Cop probed for shooting suspected shop robber

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The stepmother of a 24-year-old Cape Town man who was killed by a policeman says his family is “still in shock with mixed emotions of pain and anger”.

Darren Maggott was shot dead on Thursday by a flying squad member while he was being hunted as a suspect in a robbery at a Stellenberg superette the previous day. In that incident‚ a man in a balaclava and hoodie stole cash and fled in a white car.

According to Yolandi Maggott‚ Darren - who lived with his grandparents in Durbanville and had been out of work since January - went to see detectives after they raided his house the previous night‚ but fled from Durbanville police station because “he was scared”.

“The officers told us that he wasn’t under arrest‚ and that he had become panicked after voluntarily going to the police station‚” she said. “They said that there was no evidence that he was guilty and that they were only looking for him.”

Darren was killed in his white Nissan‚ which was linked to the scene of the robbery‚ next to a dam in Plattekloof. He was shot nine times‚ reportedly by a single officer.
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More at : https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/so...cop-probed-for-shooting-suspected-shop-robber
 
Wonder if the cops where white? Gut feeling says no...
 
OCP said:
Seems rather excessive
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excessive would be if the cops shot the family and friends of this suspected robber as well on the simple basis of association

this incident is typical accepted behaviour these days, almost every week a new thread pops up with similar consequences

and two years ago this actually happened to an old neighbour of mine, he is dead now, as for the cops, well I doubt they were held accountable
 
Yolandi said police claimed he reached for one of two “BB guns” on the passenger seat‚ but she questioned the extent of the officer’s response.
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If that is indeed the case, the police were in their every right to shoot him. If you use a BB gun as if it were a real gun, it counts as a real gun under the law.
 
SA-UK said:
source?
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In a written reply from the SAPS to the DA’s Western Cape spokesperson on Community Safety, it was revealed that 27% of officers had to return their firearms.

The chairperson of the Standing Committee on Community Safety in the Western Cape Legislature, Mireille Wenger, says that the implications of not completing competency tests are severe, especially in communities where policing is needed.
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http://ewn.co.za/2018/05/17/27-of-wc-cops-fail-firearms-competency-test


ForceFate said:
What about the other 73%
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Good question.
Your guess is as good as mine.
 
nightjar said:
Considering that 27% of Western Cape SAPS officers have failed their firearms competency test one has to wonder about this particular officer.
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The grouping on the windscreen in the article picture would indicate he was part of the 73% that passed, if it's a actual photo of his car.

Also supposedly shot 9 times, but only 5 holes. A couple look like they could have had 2 rounds through, but I'm no ballistics expert.
 
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