Long Beach Police Murder Unarmed Man for Watering Friend's Lawn

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Dec. 15, 2010

What's interesting about this is the idea that because they thought he had a gun, that somehow inherently justifies unloading their weapons on him. The mere possession of a weapon by a commoner is not automatically grounds for murdering said commoner. - Chris
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Angry relatives of a man shot to death by police who apparently mistook a pistol-grip water nozzle he held for a gun are lashing out at officers, saying they made no effort to contact him before opening fire. [...]

Zerby's sister, Eden Marie Biele, said officers made no attempt to talk to her 35-year-old brother or get his attention before shooting him to death.

"They didn't say 'Put your hands up' or 'Freeze' or anything," Biele told The Associated Press Monday. "He was killed in cold blood." [...]

"He never knew there was a problem. Police snuck down the corridor and shot him," Biele said. "He was a drunk sitting on a stoop fumbling with a hose nozzle."

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