Its always bad news. This cop ran over a 4 year old and then shot her father...
http://gma.yahoo.com/cop-shoots-man-running-down-daughter-184957870--abc-news-topstories.html
Its always bad news. This cop ran over a 4 year old and then shot her father...
http://gma.yahoo.com/cop-shoots-man-running-down-daughter-184957870--abc-news-topstories.html
coconut / 8854 posts
That is horrible, but in this situation I have to side with the officer. I can only imagine how devestating it was for the father, but his daughter was still alive, injured, yes. But alive. He didn't need to go and start attacking the officer. The police officer was getting beat by 2 people, he had to defend himself.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Yeah, I agree with @MrsBrewer. At least based on the information in this article, it sounds like the cop did the right thing - he tried to avoid hitting the girl and injured himself in the process. The girl was hurt, but not seriously injured, so I'm not sure why the dad started flipping out on the officer and assaulting him. I think if my kid ran out into the middle of the street and caused an accident, I would just be thankful my kid was still alive, and apologize to the person who was in the accident BECAUSE of my kid.
squash / 13199 posts
I think its bad news regardless of who is at fault. We dont know what speed the cop was riding or anything like that. Even if it was the girls fault and even if the dad was wrong to confront him, I think shooting him dead was excessive use of force.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@Mrsbells: Oh, I definitely agree it's bad news regardless! I wish we had more information, because based on just this one article, it sounds like both the dad and another person started beating on the cop, so it sounds like he fired his weapon in self defense. But I wish we knew more of the details, because it's definitely a horrible outcome.
persimmon / 1329 posts
i read on my way to work some mom strangled her 2 year old for crying. now that i'm a parent things like this make me literally tear up. it's so crazy. i was thinking about the whole Susan Powell case and that whole mess. sigh.
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