"All of a sudden, their headlights and police lights all turned on and at least seven police officers were surrounding our car screaming, ‘Get your (expletive) hands up,’” Hilary Rossio said.
  • @[email protected]English
    10•7 months ago

    They also mention a different incident…

    Cox’s tort claim notice asserted there’s a “crisis of competence” in the police bureau, citing four other incidents since September 2020 in which officers have mistaken someone for a crime suspect, including the fatal police shooting of Immanueal Clark-Johnson in November 2022. As Clark-Johnson, 30, ran from police on Nov. 19 in Southeast Portland, Officer Christopher Sathoff shot him in the back with an AR-15, killing him. Police had mistaken Clark-Johnson, who was unarmed, for an armed-robbery suspect.

    A Multnomah County grand jury in August concluded Sathoff was justified in fatally shooting Clark-Johnson.

    A jury concluded that it was justified to shoot a fleeing man in the back? Who wasn’t even the right guy? Where do they find these people?

    • Dirk Darkly
      English
      7•7 months ago

      Juries are often carefully curated to get a certain result. The impartial peers bit is just an illusion to sell it.