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Sound Off Reader:Wednesday's bakersfield.com article on the theft of the knife, stabbing and subsequent shooting at the Valley Plaza displayed a photograph depicting medical personnel administering first aid to the subject that had been shot by the police officer. The caption for the photo referred to the "victim of the shooting," inferring that the wounded individual was somehow an innocent party. A more accurate caption would have been something to the effect of "medical personnel administer first aid to the suspect, shot after stabbing a police officer." In this case, the police officer was the victim, as well as the merchant that had the knife stolen. The "shooting victim" chose to become a suspect based on his actions. I have been in law enforcement for more than 35 years, and I have seen many officers become victims of assaults and other crimes, yet the media rarely identifies the officers as victims....
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