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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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To: Yashcheritsiy

Two really good rules of thumb.

1) LEOs often function in the mode of predators, spending their day looking for trouble and conflict, as part of their job, their “prey” being lawbreakers. But with this comes other characteristics that apply to predators. One being that it is a very bad idea to “back one into a corner.”

2) A lot of LEOs just adore Tasers, because guns only have three modes: in the holster, brandished, or being fired as a lethal weapon. But many situations are far more complicated than that, and really do not rise to the level of the use of lethal force, *except* that there is no alternative.


21 posted on 09/23/2012 6:05:59 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (DIY Bumper Sticker: "THREE TIMES,/ DEMOCRATS/ REJECTED GOD")
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To: Yashcheritsiy

That just ain’t right.


22 posted on 09/23/2012 6:10:57 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: ClearCase_guy

two cops facing up against a pen swinging double amputee in a wheelchair?.......I guess that’s fair odds...:(


23 posted on 09/23/2012 6:12:02 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Yashcheritsiy

Betchya the cop votes for Obama...again.


24 posted on 09/23/2012 6:14:21 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

what a chicken sheet


25 posted on 09/23/2012 6:14:43 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

as I have often said don’t call the coppers who are high on steroid rage, unless you want someone hurt or killed


26 posted on 09/23/2012 6:15:34 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

The officer didn’t have a mark on him...


27 posted on 09/23/2012 6:16:46 AM PDT by TheDon (The Democrat Party, the party of the KKK (tm))
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To: Yashcheritsiy

The murdered man had one arm. Ever try to move a wheelchair with ONE arm? You go around in circles. And which arm was he holding the “weapon” in? Huh? The OTHER arm?


28 posted on 09/23/2012 6:17:20 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Fascism is wrong even when practiced by the government.)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

Totally FUBAR response by the police.

I wonder if Officer Matthew Jacob Marin had a taser on his belt as his standard issue? Or if he had already discharged it earlier in the day on some geriatric threat to his authoritia?


29 posted on 09/23/2012 6:17:20 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
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To: ClearCase_guy

It all goes back to lawyers. Cops are purposely trained to kill so there’s only one story told in the court room. If this one leg, one armed man survived the John Edwards types would have pushed him in his wheelchair in front of a jury of Democrat-ticks, and been out shopping for Gulfstreams that afternoon.


30 posted on 09/23/2012 6:17:34 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: Yashcheritsiy

I read the article. The perp had one cop cornered, and the other one that shot feared for his partners life. Based upon this, I would assume the partner was to the side of or behind the wheelchair.

The guy had 1 arm and 1 leg. How difficult would it be to grab the wheelchair and pull it back enough to allow partner to get out of corner?

Keep in mind, the cop cornered did not shoot.

stupid, just plain stupid.

or clueless....


31 posted on 09/23/2012 6:20:37 AM PDT by joe fonebone (The clueless... they walk among us, and they vote...)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

Intent to commit a scathing note.


32 posted on 09/23/2012 6:24:52 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Those who pay no taxes and depend upon government are Government PETS.)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

I am calling my representative and demanding a national pen registration....

all jokes aside, sad day for those who cared about him....


33 posted on 09/23/2012 6:26:56 AM PDT by Kimmers (Fair isn't everybody getting the same thing, fair is getting what you need to be successful)
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To: Yashcheritsiy
Far from being a foreign policy wonk, I wonder just how do we fix or at least get on the right track our foreign policy after we rid ourselves of this politically driven "foreign policy" team of misfits and ignominious clowns...

Mitt Romney besides having a economy domestic nightmare to try and fix he also has the "fix" our image and geopolitical position in the world...

Personally, I think the way to fix it is a three fold approach:
Cut off ALL funding to any country that harbors Islamic fundamentalist...Don't like America, try feeding your people or filling your Swiss bank accounts with nada..
Close ALL diplomatic consulates or embassies in same country...The USA is the most influential country on the planet...try using our leverage though back channels and see how much you pay for it...
Drill, Drill, Drill... that tells the oil producing countries we will cut you off at the knees...try selling camel dung and sand fleas in ten years...

34 posted on 09/23/2012 6:27:04 AM PDT by Popman (In a place you only dream of Where your soul is always free)
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To: Popman

oops.. posted to wrong thread...sorry


35 posted on 09/23/2012 6:28:26 AM PDT by Popman (In a place you only dream of Where your soul is always free)
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To: bikerman
First they come for your dogs.

Then they come for your double amputees.

Who's next???

36 posted on 09/23/2012 6:30:28 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

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.

Some cops, that suffer from a deity syndrome, should not be allowed to carry a firearm.


37 posted on 09/23/2012 6:34:01 AM PDT by chainsaw ("Two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.")
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To: I want the USA back

Exactly — all the officer had to do was move away from him.


38 posted on 09/23/2012 6:34:34 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: yldstrk
don’t call the coppers who are high on steroid rage, unless you want someone hurt or killed

If your neighbor's dog is barking too much just call 911. The puppy shooters will take care of it. I wonder how many women these days arrange "blue divorces" by purposely driving their husband into a rage then dialing 911.

39 posted on 09/23/2012 6:36:20 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: Yashcheritsiy
A one-armed, one-legged guy in a wheelchair "cornered" two cops with a pen... and they waste him?

WTF is wrong with cops nowadays?

40 posted on 09/23/2012 6:37:53 AM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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