Saturday, August 3, 2019

Rookie with gun


As an officer approached, he noticed an unleashed dog. When he began to call out to the women, the dog reportedly started barking and charged toward the officer.

“The officer retreated backwards from the running dog while drawing his duty firearm. The officer discharged his firearm multiple times towards the dog,” police said in a statement. “After the shots were fired, the woman yelled out and it was apparent she was injured.

The woman was transported to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.

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The whole incident was captured on the officer’s body camera, which will be included in the ongoing investigation, according to police.

  The Hill
Footage from the officer's body-worn camera released Friday shows the officer walking along a sidewalk and calling out, "Hello. Are you OK?"

The woman replies, "Yeah, I'm fine." A dog approaches and the officer asks, "Is that your dog?"

As the barking dog runs toward him, the officer yells, "Get back!" He begins to back up and then fires three shots. The woman screams, "Oh, my God!" and continues to cry out.

  Upper Michigan Source
Margarita Victoria Brooks, 30, was struck in the chest by one of three bullets and later died of her wounds on Thursday.

The Arlington patrol officer was sent to check on her after reports of a woman lying on the grass near to an unrestrained dog.

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The cop, who is yet to be identified, was described by Police Chief Will Johnson as a 25-year-old Asian-American who had only be in the field on his own for a month, according to Fox4.

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Acquaintances of Brooks told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that she was homeless and she was often seen with her boyfriend and a dog in the same area where she was shot.

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Brooks was the daughter of an Arlington Fire Captain.

Her dog a 40 pound lab mix was also injured and remains in quarantine, Fox reported.

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Thursday's shooting was captured on the officer's body camera, and that footage will be part of the investigation. As of Friday morning, it has not been released to the public.

  MSN
And maybe never will. UK Metro has a still purportedly from the video.


As well as a clip of the video.  I don't know how they got it. It may be taken down, so if this video clip doesn't show, that's probably why.



Secondly, why was this woman homeless?

Thirdly, she's pretty and white.  There'll be an outcry.  The officer is Asian.  He might even get fired or tried.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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