Back in November, a cop in Battle Creek, Michigan shot 14-year-old Nicholas King in the shoulder because he was carrying a toy gun, which the officer says he mistook for a real one. Police were responding to reports that there was a man carrying a gun at the Drive Thru Party Store.
After just four seconds of pulling up to the scene and two commands, Officer Esteban Rivera opened fire on King. Several witnesses told investigators that the officer had no reason to shoot. But here’s the kicker: the prosecutor, who cleared Rivera of wrongdoing in December, says the witnesses are all wrong. From Newschannel 3 (emphasis mine):
Prosecutor David Gilbert poured through witness statements given by the girls shown in the video and a 911 call. He determined every witness account compared to the evidence was at least partially inaccurate, except for Officer Rivera’s. The prosecutor adds Rivera had to make the decision whether or not to shoot, less than a second after he gave his commands.
Moral of the story? Police are ALWAYS right even when literally everyone who was there says otherwise. That’s the American justice system in a nutshell.
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