That was the impression I was left with:
"New Bedford man dies after being shot by State Police officer" by Maria Cramer | Globe Staff, June 14, 2013
QUINCY — A 41-year-old man whose family said he was suffering from a mental illness had been driving to Boston to see his father when he found himself in a fatal confrontation with a state trooper.
After Wilfredo Justiniano Jr. left the family’s home in New Bedford and drove north on Route 28 early Friday morning through Quincy, several motorists saw his black Dodge Stratus weaving dangerously back and forth, police said.
When the trooper, a 25-year veteran, arrived on scene, a violent struggle ensued, and the trooper shot Justiniano in the chest, killing him, police said.
Now police say they are trying to piece together what happened as Justiniano’s family mourns a man they said was troubled, but had never been aggressive....
It was the second time this week that a trooper was involved in a shooting.
On Wednesday night, State Police and Boston police fired on a 53-year-old man allegedly wielding a pellet gun during a confrontation near the intersection of East Eighth and Old Harbor streets.
Early investigations suggest that officers ordered the man, Kenneth Connolly of South Boston, to drop the weapon, but Connolly instead raised it and pointed it at them, said Suffolk District Daniel F. Conley’s office....
They always say that when they shoot someone.
See: Police say man in face-off had pellet gun
Does anyone ever believe the police anymore here in AmeriKa, because I know I don't when it is relayed to me by the mouthpiece media.
UPDATE: South Boston man shot by police arraigned at BMC
The confrontation between Justiniano and a trooper, who has not been identified, happened outside their vehicles, said State Police spokesman David Procopio.
Investigators are still trying to determine if the trooper pulled Justiniano over or if the Dodge had already stopped on the side of Route 28, a stretch of road that cuts through the Blue Hills Reservation.
That part of the road is lined with woods and has no houses, but at that time of day, the route is busy with commuters.
Several commuters witnessed Justiniano’s driving and the confrontation between him and the trooper, Procopio said.
“Did [Justiniano] charge, or did he come out peacefully and snap? That’s still part of the investigation,” Procopio said. “There is evidence of a physical assault on the trooper.”
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Investigators did not find any weapons in the immediate area around the cars, Procopio said. Officials plan to interview the trooper about any possible weapon and are still searching the Dodge Stratus, he said.
“They’re not going to find anything” said his sister, Damaris Justiniano. “He was a Christian guy. He never believed in weapons.”
Justiniano’s criminal record was minor, according to court records that showed only a disorderly conduct charge out of New Bedford that was dismissed in 2003.
Why is he being treated as the perpetrator?
The high school graduate who had taken a few college courses moved with his family from Dorchester to New Bedford about 20 years ago, his sister said.
She said that she last saw her brother Tuesday or Wednesday and that he seemed fine. He was intent on seeing his father and had left early Friday morning to go visit him, she said. She said she did not know why he wanted to see his father.
Her brother, whose illness had kept him from working recently, had been despondent, she said, but he never behaved in a way that alarmed the family.
“That’s what I don’t understand,” she said. “I never saw him acting that way towards the police or anybody else. . . . It must be a misunderstanding. It’s unfortunate what the state trooper had to do.”
But, you know, that's life.... or not.
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