Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Sac DA Jan Scully's free-pass to trigger-happy cops results (surprise) in record shootings and deaths

No Longer Investigated by DA’s Office, Sacramento County Officer-Involved Shootings and Deaths Break Records

In the first 37 days of the year, sheriff’s deputies have killed two suspects and wounded three others.... 

Editorial: Are shootings by deputies being fully reviewed?" The Sacramento Bee. Feb. 8, 2012. http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/08/4246863/are-shootings-by-deputies-being.html
It may turn out to be merely a statistical blip that already this year, Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies have fired at six suspects. That’s more officer-involved shootings for the department than in any recent full year except 2009, when there were seven.