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Title: Cop Admits Fresno Police Were ‘Never In Danger’ But Shot Suicidal Veteran Anyway
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Counter Current News
URL Source: http://countercurrentnews.com/2016/ ... o-police-were-never-in-danger/
Published: Feb 24, 2016
Author: Jackson Marciana
Post Date: 2016-02-25 08:25:53 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 776
Comments: 10
A Fresno police officer just testified that officers from his department gunned down a suicidal veteran, even though their lives were never in danger at all. The testimony came as part of a federal civil rights case from the 2012 police shooting of a suicidal Marine veteran. The testifying cop was the lone officer who refused to fire his weapon, because – he explained – there was no reason for anyone to shoot the suicidal man. The four other officers who killed the man, he explained, did so wrongly, and in spite of the fact that they were in no danger, reports the Fresno Bee. Charles Salinas was a distraught veteran who has called 911 for help. He said that he had a gun and was going to shoot himself. He never threatened anyone but himself, and it was clear that he was crying out for help from the police. Instead, he was gunned down by the Fresno County officers who shot at him 22 times. They hit him with 11 of those rounds, saying that they “feared for their lives.” McCahill’s contradicted the testimony of Sanger police Sgt. Jason Boust and officers Preston Little and Angela Yambupah all of whom gunned down the suicidal veteran with their AR-15 rifles. McCahill said that when he showed up, Salinas was sitting unarmed in a flower bed. He was talking to officer Robert Pulkownik, but Salinas never held a weapon or threatened officers. He only refused to come out and surrender. Officers Boust, Little and Yambupah showed up and aimed their ARs at the veteran who he said “was having a bad day” and wanted to die. The patient officer said that his colleagues kept shooting at Salinas while he was on the ground. One of the bullets fired at him at that time hit him in the head. McCahill said this was a “nonlethal situation” that posed no threat to the officers who responded. Watch the video from the Fresno Bee below… 
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#4. To: Deckard (#0)
It is good to read an occasional story about a hero police officer who stands up for what is right.
#5. To: sneakypete (#4)
Seconded. Though that alone doesn't make him a hero. Or shouldn't.
Here's another example: Cop Who Killed Kansas Gunman a 'Tremendous Hero' I'm betting most cops would run in the other direction. Or hide behind trees like the cowards at Columbine.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestFresno County sheriff’s Sgt. Joshua McCahill did not fire his weapon. He said that Salinas should not have died and would not have if the other officers were acting correctly.
Replies to Comment # 4. It is good to read an occasional story about a hero police officer who stands up for what is right.
#6. To: sneakypete, Pinguinite (#4)
It is good to read an occasional story about a hero police officer who stands up for what is right.
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