Originally Posted by jimy
Sources familiar with the investigation into the killing of Jack Yantis tell The Free Thought Project that the emerging official narrative is that Jack Yantis was a “hard drinker,” and that he was intoxicated on the evening of November 1...

“The idea is that what we see here is a case where ‘guns and alcohol don’t mix,'” one source said by way of summarizing what may prove to be the official rationale for the killing. Confronted with a drunk, obstreperous man with a gun and a “history” with law enforcement, the deputies perceived themselves to be in danger and acted in accordance with the “reasonable officer” standard...


So two officers put 11 bullets into an old man because he had been drinking? That's the best these trigger happy dick weasels "reasonable officers" could come up with?



"There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon

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