Officer's Actions Under Review After Shooting (Of unarmed man during traffic stop)

[MrScorpio]

MIAMI (CBS4) ―

The actions of a rookie Miami police officer are under review after he shot and killed a man during a traffic stop.

According to Miami police spokesman Detective Willie Moreno the officer pulled a man over near Northwest 3rd Avenue and 17th Street just before 1 p.m. Monday afternoon.

Family and friends identified the man as 36-year-old Decarlos Moore and describe him as a good man. Mayor Tomas Regalado explained what happened during the incident.

"There was a traffic stop. And two police officers. One rookie, one veteran police officers. They got out of the car. We understand that the driver went back to the car and this is when the shooting took place," said Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado.

At some point during their exchange the driver of the car reportedly reached for something. Feeling his safety was threatened, the officer pulled his gun and shot the man, his round striking the driver in the head.

Miami police Det. Willie Moreno issued this statement Monday afternoon: "It is unknown what caused the officer to discharge his firearm fatally striking the driver who had stepped outside of the vehicle."

Family members say Moore was likely reaching for registration or insurance papers.

"Shot him right in the back of his head. No gun no nothing. That's messed up," said Thomas Williams, a witness told CBS4's David Sutta.

The man was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he died.

Police said the man was not armed and did not have any firearms in the vehicle.

"He got out of the car the police told him to get back in the car," said Katrina Moore, Thomas's sister. "What reason I don't know. When he got back in. They shot him in the head here and it went out from the back. He was a good person. He loved life. He loved life."

http://cbs4.com/local/miami.police.shooting.2.1788734.html

[Cid_B]

1. Seems like crappy reporting to me..

All the cliche bits are there as well...

[MrScorpio]

2. Tensions Grow After Overtown Police Shooting

Jul 6, 2010 11:59 pm US/Eastern
Tensions Grow After Overtown Police Shooting
Sunglasses May Have Been Mistaken For A Gun
Meeting Was Held At An Overtown Church Tuesday
MIAMI (CBS4) ―

Police and community leaders met with more than 150 concerned Overtown residents Tuesday night, promising transparency in the case of a man shot by a Miami Police officer.

Even though officials promised transparency, they would not talk about the case at all, citing they need two weeks to work the investigation.

Tensions appear to be escalating in Overtown, where the rookie Miami Police officer shot Decarlos Moore Monday; a memorial dedicated to him continues to grow, as does the anger among some citizens.

The shooting occurred Monday afternoon around 1 p.m. during a traffic stop at NW 3rd Avenue and 17th Street. Even though police are not explaining what events led to the shooting, CBS4 News sources say the officer pulled over Antwon McKnight's car because the department thought it was listed in a stolen car database. But it turns out the car was misidentified, and it was not a stolen vehicle.

Sources say the officer told the driver, Decarlos Moore, to step out of the car. As he obeyed the officer's command and reached into the car to get his license and registration in one hand, he apparently grabbed a pair of sunglasses in the other. It's possible the officer thought the sunglasses were a gun and fired.

"That was an assassination, man," said Antwon McKnight fervently. "That was a murder assassination."

http://cbs4.com/local/miami.Overtown.police.2.1789531.html

[BakedAtAMileHigh]

17. what's the point of being a cop if you can't blow someone's brains out & get away with it?

I mean, it is a low paying job full of half-bright assclowns with no future and a hell of a chip on their shoulders: why in God's name would you put up with such nonsense unless you were going to be allowed to shoot innocent people in the back of the head whenever you had half an excuse? KILLING PEOPLE AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT IS THE BEST REASON TO BECOME A COP.

[Bonobo]

3. Is there no end to my psychic abilities?

Where is the limit?

[flvegan]

4. Which officer? The veteran or the rookie?

Jesus, what crap reporting.

[MrScorpio]

5. The Rookie pulled the trigger

I got that from the vid

[provis99]

6. it says he pulled the trigger right in the first line of the article.

[flvegan]

7. You're right, it does. I missed that.

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[MrScorpio]

11. Doh

Sorry

[tblue37]

13. He said that it would be justified to shoot the cop--not that the cop

was justified to shoot the innocent man.

[MrScorpio]

15. Thanks

I was reading that on my iPod. Got tricked by small type, so I changed it.

[KansasVoter]

9. I will bet you read this shortly...."We have determined the officer acted correctly"!

It is amazing what cop get away with!

[MrScorpio]

10. It already has

Check the second story

[KansasVoter]

16. The police protect themselves, no matter what! Sad.

[Rex]

12. Okay, I can't really stand cops but I'm guessing the rookie had

an 'itchy trigger finger' because that SHOT was aimed and targeted to kill the man, assassination style. Might as will got him out of the car, on his knees hands on the back of his head...you get the idea. It was an accident, sure I believe that...but justice must be served for all or it stands for none.

[Jumping John]

14. I think this video displays the Miami cop mentality towards the public!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G63FEamhpA0