FBI agent stops wrong car, shoots driver in face

Baltimore Sun ^ | March 2,2002 | Tom Pelton

[Husker24]

If the guy they shot was black, theres gonna be hell to pay.

[Cicero]

The FBI had some corrupt agents in it earlier, but it went far downhill under clinton and Reno, right up to the highest levels. I have seen absolutely NO evidence that Bush has attempted to do a damned thing to straighten things out. As I've said before, this is his worst failure as a president--to leave corrupt clintonoids in place all over his administration, especially in the FBI and the CIA.

[sheik yerbouty]

The Clinton legacy of affirmative action?

[LibWhacker]

"Anytime anyone gets shot, whether it's the right or wrong person -- we are traumatized by it as well," said FBI spokesman Peter Gulotta."

But no more traumatized in the latter case than in the former, I'll bet, eh, Mr. Fibber?

[Donald Stone]

That HAS to be a very fine differential by any measure! :-)

You are right about that,it is a very competitve field.

Annapolis is the heart of the Maryland State government,so the FBI agent that is head of the Annapolis field office must have special qualifications in order to protect Maryland's politically corrupt at the federal,state,and local level and their cronies in the private sector.

Years ago when I first spoke briefly to Midura, he was simply a special agent in the Baltimore FBI office.

In early 1999 I learned he had been promoted to Special Agent in Charge of the Annapolis FBI field office.

[freebilly]

The FBI would not comment last night on why the agent fired the weapon, whether it was a mistake or an attempt at self-defense, Gulotta said.

Shooting victim was armed with a pack of cigarettes. The FBI agent was heard to say, "I shot him to protect the passengers in the vehicle from the effects of second hand smoke..."

[cake_crumb]

...holdovers from the former administration?

[putupon]

"Anytime anyone gets shot, whether it's the right or wrong person -- we are traumatized by it as well,"

poor, poor FLEOs. I'm sure that this is devastating them & they probably haven't gotten over the Post Traumatic Syndrome
from Waco and Ruby Ridge yet. Golly gee, I sure hope this doesn't impair there efforts to search for all those terrorists still on the run in the US.
Come to think of it, Waco and Ruby Ridge is probably why they were unable to get Mohhamad Atta and the rest of his
crew that were here on expired visas and such prior to 9-11. Congress better raise our taxes to get these dedicated public servants some therapy.

[Aarchaeus]

So... is it time to roll ?

Yes

[Aarchaeus]

and let him be castigated by the community and the nation.

Yeah. Somebody needs to get a knife and cut...Oh, you said casTIGated! Oh, well, either way.

[Mikey]

"will present its findings to a grand jury to determine if the agent should be charged with a crime."

If? Damn the SOB stops the wrong car and shoots an unarmed man in the face and their investigating if he should be charged with a crime. Unbelievable.

"...civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice."

How about his God given unalienable rights?

"An FBI agent walked up to the car and fired a single bullet from an M-4 assault rifle, hitting the male passenger in the face, authorities said."

Damn even if this was the guy is this how the FBI arrest's people buy shooting first than asking questions?

"The FBI would not comment last night on why the agent fired the weapon, whether it was a mistake or an attempt at self-defense, Gulotta said."

How can it be an attempt at self defense unless the guy in the car attempted to attack the agent? What a crock of #@&+

[watcher1]

What is an M-4?

[nightdriver]

Peter Gulotta - "This is not something that we like to see happen. The circumstances will be thoroughly investigated."

INVESTIGATED? Bullfeathers!! When is someone from the FBI gonna swing for this?

[mrustow]

The link doesn't work: "bad request."

[a merkin]

The Keystone Kops strike again.

[Libertarian_4_eva]

The FBI called by NYC cops. Fan Belt Inspectors.

[mrustow]

The mainstream media are always focusing on the rare bad police shooting in New York, when bad police shootings are epidemic in the Maryland-D.C. area (particularly D.C. and Prince George's County!).

[mrustow]

OK.

[KeepUSfree]

Sorry, they only said he "would probably live". They neglected to say he will probably be a vegetable for the rest of his life. NO amount of money is worth that. So, to say "he was lucky" is, basically, sick.