Closing Bell: Shooting in Front of 370 Lafayette
The Local blog has the report on an undercover operation gone tragically wrong in Clinton Hill…Evidently an undercover cop sitting on the stoop at 370 Lafayette Avenue was attacked by a resident of the building who was angry at his presence on the stoop. One thing led to another and the resident was shot. Check…
The Local blog has the report on an undercover operation gone tragically wrong in Clinton Hill…Evidently an undercover cop sitting on the stoop at 370 Lafayette Avenue was attacked by a resident of the building who was angry at his presence on the stoop. One thing led to another and the resident was shot. Check The Local for more details. Update: The Daily News is reporting that the fight started because the policeman had an earpiece in that prevented him from hearing the resident, and ex-con, giving an initial command to get off his stoop; the resident then followed up with a kick to the back of the head and a punch in the face.
Totally agree DIBS. Whereas I think in general the NYPD does a great job, there are too many incidents such as this. Not sure whether it’s an issue of policy or training, but it’s harmful to the wider mission of the NYPD when these incidents happen.
I hate cops just as much as the next hippie jerkoff, but this looks like a by the book shoot. Hope the cop gets promoted to something better than narcotics.
It seems that the gun went off by accident. However, in an arguement where there were at least two cops and one guy, the gun never should have been drawn initially. I think if the cops had identified themselves to the homeowner at the very beginning, none of this would have happened.
I can’t believe that the cops use the gun whenever they have someone out of control. It’s absolutely ridiculous. This policy has to stop. Even more so that, if they do have to use the gun, it’s never to maime but always seems to be a shot, or many shots, that kill.
i am just glad it was a black cop that shot a black perp, that’s the last thing we need more al sharpton garbage.
the problem is not only do we not know the story…but that when we hear it it’ll be the cops’ story.
from the little i do know this is fucked up. dumb cops killing people with no cause need to spend their lives in jail.
Randi, agreed. When I heard this on the news, I thought for sure it would be the first item posted here today.
Slick, you’re a bona fide idiot
here’s the thing…
My instinct is that some point he identified himself as a cop. That means he got into a fight w/ a cop and tried to grab gun.
Even if he didnt know the guy was a cop, he still got into a fight w/ an armed man when he could have just retreated into the home.
This guy walked up to an individual he thought was either a drug dealer or a cop and confronted him. When the gun came out, he didnt run. He struggled for the gun, nearly guaranteeing that someone would get shot.
Could the cop have handled it better? Always…. but I cant come up with any scenario where the guy who got shot was blameless.
The story said there were three cops in that location. WTF happened here that the situation escalated to a drawn gun anyway?????
It sounds like the cops didn’t want to blow their cover and did not identify themselves at first.