Off duty means out of uniform. Once more the police get away with shooting a guy.
Posted on 05/06/2009 4:19:21 AM PDT by from occupied ga
A 28-year-old Atlanta man was shot by an off-duty Atlanta police officer Tuesday night, but accounts vary as to what led to the conflict.
Atlanta Police Lt. Keith Meadows said an officer, working security at the Cityviews Apartments on Richardson Street, saw what he believed to be a “suspicious” person and when the officer approached the man ran to his car. The officer approached the
“The subject reached under his seat and the officer felt threatened,” Meadows said. The officer fired a single shot to the face.
No weapons were found on the man, Meadows said. The wounded man had a cellphone in his hand when he was searched at the hospital, he said.
Relatives identified the wounded man as Tramaine Miller. Meadows said Miller was in critical condition at Grady Memorial Hospital.
His father, Gregory Rollins, said Miller was visiting the complex to deliver medication to his aunt, who’s a paraplegic.
“He comes here all the time to bring her medication,” said Rollins, who lives with his disabled sister.
The incident occurred around 10 p.m. As of 11:30 p.m. police were still awaiting a warrant to search the vehicle, which was being towed to police headquarters.
Witness Jack Jordan disputed the official account.
“The cop kept telling him to show his hands,” said Jordan, who was about 20-25 yards away from the shooting. “I saw his hands.”
Jordan said he heard a window break, and then heard a gunshot.
“How can you roll down a window when your hands are in the air?” Jordan asked.
The officer will be placed on a three-day firearm review, with investigations forthcoming by the department’s homicide and internal affairs divisions, Meadows said.
Off duty means out of uniform. Once more the police get away with shooting a guy.
Off-duty police who insist on confronting ‘suspicious’ people are a menace.
I’d have assumed this out-of-uniform officer was a mugger or a mafiosi, and acted accordingly. Any one of us would.
A fact lost on a couple of the mouth breathers that have already posted on this thread.
True. However he would be charged with assault with a deadly weapon. The victim is expected to live although I suspect that he will require extensive reconstructive surgery.
Atlanta cop news for yesterday.
Off-duty cops charged with shooting up Lake Allatoona.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244428/posts
Since when did FR become a cop bashing site? Sure there are some bad cops out there but the majority are good. The same can be said of the US Military and conservatives in general. Do we condemn the whole based on the actions of a few? C’mon guys, that’s what Liberals do.
Graybeard58, I know your posts and like them, but you just don’t know Atlanta cops.
This picture is just not far fetched, I’m sorry to say
“the majority are good.”
I’m afraid not in Atlanta. He has a point, when we get to Atlanta cops, I’m sorry to say
Posting a news story isn’t “bashing”.
Nice try at deflecting the issue.
No, but equating cops with Nazis and implying that most are corrupt is. Better try at deflecting from the issue.
“FREEZE!” “DROP TO THE GROUND!”
Well, if’n I drop, I can’t rightly freeze...
...and if’n I drop, I’m a gonna be in motion...
BANG!
I can’t speak for Atlanta. If the cops there are rude and discourteous that’s quite different from corruption. In this day and age corruption by cops is hard to get away with.
Here in New York City, a cop can’t fart in the wrong direction without someone filing a civilian complaint. You’d be surprised at how few Rights cops have here.
No, posting a picture of a Nazi is not equating all cops to Nazis.
There was a different point being made, about the unfairness of what he was doing compared to what the Atlanta off duty officer did to the unarmed man.
And THAT point was valid. I shudder to think of how the Atlanta police treat unarmed Atlantans. It’s scary (thankfully I live south of Atlanta)
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