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| ‘We failed,’ New York police commissioner says of sergeant fatally shooting ‘emotionally disturbed’ woman |
| 2016-10-20 |
| [WASHINGTONPOST] Authorities in New York were sharply critical Wednesday of a police sergeant responding to a call about an "emotionally disturbed person" on Tuesday night who officials said fatally shot a 66-year-old woman wielding a baseball bat. Police said they were investigating the shooting that occurred in the Bronx apartment of Deborah Danner, who authorities said was known to officers after previous, similar calls about her. In blunt public statements on Wednesday, officials said Sgt. Hugh Barry did not follow his training and said they were seeking to determine why he fired his gun rather than his Taser. "The shooting of Deborah Danner is tragic and it is unacceptable," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon. "It should never have happened. It’s as simple as that. It should never have happened." New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill said earlier Wednesday that "we failed" and he wanted to know why. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Didn't Sotomayor just comment about wishing she'd whacked Scalia with a baseball bat? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2016-10-20 14:19 |
| #4 And then there was the female cop who got attacked, beat up and had most of her pulled out by a thug because she was afraid to pull her weapon for fear she would be reprimanded. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-20 07:27 |
| #3 a 66-year-old woman wielding a baseball bat Seems like more time in CQC on the mats and less time at the range is in order. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-10-20 07:12 |
| #2 they were seeking to determine why he fired his gun rather than his Taser. Because he wished to survive the attack ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-20 05:36 |
| #1 "we". I would never work for such a PC useful idiot. Trashing good officers with possibly because of one bad incident. |
| Posted by: Neville Ebbereter8449 2016-10-20 01:43 |