NY cop suing liquor store...and not for a bad selection of beer

I don't think I can agree with this. The suspect committed the act that forced the officer to shoot him...not the liquor store.

NY police officer who fatally shot Pace University student sues liquor store

By NewsCore June 28, 2011

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A Westchester County police officer who fatally shot a Pace University football player was suing a liquor store he claims sold alcohol to the student, making him drunk and causing the altercation, The Journal News reported Tuesday.

Pleasantville, N.Y., officer Aaron Hess claims the store is responsible for the injuries he suffered during the incident, which culminated in Hess being hit by a car and subsequently shooting its 20-year-old occupant, Danroy Henry Jr...

...Henry was shot early on the morning of Oct. 17 while behind the wheel of his car outside Finnegan's Grill in Mount Pleasant, N.Y., where a brawl had broken out following the Pace homecoming game.

Police claimed Hess and fellow officer Ronald Beckley opened fire after Henry abruptly tried to drive his car out of a fire lane, hitting Hess, a third cop and then a police car outside the restaurant.

An autopsy found Henry had a blood alcohol reading of 0.13, but the sportsman's family strenuously denied that he was drunk when the shooting occurred...

As Doctor Evil said in Austin Powers, R i g h t. I am sorry for your loss but that is almost twice the DWI standard of .08. The young man was wasted...another example of why alcohol and guns don't match.

Again the reason for this incident was Henry was drunk and got stupid... but something tells me he was stupid a long time before he got drunk.