every day gets crazier and even more so when cops are involved as in this case;
San Francisco, CA — On May 19, police received a 911 call from a woman about two men under an overpass at Mariposa and Owens Streets in San Francisco involved in a fight. When police arrived, they found Michael Macfhionghain and Rafael Mendoza on the ground. Mendoza was in a fight for his life, desperately trying to stop Macfhionghain from stabbing him. In total, 16 cops would show up, stand around, yell at the two men, before four cops opened fire and executed them both.
Macfhionghain was the aggressor in the situation and Mendoza was in the defensive for an attack that lasted over 20 minutes. When police arrived on the scene, they could see Macfhionghain on top of Mendoza with a large knife attempting to stab him.
For some reason, police did not use a taser on Macfhionghain and opted only for pepper spray — which also affected Mendoza — and rubber bullets which appeared to have no effect.
Police eventually released body camera footage from the deadly debacle, identifying the four officers who opened fire as officers Trent Collins, Joshua Dequis, Aidan O’Driscoll, and Daniel Rosaia.
As the video shows, cops stood there for 9 minutes surrounding the two men who barely moved on the ground. There was very little supervision and it was an apparent free-for-all as multiple cops barked order and took pot shots with less than lethal rounds.
“You told me he was attacking you-correct? I need you to drop the knife so we can sort this out,” one officer is seen saying in the video. “We don’t want to hurt you.”
But that wasn’t true. Moments later as Macfhionghain appeared to raise the knife in the air, four officers executed both men.
Multiple experts spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle this week decrying the officers’ actions. Not only were the four officers who fired their weapons at fault, but the 12 other cops who stood around and yelled also added to the deadly ending..........more.........
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