Columbus OH Cop Shoots Toddler

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Columbus OH Cop Shoots Toddler

June 21st, 2015

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Yesterday, June 19, 2015 a Columbus OH officer went to a home in Whitehall OH (a city within Columbus) to take a report about an incident involving a traffic incident that occurred in the city of Columbus.

This is how it went, as we currently know: CPD officer arrived at a home on Chandler Dr, Whitehall to take a report. The officer needed something out of his cruiser, while he went to his car the man needing to make a report went into his home. While in his home, the man heard a shot fired. He then ran outside and heard a woman screaming that the cop had just shot her toddler. According to his facebook post, the cop told the man that he thought the dog was attacking so he fired a round through the door of the home, accidentally hitting the child. The child did NOT die, the shot went through a leg.

The CPD issued this statement on their facebook page:

Apparently the screaming and sounds of distress coming from the house were due to a woman who had carried out some form of self harm and the woman yelling wanted help for her. Did the cop yell back, like, “what’s wrong?” or “what’s happening in there?”, we don’t know but it doesn’t seem like it or he’d have probably known it wasn’t a dog attack. Shouldn’t any adult carrying a firearm around actually know what is happening before resorting to unholstering a gun and shooting at something? I think so. Especially one who is specifically trained for his or her profession to utilize a firearm.

Let’s look at Ohio law on this. The ORC states the following, note the absence of liability stated:

2923.161 Improperly discharging firearm at or into a habitation, in a school safety zone or with intent to cause harm or panic to persons in a school building or at a school function.
(A) No person, without privilege to do so, shall knowingly do any of the following:

(1) Discharge a firearm at or into an occupied structure that is a permanent or temporary habitation of any individual;

(2) Discharge a firearm at, in, or into a school safety zone;

(3) Discharge a firearm within one thousand feet of any school building or of the boundaries of any school premises, with the intent to do any of the following:

(a) Cause physical harm to another who is in the school, in the school building, or at a function or activity associated with the school;

(b) Cause panic or fear of physical harm to another who is in the school, in the school building, or at a function or activity associated with the school;

(c) Cause the evacuation of the school, the school building, or a function or activity associated with the school.

(B) This section does not apply to any officer, agent, or employee of this or any other state or the United States, or to any law enforcement officer, who discharges the firearm while acting within the scope of the officer’s, agent’s, or employee’s duties.

(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation, in a school safety zone, or with the intent to cause harm or panic to persons in a school, in a school building, or at a school function or the evacuation of a school function, a felony of the second degree.

(D) As used in this section, “occupied structure” has the same meaning as in section 2909.01 of the Revised Code.

Obviously, it can be argued that hearing distress and calls for help is within the scope of the officer’s duties. But it’s pretty amazingly negligent, especially since he told the resident with which he had initial contact that he fired through a door. Is it actually within the scope of his or her duties to shoot a gun through a door of a home just because someone is calling for help? Shouldn’t one have some kind of idea about what or who is behind the door before doing something like that? If I hear yelling, so I go shoot through a door and my bullet hits a toddler, what do you think would happen to me? I am guessing I’d go to prison for the above crime (because I’m not a cop) and also for some kind of felony assault, maybe I’d be charged with trespassing as well. What if I said, “But it was an accident!”, would they take it easy on me? I doubt it. I’d be taking a really long trip to our state’s women’s prison.

Since this happened yesterday, local media has already been all over it. I’m not even sure what to say. Another cop tried to shoot a dog. ANOTHER cop shot someone. Another cop shot a kid. Seriously? Chief Jacobs can be reached at (614) 645-4600, she is typically very proactive compared to other police chiefs in this country and I have often said, “ya know, she’s really not bad for a cop.” I hope Chief Jacobs handles this as we all probably want to see it handled, with stiff criminal charges, just like you or I would get if we did something so stupid.