With no regard for innocent bystanders, at least 20 South Florida cops fired a barrage of bullets towards two men who had hijacked a UPS truck following a jewelry store heist in 2019 – killing the two suspects along with the UPS driver as well as another man sitting in his car who had nothing to do with the robbery.
The shooting led to the indictments of four Miami-Dade police officers on manslaughter charges, but on Thursday, Sept. 18, a judge dismissed the case against one of the cops, Jose Mateo, citing Florida’s controversial stand your ground law which justifies using deadly force without a duty to retreat.
The shooting was captured on several videos, making national news, showing cops from four law enforcement agencies hiding behind the cars of innocent citizens as they fired away with multiple cars trapped in traffic between themselves and the suspects, unable to get out of the line of fire…