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US police mistakenly shoot dead newlywed

Wait, what? The guy was mistaken for one of four criminals, was confronted, and then shot?

I want to see exactly what commands were issued to Alexander before he was shot. Something about this seems kinda funny. A 10 year veteran, quick on the trigger finger? I dunno. I think there might be another side to this story.
 
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Why is this, "US police," when, "California police," or better yet, the name of the town's police?

Oh right, because this is supposed to reflect negatively on the US. Right, forgot...

Tragic, and maybe there is a policy that needs changed, or something else that needs fixing, or there is more to this story. At any rate, as sad as it is, accidents happen. Even if everyone tries to do everything right.
 
I copied the title from the headline of the link I posted. Since it was an Australian website, they identified the police as "US". No need to read anything else into it.

Ranb
 
No need to apply for the million dollar challenge, I'm using no psychic powers to predict the same people who will say the police should be prosecuted are the same ones who were most gung-ho about the guy in Texas who left his house in order to confront burglars outside getting convicted.
 
Yeah, I don't understand the "U.S. Police" thing either.

I'm betting that there's more to this story, personally. There's just too little information given, and inquiries are currently being made. I don't really get why a police officer of 10 years would be so quick on the trigger. Do police in California have a bad reputation in these matters?
 
Yes, specifically the LAPD has a bad rep with excessive force. Of course they also have a history of getting shot to death too.
 
tyr_13 said:
Why is this, "US police," when, "California police," or better yet, the name of the town's police?

Oh right, because this is supposed to reflect negatively on the US. Right, forgot...
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Imagine if this incident had happened in, say, Townsville or Cairns and was being reported by a newspaper in the United States.

I think I'm right in saying that an American paper (or indeed any European or African newspaper) would headline the story "Australian Police shoot dead..." and only mention the State of Queensland in the opening sentence of the main story itself.

That would not be an attempt to relect negatively on Australia - so similarly in this case, it is not an attempt to reflect negatively on the US.
 
tyr_13 said:
Why is this, "US police," when, "California police," or better yet, the name of the town's police?
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Would your local news system report Humberside Police or British police?
 
Ranb said:
A newlywed killed by police after he stepped outside his home to confront suspected burglars was shot in a case of mistaken identity, California police said.
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Although I don't excuse the policeman for being trigger-happy, but I think the bolded part was the problem.

A civilian shouldn't "confront" a suspected burglar, IMO, that's why we have the police.
 
Not enough details yet, but an alternate framing of the situation might be that police were pursuing four suspects when a man wielding a firearm inteposed himself and was seen as an imediate threat.

I'm no fan of police generally, but I'm waiting for the details on this one.
 
I had no idea I had my own police force. :D

Pardalis said:
A civilian shouldn't "confront" a suspected burglar, IMO, that's why we have the police.
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If he's armed and the suspect is in his house that's one thing, but if the police are on site then one should stay inside and let them do their work. The lights and sirens should have been an indication that something was going on in the area.

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Am I too understand that this kind of gun-toting, I've-got-a-license-to-shoot-to-kill mentality is representitive of American Police Services? Thankfully, I live in Australia and not in the land of George Bush inc.
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:rolleyes:
 
The Drain said:
Imagine if this incident had happened in, say, Townsville or Cairns and was being reported by a newspaper in the United States.

I think I'm right in saying that an American paper (or indeed any European or African newspaper) would headline the story "Australian Police shoot dead..." and only mention the State of Queensland in the opening sentence of the main story itself.

That would not be an attempt to relect negatively on Australia - so similarly in this case, it is not an attempt to reflect negatively on the US.
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geni said:
Would your local news system report Humberside Police or British police?
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Calm down, I didn't know it was an Aussie report. I'm a typical American in that unless I see extra vowels at the end of words I assume it is a North American paper.

I like how even though they haven't named the officer, people on the link are posting about how it's another white cop shooting an innocent black man. Why assume the cop is white? Also, how do they know the dead man is black? Weird...
 
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