It’s simultaneously better and worse than that. The suspect in the cruiser wasn’t hit. This means that not only can the officer not tell the difference between an acorn and small arms fire, but that he was also unable to hit a restrained target at very close range. The only thing keeping us safe from police incompetence is police incompetence.
To anyone like me, who missed the acorn event - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/16/florida-acorn-cop-shooting
The acorn dropped on the police car and the policeman thought he’d been hit.
The story of Piggie little.
the best part of the story is that he resigned.
The worst part is he killed a dude over an acorn and probably should be in jail.
It’s simultaneously better and worse than that. The suspect in the cruiser wasn’t hit. This means that not only can the officer not tell the difference between an acorn and small arms fire, but that he was also unable to hit a restrained target at very close range. The only thing keeping us safe from police incompetence is police incompetence.