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Vietnam Veteran Who Was Shot by Police While Defending his Grandson Given a Hero's Burial
2018-08-31
[Guns America] A Vietnam War veteran and Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient was laid to rest this weekend after being shot by police defending his grandson from a home intruder.

Richard "Gary" Black, 73, was in his Aurora, Colorado, home around 1:30 a.m. last month when a naked man broke down their front door and began assaulting his grandson. Black shot the intruder, but police shot Black when they arrived at the scene and saw him carrying a handgun and a flashlight.

The incident has been described as one of the most tragic police shootings in the city’s history, according to the Denver Post, and those who were there hailed him as a hero both in the service and at home.

"He was a hero coming out of that war, and he died a hero defending his family," said Mark Potter, chaplain for American Legion Post 22 in Northglenn, Colorado.
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  This strikes me as one of those rare unfortunate cases; both the vet and the policeman acted reasonably given the timing and what they knew of the circumstances, with a tragic result. The cop arrived on an assault call and heard/saw a gunshot/gun and responded, not really able to know it was the homeowner and not the assaulter that had the gun.
Posted by: Glenmore   2018-08-31 17:42  

#6  Aurora has a higher gang and violence rate then the other metro areas and the cops there have a reputation of being a bit... harsh.

Most other city's cops are pretty decent except for the Denver cops. Most everyone agrees they are just plain assholes.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-08-31 17:22  

#5  So what's going to happen to the trigger happy cops?
It seems that the officer in question returned to work. But investigations are still in progress so there may be more later.

Coloradolaw enforcement agency policies differ on officer-involved shooting protocol

There's more if you check the headline link above in the main article and then click on some of the inline links. One can get a better idea of what happened, including an hysterical unintelligent 911 call and the usual "fog of war" that apparently some of the LEOs involved were never trained to deal with.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2018-08-31 16:45  

#4  IIRC from this AM, only one cop fired, and far from being fired, they're already back on the job (undisciplined, sounded like).
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2018-08-31 16:40  

#3  Nope.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-08-31 12:46  

#2  Rhetorical question?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-08-31 11:56  

#1  So what's going to happen to the trigger happy cops?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-08-31 06:21  

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