Posted on 04/29/2021 10:07:28 PM PDT by Rabin
Petitioners seek review of the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals arising out of Deputy Gelhaus’ fatal shooting of 13 year-old Andy Lopez, who was carrying a toy replica automatic rifle by its grip. At all times, the toy rifle was pointed towards the ground, with Lopez’s hand on the grip, away from the trigger. Deputy Gelhaus shot at Lopez eight times, hitting him seven times, from approximately 62 feet. The question presented is whether there is qualified immunity for a police officer who shoots a 13-yearold boy seven times, particularly where there is evidence that the first shot may have disabled the youth by striking the upper arm of the hand holding the replica rifle’s grip. Assuming that evidence is credited, as it must be, does qualified immunity apply to the next six shots? Lopez was casually walking mid-afternoon near a city street. Deputies Gelhaus and Schemmel, on routine patrol, saw Lopez. The deputies were not responding to a call of criminal conduct or suspicious activity. They had no reason to think Lopez was a gang member or that he was engaged in criminal activity, except that he was holding, in his left hand, the grip of what appeared to be an assault rifle, pointed towards the ground. Lopez did not attempt to evade the deputies and nothing about his conduct was suspicious. Lopez was just walking along, minding his own business.
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Go Figure. Rab
From: “Teen Vogue?
Really?
Why would you read crap like that?
Or think that I should?
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Control your input!
libs are torn
hate cops
hate evil assault rifles
What about the teen in Georgia who answered his own door with a Wii in his hand and was shot dead by a female officer. And that was found to be perfectly fine.
Teen Vogue has had better days in the investigative journalism game. Tiger Beat seems to be picking up the slack at least.
“They had no reason to think Lopez was a gang member”
LOL.
Cops don’t shoot you once — you might not die, and then be able to sue them. They shoot you until you are dead, then shoot you several more times.
There has been a profound change in the USA since I was a kid and young adult. The police did not fear for their lives at every traffic stop. Citizens didn’t hate cops and hurl curses at them.
Life in the USA is not what it was back then. People were not shot for holding a toy gun. There were no TV remotes, but dark hand-held objects were not mistaken for a gun, providing justification for the killing of the person holding the object.
There was more trust. Little hate or hostility. The thought of arresting a kid for “chewing a pop tart into a gun” was not possible.
To anyone born after the 60s, life was different, and in spite of my user name, I don’t see how it can ever come back. Tell me that I’m wrong.
In the mid 60’s, kids on my block ran around with BB guns. I can’t imagine kids ever having that kind of fun again.
We also had bb guns, hell we even shot at each other with them, playing Cowboys & Indians and Cops & Robbers, great fun. Those that didn’t have a bb gun had slingshots. Actually amazing no one ever shot an eye out, safety glasses would probably been a good idea but it never occurred to us back then. This was the 60’s. Good times.
Hahaha.. Exactly! No one ever got hurt in my neighborhood, either. And, the boys were extra cautious around us girls. I miss those summer days in the 60’s. Looking back it seems more real than what we have now.
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