A fleeing suspect is shot be Bakersfield Police on Sunday.
I've received a press release from the BPD, with two updates as of 3:30 Monday morning but so far no conspiracy theory.
The two usually go hand-in-hand.
Within minutes of an officer involved shooting (this one involving THREE officers) we get at least one e-mail and a phone call or two charging the police with being gun-happy mercenaries who target innocent people OR one-time criminals, who've been working hard to turn their lives around, up until they accidentally stole a car by shooting the owner, thus leading police on a high speed chase.
A chase that ended up at the Bakersfield Air Park, driving across the runway, around hangars, until the suspect hopped out of the car and started to run, with gun in hand, and was shot by three officers.
I was expecting the first e-mail within minutes of this story. Someone crying out, "But he was running away from police!!!"
Who cares which direction he was headed?!
If it was towards my neighborhood, I say "Open Fire!!!"
Police have a policy when it comes to a person holding some kind of weapon and is a danger to a person or property.
Shoot until the threat is neutralized.
I can already hear it, "Couldn't they have used a non-lethal device?!"
Let me answer for them by saying, "No".
There was no confusion in this incident.
The suspect shot the owner of the car and stole it. The call went out. The vehicle was identified and the driver matched the suspects description. Probably further verified when he took off leading police on a chase that went on the tarmac at the Bakersfield Air Park, crashing through several gates before overturning in a vacant field.
The suspect got out and ran, with gun in hand.
Police yelled for him to stop and drop the weapon. He didn't comply. He's now dead.
I've always been fascinated by people who run from police, then complain about how they deal with the situation.
Try this, stop and give up.
You'll save the police and grief stricken family members from trying to make sense of it after you're gone.
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I agree. I watched the KBAK raw video and saw the bazillion warnings police gave the suspect. Was the suspect nuts? He was cornered like a rat. And he still ran? It's sad. I grew up on Geneva Avenue and have written a lot about being a kid on the southside. Never had anything like that crap happened when I lived there...
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