Other State Avoid a security guard = get shot (at) ?

RicInOR · Sep 28, 2019

Allegation: Driver attempts to exit mall parking lot to avoid approaching security guard, an off-duty Little Rock, Ark. police officer. As the car drives away from the officer, he opens fire, hitting the driver in the back four times and a passenger in the face. Excessive force? Officer: The car was actually backing up toward me and other guards when I fired. Eighth Circuit: This goes to a jury. No qualified immunity.

(Per The Washington Post, the officer was involved in 69 use of force incidents over six years.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/11/02/feature/if-you-dont-get-at-that-rot-you-just-get-more-officers-like-josh-hastings/

Josh Hastings

cigars · Sep 28, 2019

Is that kind of like when I walk in backwards through an entrance and tell them I'm leaving?

AMT · Sep 28, 2019

Sounds like he's used to using the badge as a shield.

JustSomeGuy · Sep 28, 2019

RicInOR said:
...Officer: The car was actually backing up toward me and other guards when I fired...

Oh! Of course! It's so much easier to draw and fire several shots while moving out of the way than it would be to just move out of the way. Probably a lot safer too.