So you've probably heard about this story: https://www.pe.com/2019/06/16/man-killed-in-corona-costco-shooting-was-a-gentle-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.

Cops, on duty or not, need to be capable of a great amount of restraint. This guy appears to have had a short-fuse and a hair-trigger and should never have been trusted to carry a gun in public (based on the currently known facts).

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Re: Off-duty cop shoots 3 unarmed shoppers at my neighborhood Costco
By: Digital Man to All on Sun Jun 16 2019 05:39 pm

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

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.

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Re: Off-duty cop shoots 3 unarmed shoppers at my neighborhood Costco
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-g 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.

Nightfox

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Re: Off-duty cop shoots 3 unarmed shoppers at my neighborhood Costco
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-gentle-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

wow that's crazy. we have a cop here who raped a woman he picked up and he only got 1 year.
they didnt even want to give him that.
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Re: Off-duty cop shoots 3 unarmed shoppers at my neighborhood Costco
By: Denn to Digital Man on Mon Jun 17 2019 08:10 am

Re: Off-duty cop shoots 3 unarmed shoppers at my neighborhood Costco
By: Digital Man to All on Sun Jun 16 2019 05:39 pm

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

I have a rule I follow when I hear a news story, wait 3 day's by then the wh story should be out, news outlets usually print sensational headlines that m of the time mislead the reader.

Sound advice.

Cops are always going to be cops. They arent perfect and some are corrupt.
But they are a brotherhood and they look to protect each other, and sometimes, they get it wrong or do it in a less than honorable way.

Overall tho, most cops are good and we need them and should respect them.


Thanks,
Zombie Mambo

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