Tragic, but this why you don't pass out in the drive through, with the car in drive, and a loaded gun in your lap. :facepalm:
Remember, in the 911 call the Taco Bell employee said that people already had tried knocking on the window and honking their horn trying to wake him. When the guy finally awoke and saw the cops, he probably reflexively reached for the gun to hide it, and thus sealed his fate with that one last mistake . . . in a whole string of mistakes which turned out to be fatal for him.
My daughter works in Vallejo, just a few miles from where this happened. From her stories and accounts of the area, and from anyone who knows the city of Vallejo in general, it can be like the wild wild west. Looking at the video, I am actually surprised the cops showed as much restraint as they did. In hindsight, sure, I can see lots of ways they could have approached it, or better yet NOT approached it once they saw the gun. It seems like waking him from a safe position would have given him a chance to show his hands once he realized the position he was in. Still, he put himself in that position. Seems more like Darwinism than cop roid rage to me.

Anyone notice the plastic bag on the passenger window? Could that not have been a point of entry?

Dont reach for a gun when youre surrounded by trigger happy police... For over 4 minutes they didnt shoot him, they only did when he reached for his gun.

where did you get your law degree?

Cops are murderers that are above the law.

In yet another example of privilege granted to those who work for the system, an officer from Rome, New York, will not be charged in the death of his infant son, who perished after being left in inside a hot car for 8 ½ hours.

Officer Mark Fanfarillo left his 4 ½-month-old baby, Michael, in his car during the summer for nearly nine hours — but Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara refused to press charges.

According to local WSYR-TV, the D.A. said Fanfarillo first realized he’d abandoned the baby in the car when his wife contacted him to say Michael had never been dropped off at the family’s daycare provider. Fanfarillo, McNamara explained, rushed out to the car after that call and “found his son’s lifeless body.” Although Fanfarillo “relentlessly” attempted to resuscitate the baby, the effort was ultimately unsuccessful.

As McNamara’s office said in a statement:



https://thefreethoughtproject.com/co...LoX3RXoVg94uFc

I see no evidence that he was not charged simply because he is a cop. Public defenders have the duty to determine criminal intent, and charge accordingly.

There are hundreds of articles you can read, but the basic verbiage change is below. Sounds like nothing changes. DA's aren't gonna charge cops any more or less... just feelgood so everybody can say they "did something".

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics...234145882.html

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed Assembly Bill 392, which changes the standard for police officers’ justified use of deadly force from instances when it’s “reasonable’’ to when it’s “necessary.’’

To get the bill through the Legislature, Weber accepted amendments that eliminated provisions that would have made it easier to prosecute officers.

It still gives some power to courts to decide if an officer’s application of force is justifiable, but it’s unclear if more officers will face criminal charges because of the new law.

“We don’t know what the standard is yet that’s going to come out of AB 392,” said Sacramento attorney Mark T. Harris. “We’ll know after a few cases, after a few more people are killed.”

How about determining straight up criminality? Killing your child in a slow painful death is against the law.

I'm assuming you meant DA's, you don't have to "intend" to break the law to be charged for doing so.

Yes, DA.

You can technically commit a crime, (like killing a kid in a hot car) but if it is ruled accidental, you may not be charged.

isnt that for a jury/court to decide based on the testimony of experts on accidental deaths by completely disgusting humans?

I jsut read about another case in NY recently:

I am not defending the police here at all, but dude was asking for trouble by making the Nazi Germany comments. Just STFU and let them do their thing instead of escalating the situation.

I find threads like this amusing for so many reasons.

Is this your walk a mile in their shoes comment?

Worked as an LEO before, transitioned to teaching. So I've "walked" a few miles already. Worked with some shitty police officers, worked with some shitty teachers, dealt with some shitty people/children in both careers. It's all perspective.

I know good cops. But they get so suspicious and jaded just being around a bad element so much of the time. I can see where it is difficult for even a good man to remain level-headed. It is a job I would not want. Along with teaching.

This....literally quoted for truth.

You see some really horrible shit guys, not kidding. People die, kids get hurt, that kind of stuff. So I made the switch to education (high school) and although I teach "good kids" (I teach HS engineering...my actual degree is in MET) I see a lot of the precursors to what I dealt with in LE and it's just as frustrating and defeating at times.

That's exactly why my BIL quit the force and just opened a brewery...