Matthew McCulloch flashed his badge at a school event with hundreds of children before discharging his firearm into the air.
Name and shame this psycho!
In my country, a police(wo)man just drawing his or her gun needs to file a report explaining the reason for it. Imagine what would happen if he or she drew a gun a) without being in a dangerous situation and b) in the presence of children. And here this would mean not working for the police anymore, anywhere.
Could we not keep a running online record/database of cops names, faces and reasons they were fired? Similar to what we do with convicted sex offenders. It’s all in public record anyway
Misleading title. The article headline isn't much better. They shot into the air, the title makes it sound like they went on a killing spree.
They did tell everyone they were going to die before emptying their gun into the air. They'd clearly lost their damn mind and this probably traumatized a bunch of kids. Throw the book at them by all means.
No. It's shooting within the event and/or near it but not at it or any of the participants. The phrase "shot up" infers that the subject was the target.
But I get the sentiment of wanting to phrase it in a way that conveys the most amount of danger and insanity.
What's wrong with that comment? Both the title here and on the article absolutely do make it sound like the off-duty officer shot at people, when he actually shouted "you're all gonna die" and then fired into the air around a dozen times before being tackled and disarmed by event-goers.
The article also mentions that it's unknown if the officer was fired or quit. Finally, the officer is asking the judge for reduced bond, which really might not be reasonable in this case.