83 year old woman shot by cop like an animal

[shrewsbury]

seems to me that you think everyone is guilty until proven innocence, if they are rich or even partial white or a cop

examples: Trayvon Martin case, Romney's taxes, and now this

[mrveggieman]

seems to me that you think everyone is guilty until proven innocence, if they are rich or even partial white or a cop

examples: Trayvon Martin case, Romney's taxes, and now this

Obama is half white as well as richer than most if not all people on SCF but I don't believe the lies about his bc, college etc. However with groups like the police, republican party, faux news etc who do no care for women or minorities, why should I belive anything that they say?

[Wickabee]

I'm half with you guys, half with veggie. SOmething about this just says cover-up. I can't explain or describe what it is, but something is reminding me of two Canadian cases (Robert Dzekanski, Buddy Tavares) and how things were explained afterwards in those. I don't know, I could be wrong, but something's off.

[mrveggieman]

I'm half with you guys, half with veggie. SOmething about this just says cover-up. I can't explain or describe what it is, but something is reminding me of two Canadian cases (Robert Dzekanski, Buddy Tavares) and how things were explained afterwards in those. I don't know, I could be wrong, but something's off.

Exactly. All these people who think that cops can do no wrong would not be singing the same tune if it were their mother or grandmother.

[Wickabee]

Exactly. All these people who think that cops can do no wrong would not be singing the same tune if it were their mother or grandmother.

I don't know about that, and the official explanation sounds all well and good. There's just an intangible there that makes me think there's more (or less) to the story.

[habsheaven]

The first question I ask myself in a case like this is: Why would the police shoot an elderly lady for no good reason? When I cannot come up with a satisfactory answer to that, I make an assumption that they then must have had a good reason. To speculate any other conclusion is ridiculous. As to why and how that good reason occurred; I would look at the key factors, one of which has to be the lady's lack of hearing and eyesight.

It boggles my mind how some people always look for evil even when a situation appears to just be an unfortunate set of circumstances culminating in a death.

[habsheaven]

Exactly. All these people who think that cops can do no wrong would not be singing the same tune if it were their mother or grandmother.

It wouldn't be my mother or grandmother because they wouldn't be foolish enough to wield a firearm when they clearly are missing some of her faculties.

[Wickabee]

The first question I ask myself in a case like this is: Why would the police shoot an elderly lady for no good reason

Why would a policeman kick a man who is on his hands and knees, following orders from police an presenting no threat in the face?
I can come up with no reason whatsoever, so this must never have happened, then?


Why would 4 policemen tazer a jabbering Polish man in an airport before getting a translator to figure out what he was saying?
I can't think of a reason, so Robert Dziekanski must still be alive, right?

[Star_Cards]

I'm sorry but the story just dosen't add up to me. Police are infamous for committing crimes against the public and covering them up. In my book if a cop does something stupid he is guilty until proven innocent.

okay, since you are assuming, what are some of your assumptions about what a police officer would do to kill an old lady at a 911 run that he's making?

What did he do stupid if the woman was pointing a gun at him and didn't drop it?

[Star_Cards]

Exactly. All these people who think that cops can do no wrong would not be singing the same tune if it were their mother or grandmother.

I'm in no way saying that all police officers do no wrong. Of course there are bad cops, but there are a lot of good ones too. You're the one that seems unable to recognize that. I never said that all cops are good and never will. I do however, look at each incident on it's own since they are all different and involve different people.

If it were my grandmother, yes I would want an investigation and more than likely from an outside source from that of the police and yes it would be very difficult to look at this incident the same as an outsider. Actually, people who have no emotional connection typically look at a situation more rationally than someone who has an emotional attachment. My grandmother didn't have a gun so it's hard for me to put myself in the place of the family. Even if she did it would be hard unless you actually do go through something like this. I will tell you that if my grandmother was pointing a gun at a police officer I wouldn't be surprised that she may have been shot. I'm not saying that I would want answer and I'm not saying that those answers would be satisfactory. Without any more info than what was in the article, it's hard for me to think it was anything more than a tragic accident brought on by multiple very flukish events.