Now that’s gratitude for you. The ungrateful jerk says his fellow cop did not need to fire all the shots. Well whoopidy doo, thanks a lot!
In the heat-of-the-moment during a life-threatening situation it is not unreasonable to keep firing to make sure the threat no longer exists.
OAKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT COP SUES OVER ALLEGED COERCED STATEMENT
By Bob Walsh
PACOVILLA Corrections blog
June 27, 2013
An Oakland Unified School District Police Sergeant is suing his agency in federal court, alleging that he was coerced into making a false statement about an incident in which his partner shot and killed a man outside a school dance.
Jonathan Bellusa is the Sergeant in question. He states he was retaliated against by his own agency after he accused another officer of fatally and unnecessarily killing Raheim Brown, 20, on January 22, 2011.
School district spokesman Troy Flint is quoted as saying that the statements by Bellusa are completely false and defamatory and made in service of his personal agenda.
Sgt. Barhin Bhatt shot Brown twice as he attacked Sgt. Bellusa with a screwdriver as Bellusa sat in a police vehicle. Bhatt fired twice and his weapon jammed. He cleared his weapon and resumed shooting, firing five more rounds. Bellusa alleges the second string of fire was unnecessary and excessive as Brown was already disabled by the first two shots. District officials instead credit Bhatt with saving Bellusa's life.
The DA has cleared Bhatt in the shooting.
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