This one will cause some controversy...

[Bob Denman]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/21/us/mia...ing/index.html

I don't know what the Officer was thinking...
I hope that this fellow recovers quickly, and can get back to helping the patients that he oversees.

[hdlongrod]

wow...

[cuznjohn]

i just heard about this on the news, wow, what were the police thinking.

[blacklightning]

i just heard about this on the news, wow, what were the police thinking.

They were not thinking!
Unfortunately, like with every other occupation, there are good and bad people. This was not the person for this job. Too bad that innocent people have to pay the price.

[Sam Mac]

I normally stand up for the cops but in this case it sure looks like they screwed up.

[pitzerwm]

Miami will be writing a big check, and the cop could be charged with attempted murder. They are taught to shoot to kill, how he didn't kill the guy is a big WOW.

[Bob Denman]

Miss-steaks kin bee maid inny-wear...

[ARtraveler]

Another round of insanity.

[Bob Denman]

I'm just hoping that the Officer comes clean, and the Department can release a statement that keeps the community at least somewhat satisfied.

[Cruzr Joe]

I normally stand up for the cops but in this case it sure looks like they screwed up.

As much as I hate to agree .................. I think you are right.


Cruzr Joe

[vampyregirl]

The officer released a statement that he was trying to hit the autistic gentleman and missed, hitting the other guy.

Dude!!!! That statement just made what you did sooooooooo much worse.......

[JerryB]

Hi vampyregirl,

Re: . . . missed, hitting the other guy.

Barney Fife reports for duty.

Jerry Baumchen

[HayRog]

Another round of insanity.

I agree !! Getting WAY out of hand on both sides of the equation.

[gkamer]

Miami will be writing a big check, and the cop could be charged with attempted murder. They are taught to shoot to kill, how he didn't kill the guy is a big WOW.

Whats wrong with this picture? "Attempted murder" Nah, I don't think so. "Taught to shoot to kill" Not hardly. But I agree Miami better get their checkbook out cause this is going to cost them big time.

[Motorcycledave]

If his marksmanship is that bad he has no business having a gun in his hand.
The lawyers will have a field day with this one....

The officer released a statement that he was trying to hit the autistic gentleman and missed, hitting the other guy.

Dude!!!! That statement just made what you did sooooooooo much worse.......

[Sam Mac]

Can you say "Out of Court Settlement" stay tuned for further developments.

[vampyregirl]

If his marksmanship is that bad he has no business having a gun in his hand.
The lawyers will have a field day with this one....

That and the fact they were told by the guy they shot that the other male is autistic. What a mess that's going to be on so many levels.

[JerryB]

Hi vampyregirl,

Re: What a mess that's going to be on so many levels.

I think it already is a mess. Time to put a clerk to working on putting the zeros on the check.

Jerry Baumchen

[ThreeWheels]

On the face of it, the guy on the floor with his hands in the air shouldn't have been shot.
The other recent cases, the cops were probably in the right.
I'm just wondering though, with all the violence that's being thrown against cops, maybe the officer was on edge and over stressed when he took the call ?
I know that's not an excuse, but it could be an explanation.

[Dan McNally]

. . .
I'm just wondering though, with all the violence that's being thrown against cops, maybe the officer was on edge and over stressed when he took the call ?
I know that's not an excuse, but it could be an explanation.

I agree. The officers were responding to a "man with a gun" call. Given the that has been happening, lately, any sane person would have some serious adrenaline pumping into their system when they rolled up to the scene.

Adrenaline can really mess up your motor skills and cause anxiety.

I believe the current political climate and ambush shootings of police officers played, at least peripherally, a part in this event.

Should it have happened? Of course, not. But everyone makes mistakes - when your job involves guns, mistakes tend to be much more catastrophic than, perhaps the mistakes of an accountant.

[SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN]

i saw that on the news yesterday. the cop was trying to do the right thing but being incompetent and a bad shot he
blew it. i expect the victim will get rich and the cop will keep his job.
i feel the cop should pay the victim out of his own pocket or lose his job & be criminally charged

[Bob Denman]

Hi vampyregirl,

Re: . . . missed, hitting the other guy.

Barney Fife reports for duty.

Jerry Baumchen

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[Gray Ghost]

I get that police are under stress from the current situation, however, if I shoot to defend myself from an attacker (legal in my state) and hit an innocent bystander there is no way that I am going to get a pass. The charge might not be attempted murder but there would be jail time involved. I wasn't there so I can't say that the autistic guy did or did not do anything that might have looked threatening to a reasonable person (I tend to doubt that he did). IMO the cop needs to face the same penalty, at the very least, that an ordinary citizen would face in the same circumstance.

[Bob Denman]

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