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Well, if it was a known crack house and he was a known dealer, the two police officers just took care of any more arrests of the guy (if there were ever any) and there will be no more bail for a suspected dealer. Very convenient if you ask me. Oh, and the drugs in his pockets were also a handy touch.
If it was a case of an innocent resident who ran out after chasing away a burglary suspect that got iced by two excited LEO yearlings, well I think they need to get a job that scares them less. If they fired a total of 6 bullets into him, the lighting should have been adequate enough to acquire the target, and one would think that would make the lighting enough to distinguish whether or not the person they shot was actually pointing his weapon at them.
All the details that came later on pointing out that the gun was stolen, and the person shot was a bad guy is pretty convenient to know afterwards. If it's true, so be it. If it's not all exactly true then it's another guy who got needlessly wasted. But since I don't know the full story, I can't make a comment I know to be fully accurate.
All I do know is that whenever the police make a questionable move and become involved in a shooting that requires quite a bit of investigation, I find it unsettling and curious that they get a paid vacation until it gets worked out. Call it administrative leave if you want, but do they not get paid? And this is a punishment, or should at the very least be considered that they did something that someone else performing their duty would also be found to be questionable? I just don't get it.
Either way, this story seems to have more sides than a schizophrenic in a changing mirror.