Florida deputy Jesse Hernandez screamed “shots fired,” and frantically fired his gun after an acorn fell onto the roof of his squad car, making him jump.

Florida deputy Jesse Hernandez screamed “shots fired,” and frantically fired his gun after an acorn fell onto the roof of his squad car, making him jump.

  • DeepThought42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    55·
    10 months ago

    During the course of the investigation into the shooting, deputy Herandez resigned from the force.

    Good. So now maybe they should look into their hiring and retention policies to ensure this doesn’t happen again.

    • KnitWit@lemmy.world
      37·
      10 months ago

      Unfortunately, that’s not how this works. By resigning, the officer terminated the investigation. Is probably already working the next closest PD because they have no red flags ( because the previous investigation was unable to conclude). Quite the system.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    39·
    10 months ago

    The real title for this is: “Officer attempts to murder unarmed suspect handcuffed in back of cruiser.”

    While Hernandez fired on the car, Marquis Jackson, who was accused of stealing his girlfriend’s car, was in the back of the police cruiser. Officers had searched, handcuffed and loaded the accused into the back of the police car

  • stratosfear@lemmy.sdf.org
    331·
    10 months ago

    The best part…

    After hearing the sound of the acorn, the deputy reported that he also felt a “tingliness” all along the side of his body. He then said his “legs just give out” and he fell to the ground, assuming that he had been seriously injured by something.

    We experience what we believe… Our minds are so incredibly capable of deceiving us.