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Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnapped (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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/

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So maybe there will be justice?

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 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.