A federal trial for a man accused of taking a police officer’s handgun ended in a hung jury this week.
What was this, another "takeaway" incident?
Authorities said the officer inadvertently left his duty belt under a street bench near Matt Talbot Kitchen at 19th and R streets the evening of Oct. 7. The belt included a police radio, a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun and .45-caliber magazines. Police got a phone call a few hours later from someone who said Livings had a police officer’s weapon. Authorities found him the next morning with the gun and magazines at an apartment near 23rd and Q streets.
"Inadvertantly."
So the homeless guy is "The Only One" who faced charges? And the only one the "Authorized Journalists" chose to name?
[Via Blackshirt]
Inadvertently?
ReplyDeleteWow. Isn't this like one of us lowly citizens "inadvertantly" losing a kidney or some other attached body part?
Crying out loud, its only the officer's duty to carry the thing. It's not like its optional and he can just let go of it.
Lovely double standard.
BTW, has anyone else gotten used to living in a communist country yet?