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Posted on 07/14/2011 8:46:12 PM PDT by yup2394871293
On Sunday a Kern County, California, sheriff's deputy shot and killed David Lee "Deacon" Turner, a 56-year-old former running back for the Cincinnati Bengals, outside a convenience store in Bakersfield. Police questioned Turner, who was coming out of the store with his 19-year-old son, while investigating reports of teenagers asking adults to buy them alcohol and cigarettes. The Kern County Sheriff's Office says Deputy Wesley Kraft fired twice at Turner after the former football player hit Deputy Aaron Nadal over the head with a bag containing two 24-ounce cans of beer. Turner's son offered a strikingly different account:
Turner's son was too shaken to speak with Eyewitness News on Sunday, but he told his sister what he witnessed.
"They asked my dad if he was the person buying alcohol for underage youth," Jerrica Cor-Dova said.
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
There are 24 ounce cans of beer now?
Doesn’t look good.
Have been for years... You see a lot of them and the 24 oz. bottles in premium and micro brews.
If the surveillance video mysteriously disappears, we know what happened.
I got a 25.4 oz can of Fosters (Australian for “beeah”) in the fridge right now.
I don't think this needs to be a case where we hope the police were right in their actions. Let the evidence lead us to the truth. Either the former NFL player was involved, or he was not. If he was not, then the actions of the responding officers will need to be judged.
Will the video become unreadable?
I would tell the wino that if he bought the beer I was going to follow him out the door and call the cops if I found any kids waiting for him.
A lot of otherwise law abiding people don't have a problem buying beer for kids, so it isn't just the winos, some kids will ask anyone they see.
Was outside store. Video may not show.
24 oz cans are called “tall boys” and have been around for decades.
Wonder if it will be sent to the same place for "analysis" as the LVPD sent the Costco recording.
There was a time when I would assume the mans son was lying, not anymore.
Those are known as "oil cans" and I have an open one right in front of me at the moment.
Tall boys were once the 16oz. Inflation, I guess.
I thought it could be “Pacman” Jones. What a turd. Can’t believe the Titans took him. But then I can’t believe the Titans take any of their last 5 years of draft players.
Glad I didn’t buy PSL seats when they moved here.
UPDATE
Turner’s son and daughter arrested at hospital
I won’t prejudge this incident, but I do live here and I can tell you this case has the potential to really get the local blacks worked into a frenzy.
The Kern County cops have quite a few officer involved shootings. They have also been pretty good at investigating them. They have judged a few to be unjustified.
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