In May of 2021, South Carolina police opened fire on a man sitting in his truck talking to his mother after being called to the scene for a wellness check. The man, Trevor Mullinax, survived, and has filed a lawsuit alleging the officers defaulted to “using deadly force.” WCNC’s Kayland Hagwood reports.
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Wow. Police should be held accountable for murder
SUE THEM
I'm going to let you all in on a secret. Most, and I truly mean most, of the cops in South Carolina are minimally trained and minimally paid. It's very much you get what you pay for and the counties in South Carolina don't want to pay for better. They would rather have cops who are paid less than people working the counter at a gas station than pay one cent more in taxes and the local politicians are elected with the understanding you don't raise our taxes.
You gonna shoot yourself? Ok we can do that for you!. Never call the police when someone is suicidal because the last thing someone needs in that position is someone to criminalize them and make it even worse.
He survived ? Wow.
It's insane , how they can justify these shots ?
Wow I am in shock
This is down right Murder if he had died
But dude they shot towards the mom as well
This is unbelievable
I’m gutted
God bless y’all
I hope he recovers fast and well
Omg I am so glad that mom was not hurt with that many bullet flying around her.
Put them on a firing wall
You cant pull a shotgun on the cops and not expect to get shot.
If cops cannot shoot when a shotgun is pulled when can they?
It's a miracle that he survived.
Also, never call the cops during a mental health crisis.
That Wild West shoot-'em-up mentality never really went away, did it?
So glad I live in the UK with largely un-armed police…
everyone will get their judgment in the end, for that you can be sure.
Lock them up
this is scaring!!!
Only in the USA ,Lunatics with guns everywhere including cops !
Time to change "training" and just because you are trained a certain way doesn't mean it's correct.
This is why the whole lets look at the priors first before we sympathize with someone mindset needs to stop. People need help. Let's not mitigate that.
That’s the kind of help the police can provide. Never let the police near anyone you care about that is having some kind of a mental breakdown
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He was shot 9 times.
He is the new 50 cent
😂
When mental health is involved, cops will make things worse. The man was allegedly armed which doesn't help ease tensions either. I would say getting a social worker involved and talk him down but the shotgun really complicates things.
Looks like piggopoly strikes again.
There's no bad situation that the police can't make much, much worse.
These cops will be charged for firing right next to a bystander. That’s a no no. Have fun rotting in jail dirty cops. I hate cops for this reason. They’re the real criminals.
The police can be dangerous & scary.. . God help us now please
Mom: help my son wants to die
Cops: that can be arranged. Currently, we're offering a 2 for 1 special if you want to join him?
Soooo. Scratch York off the list of towns to ever drive through while in SC.
Ummmm…..you live in South Carolina. No more explanation necessary.