Genevieve Wrote:
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> If the kid was truly shot from
> the side, then I'd call this murder instead of
> manslaughter.
I don't think there is any question yet that the guy hit was hit from a shot through the front. However if you ask Sal, shots into the side of the vehicle are all part of the officer's legal authority to stop the vehicle. Likewise according to Sal, shooting bullets into the side of a car while it is passing you (in an attempt to take out the other three passengers I guess) is another part of a valid process for making an arrest.
What if it wasn't a dine-and-dash at all? What if an employee just saw them leave, told the cop they were dashers, and the cop went after them and shot them, but the money was on the table? Anyone else wondering why no charges have been filed, including on the driver, having to do with leaving the establishment without paying? Hmm...
From
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/26/AR2006022601469_2.html
"One theory circulating yesterday among family and friends was that the four had left the money on the table instead of paying at the register."
"Police also told them that four or five bullets hit the car, including one in the driver's side rear door and one on a rear quarter-panel. How could that happen if the vehicle was coming straight at him?" Jeff Brown asked."
" "If their policy in a situation like this is to throw themselves in front of a moving vehicle and then use deadly force, maybe that policy needs to be reviewed," Jeff Brown said."
... and from
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/03/AR2006030301855.html
"Alexandria police officers are allowed to shoot at a moving vehicle if they think their lives are in danger and no bystanders are at risk -- but only if they have exhausted all other means of defense, including moving out of the vehicle's path, according to the department's use-of-force policy. The policy is similar to those in most Washington area police departments. But some big-city departments, including the District's, restrict the practice because of the risk to bystanders."
Edit to add:
I guess it may have been one of the side shots that hit the guy after all...
from
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/03/AR2006030301917.html
When police officers went to explain to the Browns what had happened, Jeff Brown said, he was told that one of Stowe's shots hit the Jeep's grill, another the hood, one the side door -- "that's the one they thought killed Aaron" -- and one the rear quarter panel. Aaron Brown, who was sitting in the back seat behind the driver, was hit in the side under the arm.
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/2006 08:02PM by pgens.