Bad cop, good cop stories, III

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Hoo, boy...

TL;DR: Crazy white guy shoots black neighbor, isn't arrested until a week later.

Here's a simply delightful paragraph:
Moturi [the man who was shot] had contacted police multiple times about Sawchak’s escalating harassment, but police had failed to arrest him saying that he has mental illness, possesses firearms, and executing a warrant was considered high-risk.
i.e., better you get shot than us.
 

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Sad story but the first thing that popped into my mind is they should have been waiting on the other side of that guardrail.

Yesterday while doing errands I went by a property with a man standing out by his mailbox sifting through his mail...his back to the highway. 45 mph limit on a road with some curves. Why needlessly place yourself in harm's way? Sift through your mail after you get back away from the roadway!

How often do you see people on the side of the road - standing there - exposed and vulnerable? I see it every day. With so many distracted drivers - on the phones, etc. - no way am I placing myself in harm's way like that.....

 
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Sad story but the first thing that popped into my mind is they should have been waiting on the other side of that guardrail.

Yesterday while doing errands I went by a property with a man standing out by his mailbox sifting through his mail...his back to the highway. 45 mph limit on a road with some curves. Why needlessly place yourself in harm's way? Sift through your mail after you get back away from the roadway!

How often do you see people on the side of the road - standing there - exposed and vulnerable? I see it every day. With so many distracted drivers - on the phones, etc. - no way am I placing myself in harm's way like that.....

How my grandfather died. He didn't see well...
 

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Can't post a link or video due to dirty words out of Ice-T's mouth.....just released body cam footage of him getting pulled over last May in NJ for expired plate, no inspection sticker, no front plate, and expired drivers license.

Always thought he was a decent guy but after watching this.....man what a tool....... :rolleyes:
 
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Hoo Boy...

tl;dr

1. Police get a warrant to retrieve a stolen weed-eater.
2. Police decide to execute the warrant around midnight. To retrieve a weed-eater.
3. Warrant has the address. Dispatch also gives them the address repeatedly.
4. The police still manage to go to the wrong house. To retrieve a weed-eater.
5. They burst into the wrong house, startling the owner, who produces a gun.
6. The owner of the wrong house was promptly shot dead. Over a weed-eater.
 
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Hoo Boy...

tl;dr

1. Police get a warrant to retrieve a stolen weed-eater.
2. Police decide to execute the warrant around midnight. To retrieve a weed-eater.
3. Warrant has the address. Dispatch also gives them the address repeatedly.
4. The police still manage to go to the wrong house. To retrieve a weed-eater.
5. They burst into the wrong house, startling the owner, who produces a gun.
6. The owner of the wrong house was promptly shot dead. Over a weed-eater.
This is a PERFECT example as to why qualified immunity needs to go away. No one will suffer any consequences other than the taxpayers who pony up for the lawsuit damages.

Absolutely inexcusible.
 
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This is a PERFECT example as to why qualified immunity needs to go away. No one will suffer any consequences other than the taxpayers who pony up for the lawsuit damages.

Absolutely inexcusible.
Here, the damages would be capped at $100K against the city. It's possible that the widow might be able to piggyback damages to her to reach the aggregate $300K. As far as suing the LEO himself, those are usually shallow pockets...
 

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Here, the damages would be capped at $100K against the city. It's possible that the widow might be able to piggyback damages to her to reach the aggregate $300K. As far as suing the LEO himself, those are usually shallow pockets...
Yeah, but the police officers should be charged for this. Someone should pay for their incredible negligence. Unless / until they fear punishment they'll continue this sort of careless behavior.
 
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Yeah, but the police officers should be charged for this. Someone should pay for their incredible negligence. Unless / until they fear punishment they'll continue this sort of careless behavior.
At the very least, whoever was in charge of the raid should go to jail. And who signed off on a midnight raid for a stolen weedeater? It said it belonged to a local judge. Is that why something like this was done instead of sending over a couple cops during the day to talk to the thief?
 
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At the very least, whoever was in charge of the raid should go to jail. And who signed off on a midnight raid for a stolen weedeater? It said it belonged to a local judge. Is that why something like this was done instead of sending over a couple cops during the day to talk to the thief?
I agree. This is so off the wall that there must be more to the story...
 
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Good Lord....... :rolleyes:

A Florida police officer has been sacked after she accidentally shot a driver with his own gun during a traffic stop. Jason Arrington was pulled over on 13 December because officers said he went through a red light in the Jacksonville area. Bodycam video shows him complying with a request to step out of the vehicle. Then Officer Mindy Cardwell inadvertently "put pressure on the trigger" of Mr Arrington's legally owned Glock .45 as she removed it from his holster, causing a round to fire into his right leg, said officials.

 

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Good Lord....... :rolleyes:

A Florida police officer has been sacked after she accidentally shot a driver with his own gun during a traffic stop. Jason Arrington was pulled over on 13 December because officers said he went through a red light in the Jacksonville area. Bodycam video shows him complying with a request to step out of the vehicle. Then Officer Mindy Cardwell inadvertently "put pressure on the trigger" of Mr Arrington's legally owned Glock .45 as she removed it from his holster, causing a round to fire into his right leg, said officials.

Geez! Do police officers go through training that involves taking a gun away from a suspect without shooting the suspect with said gun? If not, I think they probably should. :rolleyes:
 
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Geez! Do police officers go through training that involves taking a gun away from a suspect without shooting the suspect with said gun? If not, I think they probably should. :rolleyes:
No idea - but she got canned so there's that.

There are a ton of female cops who are very well qualified, so it's not a gender thing......

I also read that they changed the policy not to disarm anyone who is legally carrying.
 
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No idea - but she got canned so there's that.

There are a ton of female cops who are very well qualified, so it's not a gender thing......

I also read that they changed the policy not to disarm anyone who is legally carrying.
While I won't cheer someone losing their job, this has to be a job-termination action. I know mistakes happen, but there is too much carelessness/negligence to ignore this. I hope the guy wounds were minor and that he doesn't have long term issues.
 
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