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   XPost: talk.politics.guns   
   From: Klausschadenfreude@gmx.com   
      
   On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 05:38:36 -0800, GOP_Decline_and_Fall   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:51:49 -0500, benj  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 01/28/2015 02:56 AM, Ferguson wrote:   
   >>> Deer stupid Mexicans.  If you didn't break the law in the first   
   >>> place to be in America, you might understand that stealing cars   
   >>> is not permitted.  Assaulting armed cops with a stolen car is   
   >>> even stupider.  That is what you did.   
   >>>   
   >>> DENVER – The Denver Office of the Independent Monitor said   
   >>> Tuesday it will evaluate police methods when it comes to officer-   
   >>> involved shootings and moving vehicles.   
   >>>   
   >>> The announcement comes a day after Denver police shot and killed   
   >>> a 17-year-old girl who they say was in a stolen car that struck   
   >>> and injured an officer.   
   >>>   
   >>> The Office of the Independent Monitor, a civilian oversight   
   >>> agency for the city, said there have been at least three other   
   >>> officer-involved shootings involving Denver officers shooting at   
   >>> moving vehicles in the last seven months.   
   >>>   
   >>> The evaluation will assess the current state of the department's   
   >>> policies, practices, and training on shooting at moving vehicles   
   >>> in comparison to national standards and best practices from   
   >>> other police departments in the country.   
   >>>   
   >>> The announcement came after about 20 people rallied outside   
   >>> District Attorney Mitch Morrissey's office and called for a   
   >>> special prosecutor to investigate the Monday death of 17-year-   
   >>> old Jessica Hernandez.   
   >>>   
   >>> Morrissey wasn't there during the tense confrontation at his   
   >>> office, where chief deputy district attorneys Doug Jackson and   
   >>> Lamar Sims spoke over shouts and obscenities from some of the   
   >>> protesters.   
   >>>   
   >>> Jackson said he could not discuss the facts of the case but   
   >>> assured the group that the findings of the investigation will be   
   >>> made public when it's finished.   
   >>>   
   >>> "You can decide whether we made the right decision or not,"   
   >>> Jackson said.   
   >>>   
   >>> Police released few details about the shooting in a middle-   
   >>> class, residential neighborhood of Denver. They said Hernandez   
   >>> was one of five people in the stolen car and she drove at a   
   >>> police officer.   
   >>>   
   >>> The four other people in the car were not injured by the   
   >>> gunfire. All were questioned as part of the investigation but   
   >>> none have been charged.   
   >>>   
   >>> Both officers involved in the shooting have been placed on   
   >>> administrative leave pending the investigation.   
   >>>   
   >>> Contributing: The Associated Press   
   >>>   
   >>> http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/27/fatal-   
   >>> shooting-of-teen-sparks-denver-police-probe/22441541/   
   >>   
   >>OF course using a car to try to run somebody down is known as assault   
   >>with a deadly weapon and attempted murder. Self-defense is warranted.   
   >   
   >Pure speculation as to the sequence of events.   
   >   
   >Witnesses in the car say the girl lost control and hit the officer   
   >AFTER she was shot through the side window.   
      
   Either way, stealing cars is dangerous business. Don't pretend you   
   don't know that.   
      
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