re: Chalk one up for the good guys!

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Unfortunetly, I remember a number of cases where police have shot innocent individuals...justified and unjustified.
I have a vague memory of it, but the specifics are escaping me.

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late 70s.. bank robbery in jefferson parish... suspect escaped on foot.. massive influx of JPSO into area.. many raised houses...

kids said they saw a man go under house over there and point.. - plumbers truck is parked on side of house - where cops at scene cannot see from where they are.. they see shadows moving under house..

draw weapoons.. .tell person under house come out with hands up - person under house turns with tools in hand...says something nobody understands...BOOM BOOM BOOM... plumber is dead.

I went to school with a family member of the plumber - later worked with daughter of the cop that shot... and actually worked with him briefly as well...

that shot ruined a good career of man that likely could have been sheriff in JP... ruined his marriage....

not to mention the chaos and problem caused to the family of the plumber.

I was also real good friends with the person that was the cops supervisor at the time and he even said in that situation - he would have shot as well.... tragic on all counts....

and the bank robber was caught - he was someone that had been convicted in the past of numerous crimes and should have long ago - been locked up...yeah.. he himself didn't kill anyone but he inadvertantly killed people...