You never know what will happen this time. Maybe they'll "accidentally lose" the gun... or maybe the felon will "accidentally be murdered…" just like they "accidentally destroyed" the video footage of Erik Scott's murder.WildBill wrote:His lawyer, Ulrich Smith, already has a defense strategy:McKnife wrote:A rogue cop who believes he's above the law... hopefully he'll rot in prison, but it's doubtful. Welcome to Las Vegas, the NEW New Orleans.
1) Officer Mendiola didn't know that Robert Justice was a convicted felon and
2) Even if he did know the gun didn't have any sights, and it was old and rusty and probably didn't even work.
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His character:
It was later determined that the gun was still in its holster.
“I immediately went to center mass, took aim and discharged my weapon,” Mendiola said.
Scott was a threat, Mendiola said. “I felt that my fellow officer was in immediate and imminent danger,” he said.
Mendiola said he remembered shooting three times, but was later told he fired four times.
“I just fired until I felt that the suspect wasn’t a threat. I perceived him as a threat every time I fired,” he said.”