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The California Justice Department announced today that it has found no cause to file chargesagainst a Los Angeles police officer who, while aiming at a suspect, shot and killed a 14-year-old girl hiding in a department store fitting room. 

Fourteen-year-old Valentina Orellana Peralta was picking out a quinceanera dress with her mother just before Christmas in 2021. She was shot and killed by a bullet that ricocheted off the floor.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Step 1: Take away cops guns. No lethal weapons for cops. Not a SWAT team? No guns.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

The cops show up and kill more people than the suspect. How surprising.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Deny justice long enough and people will get their own in the worst way possible.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

How is it not negligence? If a citizen did the same thing, they would get charged with negligence.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Remind me again why vigilante justice is discouraged in favor of unhinged cops?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Because vigilantes won't selectively enforce the laws so that friends of the elites can do whatever the fuck they want.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago

Ah yes. The classic "We investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong defence."

Things like these need to be held by an independent team and no info given about those involved, e.g. the shooter was a police officer. Some people keep saying the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. The fact the shooter was an officer should have no bearing on the outcome then.

Also, getting an independent team means new jobs for people. Get better results and be a job creator.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago
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