Originally picked up from Radley Balko's site: The Agitator.
This is a pretty egregious example of a suspect being shot by a police officer. Granted, the blog is obviously a biased one ("Cop Block"?), but still looking at the pdf of the witnesses sworn statement (coincidentally, the officer in questions, partner), I can't find any possible justification for the use of lethal force here.
Really....
....immediately after initiating contact with the victim drawing his gun, holding it to Rodriguez’s head and shouting “I don’t need no warrant, motherfucker.”
Later, as the suspect attempted to leave on his bicycle, the officer stepped back, shot him 2-3 times in the chest and then walked away to leave his partner to deal with it.
I recommend clicking on the link to the sworn statement. This is pretty astonishing stuff.
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