusticethunders Jul 2016 #17
No. Unlikely, IMO. Adrahil Jul 2016 #19
First I heard abut 3 round burst citood Jul 2016 #34
Well, don't know for sure in this case... Adrahil Jul 2016 #49
Personally I think he had his finger on the trigger and...whoops citood Jul 2016 #55
Isn't a 3 round burst an automatic weapon? Nt Logical Jul 2016 #47
Yep. Some cops use them. Adrahil Jul 2016 #50
I doubt it. They would have kept shooting u til they hit hit him Liberal_in_LA Jul 2016 #43
John Rivera is a pendejo. Scurrilous Jul 2016 #20
What did you expect? SwankyXomb Jul 2016 #37
When this kind of thing happens, the ENTIRE COP ORGANIZATION needs to be investigated. Stinky The Clown Jul 2016 #21
The idiot "cop" attempted to murder a African American rockfordfile Jul 2016 #22
Well, gosh, doesn't that make us all feel so much better? AllyCat Jul 2016 #26
He shot an unarmed man and then handcuffed him liberal N proud Jul 2016 #27
Seriously, wtf. uppityperson Jul 2016 #41
Incredibly stupid, mentally unstable, or murderer. I see no other explanation. eom Festivito Jul 2016 #30
They have a scope they could see it was a toy truck. Dustlawyer Jul 2016 #33
I live just south of Miami tavernier Jul 2016 #52
And people ask me why I wake up at 3am having a panic attack Ilsa Jul 2016 #35
+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Jul 2016 #38
Obvious lie is obvious. MohRokTah Jul 2016 #36
So, Barney should have kept the bullet in his shirt pocket? Liberal In Texas Jul 2016 #44
This is getting kafkaesque. Taitertots Jul 2016 #45
No sh*t etherealtruth Jul 2016 #51
but, but, but edhopper Jul 2016 #48
The handcuffing with no first aid is just as big a story as the shooting. NutmegYankee Jul 2016 #53
Exactly! Liberal_in_LA Jul 2016 #57
I am beginning to see a pattern of the cops and the 911 operator have already Jim Beard Jul 2016 #54
Its just jaw droppingly stupid that the police thought concocting a story about procon Jul 2016 #56
Sue the everloving shit out of them! What a fucked up story full of cops lying like thieves. Rex Jul 2016 #58
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