A San Francisco Bay Area city will pay $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a burglary suspect who was left a paraplegic after being shot by a police officer.If you're injured in the course of committing a felony you should get nothing. Period. The only justice in this case is the felon will be paying for his crime for a long time.
The Oakland City Council approved the payment to Charles Davis Jr. during a closed session Tuesday night.
Davis was suspected of burglarizing a church in 2007 when he was shot by the Oakland officer. Though Davis was unarmed, the officer said he mistook items that Davis was stealing from the church for a gun.
Rick Simons, Davis' attorney, says the money will be used the help the 49-year-old Davis with the "basic needs" of living as a paraplegic.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Church Burglar Rewarded for His Crime
This kind of stuff just drives me crazy:
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This crook may have been paralazed but he is still a criminal and should be locked up behind bars and the key thrown away. He did NOT deserve any financial blessing from the city. The officer did the right thing in his line of duty!!!
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