July 8, 2014
By Med Wagner
The California sheriff's deputy (click here) who shot and killed a 13-year-old Santa Rosa boy carrying a toy gun will not face charges, a district attorney ruled Monday.
By Med Wagner
The California sheriff's deputy (click here) who shot and killed a 13-year-old Santa Rosa boy carrying a toy gun will not face charges, a district attorney ruled Monday.
Andy Lopez was holding a pellet gun that looked like a real AK-47 when deputy Erik Gelhaus shot him seven times in October.
"While this was absolutely a tragedy, it was not a criminal act," Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch said Monday.
Lopez’s parents said the decision was “impossible" to accept and they felt like Andy "had been killed again."...
Marijuana has nothing to do with this. The officer wasn't high, was he? Police are paid to protect the public, that means they have to deal with people that are potential DWI or intoxicated from marijuana. The media likes to 'pin it' on the evil doer to exonerate 'the system' from suspicion of FAULT.
Young people are known to experiment with many things as they grow into being an adult. This is one of the things they experiment with. Usually parents are devastated when they receive a phone call stating your son was found smoking in the boys' bathroom. So, the idea Andy was at fault and deserved to be killed is nonsense. The ADULTS, especially the ones with the guns, are suppose to be responsible for Andy.
Young people are known to experiment with many things as they grow into being an adult. This is one of the things they experiment with. Usually parents are devastated when they receive a phone call stating your son was found smoking in the boys' bathroom. So, the idea Andy was at fault and deserved to be killed is nonsense. The ADULTS, especially the ones with the guns, are suppose to be responsible for Andy.
