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Police Fatally Shoot an Unarmed Driver on the Grand Central Parkway (National Guardsman)
NY Times ^ | October 4, 2012 | J. David Goodman and Wendy Ruderman

Posted on 10/05/2012 9:48:53 AM PDT by opentalk

A New York police detective shot and killed an unarmed man, whose hands, a witness said, were on the steering wheel of his Honda, after he had been pulled over early Thursday for cutting off two police trucks on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens, the authorities said.

...The shooting, which occurred at 5:15 a.m., was the latest in a series of episodes in which police officers fatally shot or wounded civilians.

..A passenger in Mr. Polanco’s car, Diane Deferrari, said in a phone interview Thursday night that just before pulling the car over, officers appeared irate that Mr. Polanco had cut them off. She said that one of the officers — but not Detective Hamdy — stuck up his middle finger and was screaming obscenities from one of the moving police trucks.

“As soon as we stopped — they were rushing the car,” Ms. Deferrari said. “It was like an army.”

She said a group of officers swarmed the car, yelling for the three people in Mr. Polanco’s car to put their hands up. Mr. Polanco, whose hands were still on the steering wheel, had no time to comply, Ms. Deferrari said. At that instant, a shot rang out, and Mr. Polanco gasped for air, she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
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1 posted on 10/05/2012 9:49:00 AM PDT by opentalk
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To: opentalk

The NYC Keystone Kops claim another victim.


2 posted on 10/05/2012 9:53:46 AM PDT by MeganC (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: opentalk
Quote:
"The detective, Hassan Hamdy, 39, a 14-year veteran assigned to the Emergency Service Unit, fired one bullet through an open window of the car,..."
Begs the question, was there something visible on the victims vehicle identifying the victim as an Army reservist which could enflame the muslim detective beyond his civil call to duty?
3 posted on 10/05/2012 9:54:20 AM PDT by wtd
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To: MeganC
They let the Occupy wallstreet protesters run wild. Seems this guy was killed during rush hour traffic for cutting in.
4 posted on 10/05/2012 9:56:26 AM PDT by opentalk
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To: opentalk

Did they find out if he had a dog so they could kill it as well?......../s?


5 posted on 10/05/2012 9:57:01 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 0bie don' t eatl my dog!)
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To: opentalk

Detective Hassan Hamdy? Hmmmm.


6 posted on 10/05/2012 9:58:04 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: opentalk

This doesn’t sound good for the NYPD...not good at all.


7 posted on 10/05/2012 9:58:27 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Ambassador Stevens Is Dead And The Chevy Volt Is Alive)
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To: opentalk

Even one of the union spokesmen said that this shooting may be questionable (apparently, for those who didn’t read the article, the cops in one car felt they had been cut off by the victim’s car, and gave him the finger as they went around him before they stopped him - however, this is the New York Times’ account).

Looking at the other shootings, I think they were all justifiable. But this shooting is probably the one that will give Bloomberg the basis for making the cops go out unarmed as British cops do. Start the body count...


8 posted on 10/05/2012 9:59:12 AM PDT by livius
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To: opentalk

Did he have a dog costume on?


9 posted on 10/05/2012 9:59:32 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: opentalk

These aren’t the cops you see on “BlueBloods”.


10 posted on 10/05/2012 10:00:46 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,)
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Did they find out if he had a dog so they could kill it as well?

They probably have not had time to get over to the poor guy's house to check for one...

11 posted on 10/05/2012 10:01:20 AM PDT by tpmintx (Problem: The people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who VOTE for a living.)
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To: opentalk

If this is as it seems then nothing short of Conviction of Murder is appropriate here.


12 posted on 10/05/2012 10:02:32 AM PDT by Revel
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To: opentalk
"All animals are equal... but some are more equal than others" ...


13 posted on 10/05/2012 10:03:12 AM PDT by WVKayaker (I'm more than happy to be Obama's "enemy of the week" - Sarah Palin)
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To: opentalk

Killed for cutting them off? In Queens? Everyone cuts everyone off in Queens.


14 posted on 10/05/2012 10:03:12 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: livius

Sorry, but if this driver’s hands were on the steering wheel he posed no threat. This sounds like a case of ROAD RAGE on the cops’ part. I understand their anger but if the guy PULLED OVER AND HIS HANDS WERE ON THE STEERING WHEEL, SHOOTING HIM DEAD was a bit excessive.


15 posted on 10/05/2012 10:04:08 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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I wonder if the victim was in his reserve uniform?


16 posted on 10/05/2012 10:04:41 AM PDT by VRWCarea51
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To: tpmintx

They will check for his home address then raid a neighbor (80 year old widow). Shoot her and her small toy poodle, Mitzi!


17 posted on 10/05/2012 10:06:56 AM PDT by GOYAKLA (Recall/ Impeachment Day, November 6, 2012. FUBO, same for RINOs)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

A “bit” excessive? Good grief how about murder!

Have you ever driven in Queens?


18 posted on 10/05/2012 10:09:12 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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The story says the victim was shot in the abdomen. It seems like the cop would have to have been standing pretty close to the victim to do that unless he shot through the door.


19 posted on 10/05/2012 10:11:00 AM PDT by Kipp
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To: Kipp

Shot from passenger side.

Bet this goes down as accidental discharge.


20 posted on 10/05/2012 10:12:32 AM PDT by Roccus
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