Cop Mistakes Cane For Shotgun, Shoots 70-Year Old Man
Learning the difference between a cane and a shotgun would be a good thing to teach in Policing 101. During a South Carolina traffic stop, the responding officer, now on administrative leave, couldn’t tell the difference.
Bobby Canipe, the North Carolina resident and Vietnam veteran who was a victim of the shooting, was returning form attending the Daytona 500 when he was pulled over for an expired license plate. “It’s a walking stick,” Canipe said when the shots ended.
“I promise to God I thought it was a shotgun,” replied York County Deputy Terrance Knox. The officer is later heard crying while explaining to a fellow officer why he shot Canipe.
Fox News Channel reporter Trace Gallagher reported on Thursday that Knox’s commanding officer said, judging from the dash cam tape, that Knox “did the right thing.”
