No Charges for Cop Who Killed 82yo Partially Deaf Man as He Sat in His Car

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[–]Retardation_station 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

According to the family, Melvin Bouler is partially deaf and couldn’t hear the police commands, so an officer filled him full of holes.

Come on. Just tell me what happened without trying to set my emotional state in the first fucking paragraph. I hate this type of inflammatory journalism.

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The officer shot Bouler on November 17, 2019 while responding to a report of an intoxicated man with a weapon at an apartment on Roosevelt Street in Gary.

Investigators said they found that the 82-year-old was drunk and armed with a handgun that he'd threatened to use to harm himself and others.

The officer said Bouler was sitting in a car outside the complex when he pulled out a silver revolver from his right pocket and pointed it at the officer.

"[He] responded to the fire arm being pointed at him and commanded Bouler to drop the gun, fired his service weapon through the front window shield of the vehicle striking Bouler and causing him to drop the weapon," said Commander Michael Stewart, Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Bouler was struck several times and critically wounded. Authorities said they recovered a loaded weapon from inside his red Nissan Altima. He died two months later.

https://abc7chicago.com/melvin-bouler-gary-police-shooting-grand-jury-news/10890453/

[–]Retardation_station 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you.

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That has been the speciality of thethoughtfreeproject for years.