Sam Levin: San Bernardino sheriff initially claimed 15-year-old Savannah Graziano may have been shot dead by her father in a shootout with police. Now we have video revealing the truth: she was shot + killed by deputies while following their instructions to move toward them www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

San Bernardino sheriff initially claimed 15-year-old Savannah Graziano may have been shot dead by her father in a shootout with police. Now we have video revealing the truth: she was shot + killed by deputies while following their instructions to move toward them www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnappedwww.theguardian.com Revealed: Savannah Graziano, 15, shot by sheriff’s deputies in 2022 while unarmed and following instructions to move toward them

Video obtained by @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social, shared w/ Guardian, reveal deputies shot the girl (reported abducted by her dad) even after one deputy said “stop shooting her” Sheriff claimed deputies thought she was her dad, but video shows 2 cops noting it’s her www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

This is the same sheriff’s department that last month killed 15-year-old Ryan Gainer within seconds of encountering him amid a mental health episode, claiming it was justified because he held a gardening tool. My story on his family: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

CJ Wyatt, Savannah’s uncle, told me: “Something has to be done differently. She didn’t have to die. You can tell [one deputy] was rly trying to save her, so it’s unfortunate that there was miscommunication. He clearly knew it was Savannah. Why didn’t the others?” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnappedwww.theguardian.com Revealed: Savannah Graziano, 15, shot by sheriff’s deputies in 2022 while unarmed and following instructions to move toward them

Occams Razor: they did not care if she lived or died, they just wanted to be guys who went all bang bang.

The police are a horror show, and they keep being allowed to be. I’m pretty sure this isn’t the way it’s supposed go, but I’m just an overly-sensitive hippy type, I guess.

Jordan v. New London. The SCOTUS ruled that it's perfectly legal and ok to discriminate against hiring smart people because they were able to prove the case that stupid people make better cops. SCOTUS literally said American police are stupid and they want to weed out smart ones.

ACAB they'd rather kill the victim than not kill the perp fuck you monsters

Paperwork is a lot easier when there are no more witnesses left.

Police in the USA have it drilled into their skulls that everyone they encounter is potential armed cop-killer. The result is that anything that moves gets shot.

Yup, really shouldn’t have switched them over to military training which absolutely creates and enforces this mindset. they were never soldiers, we should have never let them be like “yes, it’s most important to come home safe so shoot first, shoot second, shoot before asking questions”

The irony is that actual soldiers are trained NOT to just shoot, even under high-pressure and life-threatening situations. They don't just panic and press the trigger.

Totally, great point, thank you. They aren’t. The training gets warped between the military training and what happens with a lot of these cop training companies.

Many veterans became cops. We trained a generation in the Middle East on urban warfare and they're cops. 18 years ago we found out that white supremacist groups were actively infiltrating police forces and NO ONE STOPPED THEM. They purposefully keep intelligent people out. None of this is good!

The vets I know are pretty vehement that they would get their ass chewed if they shot anyone just because they were getting shot at

And that's not an issue with the cops. Also, unless the vets you know became cops, they're not the ones I'm talking about.

Without the video, you know they would have lied and faked evidence to cover up their murder. #ACAB

But they can still charge her dad with the murder, that’s the important thing 🙃

Posthumously? 😧

Though I wouldn't put it past them to try.

Cops Lie All The Time

They keep toy guns and real ones they file the serial numbers off of in their glove compartments. I wonder why...?

Cops killed someone and lied about it again? Quelle surprise.

I remember when that happened. That seriously took like 18 months for them to fess up to the bastards.

Pure chaotic confusion. Criminal.

Their response is so pathetic. An autopsy would show who shot her, and “suggesting” she may have fired shots from inside the truck? Were her hands even checked for GSR?

I mean, you didn't need an autopsy for that. The video and recordings show pretty blatantly that they knew WHEN IT HAPPENED that one of their own shot her. The one cop that initially called her over was even yelling at the other cops when they started shooting at her.

If you’re a cop who is all sad because people don’t like you - maybe start policing your own.

With great power comes great responsibility - you better be able to defend your actions in court.

The wretched reality is that with great power comes qualified immunity. They don't have to justify anything.

Exactly. "i fEaReD fOr mY LiFe!!!" even though no threat existed and *POUF* it's justified!

"We investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong"

You must be new here and that I mean Earth.

I think now is an appropriate time to quote N.W.A.

I hate this place sometimes. AARGH

What a horrible situation. Guns win again.

Cops. Cops win again.

USA law enforcement murdered over 1000 people every year for the past 15 years. 1250 people in 2022. 1326 people in 2023. It appears on track for over 1400 for 2024.

These monsters deserve no mercy

Sickening.

Well I feel safer.

Whyyy

Good guys with guns apparently.

Cops like these should be prosecuted for manslaughter at the least

Take that used rag off your face and tell the truth