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NC man reaching for cane shot in SC traffic stop
AP via [Myrtle Beach] Sun-News ^
| February 26, 2014
Posted on 02/26/2014 11:02:34 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
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G-dd-mn it.
To: upchuck
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:02:57 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Richard Warman censors free speech.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Faris says the shooting was unfortunate, but appeared to be appropriate because Knox felt an imminent threat to his life.Well, at least the officer made it home to his family that night.
And that is all that truly matters.
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:04:25 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Good thing his dog stayed in the truck.
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:05:57 PM PST
by
matthew fuller
(I don't think Obama is subhuman.)
To: Slings and Arrows
He is expected to recover - I sure hope so.
Are registration tags worth a life? There is no real purpose to registration tags...oh yeah, except revenue, and revenue trumps everything.
What ever the settlement, he should get free vehicle registration for life, and the officer that shot him should put the tags on his plates every year.
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:08:37 PM PST
by
GilesB
To: null and void; Alaska Wolf
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:09:25 PM PST
by
sport
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:09:33 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Slings and Arrows
That is the catch-all justification for cops’ use deadly force. “The officer felt threatened.” At least the cop went home safely.
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:10:01 PM PST
by
luvbach1
(We are finished)
To: luvbach1
Does the legal term “reasonable and probable grounds” not apply in SC?
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:13:45 PM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: Slings and Arrows
Faris says the shooting was unfortunate, but appeared to be appropriate because Knox felt an imminent threat to his life.
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LEO pulls the old man over for simple expired tags, never sees a rifle, yet shoots the man saying he feared for his life?
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:14:01 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Slings and Arrows
What the heck is going in this country? Just what kind of people are being hired to be policemen? I have never heard of so many shootings by police.
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:14:23 PM PST
by
MamaB
To: Lazamataz
I do note that no dogs were available for target practice...
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:14:33 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: sport
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:15:03 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Slings and Arrows
The public is not going to tolerate these trigger happy jackasses much longer.
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:15:05 PM PST
by
Nik Naym
(It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
To: Slings and Arrows
during a traffic stop because he thought the man was grabbing a rifle from the bed of his pickup truck. How could the LEO think it's a rifle, if he never ever saw a rifle?
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:16:25 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Slings and Arrows
Maybe it is time for a new FR ping list: “Jack-Booted thugs”.
It seems to be a growing problem in the states.
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:16:32 PM PST
by
AlexW
To: Slings and Arrows
Faris says the shooting was unfortunate, but appeared to be appropriate because Knox felt an imminent threat to his life.
Wow, what an incredibly arrogant attitude by the department. I'm deeply shocked.
What's interesting to me is that this is the kind of knee-jerk reaction that liberals predicted concealed carry proponents would unleash, when those laws gained in popularity, yet it is perfectly appropriate when done by law enforcement. Well, unfortunate, but appropriate.
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:18:37 PM PST
by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: MamaB
“What the heck is going in this country? Just what kind of people are being hired to be policemen? I have never heard of so many shootings by police.”
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I blame a lot of it on the current cop movies and TV shows.
The cops today grow up seeing TV/movies with cops in full swat gear, yelling “Get on the ground. Get on the ground NOW”.
There seem to be very few “good old boys on the beat” today.
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:21:42 PM PST
by
AlexW
To: dragnet2
Uh, yeah.
A rifle is pretty hard to swing from a vehicle to “On target”.
Does the camera show him delivering an order to stop?
If you walk up on the guy and shine a light in the vehicle on approach and inspect the cab wouldn’t you see a cane?
Maybe it was an AR-15 walking stick, with a magazine attached.
Did the officer demand he exit the vehicle for some reason?
Was the officer high on something? Tired?
Dumb as hell?
Heck, I once pulled my Mom over for driving with Jesus stickers on her front bumper.
Soon as she figured out it was me she came right out of the car and the officer I was with offered to mace me for the prank if she wanted it done.
Was pretty dang’d funny.
I walked up on plenty of vehicles as a “Sheriff Explorer” learning how to approach and ascertain safety.
This seems stupid and very flawed judgement...
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:23:45 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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