Saturday, September 8, 2012

They Did it Again


The New York City cops shot an innocent person. This time they killed a clerk who was just trying to escape an armed robber. You can read about it here:

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/09/07/police-shoot-kill-man-during-bodega-robbery/

You can watch it here:

http://news.yahoo.com/video/security-video-nyc-police-shooting-013555031.html

They're calling it a "tragic accident." If the officer in question hadn't had his finger on the trigger the gun wouldn't have fired. If he'd had proper training he wouldn't have had his finger on the trigger. If New York City had either a mayor or a police chief who gave one single damn about the safety of its citizens (or its police, for that matter) he'd have had training.
Instead, the mayor spends his time protecting New Yorkers from Big Macs and Big Gulps.
I suppose the police commissioner spends his time making excuses for incompetence and justifying stop-and-frisk laws.

New York, New York. It's a hell of a town.


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