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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Mon Jun 22, 2015, 06:18 PM Jun 2015

Cops 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.




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 OP
at least the officer was drunk 0rganism Jun 2015 #1
Race may not play in this one, or it may, either way this is the crap that we put up with. randys1 Jun 2015 #2
then they are "punished" with a vacation Romeo.lima333 Jun 2015 #3
Look at the vid at your link, the kids were white MiniMe Jun 2015 #4
When we sigh in relief Aerows Jun 2015 #5
So he gets a paid vacation while cops investigate npk Jun 2015 #6

0rganism

(23,958 posts)
1. at least the officer was drunk
Mon Jun 22, 2015, 06:21 PM
Jun 2015

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.
Mon Jun 22, 2015, 06:23 PM
Jun 2015

Cops can do anything they want.

MiniMe

(21,718 posts)
4. Look at the vid at your link, the kids were white
Mon Jun 22, 2015, 06:32 PM
Jun 2015

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?

npk

(3,660 posts)
6. So he gets a paid vacation while cops investigate
Mon Jun 22, 2015, 06:46 PM
Jun 2015

Would the cops have taken this approach if this guy was not a cop? Of course not!

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