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Body camera video shows East Texas police shoot, kill man who pulled fake gun
my san antonio ^ | 7-215 | JOSHUA FECHTER

Posted on 07/05/2015 7:32:03 PM PDT by smokingfrog

The Palestine Police Department has released graphic body camera footage of a fatal altercation in May between two of its officers and a man accused of stealing beer outside of an Applebee's restaurant.

Footage uploaded to YouTube shows Palestine Police Sgt. Gabriel Green and Officer Kaylynn Griffin confronting James D. Bushey, 47, in the Applebee's bathroom on May 31 before leading him outside. The two officers had been alerted that Bushey had allegedly attempted to lift a case of beer from a nearby Walmart.

"What do you need?" Bushey asks the officer Green in the videos. Green tells the man that he is a suspect in a theft case and asks him to step outside of the restaurant.

"Don't act dumb, come on and step out. You're on video, okay?" Green says when Bushey does not reply.

The officers are shown escorting Bushey — wearing a Dos Equis shirt and a baseball cap with a "Walking Dead" logo on it — outside, where the 47-year-old brandishes what appears to be a pistol and Green tries to control.

Griffin screams "Gun! Gun! Gun!" as Green releases Bushey, who dashes away and attempts to point the gun at the two officers.

Green is shown firing about nine rounds at Bushey while Griffin fires three to four.

Officers later determined that Bushey's gun, fashioned to resemble a Colt 1911 .45 caliber handgun, was a BB gun..

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Texas
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1 posted on 07/05/2015 7:32:04 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

Suicide-by-cop.


2 posted on 07/05/2015 7:32:44 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("One man with a gun can control a hundred without one." -- Vladimir Lenin)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Most definitely !


3 posted on 07/05/2015 7:35:33 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: smokingfrog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kSiqfM2GR4E


4 posted on 07/05/2015 7:35:37 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Body camera video shows East Texas police shoot, kill man who pulled fake gun

Idiot headline writer. If it was a bb gun, it's not a fake gun.

5 posted on 07/05/2015 7:35:59 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yep.

And while I’ll agree that a BB gun shouldn’t be considered a full fledged gun, it can still shoot an eye out. No officer should have to submit to that.

And from any distance at all, it would be hard to tell what was really in the guy’s hand.

This was either suicide by cop or another Darwin Award winner.


6 posted on 07/05/2015 7:36:29 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: smokingfrog

He is faking it...


7 posted on 07/05/2015 7:39:22 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: smokingfrog

One less Palestinian. Oh, the outrage.


8 posted on 07/05/2015 7:40:00 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: smokingfrog

Pointing a fake gun at two men armed with real guns with real bullets is a non-repeating act.


9 posted on 07/05/2015 7:40:10 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: smokingfrog

crazy.. what’s a case of beer gonna get ya?


10 posted on 07/05/2015 7:40:12 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: DoughtyOne

It can cause a nasty flesh wound that could get infected, too. (from National Lampoon’s Vacation)


11 posted on 07/05/2015 7:40:39 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!!)
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To: smokingfrog

Well that’s stupid.


12 posted on 07/05/2015 7:48:52 PM PDT by Red Steel
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The officers sought medical attention for Bushey but he died from multiple gunshot wounds, the Herald reported.

Obvious. He about unloaded the entire mag on him.

13 posted on 07/05/2015 7:56:48 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: smokingfrog

Darwin Award winner.


14 posted on 07/05/2015 7:59:08 PM PDT by TheCipher (Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain)
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To: smokingfrog

According to these liberals, socialists and communists, the police officers should have known that the “GUN” was a fake one. REALLY??? The stupidity of these people amazes me every day.


15 posted on 07/05/2015 8:01:50 PM PDT by gingerbread
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Zactly. End of story.


16 posted on 07/05/2015 8:02:22 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: smokingfrog

Firing nine rounds? That sounds racist. Where is rev. al sharpton and rev. jesse?


17 posted on 07/05/2015 8:03:37 PM PDT by boycott
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If only the guy had carried one of these!
18 posted on 07/05/2015 8:19:39 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: DoughtyOne
the cops had no choice...the guy was probably drunk and probably not very smart to begin with....

but shouldn't he have been frisked from moment one?

19 posted on 07/05/2015 8:22:37 PM PDT by cherry
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To: DoughtyOne

My kids had a 1911 .45 bb pistol when they were younger. From 5 feet away it looks real enough to get you killed.


20 posted on 07/05/2015 8:27:22 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( NASCAR 2015: "Bootlegger to boot licker"--FReeper Crim)
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