Police Say Releasing Video of Cops Shooting Man For Holding a Pen Would ‘Endanger Officer Lives’

[KamaAina]

http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/09/police-man-with-pen/#

San Diego Police Chief Shelly Zimmerman says the release of video showing a fatal, officer-involved shooting could jeopardize that officer’s life and provoke violence against his law enforcement colleagues.

Zimmerman told a federal court last week that the release of the video of the April 30th fatal shooting of Fridoon Nehad would almost certainly “inflame violent and unstable elements, leading to threats and violence in San Diego.”...

Nehad’s family filed a $20 million lawsuit against the city and SDPD Officer Neal Browder. They argue that the officer used excessive force in shooting the man who was simply holding a pen.

The city argues that officers mistook the pen Nehad was holding for a knife. But mistaking something for a gun does not legitimize an act of homicide.

Remember, guns don't kill people, pens kill people.

[randys1]

1. 20 million isnt enough, but if this happens a few more times it might be.

We know rightwingers cry like stuffed pigs when asked to pay their fair share in taxes, so imagine their response when told why their city taxes are going up.

[Ed Suspicious]

2. Why should I care? Seriously. I find myself less and less able to care all the time.

When the dog keeps biting the mailman's leg, eventually he might kick the dog, and I'm not going to feel more sorry for the dog than I am the dog bite victim.

"San Diego Police Chief Shelly Zimmerman says the release of video showing a fatal, officer-involved shooting could jeopardize that officer’s life and provoke violence against his law enforcement colleagues."

[hobbit709]

3. Maybe if they didn't shoot unarmed citizens, they wouldn't have people hate them enough

to be worrying about someone taking pot shots at them

[Ino]

4. Not surprisingly, the cop's body camera was not turned on...

or maybe it was, and they are just saying it wasn't.

How conveeeeeenient.