Our most commented social media post this week concerned the Nov. 5th shooting of Isaiah Herndon, for which a YouTube redacted and commented bodycam footage video was subsequently released. The short video is cut into and emphasizes that a gun is pulled out of a door before police officers open fire. As Herndon’s family and friends have made clear though on their own social media, it doesn’t appear from what’s been released that police clearly and repeatedly announce themselves. They have commented that perhaps the person with the gun thought an armed person was returning, and that they might not have known this was police. The fact Sparks police is investigating as is the procedure in northern Nevada is a problem to many who wish for more independent overview on such life and death moments involving local law enforcement. Herndon is fighting for his life at the hospital and has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
Homeless are fine, but if they dump trash or do drugs, ticket, fine and jail them. Including charging them if they stole shopping carts.