I know this happens all the time, but this one is bugging the hell out of me. I spent my awkward adolescence in a very conservative place called Coronado, which is a small Island off of downtown San Diego. Coronado has the reputation of having bored cops with nothing better to do than pester people they don't like, and also as a place to send cops that need to cool off a little. I got 4 tickets in the 2 years that I drove there. I've had 1 ticket in the 8 years since then.
Yesterday, an off-duty cop from Coronado was in San Diego (out of his jurisdiction) and took it upon himself to follow San Diego starting linebacker Steve Foley 20 minutes home due to driving 90 on the freeway. The officer was out of uniform and in his own vehicle. He tried to pull Foley over a few times. Would you pull over for an unmarked car, especially if you were a bit of a celebrity? When they finally reached Foley's house, the officer said that Foley reached for his waistband, so the cop shot him 6 times. The few articles I can find on it, spin it towards the officer's side, which may be a possibility, but from what I know about Coronado cops, I'm extremely skeptical.
I spent two years doing all the photo developing for the San Diego Crime Lab. Police shootings go on all the time, and are very seldomly reported. I saw a 13 year old kid with 26 bullets in him. There was a legendary homeless man here that was shot because he had a stick that looked like a gun.
Does this happen in your neck of the woods, or is it just a southern California thing?
