http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Deputy-who-killed-13-year-old-back-to-work-5049199.php
THIS TITLE SHOULD BE CALLED:: COP HAS DROP ON TURNING KID, SAYS AFRAID FOR LIFE FIRES BEFORE KID CAN RESPOND VERBALLY OR RAISE PELLET GUN.. WHICH HE WOULD NOT HAVE DONE UPON SEEING IT WAS POLICE CALLING HIM!!!
CHICKEN COP BEING ALLOWED TO COME BACK TO WORK BEFORE INVESTIGATION BY OUTSIDE SOURCES COMPLETE!!
YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT I SAID ABOVE... COP YELLS AT KID.
KID TURNS TO SEE WHO IS YELLING AND WHAT THEY WANT.
COP KILLS KID BEFORE FULLY TURNED!
COP IS CHICKEN AND FIRES BEFORE ANY WEAPON IS BROUGHT TO AIM AT HIM.
KEY WORD BROUGHT.. DEF:: NOT YET AIMED!!!! OR THREAT THEREOF!!!!
DEPARTMENT POLICY:: USE THIS AS EXCUSE.. SAY I FEARED FOR MY LIFE.
KEYWORD FEARED!!! THIS WORD IS JUSTIFICATION TO RID TPTB OF USELESS EATERS!!!
ask yourself or others.. if you killed a kid how soon would you be ready return to work ?? 1 day? 1week? 1mo.? 2mo.?
If ya got the drop on something or someone it is already checkmate!
Any move would be deadly if threatening!
Guess you get my drift that I don't like this one bit... they have been trained to tell themselves and reinforced from the top that this is justified and ok!
U nO where wE bE stanIN on dAT.
Tell ya this lotsa paper work on dead mountain lion.. a warning shot first is better than saying I feared for my life. Bears get the same treatment. Run Rabbit Run (PinkFloyd)
Sonoma County deputy who shot boy returning to job
Kurtis Alexander
Updated 4:55 pm, Monday, December 9, 2013
In this photo taken Tuesday Oct. 22, 2013, law enforcement investigators look over the body of a 13-year-old boy shot and killed by officers in Santa Rosa, Calif. Two California sheriff's deputies saw the boy walking with what appeared to be a high-powered weapon Tuesday, sheriff's Lt. Dennis O'Leary said. The replica gun resembled an AK-47, according to a photograph released by the sheriff's office. Deputies learned after the shooting that it wasn't an actual firearm, according to O'Leary. The teen was pronounced dead at the scene. The deputies, who have not been identified, have been placed on administrative leave, which is standard after a shooting, O'Leary said. Photo: Conner Jay, Associated Press
In this photo taken Tuesday Oct. 22, 2013, law enforcement investigators look over the body of a 13-year-old boy shot and killed by officers in Santa Rosa, Calif. Two California sheriff's deputies saw the boy walking with what appeared to be a high-powered weapon Tuesday, sheriff's Lt. Dennis O'Leary said. The replica gun resembled an AK-47, according to a photograph released by the sheriff's office. Deputies learned after the shooting that it wasn't an actual firearm, according to O'Leary. The teen was pronounced dead at the scene. The deputies, who have not been identified, have been placed on administrative leave, which is standard after a shooting, O'Leary said. Photo: Conner Jay, Associated Press
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The Sonoma County sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy outside Santa Rosa after mistaking the youth's toy gun for a real rifle was expected to return to work this week, according to a published report.
Erick Gelhaus has been on leave since the Oct. 22 shooting of Andy Lopez Cruz, who was carrying a replica AK-47 pellet gun near his home.
Gelhaus went through a mental health screening and is returning to desk duty, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported. The sheriff's office did not return calls from The Chronicle seeking comment.
Critics of Gelhaus, outraged that the deputy will be back on the job, are planning to march in protest Tuesday evening. They said the department should wait until outside investigations of the incident by Santa Rosa police and the county district attorney's office are complete.
"To return Gelhaus to work is such an insult to the community," said Jonathan Melrod, one of the protest organizers. "Many people view this as salt in the wound because of the nature of what happened, the killing of a child."
Andy's family has filed a federal lawsuit alleging civil rights violations.
Santa Rosa police officials said Gelhaus ordered Andy to drop the rifle, which did not have the orange tip that toy guns are required to have under federal law. Andy did not drop the gun, police said, and when he turned toward the officers, Gelhaus fired eight times, fearing for his life.
Kurtis Alexander is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: kalexander@sfchronicle.com
So all said and done if ya gotta buy a kid a pellet gun.. make sure it is all orange...
or pink...
but just remember those huge groups of terroists can paint things too...