Officer shoots Ohio newspaper photographer after confusing his tripod and camera for a gun (WP)

[dalton99a]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/05/officer-shoots-ohio-newspaper-photographer-after-confusing-his-tripod-and-camera-for-a-gun/

Officer shoots Ohio newspaper photographer after confusing his tripod and camera for a gun
By Kristine Phillips | September 5 at 10:36 AM

A newspaper photographer from Ohio was shot Monday night by a sheriff’s deputy who apparently mistook his camera and tripod for a gun, and fired without a warning, the newspaper reported.

Andy Grimm, a photographer for the New Carlisle News, left the office at about 10 p.m. to take pictures of lightning when he came across a traffic stop and decided to take photos, according to the paper’s publisher, Dale Grimm.

“He said he got out, parked under a light in plain view of the deputy, with a press pass around his neck,” Grimm told The Washington Post. “He was setting up his camera, and he heard pops.”

Clark County Sheriff’s Deputy Jake Shaw did not give any warnings before he fired, striking Andy Grimm on the side, according to the paper.

[LuckyCharms]

1. Terrible news. When did these cops get so twitchy?? n/t

[atreides1]

2. Because they get away with it!

They shoot 12 year old boys with toy guns the same way, come to a screeching stop, at the same time they pull the trigger, they yell drop it!!!

And they got away with it...

[bitterross]

3. And who really believes the officer thought it was a gun????

No freaking body. Except the police union.

[Doreen]

4. Wait a minute!!

Am I reading it wrong or does it say they are friends? How would that happen? Didn't the cop look before he shot his gun? I hate to ask this but is his "friend" black or Hispanic?

[progressoid]

7. The photographer is white.

https://petapixel.com/2017/09/05/news-photographer-shot-cop-mistook-camera-tripod-gun/

[Doreen]

9. So basically he just did not look first.

[maxsolomon]

5. Jumpy as Fuck after Dallas.

Every problem looks like a nail, and they've only got 1 hammer.

[Warpy]

6. A cop who is that twitchy needs to be off the street permanently

it's getting so bad out there that we need to start putting our hands on top of our heads if we even see a cop on the street.

[uponit7771]

8. +1, that kind of twitchy happens after ingesting some drugs

[NCjack]

10. When was the last time Twitchy had a vision test?

[Iggo]

11. Or a drug test?

[Hoyt]

12. That's what happens when you let more and more people carry guns in public.