Strange story. The Daily Mail article linked above has links to a couple of SAT Express-News pieces on the situation as well.
This officer has a long history of problems according to other articles.
Something smells.
Of course the cop was arrested and thrown into jail?
He beat the cop over the head? Show me the lumps.
There are videos in the cars or on cops these days, so lets see and hear what happened.
dash cam was not “operational”... jeez.
Nothing good happens after 2 AM.
“Redus successfully wrestled Carter’s police baton out of his hands, and started beating him over the head with it.
Carter reacquired the baton, and told Redus that he would open fire if the student refused to surrender. According to Police Chief Richard Pruitt, Redus charged the officer once again, forcing Carter to shoot him.”
If that’s true, the officer acted properly.
The kid must have been White, since there’s no hypocritical outrage out there.
This kid was shot by a University of the Incarnate Word campus cop but was shot OFF-CAMPUS by the cop? Something is very smelly about this whole thing.
Anyone have a picture and background on the cop?
A cop with eight jobs in eight years? Alarm bells, flashing lights, sirens screaming! There’s a problem here.
Well, that should be easy enough to check. A police baton is not a pillow.
Devastated friends described Redus’s alleged behavior that night as strange, given the student’s usual demeanor.
Bath salts again?
The kid was hitting the cop with the baton. That is a weapon.
"While the camera on the police cruiser was out, audio was still working which captured Carter warning Redus 56 times to stop resisting arrest, 14 times to place his hands behind his back and three times that he was under arrest."
If a rogue officer, maybe he and Redus deserved one another.
There doesn’t seem to be much evidence of what happened. If this is all they have, the DA may choose not to pursue this. The autopsy might help.
In addition, there will be a video from the police officer's vehicle that should coaberate this story.
If these types of things are not established as evidence...if they are strangely missing...then I will begin to conclude that the officer's story is not correct.
The reports of this officer's other troubles are not something that lends credence to the "extensive law enforcement background," they are claiming. If he has had six or eight jobs in eight years, and had to change because of his troubles...perhaps he should not be out interfacing with the public as a law enforcement officer in the first place.
But all of that has to be established.
Clearly, this kid's prior history and what is being alleged do not match up...but that does not mean something was not going on in his life that drove him to behave badly. Time and evidence will tell what actually occurred.
Many years ago, when the company I was working for went under, some of my buddies took ‘security’ jobs while we were all looking for better. The stories they used to tell were really scary. They had next to no training and were given guns and badges almost immediately. At that time I thought they only had authority when they were at their point of employment. I had no idea the law was so vague.
Anyone walking around with a gun and a badge and authority to get involved with citizens, should be required to have all of the necessary law enforcement training.
Apparently Redus had been out drinking and bar hopping and I suspect that is why his supposed
actions aren’t what family/friends are familiar with. Who knows what really happend.
So the cop lost the baton but then reacquired it.
and told Redus that he would open fire if the student refused to surrender.
You don't just get to shoot someone 6 times because they won't surrender -- especially when you now have the baton.