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Charges sought against Albuquerque cops in shooting: police
Reuters ^ | 01/12/15

Posted on 01/12/2015 12:09:23 PM PST by Enlightened1

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To: JohnG45

To drop the knifes.


41 posted on 01/12/2015 1:41:36 PM PST by Hulka
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To: Drew68
“I know that would weigh on me as a juror. “

Emotions rule you rather than facts?

My son was in a shoot and yelled yee-haw when he fired. . .excitement you know. . .a clean shoot, cleared in 3-days.

42 posted on 01/12/2015 1:44:15 PM PST by Hulka
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To: DesertRhino

“As he lays there, shot to pieces, they give commands to drop the knife. (doubtful he could comply as he fell incapacitated with it in his hands still)”

It was one body, not pieces.

Commanding to drop the weapon is what you do. You don’t KNOW if he is still a threat or not. . .that is why they followed up with less lethal rounds when situation allowed.

Less lethal rounds can kill you (Brian Terry, RIP).


43 posted on 01/12/2015 1:46:09 PM PST by Hulka
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To: sport

I believe there are people in this country and on this forum who think cops should be able to kill a guy for being an a hole.

As for cops, if they scream at you and treat you like dirt and you tell them to go eff themselves, you’re being an a hole. If you don’t start jumping when they say “Frog!” you’re being an a hold. Bang!


44 posted on 01/12/2015 1:56:12 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy. And so are republican voters.)
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To: Above My Pay Grade
"A man with a knife (or knives) is a grave threat to anyone armed with a gun within 21 feet."

Not quite. You are referring to the Tueller Drill obviously. But that is a matter of how much ground an attacker could before you can use your holstered weapon. It does not apply to a group of cops all pointing guns.

45 posted on 01/12/2015 1:57:11 PM PST by mlo
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To: Above My Pay Grade
A man with a knife (or knives) is a grave threat to anyone armed with a gun within 21 feet.

Not on that terrain.

Guy was slow and clumsy as well.

*sniff* *sniff*

What is that I smell on your breath? Why, I believe that's jackboot polish!

46 posted on 01/12/2015 1:57:30 PM PST by rmh47 (Go Kats! - Got eight? NRA Life Member])
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To: Above My Pay Grade
"The homeless, ARMED scumbucket had the cops in a 4 hour standoff and then refused urgent orders to “get on the ground” for at least 6 seconds before the police fired."

None of which justifies shooting him.

47 posted on 01/12/2015 1:59:22 PM PST by mlo
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To: VerySadAmerican

You are correct.


48 posted on 01/12/2015 2:01:25 PM PST by sport
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To: Above My Pay Grade
"Any armed man who won’t comply with commands when 3 rifles are pointed at him, is clearly a potentially dangerous individual."

Cops don't get to shoot anyone because they are "potentially dangerous". Maybe that's where you are confused.

49 posted on 01/12/2015 2:03:45 PM PST by mlo
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To: Hulka
"Apparently the police are supposed to wait until the guy gets close enough to stab them before taking action. . .like FReepers here would do if confronted by an armed man."

Well yes. They do have to wait until he's close enough, among other things, to be a threat. Why should they shoot when he's not a threat? Think about it.

Having a knife, being armed, is not enough to shoot someone. Not for self-defense and not for cops. In many places it's perfectly legal to be armed. Are cops allowed to go around shooting legally armed people? Of course not. There's more involved than being armed.

50 posted on 01/12/2015 2:09:17 PM PST by mlo
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To: Hulka
like FReepers here would do if confronted by an armed man.

Because of cops and gun laws, all of the armed men that I have had to disarm, I had to do it while unarmed myself, except for a pool stick once, that was for a knife, with guns, it was always barehanded.

There are a number of freepers that have been around violence a lot, and we marvel at the cowardice and incompetence of some of these jokers that are cops, for instance in this video, where they managed to turn a little run in with a homeless guy, into an expensive killing.

51 posted on 01/12/2015 2:28:12 PM PST by ansel12 (Civilization, Crusade against the Mohammedan Death Cult.)
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To: mlo

We don’t really need to run through all the details, the fact is that all of these cops should have been able to figure out some way to handle this little situation without turning it into a deadly killing circus.

Cops can’t keep making expensive and deadly mountains out of such interactions with people, this wasn’t the taking of the London Embassy, or hostages in a bank, if they can’t handle this dinged out homeless guy then they are are in the wrong line of work, in their job they should be the experts at handling situations, not the worst at it, a couple of bouncers or bikers would have handled this situation better and the guy would have survived it.


52 posted on 01/12/2015 2:38:11 PM PST by ansel12 (Civilization, Crusade against the Mohammedan Death Cult.)
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To: mlo

The criminal was armed and refused commands to get on the ground and did not drop his weapons. He needed to be shot. Failing to do so would put the officers and the public at risk.

I am shocked at how many pro-criminal FReepers we have.


53 posted on 01/12/2015 2:50:43 PM PST by Above My Pay Grade
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To: mlo

He was just “armed” he was brandishing the knives at the officers and resisted arrests and disobeyed their repeated commands at gunpoint.

If the cops didn’t shoot, the likelihood us that one or more of them would have been stabbed to death. Only a VERY deranged and dangerous individual continues to brandish weapons at officers, when ordered to stop at gunpoint.


54 posted on 01/12/2015 2:54:39 PM PST by Above My Pay Grade
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To: Hulka

“Less lethal rounds”

Is that what you load in your home defense gun?

Less lethal = less stopping power. They should only be used against unarmed individuals. Using them against an armed man is just short of suicide.


55 posted on 01/12/2015 2:57:46 PM PST by Above My Pay Grade
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To: JohnG45

He turned as the officers started firing. He was facing them when they began to fire.

Can you explain why the scumbag defied their commands to get on the ground and refused to drop HIS weapons?


56 posted on 01/12/2015 3:00:23 PM PST by Above My Pay Grade
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To: Above My Pay Grade
"The criminal was armed and refused commands to get on the ground and did not drop his weapons. He needed to be shot. Failing to do so would put the officers and the public at risk."

He was armed and refused commands, but neither of those things is an imminent deadly threat. He didn't actually try to attack anyone with that knife. Nothing in that video shows that he needed to be shot. He needed to be dealt with, yes. Nobody suggests they should let him walk away. But shooting him is not justified because he didn't follow orders.

"I am shocked at how many pro-criminal FReepers we have."

Only when the criminals wear police uniforms apparently.

57 posted on 01/12/2015 3:17:57 PM PST by mlo
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To: Above My Pay Grade
"If the cops didn’t shoot, the likelihood us that one or more of them would have been stabbed to death. Only a VERY deranged and dangerous individual continues to brandish weapons at officers, when ordered to stop at gunpoint."

That is not a valid argument for deadly force. I don't think you understand when deadly force is justified.

58 posted on 01/12/2015 3:19:10 PM PST by mlo
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To: Above My Pay Grade

“The homeless, ARMED scumbucket had the cops in a 4 hour standoff...”

You’d think they could have found some beanbag rounds in that amount of time.


59 posted on 01/12/2015 3:24:16 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Enlightened1
Autopsy shows James Boyd shot 3 times, once in back
60 posted on 01/12/2015 3:29:33 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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