Post by abbey1227 on Aug 1, 2021 21:04:09 GMT
Police shootings continue daily, despite a pandemic, protests and pushes for reform
Since 2015, police have fatally shot more than 6,400 people
By Mark Berman Julie Tate and Jennifer Jenkins July 30, 2021
On Oct. 27, an Uber driver in Pompano Beach, Fla., reported that he had been carjacked. A passenger attacked him, slashing his hand with a knife and stealing his Mercedes-Benz, the driver said.
The driver had left his cellphone in the car, and police tracked it into Palm Beach County. Sheriff’s deputies found the vehicle and 20-year-old Ryan Fallo. He ignored commands to drop the knife and approached them, the sheriff’s office said, and they shot and killed him. The shooting was later ruled justified.
The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office released a photo of a knife with what appeared to be blood on the blade and handle. But it did not release the names of the two deputies involved. Instead, it kept their identities confidential under a Florida law billed as a way to protect crime victims. On paperwork invoking the law, both deputies signed their names in the space marked “Signature of Victim.”
“I don’t know why they’re claiming themselves as potential victims ... He posed no threat. He didn’t have a gun,” said Ryan Fallo’s father, Larry. “I just think it’s concerning when they pull up the blue shield and hide behind it.”
Since 2015, police have fatally shot more than 6,400 people
By Mark Berman Julie Tate and Jennifer Jenkins July 30, 2021
On Oct. 27, an Uber driver in Pompano Beach, Fla., reported that he had been carjacked. A passenger attacked him, slashing his hand with a knife and stealing his Mercedes-Benz, the driver said.
The driver had left his cellphone in the car, and police tracked it into Palm Beach County. Sheriff’s deputies found the vehicle and 20-year-old Ryan Fallo. He ignored commands to drop the knife and approached them, the sheriff’s office said, and they shot and killed him. The shooting was later ruled justified.
The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office released a photo of a knife with what appeared to be blood on the blade and handle. But it did not release the names of the two deputies involved. Instead, it kept their identities confidential under a Florida law billed as a way to protect crime victims. On paperwork invoking the law, both deputies signed their names in the space marked “Signature of Victim.”
“I don’t know why they’re claiming themselves as potential victims ... He posed no threat. He didn’t have a gun,” said Ryan Fallo’s father, Larry. “I just think it’s concerning when they pull up the blue shield and hide behind it.”
The two Palm Beach deputies are not alone in using the law to shield their identities after shooting and killing someone. It’s a new twist in the otherwise unchanging landscape of fatal police shootings, which have continued daily despite a pandemic, protests and pushes for reform.
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from another article on the same subject............
Larry Fallo, Ryan's father, still has questions.
"I'd like to find out why he'd get shot dead for holding a knife," the elder Fallo told The Palm Beach Post on Wednesday evening. "Were they that scared that they had to shoot him dead?"
Fallo said he asked deputies those questions when they came to his home to tell him what had happened to his son.
"We're all broken up over here," Fallo said, his voice heavy.
"He was a good boy and a good heart," Fallo said. "He didn't deserve to die."
He said he didn't know a lot about Ryan's alleged act of carjacking. But, he said, "Whatever it was, it didn't warrant the death penalty."
"I'd like to find out why he'd get shot dead for holding a knife," the elder Fallo told The Palm Beach Post on Wednesday evening. "Were they that scared that they had to shoot him dead?"
Fallo said he asked deputies those questions when they came to his home to tell him what had happened to his son.
"We're all broken up over here," Fallo said, his voice heavy.
"He was a good boy and a good heart," Fallo said. "He didn't deserve to die."
He said he didn't know a lot about Ryan's alleged act of carjacking. But, he said, "Whatever it was, it didn't warrant the death penalty."
Wow! 6,400 sounds like a lot..........but then you divide it by 6.5 years and it seems much smaller..........or you could also compare it to the approximately 70-80 Million arrests over that period........and then when you figure out just how few of those shootings did not end up being deemed justifiable?
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