Posted on 01/26/2015 9:36:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The Longview Police Department placed three officers on leave after a 17-year-old girl was shot and killed in the lobby of the station last week, the Marshall News Messenger reported.
According to officials, Kristiana Coignard entered the Texas police station on Thursday evening brandishing a weapon. Police spokeswoman Kristie Brian said Coignard used a phone in the lobby to call police dispatch and asked to see an officer.
When officers arrived in the lobby, she "came at the officers" with a weapon, according to Brian. Police did not confirm what type of weapon Coignard had, but Longview Mayor Jay Dean said that she was carrying a knife, according to the Marshall News Messenger.
Justice of the Peace James Mathis said Coignard was shot "multiple times," according to the Marshall News Messenger.
Police have not released many details about the incident. It remains unclear why Coignard entered the police station and what occurred before she was shot.
The 17-year-old was living with her aunt, Heather Robertson, who told ThinkProgress that her niece had been struggling with mental illness.
“I think it was a cry for help," Robertson said about Coignard's actions last week. "I think they could have done something. They are grown men. I think there is something they are not telling us."
Robertson said her niece has struggled with depression and bipolar disorder since her mother died when she was four years old. Coignard has been hospitalized twice after trying to commit suicide. Robertson told ThinkProgress that Coignard "was only violent with herself."
The three officers involved in the incident were placed on leave, and the Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting.
A) Hardly anyone wears a bullet-proof vest in an office, not even the police. (B) She was 17 years old, old enough to enlist in the armed forces and fight, not a little toddler as you so amusingly pictured and (C) you come at me with a deadly weapon and I’ll sure enough defend myself, up to and including deadly force. You guys can take this anti-cop horse$#*+ way too far, you know that?
I agree with the several posters who note that most prison C.O.'s wouldn't have pissed themselves when confronted by this very small woman.
The three cops needed way more training and way more control over their fear.
She made her bed. Again, come at me with a knife and see who wins. I don’t care if she was a midget or an Amazon. Plenty of diminutive men have killed scores in battle. Remember David and Goliath? Rush three armed men with a weapon and chances are you’re going to the cemetery.
With all due respect to your midget and biblical scenarios, I defer to the prison C.O.s on this one.
I’ve been a policeman and a bodyguard, for whatever that is worth. And how are those prisoners getting knives inside a jail or prison?
So what meds was she on for that bi-polar depression? It seems to be a common denominator in many or most of these incidents.
Where's the video? :)
Supposedly this is the scene of the barrage. At least one ceiling camera is visible. If the video somehow shows these three cops doing the only sensible thing. I'll stand corrected. Otherwise, I'll stick to my current assessment. (Poor training, unchecked emotion/fear)
City of Longview site hacked, allegedly by 'Anonymous'
Longview police say there's surveillance video of the incident which hasn't been released, but in the meantime, they're asking the public to simply, "respect the investigation." "Luckily our lobby does have surveillance cameras, so we will have some video, I'm not sure what the video contains," said Brian. (Spokewoman Kristie Brian, Longview Police)
Oh, look, you’re on the same side as the anarchist hackers at Anonymous and the ultra-lefties at Think Progress:
Hacker group Anonymous threatens Texas PD after OIS in station
http://www.policeone.com/officer-shootings/articles/8193715-Hacker-group-Anonymous-threatens-Texas-PD-after-OIS-in-station/
Tragic. May this child find peace and comfort in the arms of Jesus.
I say, "Poor training and unchecked aggression." I doubt any one of them felt "fear". They just wanted to maintain their peace.
And, it appears you're on the same side as those who support jack booted thug behavior.
I bet you're still turgid from reading this like "Chris" is. I wonder when the excitement will wane for you guys (2ndDV and Chris)?
Good. I don't want friends who get off defending the slaughter of a young girl.
I wasn't clear enough in terms of the police. I agree with what you say. What I meant to say is that there is a lot of second-guessing going on in regard to the police, by people who don't have a clue - did they have to shoot, did they shoot too many times, could they have waited for backup, could they have used a taser, etc. They are certainly questioning the ROE and, it seems to me, wanting to change the ROE - exactly like they did for our troops. And the results will be the same - more loss of American lives.
Yes, there are cops who act wrongly, but that doesn't mean they all do, and there are procedures in place to deal with bad-actors.
Great.
Piss off then, hippie.
Is "hippie" a slur because hippies are against slaughtering young girls?
Maybe a compliment is being called "Einsatzgruppenfuhrer"... LOL! :)
Do you really imagine that your foolish insults work on people?
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