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Shocking video shows two Texas deputies fatally shooting a man who had his hands up
Daily Mail ^ | September 1, 2015 | Regina F. Graham

Posted on 09/01/2015 8:02:51 AM PDT by Bratch

Video obtained by a San Antonio TV station appears to show a man with his hands up fatally shot by deputies, an encounter that authorities say happened after the armed man resisted arrest and nonlethal weapons failed to bring him under control.

Gilbert Flores, 41, died shortly after the shooting Friday, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Monday.

Deputies Greg Vasquez and Robert Sanchez were responding to a domestic disturbance and found a woman with a cut on her head and a baby who appeared injured, according to the statement.

The video, which was shot by a bystander and obtained exclusively by KSAT-TV, shows the deputies encounter with Flores as they attempted to arrest him.

 

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; fatalshooting; police; unarmed
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1 posted on 09/01/2015 8:02:51 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: Bratch

Brown people shooting brown people. Yeb, there’s no love lost here.


2 posted on 09/01/2015 8:05:47 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe and ¿Jeb?)
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To: Bratch

He’s not black so it won’t matter.


3 posted on 09/01/2015 8:05:58 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: b4its2late

What I saw was one hand raised, the other presumably raised but obscured by a telephone pole or something. The video stops there (looked like near a hundred yards distant). It didn’t show me any shooting, nor what prompted that.


4 posted on 09/01/2015 8:12:26 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Bratch

If the cop is White you must indict!

Pray America is waking


5 posted on 09/01/2015 8:12:38 AM PDT by bray (Trump and Cruz to the White House)
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To: Bratch

That doesn’t look good for the officers. Supposedly, there is another video that is better.


6 posted on 09/01/2015 8:13:39 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Bratch

Video doesn’t show any shooting, from what I saw. Might have shown what led up to the shooting, but it cut off before anything happened.


7 posted on 09/01/2015 8:13:43 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

It does show the shooting. The news station stopped before the shooting occurred. But you can hear the gunshots.


8 posted on 09/01/2015 8:15:08 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: bray
If the cop is White you must indict!

And if the cop is Brown? You just keep him around?

9 posted on 09/01/2015 8:15:28 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Bratch

You abuse a woman and a child two cops show up and you continuously resist arrest?

Coroner’s Verdict should be suicide.


10 posted on 09/01/2015 8:16:07 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Bratch

There was video from last Friday where a white guy wandered into the lobby of a Texas police station and wound up dead. Admittedly the guy was obviously acting weird and the police did confront him. But he wasn’t armed and when they wrestled him to the ground to cuff him it looked like one cop was kneeling on his neck.


11 posted on 09/01/2015 8:17:55 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

If the killer is Brown, come on down!


12 posted on 09/01/2015 8:18:03 AM PDT by bray (Trump and Cruz to the White House)
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To: Gaffer
Exactly. Not that I want to see someone get shot but how anyone thinks this is proof the police acted inappropriately is beyond me.
13 posted on 09/01/2015 8:18:23 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Bratch
Hands up..Don't shoot

Shouldn't you be at the airport spitting on soldiers today?

14 posted on 09/01/2015 8:18:59 AM PDT by laotzu
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To: Kartographer
You abuse a woman and a child two cops show up and you continuously resist arrest?

As reprehensible as those offenses are, they are not capital crimes. Shooting a suspect is supposed to be used only as a last resort, not a first or second one.

15 posted on 09/01/2015 8:19:38 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

You resist arrest you are tempting fate. He cooperates and he is alive today. He chose poorly.


16 posted on 09/01/2015 8:22:10 AM PDT by bray (Trump and Cruz to the White House)
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To: Bratch

The video does not show the wife and baby beater’s left hand as it was blocked by a utility pole. It is also not clear if he dropped his right hand after being shot or if he lowered it and was shot as a result.

An armed criminal who beat a woman and a baby and resisted arrest is dead. My tear ducts must be clogged because I can’t manage any tears for him
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17 posted on 09/01/2015 8:22:26 AM PDT by Above My Pay Grade (Donald Trump: New York City Liberal)
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To: bray
You resist arrest you are tempting fate. He cooperates and he is alive today. He chose poorly.

Resisting arrest is not a valid reason for shooting someone.

18 posted on 09/01/2015 8:23:43 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

There will be an investigation and if there is negligence they will be punished. Until then, one less wife beater to worry about.


19 posted on 09/01/2015 8:25:35 AM PDT by bray (Trump and Cruz to the White House)
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To: Gaffer

More lying propaganda.


20 posted on 09/01/2015 8:27:15 AM PDT by ifinnegan
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