Police Shoot and Kill Man for Watering Lawn, Family Awarded

[XDM45]

Police Shoot and Kill Man for Watering Lawn, Family Awarded 6.5 Million

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police ... 5-million/

[jgalt]

There damned-well better be more to the story than what is in the linked article...

[yukonjasper]

I'm sure there is more to it than what is being reported here. It is funny that the name of the website is Free Thought and they are skewing the commentary to be very much what they want you to think - which may be different than the mainstream media, but not necessarily completely free of bias.

Sort of like joining a non-conformists club.

[xd ED]

The title appears to offer more heat than illumination;
The way I read it, he wasn't watering the lawn when he was shot, and it seems he was treating the nozzle like one might handle a pistol.

This from the first search result that didn't appear to read 'tinfoil hat club' between the lines:

Man killed by Long Beach police was holding water nozzle, not gun

The 35-year-old Long Beach man killed in an officer-involved shooting Sunday was holding a water spigot, not a gun, Long Beach Police officials said Monday.

Two Long Beach police officers responded to a 911 call at 4:40 p.m. Sunday from a neighbor reporting an intoxicated man holding a "six shooter" that looked like an antique gun in the 5300 block of East Ocean Avenue.

"The officers had a position of cover and were observing the suspect while other officers were en route," said Sgt. Dina Zapalski, a spokeswoman for the Long Beach Police Department.

Zapalski said Douglas Zerby was in a seated position when he extended his arms while holding the gun-like object and pointed it at an officer.

The investigation revealed that Zerby was actually holding a black pistol-grip water nozzle with a metal tip, she said.

He was shot in the torso with a shotgun and handgun, then handcuffed, Zapalski said. He died at the scene.

It does appear however, the taxpayers did get hosed.

[rtk]

That's it...The wife can water the lawn and her flowers from now on.