Alan C. Posted May 29, 2013 Posted May 29, 2013 Police Shoot & Kill Grandfather While Responding To Burglary Call Those close to the family say the victim lived nearby and heard his neighbor’s burglar alarm. Neighbor Jerry Wayne Waller then apparently went outside to see what was going on. The 72-year-old man didn’t even make it to the house across the street before he was shot. He died on his own property. . . . The elderly man, who was armed at the time, was shot and killed in his own driveway by police responding to a burglary call. “We heard five shots,” Haskin recalled. They were just rapid fire one after the other.” Speaking on the incident Fort Worth police Cpl. Tracey Knight said, “Officers felt threatened by the man with the handgun and he was shot.” After the shooting Haskin said, “The police officers were sobbing uncontrollably and very distraught.” Not only has the family been victimized, but now those police will have to live the rest of their lives knowing that they blew away a completely innocent person.
Mick Bynes Posted June 1, 2013 Posted June 1, 2013 I read about this on Facebook. What is wrong with law enforcement in the U.S.? There was also another incident similar to this. A policeman shot & killed a veteran on Memorial Day. That was just uncalled for and it was uncalled for that this 72-year-old man was shot & killed.
ribuck Posted June 1, 2013 Posted June 1, 2013 In Malcolm Gladwell's book "Blink" he discusses research which shows that groups of cops make poorer snap decisions than solo cops. It's very interesting, and for me was counter-intuitive. It turns out that when a solo policeman responds to an incident like this (compared to when a pair or more of police respond), not only is the innocent person less likely to be killed, but also a policeman is less likely to be killed. YouTube - Malcolm Gladwell - Blink (12:13 to 16:35)http://youtu.be/3TRioBKpUwY?t=12m13s "Cops in groups make decisions that cops by themselves would never make."
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