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
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/
So maybe there will be justice?
I wouldn’t count on that. They’re going to justify it as confusion during a shootout.
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.
2 years to finally own up to obvious incompetence.
The “oh no” from the chopper says it all.
Don’t forget to stop at Krispy Kreme on the way home fellas. Free coffee for the boys in blue…
why the fuck does america still have sheriff departments in the first place?
as always, pigs become pigs because they want to kill with impunity. if they wanted to help people they’d have become EMTs or something
That’s clear cut murder. For my own sanity I will assume the cops who shot her are in jail.
