A police officer from Columbia, South Carolina is under investigation for shooting a 70-year-old motorist after he mistook the man’s cane for a rifle during a routine traffic stop, AP reported.
Bobby Canipe of North Carolina was pulled over by 24-year-old Deputy Terrence Knox for an expired license tag. When Canipe got out of the pickup truck to reach into the bed for his walking stick, Knox fired several times hitting the man once, under the mistaken belief the walking stick was a long-barreled rifle.
York County sheriff spokesperson, Trent Farris, appeared to defend the officer’s actions .... http://www.alternet.org
