On 14/12/2016 17:44, trader_4 wrote:
On Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 12:15:00 PM UTC-5, Bod wrote:
Yet another unarmed man killed by police.

Police in Bakersfield, Calif., found a crucifix on an unarmed
73-year-old retiree with dementia shot dead by an officer, after police
said the man ignored their requests to remove his hands from his jacket.

"During a search of Mr. Serna a dark-colored simulated woodgrain
crucifix was recovered," read a statement from the Bakersfield Police
Department. "Mr. Serna was not armed at the time of the shooting. No
firearm has been recovered."

Serna has never carried a gun and was opposed to firearms, Serna's son,
Frank Serna, told KGET. "I don't know what led police to believe he had
a gun," Frank Serna said.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...e-ca/95399066/



How convenient to leave this out, from your own source:

"An officer fired seven rounds into Francisco Serna early Monday morning after a neighbor contacted police and said Serna brandished a gun at his wife and wife's friend."

And here's the full story, again, from your own source:


"Police said the events unfolded about 12:35 a.m. Monday. A neighbor arrived home as a passenger in a friend's car and as she exited the car, she noticed Serna standing behind her with his right hand "concealed inside his jacket," the police statement read.

The neighbor told police that Serna "began questioning her about living in the neighborhood and demanded she open the car door so he could look inside."

The neighbor told police she saw "a dark brown or black handled object that she believed was a gun" inside Serna's jacket.

The neighbor's friend unlocked her car door and Serna began looking inside the car. At that point, the neighbor ran to her house and told her husband to call the police because there was a man outside with a gun, police said.

The neighbor's husband called 911 and reported "there was a man outside of his house in possession of a revolver and that the man had brandished the gun at the women outside."

Selman and several more officers arrived on the scene, and while talking to the woman, saw Serna come out of his house across the street and walk toward them with both hands "concealed inside of his jacket."

Several officers ordered Serna to stop and show his hands, but he did not, according to police.

"As Mr. Serna was about 15-20 feet from Officer Selman, Officer Selman fired seven rounds at Mr. Serna," according to the police statement."

As Paul Harvey used to say, "And now you know the rest of the story"
and that some posters want to totally misrepresent the most basic facts".


Two points:

1. "She *believed* a dark brown or black handled object that she
believed" was a gun"

2. A neighbour said "there was a man outside of his house in
*possession of a revolver* and that the man had *brandished the gun* at
the women outside."

*The police said he was unarmed*....hmm!