Thread: AOS shooting -TVOne sunday program

I'm not saying that Police or AOS are perfect, this is a disaster of monumental proportions and there is no real excuse for the officers missing their shots.

One difference in this compared to say a hunter shooting another hunter by mistake is that the officers were firing to protect themselves or others, not trying to get a slab of meat or a duck for the freezer, lack of action could possibly have been as bad as this mistake. Hence no charges under the Arms or Crimes Act, this was overseen by the Queen's Counsel if I recall correctly, certainly no Police coverup.

I have no idea why the firearm would have been dismantled, that goes against all investagative principles, it just blows my mind that it'd happened. I imagine heads rolled over that.

After watching that documentry a few things stuck out, 40% hearing loss and two blown eardrums from a bullet coming through the windshield?! Sounds a bit far fetched, also why is ACC not paying him anymore?

I do think it is a bit hypocritical to pay out to NAITOKO's family yet not a person who was injured.

However I don't want to see NZ go the way of the USA and UK with civil litigation everywhere.