… in which a student, having taken LSD and been violent all night, showed up at campus police headquarters and apparently acted so threateningly that a policeman shot and killed him, San Bernardino city police have shot and killed a Cal State San Bernardino student who also apparently threatened them. Responding to a report of a disturbance, they confronted the student in a dorm hallway.
[T]here was an altercation in which the student became violent toward officers, who shot the student in the torso.
Obviously, there will be an investigation and a review of any security footage.
The parents of the South Alabama student – who was not only unarmed, but apparently naked – are suing.
December 9th, 2012 at 12:59PM
“Lt. Williams said there was an altercation in which the student became violent toward officers, who shot the student in the torso.”
It is quite rare that someone will become violent toward me, but it does happen. When it does, I don’t get to shoot the person and walk away scott free, but police do.