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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Police Mistake Bat for Gun; Shoot Latino Teen in Back

Miami-Dade police shot a teenage boy four times in the back on Monday morning, leaving him in critical condition and bringing up more questions over gun violence in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting earlier this year.
Officers opened fire on 16-year-old Sebastian Gregory after he allegedly reached for a baseball bat in his belt when an officer told him to "show his hands."
Gregory was taken to Kendall Regional Medical Center where doctors surgically removed three bullets from his middle to lower back, leaving one still in his spinal cord. He remains in critical but stable condition as several of his organs were affected, including his liver, lungs and colon.
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4 comments:

Pragmatic said...

I'm thinking the issue is not excessive force but suspect stupidity. When a cop says "show me your hands" you don't reach for ANYTHING. When a cop has no idea what you are reaching for the first thing he is gonna do is think gun.

Anonymous said...

I think alot of these knee jerking stories are made up to make guns look bad.

Anonymous said...

Again a non-white person is shot and the title bears his race in full bloom.

How about "Black ZOMBIE eats face off old WHITE dude..."

Anonymous said...

Opps we have plenty of stupid people to go around