Monday, April 04, 2005

Weak excuse for murder

This is so bogus. A cop gets away with killing an unarmed passenger in a car during a traffic stop because the driver was later found with 3 grams of pot and a pipe in her possession. Last I looked, marijuana was not a lethal weapon and even if they could construe the pipe as deadly, it was in the driver's purse so there was no proximity. Nonetheless, a months long investigation and a 400 page report exonerated the cop officially though not all are satisfied with the report's conclusions.

Steve Kubby has his own questions for the panel, such as given the officer's interest in sports and sports medicine, whether this could have been a case of "roid rage which Kubby notes "is an increasingly common problem with officers who use steroids and are easily enraged or threatened." Kubby suggests the cop be tested. Sounds reasonable to me.

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