The woman, Talisa Coombs, told Delaney she’d just gotten into what she alleged was a physical altercation with her granddaughter’s mother, Maria Pike, and called 911. Independence police’s response to that 911 call ended with the shooting death of Pike, 34, and her two month old daughter, Destinii Hope — who were identified Tuesday by authorities from the Police Involved Investigative Team, or PIIT, a team of eastern Jackson County detectives called in to investigate police shootings and use-of-force incidents.
The officer who fired his weapon was “a long-tenured veteran of law enforcement,” Dustman said. That officer and another two who were at the scene are on administrative leave.
the Police Involved Investigative Team, or PIIT, a team of eastern Jackson County detectives called in to investigate police shootings and use-of-force incidents.
They have a special task force of cops to investigate cop shootings in what looks like a single county.
Of course they do. Why am I surprised.
I guess this explains why they only solve just over a third of all violent crimes that happen in this country. They’re too busy investigating themselves and finding nothing wrong.
Pretty sure that damn criminal baby pulled a submachine gun out of his pillow … The officer just defended himself. God bless him and his family. <3
calling the cops on someone in America is like calling a personal death squad that sometimes might kill you instead
I saw part of one US police training video, and I’m not surprised by this outcome. They are brainwashed to fear for themselves and believe everyone is trying to kill them. Doesn’t justify the crime, but this could have been any other cop, and it isn’t enough to hold that one cop accountable.
If this was a war, this would have been a warcrime and the guilt falls on not just the soldier who fired the shot.
They’re also armed to the gills and like to pretend they’re soldiers. They behave like an occupying army and treat everyone like a potential threat because that’s what they think war is.
Was the baby resisting?
