Witness says officer questioned teen's actions in shooting

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Ramesh Santanam, Associated Press
Updated 5:02 pm CDT, Wednesday, March 20, 2019

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A witness in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer said Wednesday he saw the officer standing on the sidewalk, panicking, saying, "I don't know why I shot him. I don't know why I fired."

The trial of former East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld continued into a second day Wednesday in a Pittsburgh courtroom.

John Leach, a neighbor who lives a few houses from the site of the June shooting, said he was on his front porch when Rosfeld fired three bullets into 17-year-old Antwon Rose II after pulling over an unlicensed taxicab suspected to have been used in a drive-by shooting minutes earlier. Rose was a front-seat passenger in the cab and was shot as he fled.

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Leach, the second witness to testify Wednesday, said that after the shooting, he was watching Rosfeld on the sidewalk nearby saying repeatedly, "I don't know why I shot him. I don't know why I fired."



Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/White-cop-s-shooting-of-black-teen-heads-to-trial-13698849.php

[ret5hd]

1. I think I know why.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. When the target is white, they holster it

but when the target is black, they shoot on sight. That is how they are trained.

[spike jones]

3. I'll bet I should have read the article befors posting. n/t

[ROB-ROX]

4. The Cop Killing Bastard Should Be HUNG

This is a case of some guy with a gun killing someone without a gun. In the past I had heard cops are supposed to fire 3 shots as a warning. No warning shots then this is MURDER. I also think everyone who trailed or supervised this NUT should be fired to prevent future BAD training. Only when the herd is thinned will better police be properly trained, then released into the public environment.