off duty cop shoots teen for reason no one can determine. why hasn't he been arrested yet?

[Demovictory9]

https://lawandcrime.com/police/off-duty-rhode-island-cop-under-investigation-for-shooting-teen-driver-leaving-pizzeria-parking

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A police officer in Rhode Island who shot an allegedly unarmed teenage driver while off-duty Wednesday evening has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, several news outlets reported this week.

A surveillance camera in the parking lot of Wicked Good Pizza in West Greenwich revealed some of what happened in the moments before Pawtucket Police Officer Daniel Dolan fired at a car carrying three teenagers, hitting the driver in the arm.

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An attorney representing the three teens, two of whom are brothers, told WLNE-TV that there were no weapons in the Audi and none of the teens were aware that Dolan was a police officer.

“[The driver] said that he picked up his friends, they stopped at Walmart and they drove to the pizza restaurant,” Wakefield-based attorney James Howe told the television station. “And they drove on 95. Did not see that white truck before. And the first time they saw that white truck was when he drove into the parking lot, following them, almost driving into their vehicle.”

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The AG’s press release stated that Dolan was off duty and traveling home on Route 95 Wednesday evening when he “encountered a black Audi sedan occupied by a driver and two passengers” and “attempted to detain the driver of the Audi.”



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The officer first encountered the Audi on Interstate 95 and followed it to Wicked Good Pizza before he “attempted to detain” the driver, according to a statement from the state attorney general, Rhode Island State Police and West Greenwich Police Department.

“I believe the officer saw something on I-95 that was bad and followed, but that’s under investigation,” West Greenwich’s Chief Richard Ramsay said, according to WPRI.

https://nypost.com/2021/06/24/probe-after-off-duty-rhode-island-cop-shoots-18-year-old/



https://turnto10.com/news/local/authorities-release-no-information-on-why-off-duty-police-officer-shot-18-year-old-man

Authorities release no information on why off-duty police officer shot 18-year-old man

“Goes over the hood of the car and ends up on the driver’s side of the car and discharges his weapon, shooting my client. My client realizes he’s hit and drives, I’m going to estimate, less than a quarter of a mile,” Howe said. “His sweatshirt was filling with blood at his elbow. Police officer drives up to him, now where he is, lights a cigarette and offers no first aid or anything.”

NBC 10 asked the Attorney General’s office Friday why there has not been an arrest, what more is known about the “encounter” on the highway, and why authorities are not answering questions.

The reply was that the “investigation remains ongoing and we are unable to disclose any additional information at this time.”

Howe says, “There has been no indication from any source that the three young men in that vehicle were doing anything that would warrant the type of police interaction, outrageous police interaction. A gun was shot. A person was shot.”

[Walleye]

1. Road rage is my guess.

[LisaL]

7. That would be my guess too.

NT

[bottomofthehill]

9. Would bet the house on it.

Who do theses punks think they are blowing past my big truck in that flashy little Audi.

[Demovictory9]

11. Mine too. They impounded the teen's car. Scrambling to find drugs, weapons

To paint the teens as "bad".

[LisaL]

17. Yep. Why didn't they impound the white truck the cop rode in?

Outrageous.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

2. I'm sure the cop feared for his life from that car speeding away backward.

[Maxheader]

3. The law enforcement dudes...

Better let the public know what's going

on. Pronto....

[Ohio Joe]

4. Yet another murderous cop being covered for by the entire department...

Why do people mistrust the police?

[doc03]

5. He is in an unmarked vehicle wearing a t shirt. Looks like

road rage. Then he backs his truck into on coming traffic.
This stuff has been going on for years and years unfortunately for them there are cameras everywhere.

[LisaL]

6. Good thing press is on it.

I don't see any way someone could figure out the guy in white truck is an a cop.
And why is off duty cop trying to detain someone?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. K&R

[bottomofthehill]

10. Having a hard time seeing at what point the off duty officer

Was in danger causing him to discharge his weapon

[Demovictory9]

13. He will say that we cant see that the teens are threatening him

We know how this goes

[StarfishSaver]

12. But we don't know the WHOLE story

or something ...

[Demovictory9]

14. Yep

[uponit7771]

20. yep, if the police had evidence that made the killing justified they'd already released it

[Demovictory9]

21. Teen is not dead. Got shot in arm

[ProfessorGAC]

22. They'll Say That

But, after impounding the car, and admitting publicly no weapons were found & no evidence that a crime was being committed, we DO know the whole story.
The cop is an unstable tool and is a danger to the public.
That's already the whole story.

[StarfishSaver]

23. No, no, no ...

There's ALWAYS more to the story when trying to justify police killing innocent people...

[ProfessorGAC]

24. Like I Said...

...they'll say that!
But, you and I know this is open & shut!
This guy is dangerous to society & needs to go.
They can say what they want. But, we know the truth.

[Marrah_Goodman]

15. I am from RI. Wicked pissed.

Time to write some emails

[BGBD]

16. Every department

Should ban officers from attempting to make a traffic stop in anything other than a marker patrol car. Not justbfir this reason, but also to reduce chances of someone pretending to be a cop and pulling people over

[Johnny2X2X]

18. Never talk to the police

If there's one thing that people should take out of all of these incidents is that the police never say anything then they're accused of a crime. They don't say a word, they don't give a statement, they clam up until their lawyer and union rep is present.

And when accused of a crime, you don't have to say anything either. Anything you say to the police will be used against you. Now I'm not talking about a traffic stop or when you report a crime (although be careful then too), but when you've been accused of a serious crime, don't say a word save for, 'get me a lawyer."

No one understands this better than the police themselves. They are fully aware of their rights and that's why in countless cases, the details of what happened take months to come out.

This sounds like road rage for sure.

[LisaL]

19. This particular cop is on video going after the teen's car.

And now press is on it. I sure hope he doesn't get away with it.