A homeless man living on national forest land was shot by federal police. He's now suing
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A Idaho family's violent eviction is one of the most egregious cases of unhoused people facing hostility from police for having nowhere else to go.

You can debate the need to arrest, but creating a ruse that ends up with the man being shot several times?

    • @LethalSmackEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      I’m guessing the body cam doesn’t show the 22 being pointed at the officers since the article specifies everything else it saw but not that.

      “The shooting occurred after Roberts, who had a .22 revolver with him, pointed his weapon at the two plainclothes officers after they confronted his brother. He did not fire, police body camera footage shows. After seeing Brooks Roberts’ gun, officers unleashed a storm of gunfire on him, the footage shows. Since Idaho is an open carry state, Roberts was within his rights to be holding the weapon.”

    • @mobEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      After seeing Brooks Roberts’ gun, officers unleashed a storm of gunfire on him, the footage shows.

      But if you accuse this of being fake news, wouldn’t the whole story be fake news? That’s confusing