Other State Officer shoots suspected shoplifter at Home Depot

[The Heretic]

I am not seeing that, Cops being allowed to shoot people who simply ran. Unless you mean it was how the "news" reported it, later to be found bogus. I have seen a few high profile shoots where Cops are being charged with a crime for shooting someone. Have some where they were found to shoot a fleeing guy for no reason and walked?

There is the tendency also of news reports to jump on such 'news' and report it before the facts are in, and like I said, in a more public forum I tend to not comment on such news - but this isn't very public and the members here are a lot more pro-LE so I feel safe in being a bit more of a devil's advocate if you will. On FB I would keep quiet until the facts come in later - or at most caution people to wait for the facts (usually a waste of time to say that).

Going to be lazy and/or leave now; have to get ready to leave for work - but there are plenty of LE shooting incidents out there now where the facts are out there since there have been investigations and where an LE shot someone fleeing from them - sometimes a suspect, sometimes nothing more than someone just running from them. It seems to me to be a general trend in the shootings, and with very little complaints when it is a suspect, and even with the non-suspects the LEOs fall into line defending one of their own by providing false testimony.

Now maybe this trend in shootings has always been out there, but the policy as I understood it was not always that way. Maybe I am mistaken, maybe it is just that the news is more biased than it was, but even there I tend to see the news also fall in behind the LEO shooting someone who is no longer a danger just because they are a felon. and fleeing custody.

Indeed, even worse, if you simply have a gun within reach of your person, it seems it is a capital offense where you are shot on sight - and the news media applauds along with at least half the populace. In short, open season on 'civilians'.

 

[Goosebrown]

Yeah.

Wasn't Terry Bradshaw a football player and commentator... shooting him is a little harsh!

Leave the old football players alone

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

On its face this sounds like an emotional "Contempt of Cop" reaction, 'push me and run away... I'll shoot your lights out' But, I have been know to be wrong before.

These other civilian on shoplifter stories came to mind:

Woman Who Shot at Home Depot Shoplifters Vows to Never Help Anyone Again (Published 2015)

Tatiana Duva-Rodriguez of Michigan, who had been a passerby when she noticed the commotion, lost her gun-carrying permit and got 18 months’ probation.

www.nytimes.com

Armed shoppers help stop shoplifters at Marysville farm and store

MARYSVILLE, Wa - A wild scene unfolded at a Marysville business when two shoppers tried to stop what police describe as two shoplifters. Police say two shoppers fired their guns at a getaway car during a robbery at the store. The shoplifters were arrested. But the investigation is far from over...

komonews.com

 

[Kruel J]

I think shooting someone over a property crime/shoplifting is stupid. But I'd like to see more details before making any assumptions.

 

[CRBMoA]

What was the perp stealing?

 

[GWS]

Wasn't Terry Bradshaw a football player and commentator... shooting him is a little harsh!

Have you heard some of the jokes he's made?
He'd be lucky to to only get shot and not drawn and quartered.

 

[CRBMoA]

Have you heard some of the jokes he's made?
He'd be lucky to to only get shot and not drawn and quartered.

Yeah, but watch out for the Shingles!

 

[bbbass]

THAT part always scares me. When you see video of LEO's firing on some scum in a place where others are. I often watch those wondering, where the hell are all those rounds going that miss? That one a while back where they shot that meth head in the center of town. He was throwing rocks at them. They opened up on him twice to put him down. I kept wondering how many cars and stores had holes in them when they were done.

Don't have to worry if they are already down!!!

I think shooting someone over a property crime/shoplifting is stupid. But I'd like to see more details before making any assumptions.

You steal my dog, you're gonna eat lead!!!

 

[Kruel J]

Don't have to worry if they are already down!!!




You steal my dog, you're gonna eat lead!!!

A dog isn't property. It's family. Big difference.

 

[No_Regerts]

And homeowners?

My shotgun is for home defense.

Someone can break into my house and as long as they stay I could legally shoot them as I would be in fear for my life. But regardless of whether I got into an altercation with them or not, if they leave, I can't legally shoot them as they are running or driving away as I am no longer in fear for my life.

Ditto with LEOs - at least, they are no longer in fear for their lives when a suspect flees from them. So how come they can shoot someone fleeing their custody - especially a shoplifter?

Policy and practice used to not allow this for LEOs. Why is it now ok?

This happened yesterday. Should the trial, sentencing, and execution be done within 24 hours? Give it time.

 

[No_Regerts]

Officer shoots suspected shoplifter at Home Depot in Riverdale, authorities say

Here is what we know.

www.11alive.com

GBI: Officer shoots at shoplifter trying to leave Home Depot in pickup truck

<p>The GBI told Channel 2's Tom Jones the shoplifter got into a physical altercation with police and tried to escape in his pick up truck before the shooting. </p>

www.wsbtv.com

Shoot a fleeing Shoplifter? Ok if you are the Police.

Because nothing said that something that happened yesterday has been deemed "ok" by anyone within 24 hours. Are you just jealous you don't get to shoot people? You should get that looked at.