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Houston officer kills double amputee in wheelchair
AP ^ | 23 Sep 2012 | Staff W. Riter

Posted on 09/23/2012 5:35:03 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy

A Houston police officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair Saturday inside a group home after police say the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen.

Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said the man cornered the officer in his wheelchair and was making threats while trying to stab the officer with the pen. At the time, the officer did not know what the metal object was that the man was waving, Silva said.

She said the man came "within inches to a foot" of the officer and did not follow instructions to calm down and remain still.

"Fearing for his partner's safety and his own safety, he discharged his weapon," Silva told The Associated Press.

Police did not immediately release the name of the man who was killed. They had been called to the home after a caretaker there called and reported that the man in wheelchair was causing a disturbance.

The owner of the group home, John Garcia, told the Houston Chronicle that the man had a history of mental illness and had been living at the house about 18 months. Garcia said the man had told him that he lost a leg above the knee and all of one arm when he was hit by a train.

"He sometimes would go off a bit, but you just ignore it," Garcia told the newspaper.

Silva identified the officer as Matthew Jacob Marin, a five-year veteran of the department. He was immediately placed on three-day administrative leave, which is standard in all shootings involving officers.

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1 posted on 09/23/2012 5:35:10 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy
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To: Yashcheritsiy

Hope he didnt have a dog also.


2 posted on 09/23/2012 5:39:35 AM PDT by bikerman (How will Democrats stand up to terrorism when they can’t even face Fox News?”)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

But — but — he felt threatened. That pen might have been loaded.


3 posted on 09/23/2012 5:44:12 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Yashcheritsiy

He was a foot away and the cop couldn’t identify that he was waving a pen?


4 posted on 09/23/2012 5:44:24 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

Righteous kill. As long as this skin-head bloused booted multiple murderer goes home, who cared how many double amputees he butchers? It’s only a civilian, and a cripple, at that. No great loss...


5 posted on 09/23/2012 5:46:16 AM PDT by jonascord (Democrats are the people on the Left Side of the Bell Curve.)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

Was the pen mightier than the sword?


6 posted on 09/23/2012 5:47:42 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: Yashcheritsiy

After the suspension [vacation] is over, he will be immediately promoted to the rank of at least sergent.


7 posted on 09/23/2012 5:48:59 AM PDT by sport
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To: Yashcheritsiy

When the SHTF, very few Americans will feel that cops are the good guys. Cops are neighborhood bullies and will be seen as such.


8 posted on 09/23/2012 5:49:23 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (ua)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

Maybe the cop thought he had a pen zip gun.


9 posted on 09/23/2012 5:51:41 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

There is zero doubt how this would end if the shooter wasn’t a cop.


10 posted on 09/23/2012 5:53:36 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

Local news says the wheelchair guy “cornered” the cop and made him feel threatened.

I’m sure there are some pretty tough guys in wheelchairs but
the dude had only one arm and one leg and TWO cops couldn’t
get any leverage on him?

Crazed amputee badasses with bic pens will be the death of us all.


11 posted on 09/23/2012 5:53:38 AM PDT by humblegunner (Pablo, being wily, pities the fool.)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

This brings tears to my eyes and boiling anger. My sister lives in a group home for retarded adults and some of them have serious emotional and anger problems. I just cannot imagine that any police officer called to a group home for a disturbance would shoot a man in a wheelchair with only one arm and one leg.


12 posted on 09/23/2012 5:55:06 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ClearCase_guy
When the SHTF, the cops will not be the good guys, my FRiend. Who do you think put the Jews in the boxcars? Who rounded up the Soviets that were sent to Siberia? It is the police of the Regime.

Overhere[the U.S.] the police are agents of the State. We[Conservatives,Christians, Veterans]are now considered enemies of said State. But, but, but,... we are not being rounded up and arrested yet. No, but obama is working on issueing Executive Orders to do that. Congress has given him the authority to do so.

13 posted on 09/23/2012 5:57:16 AM PDT by sport
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To: Yashcheritsiy
How old is the dead man?

I didn't click the article, but I envision a lot.

A guy mauled by a train is either a railway worker, a stupid drunk or someone trying to hobo a bit.

Either scenerio, I see the guy to be maybe 30's or so.

How pissed off deranged could a guy be (that hadn't had any or much mental therapy to deal with the loss of what I'm sure the guy considered his life) and especially when the owner of the group home (not known for re-hab) says, "Yeah, he flips out every now and then.


Y'call a doctor for a shot in the arm ... not one in the heart.


Just my tuppence worth.

14 posted on 09/23/2012 5:59:33 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

When the American people cheered at the murder of Terry Schiavo, it meant future killings of this kind.


15 posted on 09/23/2012 5:59:38 AM PDT by Theodore R. ( Who among us has not erred? Akin's the One!)
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To: Yashcheritsiy
If you are a crazed and utterly evil murderer-wannabe, join the force.

It's a license to kill.

16 posted on 09/23/2012 6:00:03 AM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: Theodore R.

drivel


17 posted on 09/23/2012 6:00:48 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: Theodore R.

>> When the American people cheered at the murder of Terry Schiavo, it meant future killings of this kind.

Many were salivating.


18 posted on 09/23/2012 6:03:06 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
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To: SampleMan
Yep! There is now no situation that cannot be made worse by calling the cops.

And at one time in the past, the cops would have handled the situation without shooting the man. But that was then and this is now.

19 posted on 09/23/2012 6:03:31 AM PDT by sport
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To: Yashcheritsiy

Good Lord, summary execution.


20 posted on 09/23/2012 6:05:32 AM PDT by Kakaze (I want The Republic back !)
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