Ruled a Reasonable Mistake - Truck Shot during Dorner Manhunt

[jordanmills]

Vigilante justice.

 

[locke_n_load]

I'm just wondering, for people carrying in their cars/on their person, would you return fire? Obviously you would try to communicate (yell) that you're not a criminal, but if the cops kept shooting?

 

[Hoji]

Love it. So our streets shouldnt look like this?

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Really got to love the officer aiming the rifle at the photographer.

 

[diveRN]

Granted this doesn't protect them from civil suits.

Police shooting at Redondo Beach man during Dorner manhunt was ‘reasonable mistake,’ DA says

Officer Brian McGee acted in “an atmosphere of fear and extreme anticipation” when he purposely rammed David Perdue’s pickup truck and fired at least three shots at him on Feb. 7, 2013, mistakenly believing Dorner was at the wheel. The bullets missed Perdue, who has filed a lawsuit against the city of Torrance.
“McGee’s belief that Dorner was driving the truck was reasonable,” prosecutors said in ruling the shooting was justified.

The two women got a $4.2m payout, a bit low IMO, both lived. I hope this guy gets at least that.

The sad part is both situations demonstrate that the police had set out to hunt and kill Dorner.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Well, I think they were just a little bit skeered of him.....