Posted on 04/10/2014 5:57:03 PM PDT by dragnet2
Full title: LA County Sheriff's Deputies Admit to Fatally Shooting Innocent Man
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department admitted on Thursday that deputies mistakenly shot and killed a 30-year-old man after mistaking him for the suspect in a hostage situation earlier this week,
Authorities confirmed that John Winkler was one of three hostages inside a West Hollywood apartment during the standoff. The victim had gone into the apartment to help the other hostages after hearing screaming coming from the residence.
Officials said in a statement the three deputies on the scene saw one of the other hostages bolt out of the residence as they arrived.
“He was covered in blood and bleeding profusely from the neck,” the statement read. “Simultaneously, Winkler ran out of the door, lunging at the back of the fleeing victim. Both ran directly at the deputies.”
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We live in an upside down world now.
Cops can fire at will and murder citizens to “preserve the peace”.
Soldiers are brought up on charges for murder, in war zones.
That attitude is trained, encouraged, and rewarded.
Well shooting the victims gave the cops a chance to calm down and think things out, probably scared the hell out of the perp too.
They may shot first before they ask.
They may shot first before they think.
Cop arrives at traffic accident, shot the airman holding his wallet mistaken for a gun. Link
Kid was fatally shot holding Wii controller mistaken for a gun. Link
If they were in Iraq, they’d be Court Martialed for their actions.
If our troops did this in Iraq they’d be prosecuted.
Our “troops” are already doing it here. They call themselves cops but they’re no different from the military.
I was thinking the same thing. The guys are keyed-up, on hair trigger, ready to blast away at anything that moves.
After they get it out of their system, they can act like normal cops used to, and just beat the p!ss out of the perp.
I remember a time when a cop was forced to shoot someone they truly felt regret even when they had no choice. Now they look forward to shooting people and can’t wait to get to the donut shop and talk about it.
I simply don’t like cops. And believe me, they’ve been this way for years. That’s why I quit after being a cop for a very short time when I saw all the abuse and the thin blue line.
“This is what you’d expect to happen during a full on violent war...Just open fire.”
Just as dogs are being wantonly shot by cops, more and more people are getting the same treatment, which is what I expect to happen as America turns more and more into a turd world, collectivist hellhole.
Pretty soon the cops will just be your average death squad.
The criminal justice system is there to protect the criminals from the law-abiding.
” They call themselves cops but they’re no different from the military.”
Wrong, WRONG! !
The military would not tolerate the trash which is now hired by all too many police forces.
It’s all that pent up ‘roid rage they have.
This kind of thing is happening with such frequency now, it’s down right undeniable, non-debatable and way disturbing.
They even admit it now because they know nothing will be done about it. They now know that they can kill and murder with impunity.
They shot him because they don’t want citizens getting involved. That might lessen people’s dependence on them.
There was too many witnesses and dead unarmed people who were shot to death...
And the only one’s doing the shooting, were the LEO’s.
No where to go for them here....
Why not? They got to kill someone.
All I hear is crickets from the JBT lovers.
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