According to this Register story, an unarmed North Carolina teenager was shot dead by a sheriff's deputy while aforesaid deputy was executing a search warrant at the teen's residence. The teen was suspected of stealing two PS3s.
I thought the "trigger-happy cop" stereotype was a fallacy... If the story is accurate, I hope the deputy gets some unpaid leave time, possibly a few decades' worth...
-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
I thought the "trigger-happy cop" stereotype was a fallacy... If the story is accurate, I hope the deputy gets some unpaid leave time, possibly a few decades' worth...
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012