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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 383: Omicrony Capitalism
xp1337 12/02/21 8:23:08 PM #102:	PrivateBiscuit1 posted... but does anyone know what happened leading up to this? Like what were they trying to arrest this guy for? If it's this story (and god help us if it's not and there was a second police fatal shooting of a man in a wheelchair in as many days) then shoplifting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/tucson-police-officer-fired-after-fatal-shooting-of-suspect/2021/ 11/30/9f04310a-5245-11ec-83d2-d9dab0e23b7e_story.html Apparently a Walmart employee believed he stole a toolbox, followed him outside and asked for a receipt. The guy is alleged to have pulled a knife and headed towards another store. I assume at this point the police were called? The officer allegedly ordered the man to drop the knife and not enter the store, but was ignored. Tucson PD fired him for excessive use of force. The officer's lawyer states his client "had no non-lethal options" The Washington Post reports... "He did have a taser, but in his mind, he couldn't use it because he didn't feel he had the proper spread to deploy it, with the wheelchair between him and Richards," --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? <cite>xp1337 posted [p:960567706] in Politics C... [t:79786697]...</cite> <quote>PrivateBiscuit1 posted... </cite> <quote>but does anyone know what happened leading up to this? Like what were they trying to arrest this guy for?</quote>If it's this story (and god help us if it's not and there was a second police fatal shooting of a man in a wheelchair in as many days) then shoplifting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/tucson-police-officer-fired-after-fatal-shooting-of-suspect/2021/ 11/30/9f04310a-5245-11ec-83d2-d9dab0e23b7e_story.html Apparently a Walmart employee believed he stole a toolbox, followed him outside and asked for a receipt. The guy is alleged to have pulled a knife and headed towards another store. I assume at this point the police were called? The officer allegedly ordered the man to drop the knife and not enter the store, but was ignored. Tucson PD fired him for excessive use of force. The officer's lawyer states his client "had no non-lethal options" The Washington Post reports... <quote>"He did have a taser, but in his mind, he couldn't use it because he didn't feel he had the proper spread to deploy it, with the wheelchair between him and Richards,"</quote> --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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