Was the Mobilio shooting a routine accident? (english)
profrv@(nospam)fuckmicrosoft.com 3:15am Wed Nov 27 '02
article#219349
Where I live,a policewomen shot a fellow officer dead recently.This happens
every so often usually non fatal but...
Q: I need to know how many accidental police shootings that happened in
1999. I need them for a report on police stupidity. Please answer quickly.
Devin
A: I'm not sure how accidental police shootings relate to police stupidity.
We are not talking about the president here.Accidental shootings are, by
definition, an unintentional act.Stupidity on the other hand is intentional
or oblivious.
In any case, I am not aware of any database, anywhere, that tracks
accidental police shootings. In order to obtain the data you need, it would
probably be necessary to contact every police agency in the country and ask
them. Even then, you would have to establish some criteria as to what
qualifies as an accidental shooting for your purposes. There are many
different types of accidental shootings. Accidental discharges through a
locker room floors or the roof of a patrol car are pretty common. Do they
count? Do you count only shootings where someone is hit or do misses also
qualify for stupidity purposes?
As you can see, you have your work cut out for you.
Good luck.
CrimeWise
To the Nations Capital then...In the 10 years since D.C. police adopted the
Glock 9mm to combat the growing firepower of drug dealers, there have been
more than 120 accidental discharges of the handgun. Police officers have
killed at least one citizen they didn't intend to kill and have wounded at
least nine citizens they didn't intend to wound. Nineteen officers have
shot themselves or other officers accidentally. At least eight victims or
surviving relatives have sued the District alleging injuries from
accidental discharges.
In an extraordinary sequence over the last six months, the District has
settled three lawsuits for more than $1.4 million. The District admitted no
wrongdoing in the suits, but the cases highlight the chronic neglect of
Glock training by the D.C. police.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/dcpolice/deadlyforce/police4page1.htm
Do they use Glocks in Red Asshole Kali?
Was officer Mobilio familiar with fondling his weapon?
Was he familiar with a range of similar tools?
Did he mistake his pistola for a cell phone?
Have genetic tests been run on the town for inbreeding?
There's a million questions here and no answers...who was on the grassy knoll?
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