The detective testified that surveillance video showed the two suspects approaching the car as they both put their hands on their waistbands, as if to indicate they both had a weapon.

An attempted carjacking Saturday night left a 13-year-old dead after a security officer shot him; another boy, 12, is in custody

  • jake_jake_jake_@lemmy.world
    174·
    1 year ago

    it looked like it was a US marshal. it doesn’t justify a life, but i would be hard pressed to find a marshal that would react differently to an attempted car jacking.

    • Melkath@kbin.social
      523·
      1 year ago

      Actual law enforcement need to he prohibited from moonlighting as security guards.

      Nothing good ever comes of it.

      They just get a taste for doing what they consider to be their day job without official oversight.

      • Heresy_generator@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        He was a security officer with the U.S. Marshals Service; that was his actual full-time job. He was not moonlighting, he was just off duty.