Local law like this? >> For fifteen minutes the Long Beach Police watched Douglas Zerby sitting on an interior courtyard stoop playing with a toy gun. They nev

Local law like this? >> For fifteen minutes the Long Beach Police watched Douglas Zerby sitting on an interior courtyard stoop playing with a toy gun. They never announced their presence. There was no danger to anyone. They never announced their presence. There were at least five police officers there. Then, after fifteen minutes, two or three of them opened fire with shotguns and pistols. There was no warning, and no command to drop the weapon. Apparently his first notification that the police were present was to be shot dead. This, according to the LBPD, was to protect the citizens and make certain no one got hurt. Heroic. << From http://www.jerrypournelle.com/view/2010/Q4/view653.html#Friday http://www.jerrypournelle.com/view/2010/Q4/view653.html#Frid...