Last year a deputy sheriff shot Andy Lopez eight times as the 13-year-old walked along carrying a BB gun, a replica of an AK-47. The deputy was within his rights in this county, because he was scared. An officer can shoot as many children as he likes, if he is frightened at the time. Our district attorney will not indict him.
Common sense has no place here. For example, in these parts, you don't see people--or children--strolling along with real AK-47s. The county is safe from AK-47s. That's why I suggest that the next deputy might wait or maybe shoot the child only four times.
Never mind, the DA won't prosecute, now that she is re-elected.
Someone commented that Sonoma County officers are free to shoot anyone they want. Columnist Chris Smith, something of a dullard, found the comment "reckless." But what should you write when the truth is reckless?
And what if Andy Lopez had been walking along carrying a genuine rifle. Is that a death penalty offense in the United States? Or is it protected?
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