The California Justice Department announced today that it has found no cause to file chargesagainst a Los Angeles police officer who, while aiming at a suspect, shot and killed a 14-year-old girl hiding in a department store fitting room.
Fourteen-year-old Valentina Orellana Peralta was picking out a quinceanera dress with her mother just before Christmas in 2021. She was shot and killed by a bullet that ricocheted off the floor.
Treat every gun as if is loaded
Never point your gun at anything you aren’t willing to destroy
Keep your finger off the trigger and out of the trigger guard until you are ready to shoot
Be aware of your target and what’s beyond it
If only we could get these heavily-armed cops to follow basic firearms safety protocols.
Sounds difficult. Easier to just continue giving them inadequate training and have the city pay out millions of dollars every time a cop wants to kill someone.
“Don’t point gun at fellow cops, check. Okay, maybe except Ray, because he’s just a total softy.”
If those cops could read they would be beating you senseless for resisting arrest.