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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCops Refuse To Arrest Officer Caught Shooting At 20 Children Playing Near His House
Not The Onion!
http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/05/cops-refuse-to-arrest-officer/
A police lieutenant in Tennessee was not arrested after shooting at a group of 20 children playing volleyball hear his home.
The children were not on his property, but the mere sound of them playing at a nearby church was enough to enrage Michael Wilson, 58, to the point of opening fire on them with a BB gun....
Instead, the intoxicated lieutenant was placed on paid administrative leave while the department investigates the shooting.
He was charged, and must appear in court on June 3rd, but he was not arrested in spite of the fact that he opened fire on children.
The children were not on his property, but the mere sound of them playing at a nearby church was enough to enrage Michael Wilson, 58, to the point of opening fire on them with a BB gun....
Instead, the intoxicated lieutenant was placed on paid administrative leave while the department investigates the shooting.
He was charged, and must appear in court on June 3rd, but he was not arrested in spite of the fact that he opened fire on children.
Wonder what color the children were.
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Cops Refuse To Arrest Officer Caught Shooting At 20 Children Playing Near His House (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jun 2015
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0rganism
(23,958 posts)1. at least the officer was drunk
otherwise, someone could have been seriously injured
maybe there needs to be a minimum intoxication level for firearms possession.
randys1
(16,286 posts)2. Race may not play in this one, or it may, either way this is the crap that we put up with.
Cops can do anything they want.
Romeo.lima333
(1,127 posts)3. then they are "punished" with a vacation
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)4. Look at the vid at your link, the kids were white
Looks that the kids had bruises from the bb's, nothing serious. This article is a month old, anybody know what happened in the end?
Aerows
(39,961 posts)5. When we sigh in relief
that it was only a BB gun, something is wrong in our country.
npk
(3,660 posts)6. So he gets a paid vacation while cops investigate
Would the cops have taken this approach if this guy was not a cop? Of course not!