Police Officers Fire 600 Bullets into Car Knowing It Contained a Hostage, Killing Her

[donquixote99]

We had to destroy the citizen to save them.

[CarlV]

I remember watching the story when this first happened, I got the impression that there was one trigger happy copper then it was monkey see monkey do. And then it was trying to justify opening fire knowing the innocent citizen would be killed because they could not cover this up. I haven't seen anything that would lead me to think otherwise. I hope the wrongful death suit they filed cleans Stockton's clock.


Carl

I also think not being killed is why the gang bangers released the two bank employees and kept the customer hostage.

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Not in the slightest.

A few folks on this board lament that fact that police are not Andy Taylor. What they refuse to internalize is that Otis Campbell now has an Uzi and blames them for his drunkenness.

So what the police do is treat everyone like Otis. Justifying their rude and bullying behavior, their swat team terrorist tactics, and the murder of innocents by whining "we were skeered for our lives"

They don't give a shit for the innocent people they themselves terrorize and kill, the dead children, the scarred psyches.

Try to imagine what that feels like to a non-cop.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by CarlV

I remember watching the story when this first happened, I got the impression that there was one trigger happy copper then it was monkey see monkey do. And then it was trying to justify opening fire knowing the innocent citizen would be killed because they could not cover this up. I haven't seen anything that would lead me to think otherwise. I hope the wrongful death suit they filed cleans Stockton's clock.


Carl

I also think not being killed is why the gang bangers released the two bank employees and kept the customer hostage.

I think there's something to that. The bigger the mass of cops, the more likely there's going to be one who decides to open fire. Then they all do.

[Rajoo]

The City of Stockton is broke and filed for Chapter 9 in 2012.

[sheltiedave]

Goo, that means her family can settle by being awarded city hall and All the fire stations. The city can rent them.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by MrPots

Try to imagine what that feels like to a non-cop.

I have.

1. Act like a decent human?
2. Nobody gets hurt.

Or...

1. Act The Fool?
2. Get shot.

Either way, the impetus is on the behavior of the public,

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

We had to destroy the citizen to save them.

We lost that citizen to save others.

1. Sucks.
2. That's the job.

[CarlV]

I guess I need to review this other than local news when it happened. As I recall the only shooting by the robbers was at the police. If the police backed off and let the robbers go with the hostage she would be alive today. It is not like with all those police and all the Highway Patrol helicopters the robbers could go hide in Mexico for a while or something like that. Just drop those strips that flatten tires when they would be on I-5 or?
Maybe they will wait on a lawsuit considering the bankruptcy status, again been just following casually.

Carl

[barbara]

Originally Posted by CarlV

I guess I need to review this other than local news when it happened. As I recall the only shooting by the robbers was at the police. If the police backed off and let the robbers go with the hostage she would be alive today. It is not like with all those police and all the Highway Patrol helicopters the robbers could go hide in Mexico for a while or something like that. Just drop those strips that flatten tires when they would be on I-5 or?
Maybe they will wait on a lawsuit considering the bankruptcy status, again been just following casually.

Carl

Carl, the bad guys might have been shooting at law enforcement, but their bullets were hitting homes and businesses where innocent people were.