Comment on Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnapped
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
I remember this was really fishy in how the police reported it at the time, and it seemed pretty clear that this was likely. I hoped it could be proven eventually.
I have my doubts that we’ll see repercussions for the cops who pulled the trigger, but this is an encouraging development.
The article does include this at the end:
The California department of justice is investigating the case under a law requiring inquiries into police killings of unarmed people.
So maybe there will be justice?
roguetrick@kbin.social 11 months ago
I wouldn't count on that. They're going to justify it as confusion during a shootout.
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
I would hope it’s very much a steep hill to climb when you want to justify killing the subject of an Amber Alert due to confusion during the shootout.
I get your point, and I know that’s the standard MO, but not killing the person you were sent to rescue seems like a priority that even police should be able to understand. Hell it was a popular 80s video game.