[marktwain]

A law enforcement officer was killed by a citizen, and it was ruled justified.

[Ancient Drive]

whoa...

[Recon Dad]

You’ve got to wonder what got these two so hot at each other that it came to shooting. Small town maybe there was bad blood between them.

[driftdiver]

Surprising but I don’t see a problem with it.

[varmintman]

Any “no-knock” raid is a candidate for the same thing.

[Westbrook]

> A law enforcement officer was killed by a citizen, and it
> was ruled justified.

Remarkable!

Now we need to see some LEO’s convicted of manslaughter for killing people simply defending their homes from armed invaders in the middle of the night.

Those tactics MUST be abandoned!

If our SOLDIERS are not allowed to conduct themselves that way while fighting a WAR on foreign soil, what possible justification can there be for such conduct by the police on American soil against American citizens?

[cuban leaf]

—A law enforcement officer was killed by a citizen, and it was ruled justified.—

I was thinking two things as I read the article: 1. They have videotape. 2. The cop was in plain clothes and did not identify himself.

Two was verified at the end of the article. I don’t know about one...

[autumnraine]

He was not a law enforcement officer at the moment of the shooting. He was a nut with a gun.

[DCBryan1]

Constables in Arkansas are a constant source of problems....$250.00 and go door to door...instant cop!

Anyways, Arkansas Constitution says there must be one per township, and we will have to do a Constitutional Amendment at the state level to abolish the office of Constable.

Unfortunately, it is needed in many rural areas, and there are some really good guys out there serving with no pay, mostly retired LEO/MIL.

Also, AR legislature has neutered the office of constable to include:
1) MUST BE IN UNIFORM
2) Vehicle must be marked clearly "ARKANSAS CONSTABLE"
3) Must have CLEO Part Time 2 certification to run radar, write tickets, make misdemeanor arrests, and use NCIC/ACIC.
4) ......this guy broke all the rules. He was an unidentified cop with a bad attitude, and the victim felt that he was going to die....and justified in the use of lawful deadly physical force IMHO.

[docbnj]

The citizen had no permit. But why not? Arkansas issues permits, so he should have had one.

This is a tragedy. The two men were old enough to have been able to control their tempers.

It is right that the civilian was not charged with murder, but his legal problems are not over, and the recollection of this unpleasantness will be with him for a lifetime.

[doorgunner69]

“his error was simply that he failed to communicate the fact that he was a law enforcement officer. He was in plain clothes, and his badge was in his back pocket.”

This puzzles me, are they implying what the cop did would have been just fine if only he had "communicated"?