The Long Beach school police officer who shot and killed an 18-year-old mother when she was a passenger in a fleeing car in 2021 has been sentenced to three years in state prison, officials announced Tuesday.
I will wager any amount of money that if I had shot a fleeing teenager, I would do more than three years regardless of the circumstances. There is no justification for shooting at a fleeing car with three people in it only one of whom is of any interest to the police.
I was in a discussion about this with a friend who is related to a sheriff deputy in my area... He was adamant that police were held to a higher standard than the average joe blow when it came to shootings... I laughed at him so hard I almost began to cry.. JD
3 years is better than "We did an investigation and proper procedures were followed". More cops should go to prison when they screw up just like us little folk. Treat 'em like coyotes. Kill a couple and hang their bodies over a fence. The others will get the idea.
I will wager any amount of money that if I had shot a fleeing teenager, I would do more than three years regardless of the circumstances. There is no justification for shooting at a fleeing car with three people in it only one of whom is of any interest to the police.
ReplyDeleteYou'd be doing 20 to 30.
DeleteI was in a discussion about this with a friend who is related to a sheriff deputy in my area... He was adamant that police were held to a higher standard than the average joe blow when it came to shootings... I laughed at him so hard I almost began to cry..
DeleteJD
Yeah, I was playing poker one time, had a guy at the table who said he was a cop and cops never lie.
DeleteHe is still a cop in for murder. Three years probably is life
DeleteThe lawyer's will get almost 5 million which leaves the "family" with 8 million. Should help raise her child, prolly not.
ReplyDeleteJpaul
Taxes will take half of what's left.
Delete3 years? BULLSHITE!!
ReplyDelete3 years is better than "We did an investigation and proper procedures were followed". More cops should go to prison when they screw up just like us little folk. Treat 'em like coyotes. Kill a couple and hang their bodies over a fence. The others will get the idea.
ReplyDeletePenalty should be same as the victim got. Shot to death.
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