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2018-08-31 -Land of the Free
Vietnam Veteran Who Was Shot by Police While Defending his Grandson Given a Hero's Burial
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Posted by Besoeker 2018-08-31 03:41|| || Front Page|| [336072 views ]  Top

#1 So what's going to happen to the trigger happy cops?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-08-31 06:21||   2018-08-31 06:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Rhetorical question?
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-08-31 11:56||   2018-08-31 11:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Nope.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-08-31 12:46||   2018-08-31 12:46|| Front Page Top

#4 IIRC from this AM, only one cop fired, and far from being fired, they're already back on the job (undisciplined, sounded like).
Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2018-08-31 16:40||   2018-08-31 16:40|| Front Page Top

#5 So what's going to happen to the trigger happy cops?
It seems that the officer in question returned to work. But investigations are still in progress so there may be more later.

Coloradolaw enforcement agency policies differ on officer-involved shooting protocol

There's more if you check the headline link above in the main article and then click on some of the inline links. One can get a better idea of what happened, including an hysterical unintelligent 911 call and the usual "fog of war" that apparently some of the LEOs involved were never trained to deal with.
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2018-08-31 16:45||   2018-08-31 16:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Aurora has a higher gang and violence rate then the other metro areas and the cops there have a reputation of being a bit... harsh.

Most other city's cops are pretty decent except for the Denver cops. Most everyone agrees they are just plain assholes.
Posted by DarthVader 2018-08-31 17:22||   2018-08-31 17:22|| Front Page Top

#7 This strikes me as one of those rare unfortunate cases; both the vet and the policeman acted reasonably given the timing and what they knew of the circumstances, with a tragic result. The cop arrived on an assault call and heard/saw a gunshot/gun and responded, not really able to know it was the homeowner and not the assaulter that had the gun.
Posted by Glenmore 2018-08-31 17:42||   2018-08-31 17:42|| Front Page Top

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