Nothing Can Justify a Citizen Being Shot 60 Times by Police, Nothing! 

     I am incensed by the comments of Chief Garner in regard to the LPD shooting of a Laredo man at a local truck stop as justified. The Chief's comments deny the victim and his family the basic dignity all human beings deserve and, furthermore, is an assault on the public's intelligence.

      In my opinion, the shooting was nothing more than an execution minus a blindfold and cigarette. I say execution because it is still not clear what incited the police to open fire. Since there is no gunshot report or muzzle flash from a bb gun, is the public supposed to accept the officers' defense that the victim failed to comply with a directive? That is no defense!

   Another thing which is unclear, is why did the victim sustain head shots? Police are trained to aim center mass at their targets. If the cops followed protocol, the victim should have been shot only 1 or 2 times in the trunk area increasing his odds of surviving the encounter.

  The last inconsistency I wish to address; however, there are many others inconsistencies,  is why did the officers handcuff a corpse? Did they know he was dead and this influenced their decision not to administer and seek emergency medical attention? If so, the corpse should not have been handcuffed because this action was nothing but a desecration of his mortal remains. My condolences to the family of the victim.

   My closing comments are to Chief Garner: Sir, no amount of damage control will repair the chasm between your department and the public. Because so long as good cops protect bad cops, the public will hold all cops suspect. To serve and protect the public is a privilege and honor, police are not privileged and deserving of honor because they serve and protect.

  

Again, I encourage and welcome anyone to respond or reply to my comments. My email is darrell.mills@yahoo.com