Karilyn
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The scene immediately prior to the shooting.
The officers immediately prior to the shooting.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/21/us/miami-officer-involved-shooting/index.html
The officer who committed the shooting is on paid administrative leave pending investigation.
The other officer at the scene has been put on unpaid leave for providing misinformation about the shooting.
Magermagician
Policing an armed and nutty populace is terrifying. Gotta get to the point where you can keep your cool under pressure though.
WEAREGRID
This happened last year also, cops killed an autistic kid. Wanna know why no one cared? Because he was white. Racists.
BlankhasdiedofDysentery
The one with the rifle did the shooting. Secondly he was trying to shoot the autistic guy for not complying, missed and hit the black guy.
Karilyn
That is stated in the title of the post "Officer defends himself, claiming he was aiming for the disabled autistic patient." :)
tonedevil
I can't tell you how much better that makes the whole incident. Because it doesn't.
BlankhasdiedofDysentery
I would contend that trying to shoot someone you've been Informed is unarmed and has a mental disability is even worse
Karilyn
That's the thing that blows my mind about this one. Like he tries to defend his actions by saying he was trying to do something even worse.