Off-duty cop killed a nonverbal man with a learning disability and injured the man’s parents in a Costco.
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Kenneth French of Riverside lived with his parents and had the mental capacity of a teenager, said his cousin, Rick Shureih, in a phone interview with the Los Angeles Times on Sunday night.
“He was a gentle giant,” Shureih said. “He’s never been violent in the past. He’s always been very cooperative and kept to himself.”
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Shureih doesn’t know what might have led to the shooting, but he said it’s unlikely that Kenneth French initiated a verbal confrontation. His cousin’s mental condition had declined in recent years, and he no longer spoke.
“It could have been that he bumped into somebody but couldn’t communicate the fact that he was sorry,” Shureih said.
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This is the official police story:
“According to Corona police, an off-duty officer with the Los Angeles Police Department was shopping at Costco with his family when he was attacked while holding his young child. Police said the assault was unprovoked and led the officer to fire his weapon, striking French and two of his family members.”
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow...r-intellectual-disability-20190616-story.html
What kind of idiot shoots people up a Costco? A cop.