I'm sorry, I don't have a long diary to write, so as soon as someone else does I'll remove this. But this is a big story. Apparently its now legal for cops to behave as though they're in the wild west, emptying their guns into unarmed citizens and placing bystanders at risk, for no good reason other than a vague hunch that someone MIGHT be armed. Truly a sad day for New York City.
The most shocking, for me, is that they weren't even found guilty of reckless endangerment, despite the barrage of bullets fired by supposedly well-trained officers, or the bullets ricocheting off nearby subway stops as they emptied their guns, reloaded, and emptied their guns again as NO ONE FIRED BACK EVEN ONCE.
excuse my French, but WTF.
Read More