Posted on 03/04/2002 1:06:48 PM PST by jackbill
The shooting of a 20-year-old Anne Arundel County man, by an FBI agent Friday evening screams for explanation, yet there isn't one given us. How come?
Joseph Charles Schultz of Orchard Beach was shot in the face with a round from an M4 assault rifle after the car in which he was riding, driven by his 16-year-old girlfriend, was pulled over on Fort Smallwood Road near Marley Neck Boulevard by FBI plainclothes agents in unmarked cars. He's in serious condition, wondering why representatives of the federal government so grievously injured him.
We do know the G-Men were looking for a bank robbery suspect. We don't know anything more, though we can assume the stop that resulted in the shooting was a case of mistaken identity. The FBI and local law enforcement officials have simply refused to discuss any of the details.
They wouldn't comment yesterday on how this mistake happened, why Krissy Harkum?s car was targeted, or what bank robbery was involved in the incident. They won't say who the FBI agent was or what his status is after the shooting.
The Baltimore Sun account this morning also reported that neither the FBI nor Anne Arundel County police could say how long the investigation into this incident will take.
Was it an accident? Did the rifle-toting agent who did the shooting have any reason to pull the trigger? Did he (or she) accidentally discharge the weapon? Was the wounding of Mr. Schultz an accident, an unfortunate response to some movement he might have made, or a crime?
Maybe some day we'll have a better idea, maybe not. The FBI says it won't comment as long as the investigation continues. Or, I would maintain, until they can figure out some ?plausible deniability.? Local cops are held to a high standard of accountability for misconduct, while any number of cases in recent years, such as the bloody end to the siege of the Branch Davidians in Waco and the killing of Randy Weaver's wife and son at Ruby Ridge, both by FBI assault teams, have tended to fuel suspicions that federal agents can do to us whatever they damned well please.
Who knows, they might conclude that the wounding of this Eagle Scout was just another case of collateral damage in the war on terrorism. We eagerly await some answers.
The father of the young lady who was driving the car was on the program and he said that after the young man was shot in the face, he was handcuffed and laid face-down on the ground for about an hour - until the FBI found out that they had the wrong guy. Only then did they call for medical assistance.
She said that while her friend was laying on the ground the FBI agents were whooping it up and refused her begging that they call medics.
BTW I used to live in that general area. There are at least three volunteer fire departments within five miles - all with ambulances and paramedics.
The FBI apparently caught the real perp on Sunday but they refuse to release any information - not even the name or location of the bank, the identity of the perp, the "identity" of the get-away car (for which they mistook the young lady's) - NOTHING. They are stonewalling.
Never saw that one coming. < /sarcasm >
By the way, what's the status of the James Beck case?
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None of them should be defended by means of the public treasury either.
Actually, there's a crime here - a conspiracy sort of crime in fact - and it has to do with civil rights.
If there were any local cops in on this, their employer is going to become a very bankrupt municipal authority.
She said that while her friend was laying on the ground the FBI agents were whooping it up and refused her begging that they call medics.
She said that while her friend was laying on the ground the FBI agents were whooping it up and refused her begging that they call medics.
She said that while her friend was laying on the ground the FBI agents were whooping it up and refused her begging that they call medics.****
I think this bears repeating. For God's sake. Who is running the FBI? Talk about incompetence! Whatever happened to America?
What the hell is happening to Free Republic?
This is supposed to be a conservative forum.
With this constant, multiple threads per day vilifying -- demonizing -- law enforcement, this forum is beginning to sound like a reunion of the Manson family.
What's next? People scrawling in red letters Death to the piggies all over their posts?
Someone want to post all the lyrics to this:
In their styes with all their backing
They don't care what goes on around
In their eyes there's something lacking
What they need's a damn good whacking.
[Piggies]
I'll give you that one because I want to make a point. But I know many of you would probably be happier putting up the lyrics to Helter Skelter (or maybe Sexy Sadie) but you're on your own for that.
Mark W.
Much of it is, but this part is in the far north-east part of the county, making it the most remote from D.C.. It is just south of Baltimore and most of the people work in Baltimore or in and around BWI airport.
Is it proper to smear all cops with a broad brush?
L
No, which is why I asked about these cops in particular.
Was the behavior of these cops proper, Dane?
If they can be identified. The question is, can the FBI be forced to identify them?
Actually, there's a crime here - a conspiracy sort of crime in fact - and it has to do with civil rights.
Agreed. However, who is it that prosecutes "civil rights" cases? The Justice Department. Who does the FBI report to? The Justice Department.
In my opinion, this one is just going to be another Waco or Ruby Ridge.
Bottom line: The government, and the government employee, is never responsible. Mistakes were made.
The only consolation is that the FBI agent is a lousy shot, or the young man would be dead.
L
I would feel much better if I thought that it was incompetence. It is not. It is the evil which results from unchecked power.
Or the refuge of a person without a legitimate point.
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