12-15-2016, 07:48 PM
(12-15-2016, 07:09 PM)Duchess Wrote:
I don't think this is the first senior with dementia to be killed by cops. I have a very vague memory of reading about at least one more in here.
Yeah, we covered the shooting death of 72-year-old Ronald Westbrook in another thread.
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Poor man had advanced Alzheimer's and had sneaked out of the house to take his dogs for a walk in the wee hours.
A home renter saw him on his property and his fiancee called 911. Instead of waiting for the officers to arrive (who might have killed innocent Ronald anyway), the home renter went outside after a few minutes and shot Ronald dead in the dark. :(
I don't believe the home renter was charged. But, police say Ronald was a great guy who'd likely been lost for hours and was attracted to the light at that particular home because it was dark all around there. Ronald's disease had made him slow to react to verbal cues. He was unarmed.
Biggie, on the other hand, is just plain slow because he chooses to be -- I pity the fool.