[huntergregory_1]

An Indianapolis homeowner*who called police to report an attempted armed robbery at his house*was apparently mistaken*for the suspect and shot in the stomach by police.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/08/24/a-black-homeowner-called-911-to-report-a-carjacking-he-wound-up-getting-shot-by-police/?utm_term=.af60038558b1

 

[codegeek]

do not have a gun in your hand when the police arrive. hope this man makes a full recovery, eh?

 

[Malum Prohibitum]

do not have a gun in your hand when the police arrive. hope this man makes a full recovery, eh?

I do not mean to be contradictory just for the purpose of being factious, but that excuse would never work for non-LEO shootings.

 

[Malum Prohibitum]

it's unclear whether williams matched the description of the carjacker, whether he confronted the officers or whether the officers told him to drop his weapon. Taylor and maj. Richard riddle said at the news conference that authorities were not yet certain whether the officer gave williams any such orders, according to the indianapolis star. In the dispatch audio, no conversation can be heard between williams and the officers.

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[Malum Prohibitum]

do not have a gun in your hand when the police arrive.

Apparently a bullet was the first warning he had that the police had arrived.

Carl Williams, grimacing from the pain of the bullet fragments still in his body as he sat in a wheelchair, said he didn't realize police were outside his home Tuesday morning until an officer shot him in the groin.

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/08/26/homeowner-shot-impd-out-hospital/89402030/

 

[Malum Prohibitum]

 

[68908]

Welcome to America! Where the cops can do things we can't do because they have a shiny badge, a costume, and this BS idea called authority and immunity.

 

[codegeek]

I do not mean to be contradictory just for the purpose of being factious, but that excuse would never work for non-LEO shootings.

Took me a minute to realize what your point was (and I agree), but I would much rather "not get shot" or at least minimize the chances of a mistake.

 

[CoffeeMate]

Well, they did something.

[/sarcasm]

The first thing I'm looking for is the agency's published use of force policies.

 

[phaed]

do not have a gun in your hand when the police arrive. hope this man makes a full recovery, eh?

there are situations where this would create unnecessary risk to yourself. for instance, when you've shot the BG, but he's still alive, so there's a continued need to keep him covered.

the root problem here is that people are forced to call police in these situations. absent that requirement, there is no problem.

 

[CoffeeMate]

Who is organizing the riots? Hoosier Lives Matter?