Totally out of control. You'd think they'd have learned from the last incident. Total panic-spray.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/13/ny.shooting/?iref=mpstoryview
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Officers shot and killed an 18-year-old man who they believed to be armed, New York police said, but witnesses said Tuesday he was only holding a hairbrush.
The Monday night shooting followed a 911 call from the man's mother. Police described the call as "a family dispute with a gun."
After officers arrived, the teen refused to halt as he approached police, prompting them to open fire, The Associated Press reported.
Police told The New York Times they believed the teen, Khiel Coppin, had a gun, but after five officers fired 20 shots they realized he was holding only a hairbrush.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/13/ny.shooting/?iref=mpstoryview