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Example Two: A caretaker, and the escaped autistic man he was trying to bring back with him to their facility, was confronted by a police officer. The caretake
by cc-d 8y ago
Example Two:
A caretaker, and the escaped autistic man he was trying to bring back with him to their facility, was confronted by a police officer. The caretaker, immediately realizing the danger of interacting with an American police officer, lays on the ground, puts his hands in the air, and then repeatedly states the man infront of him was 'autistic' and 'holding a toy train'.
While the caretaker was lying on the ground, on his back, with his hands in the air, the cop fires 3 rounds at the pair, striking the caretaker in the leg.
The caretaker, understandably confused and upset, asks "why did you shoot me?". The officer's response, "I don't know."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwHJL5X97Do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwHJL5X97Do
Or, refer the case where a Dallas Police woman broke into somebody else's apartment, and then proceeded to execute the man she encountered inside
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/us/botham-jean-dallas-shooting-amber-guyger.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/us/botham-jean-dallas-sho...
Or refer to Daniel Shaver being executed at point blank range while crying on his hands and knees to "please not shoot".
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/12/08/graphic-video-shows-daniel-shaver-sobbing-and-begging-officer-for-his-life-before-2016-shooting/?utm_term=.024f82649ec5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/12/0...
In all of these cases, the person shot was completely and obviously innocent of any sort of crime. The standard penalty for this type of officer behavior is: paid vacation, perhaps firing the officer if the murder is especially egregious.