Another Police Shooting Fatality
According to the Fullerton Police Department, their employees killed another person Saturday night.
Responding to a domestic dispute call in the 700 block of West Orangethorpe Avenue the cops arrived on the scene and discovered a 19 year old male “matching the description” on the sidewalk. Here’s the tale from the press release:
Despite repeated commands from officers, the suspect was noncompliant. In a sudden turn of events, he lifted his shirt and pulled what appeared to be a handgun from his waistband, prompting an officer-involved shooting.
Officers immediately began life-saving measures until paramedics arrived, but the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. A pellet gun, closely resembling a Smith & Wesson handgun, was recovered near the suspect.
Oh, no. Another one of those dreary FPD press releases that always sound like an immediate exculpation rather than a simple statement of the bare facts
At the point of first contact the cops confronted a guy who may or may not have done anything wrong. We know he wasn’t juiced because if he had been the statement would have said so. There goes Excuse Option One.
We don’t know what those “commands” given by the police were, of course, or even if they were reasonable. It will be interesting to see and hear what sort of dialog ensued during this confrontation. Was it calming, or was it the sort of thing that might prompt escalation?
Then there was “…a sudden turn of events.” What is this a high school creative writing class? For some as yet unknown reason this young man decided on the ever popular Excuse Option Number Two: suicide by cop. The inevitable “waistband” is deployed by the cop writer, although the PR had earlier stated that the culprit had been waving a knife at Dad at the incident address. I’m not sure who wanders around with a pellet gun shoved in his pants but there was one, apparently that (closely!!) resembled a Smith and Wesson handgun.
We will be comforted to know that all will be revealed within 45 days via one of those Critical Incident Community Briefing Video.
If there a domestic dispute calling the Fullerton po po may not be the wisest course of action.
Probly not the best idea.
FPD = Murder, Inc.
“If we ain’t killing, we ain’t doing our job.”
Fullerton PD Motto
“The officers feared for their safety.”
the OC register reported the guy was shot 30 times. It sounded like 4th of July said a relative who was present. How did they know he was “neutralized? ……Must have been top notch law enforcement training, I mean belt notch law enforcement training.
Well, he kept moving, see, thrashing around on the ground. He asked for all 30 rounds.
“The job isn’t done until we’ve beaten or shot the suspect to death.”
Fullerton PD
Pulling a firearm of any kind on police rarely goes well.
If you believe the cop story. But you’ll suck anything if it’s taxpayer funded.
Perhaps you should have posted a pic of the pellet gun. View it here: https://www.newsbreak.com/newsantaana-1720709/3858629366931-police-fatally-shot-a-man-armed-with-a-pellet-gun-after-a-domestic-disturbance-in-north-o-c
So you’re giving up on Excuse Option #1?
Perhaps you should explain why Fullerton domestic dispute stuff ends up in a hail of FPD bullets.
Natural Born Killers.
Maybe also include the reporting party, the dead guy’s brother, had reported the suspect swung a knife at their father.
Read again, apologist.
Maybe the father needed a tune up and the kid decided to scare him. Like Kelly Thomas did, I may have done the same thing if my dad was a dick, like R.T.
The FPD loves to commit murder.
There is a lesson here. Dialing 911 indicates emergency. If it is a domestic disturbance that can be handled when cooler heads prevail, don’t dial 911. Police officers aren’t therapists or psychologists.
If someone swings a knife at you, call 911.
That’s the lesson. Let’s not label it anything other than that.
Especially if you don’t care if they get shot 30 times.
And they aren’t lawyers, either, though they often talk like they are.
The lesson here is never to call FPD because, no matter the situation, there is always the chance they will beat or shoot someone to death.
I’m shocked they didn’t have a riot last night at the council meeting. It must not be widely known yet.
Did it even get brought up?
So what were the cops supposed to do, give him a hug. Why don’t you aske some intelligent questions like. Hey chief Radus isn’t it true that the District Attorney once wrote a letter accusing you of lying in a police report
Why don’t YOU provide some details and you might have some success with that request.
I’ve seen this sort of behavior among sharks. Once the first one get it a bite the frenzy starts.
Unbelievable. If there were only 3 cops that would mean all 3 of them drew at once and emptied their magazines into him on full automatic!
Kill-crazy Iraq or Afghanistan vets, probably ex-Black Ops. The crazier they are, the better. I’d be really interested in how these mad dogs got through Psych screening, if FPD even has one. Also their military backgrounds.