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The officer, a four-year Santa Maria department veteran, had just learned of the internal investigation of an alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl, and it became necessary to arrest him immediately, Macagni said.
We had no choice, Macagni said in video of an afternoon news conference posted by KCOY-TV. He said investigators had evidence that demanded that we go out and take this officer off the street immediately.
Supervising officers were sent to make a felony arrest, but he struggled with them when they arrived, first putting up a physical fight, then firing his gun but hitting no one, Macagni said.
He chose to resist, he drew his weapon, a fight ensued, he fired his weapon, the chief said.
Several officers came to help the police making the arrest, and one of them shot the suspected officer in the chest once, Macagni said.
Detectives had begun investigating the alleged relationship on Thursday night, and minutes before the shooting had confirmed that an inappropriate and very explicit relationship had been going on, Macagni said.
http://madmikesamerica.com/2012/01/cops-kill-cop-in-california/
Wow.
BootinUp
(47,165 posts)reminds me of Waco.
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)The guy pulled out his weapon and started shooting. Even if the people around him had been entirely civilians, that is more than enough legal justification to act in self defense.
BootinUp
(47,165 posts)was necessary. Perhaps there was more to the story than what is in that report, but it would have been better if they just tried to call him in.
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)They don't specify, but apparently they found it pretty urgent.
That said, most police officers are armed at all times, even "off duty." Primarily because they're never COMPLETELY "off duty," but can get called in or respond to an emergency. So unless they basically ambushed this guy, held him at gunpoint, and disarmed him, it might still have gone this way. The irony is, they tried to be more respectful than that, and he's dead as a result.
ret5hd
(20,499 posts)why this guy?
oh, oh, i forgot.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)They didn't have to put themselves in a situation where an armed conflict would arise.
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)Although it kind of rocks you back to realize that here in New York--or in 37 other states, for that matter--17 is above the age of consent. But being in California, it got this guy killed.
tawadi
(2,110 posts)Police officers don't wait until someone is hit, before they fire.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)TheWraith
(24,331 posts)And how is it "inflammatory"?
Hatchling
(2,323 posts)What's inflammatory about that? Cops killed a cop.