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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlack Indianapolis man shot by cops after calling police to report robbery
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-black-man-shot-cops-calling-report-robbery-article-1.2762748Early Tuesday in Indianapolis, an African-American woman was being carjacked in front of her home in her working class neighborhood. She ran back in the house, told her husband, who is also black, and they called the police to report the robbery. That seemed to be the right and safe thing to do.
As the police pulled up, the husband opened the garage to their home and was immediately shot in the gut by police.
They claim they believed he was the robber and that because he had a firearm of his own, they shot him in self-defense.
He, of course, was not the robber. In fact, police have yet to even say if they caught the robber. Since they dusted the car for fingerprints, it appears that the actual man committing a crime got away and the man who wanted to protect his wife and family was instead shot and currently fighting for his own life in the hospital.
As the police pulled up, the husband opened the garage to their home and was immediately shot in the gut by police.
They claim they believed he was the robber and that because he had a firearm of his own, they shot him in self-defense.
He, of course, was not the robber. In fact, police have yet to even say if they caught the robber. Since they dusted the car for fingerprints, it appears that the actual man committing a crime got away and the man who wanted to protect his wife and family was instead shot and currently fighting for his own life in the hospital.
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Black Indianapolis man shot by cops after calling police to report robbery (Original Post)
KamaAina
Aug 2016
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MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)2. Apparently the cops went there looking for someone to shoot...
And shot the first black man they saw.
No, warning or anything, eh? Just blast away. Typical.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)4. Apparently the man came out of his garage carrying a gun.
And it looks like he might have thought that the police was the robber. And also the police were told that the robber was in a black car and there was a black car in the driveway.
This is all based on early reports, though, which are always shit.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)3. What does Wayne LaPierre have to say about this?
Sorry, I just read that the homeowner is black, therefore not a worthy NRA victim.
(Note: this response should trigger your sarcasm alarm)
AwakeAtLast
(14,123 posts)5. IPD has admitted it was a mistake
Which doesn't help the homeowner but it's a step up from denying any wrongdoing.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)6. Whoopsie!