2008-04-25

Bogus Shooting

CNN has an article about the dude in NYC who was shot by plainclothes cops. Here's the comment I submitted.
I wasn't there, so I don't know the exact situation.

However, if I were getting into my car and some guys in plainclothes drew guns, I'd get out of there. Why would you trust someone who pulled a gun and claimed to be a police officer? No uniform, no car, no badge. It could be just a robbery!

Based on the limited facts, I'd say that Sean Bell did nothing wrong -- nothing I, as a law-abiding citizen, wouldn't have done. I'd say the cops reacted out of proportion and therefore did the wrong thing.

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