Civil libertarians will have a field day with cop shooting man armed only with a stick
I predict the ACLU and other civil libertarians will be screaming for the deputy’s head. And the stick-wielder’s family won’t waste any time filing a multimillion dollar lawsuit against San Diego County and the City of Oceanside.
DEPUTY FATALLY SHOOTS MAN WIELDING A STICK
By Ashly McGlone
San Diego Union-Tribune
May 20, 2012
OCEANSIDE -- A sheriff’s deputy shot a man dead in Oceanside Sunday afternoon after he threatened officers with a wooden stick, sheriff’s officials said.
The unidentified victim was fatally wounded on Oceanside Boulevard near Temple Heights Drive, next to Temple Heights Elementary School. Oceanside police said he had caused a disturbance earlier at a nearby AM-PM market.
Police received a call of a disturbance at the market on North Melrose Drive and Oceanside Boulevard at 1:24 p.m. Sheriff’s deputies and Oceanside police responded to the call because the store is on the border of Vista and Oceanside, said Oceanside police investigations Lt. Joe Young.
While near the store, the man reportedly threw a large rock or cinder block at a person in a nearby vehicle and was acting irrationally before running west on Oceanside Boulevard.
Law enforcement personnel spotted the man a half-mile away as he retrieved a wooden stick from the bed of a parked truck and began threatening them.
A sheriff’s deputy fired a round from a handgun at the man’s chest. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
No other injuries were reported, Young said.
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