Lawsuit filed against Florida sheriff over killing of alleged pizza and Pokémon thief
Lawsuit filed against Florida sheriff over killing of alleged pizza and Pokémon thief
A federal lawsuit has been filed against the Osceola County sheriff and several deputies involved in the shooting at a Target in Kissimmee that left one man dead and three others injured.
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Surveillance video from the night of an officer-involved shooting at a Target in Kissimmee in April of last year shows what happened before 20-year-old Jayden Baez was shot and killed and three other men with him, Ian Joi, Joseph Lowe, and Michael Gomez were injured.
The group is accused of stealing Pokémon cards and a pizza from the store.
According to reports, a Target employee who noticed the robbery notified deputies who were doing training exercises outside.
The attorney representing the victims, Mark NeJame, says instead of arresting the group, the deputies used them for “training purposes.”
“They decided to go ahead and use them as human Guinea pigs,” NeJame said.
NeJame said when the group tried to get away, deputies in unmarked cars blocked them in and then opened fire. …
That headline is a bit ambiguous, ain't it? My first thoughts were for the poor pokémon...
Valid point. Better now that it's changed?
What does it mean they were used for "training purposes"? I'm struggling to imagine what they could mean by that, and I've been through some (very brief) law enforcement training.
Target practice by the sound of it.
A what point are stores with all these thefts going to be declared public nuisances? Perhaps having high-value items out in the open is a bad idea. Imagine a jewlery store with no cases calling the police. Stores should take some personal responsibility and stop asking for handouts from the police.
Did you know that Clarence Saunders invented self-service shopping 107 years and three weeks ago?