I have a rule I follow when I hear a news story, wait 3 day's by then the whole
story should be out, news outlets usually print sensational headlines that most
of the time mislead the reader.
On 6/17/2019 8:10 AM, DENN wrote to DIGITAL MAN:
I have a rule I follow when I hear a news story, wait 3 day's by then the whole
story should be out, news outlets usually print sensational headlines that most
of the time mislead the reader.
I hope Costco has a video of what actually happened so we would get the real story. I don't
think it looks good for that police officer. I think LAPD will get a huge lawsuit and the guy
will likely lose his job.
From the "facts" known to this point, it sounds like he should spend the rest of his life in jail. If you or I shot 3 unarmed people in a Costco, we'd be in jail already.
Re: RE: Off-duty cop shoots 3
By: Digital Man to MATTHEW MUNSON on Tue Jun 18 2019 02:24 pm
From the "facts" known to this point, it sounds like he should spend the rest of his life in jail. If you or I shot 3 unarmed people in a Costco, we'd be in jail already.
la times says officer sez he was waiting in line for food samples and he was knocked down while holding 1 year old son and he was knocked unconscious and woke up again and started 'defending himself'
i think they need to show the video.
people are saying what happened doesnt match what the officer said.
Re: Off-duty cop shoots 3 unarmed shoppers at my neighborhood Costcog
By: Digital Man to All on Sun Jun 16 2019 05:39 pm
So you've probably heard about this story: https://www.pe.com/2019/06/16/man-killed-in-corona-costco-shooting-was-a-
entle-giant-cousin-says/
The cop is not in custody. If this was anyone else, they'd be in jail right now, likely charged with homicide, attempted homicide, and who knows
what else. But this guy is out free to roam, because of his job?!?
I know the entire story is not known at this time (argument, assault, mental handicap, or whatever) - but what pisses me off is the immediate change in stature and narrative by the cops once they learned the shooter
was one of theirs. They minimize the entire scenario, saying just that 2
others were "injured" (not "shot", as they were) and they took a long time
to come out with the fact that the dead man was unarmed. And say it was an
argument that resulted in "a shot fired", when all reports are 6-8 shots
fired - and clearly the fact that 3 people were shot implies more than one
"shot fired".
My wife and I regularly shop at this Costco, often with our kids. We could
have been there, very easily, so this is extremely close to home.
I heard about that over the weekend, though I only saw the headline. It's pretty scary. And I agree, they shouldn't change the story when they find out
it's a police officer. I think he should be treated like any citizen in this
case, and I'm not even sure it makes much difference if he was off duty or on
duty.
And the first thing you do when you wake up from being "knocked out" is to star
shooting people?
The story is just so suspicious and it really bothers me how t
he facts are portrayed differently when the shooter is a cop. The killed-man's >arents were "injured" (not "shot", though they were shot, and are in critical c
ndition) and "an argument insued which resulted in a shot being fired" instead >f "6 to 8 shots being fired" (according to many witnesses present). It's alread
spun in defense of the cop.
On an unrelated note, I am reading this message in a QWK mail reader.
While other people's messages seem to be line wrapping fine, yours are breaking mid-word. In the first & second line of the second quote above, the "t" and the "he" are quoted back as received here. Same with "p" "arents", "co" "ndition", etc.
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