Subj : Off-duty cop shoots 3 unarmed shoppers at my neighborhood Costco
To   : Digital Man
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Jun 17 2019 01:26 pm

  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

 DM> So you've probably heard about this story:
 DM> https://www.pe.com/2019/06/16/man-killed-in-corona-costco-shooting-was-a-g
 DM> entle-giant-cousin-says/ 

 DM> The cop is not in custody. If this was anyone else, they'd be in jail
 DM> right now, likely charged with homicide, attempted homicide, and who knows
 DM> what else. But this guy is out free to roam, because of his job?!? 

 DM> I know the entire story is not known at this time (argument, assault,
 DM> mental handicap, or whatever) - but what pisses me off is the immediate
 DM> change in stature and narrative by the cops once they learned the shooter
 DM> was one of theirs. They minimize the entire scenario, saying just that 2
 DM> others were "injured" (not "shot", as they were) and they took a long time
 DM> to come out with the fact that the dead man was unarmed. And say it was an
 DM> argument that resulted in "a shot fired", when all reports are 6-8 shots
 DM> fired - and clearly the fact that 3 people were shot implies more than one
 DM> "shot fired". 

 DM> My wife and I regularly shop at this Costco, often with our kids. We could
 DM> 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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