Posted on 07/02/2020 6:16:15 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
CARLSBAD, N.M. - Recently released videos from a body-camera worn by a National Park Ranger at Carlsbad Caverns National Park reveals the park visitor who he tased, then shot and killed did not provoke the use of force and was unarmed.
Charles “Gage” Lorentz was traveling from his work site in Pecos, Texas on March 21. 2020 intending to head to his family’s home in Southwest Colorado. A report from the Eddy County Sheriff’s Department noted that he detoured at Carlsbad Caverns National Park to meet a friend. The report states National Park Ranger Robert Mitchell stopped him for speeding on a dirt road near the Rattlesnake Springs area of the park.
The lapel video shows Ranger Mitchell ordered Lorentz to spread his feet and move closer to a railing. Lorentz is seen complying with those orders. But when the ranger orders Lorentz to turn around, Lorentz is seen in the video not complying and dancing to nearby music playing from someone’s vehicle. Ranger Mitchell commanded Lorentz to take his hands out of his pockets, and without warning or an announcement that force will be used; Ranger Mitchell deployed his Taser at Lorentz.
The video abruptly ends when the Taser is deployed. Twenty-six seconds of the video is missing, but when the video resumes, the video shows Ranger Mitchell on top of Lorentz. That’s when the ranger shot him twice with his service gun.
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Before these videos, cops were NEVER charged for killing a citizen.
Ping
Gee.
The only things I ever saw a park ranger deploy were rolling papers and a hacky-sack.
Maybe they’re trying to one-up the TSA.
Oh well. ALL government employees with badges are HEROES!
And pharmacists, of course.
There seems to be a common thread in all of these cases: If you fight the cops, assault a cop, resist arrest, etc., bad things can happen. The deceased looked like he was high on drugs. Also, remember Rule #1: The media version is always biased against the police.
I don’t rely need to see much more here. There is no reason this man ended up dead at the hands of police.
“There seems to be a common thread in all of these cases: If you fight the cops, assault a cop, resist arrest, etc., bad things can happen. The deceased looked like he was high on drugs. Also, remember Rule #1: The media version is always biased against the police.”
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I agree with all that.
Why?
Was his dancing THAT bad?
Toxicology confirms NO drugs or alcohol in the victim’s system.
Just remember to obey our HEROES in blue!
And food handlers, of course.
USA! USA!
(One day I hope MY job is declared essential by our government friends!)
This reporting is so irresponsible it should be slander.
EXACTLY!
It’s true this happened months ago, however if you watch closely and look hard at Gage’s face, he is NOT wearing a face mask and to me he looks high on hydroxychloroquine. It’s illegal and selfish to get arrested when not wearing a face mask. Sadly, Gage is just another senseless probable Covid death, and the officer probably has Covid now too and has given it to his family and fellow officers who have by now given it to pretty much everyone. That’s an expertential catastrophe that could have been avoided had Gage just paused and thought of others before himself.
LOOKS LIKE MURDER TO ME
hate to be flippant but the victim is white so why do we care....we only care for black lives I’m told....
I don’t really need to see much more here. There is no reason this man ended up dead at the hands of police.
I don't see what the guy did to be shot.
“I don’t see what the guy did to be shot.”
He was 5 over the speed limit.
Not true, although the police department's Internal Affairs usually rules a righteous shoot.
Some cops did end up charged, and tried, and almost invariably acquitted...
Let’s have anarchy and wild west.
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