Revealed: Savannah Graziano, 15, shot by sheriff’s deputies in 2022 while unarmed and following instructions to move toward them

Revealed: Savannah Graziano, 15, shot by sheriff’s deputies in 2022 while unarmed and following instructions to move toward them

Archived version: https://archive.ph/EWcb9

  • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
    32·
    7 months ago

    I remember this was really fishy in how the police reported it at the time, and it seemed pretty clear that this was likely. I hoped it could be proven eventually.

    I have my doubts that we’ll see repercussions for the cops who pulled the trigger, but this is an encouraging development.

    The article does include this at the end:

    The California department of justice is investigating the case under a law requiring inquiries into police killings of unarmed people.

    So maybe there will be justice?

    Edit - video and audio from 2022 https://abc7.com/hesperia-shootout-savanna-graziano-unarmed/12281788/

    • roguetrick@kbin.social
      12·
      7 months ago

      So maybe there will be justice?

      I wouldn’t count on that. They’re going to justify it as confusion during a shootout.

      • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
        7·
        7 months ago

        I would hope it’s very much a steep hill to climb when you want to justify killing the subject of an Amber Alert due to confusion during the shootout.

        I get your point, and I know that’s the standard MO, but not killing the person you were sent to rescue seems like a priority that even police should be able to understand. Hell it was a popular 80s video game.

  • MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.comEnglish
    321·
    7 months ago

    I’ve been on an anti-police posting thing for more than a few years now. I’ve had some shitty interactions with police in my life that has driven my empathy and compassion for them down down down lower than a badger’s ball-sack.

    It is exhausting. I am tired. My anger has been subsumed by a sadness that anger can no longer carbonize, and none of social media has made anything better.

    I and others have gotten more brash towards LEO online and irl, and LEO has escalated in lethality.

    I am out of ideas. I am out of yelling and screaming and giving the finger to the police.