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Police officer shoots, kills board-wielding man (Boy Named Sue)
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Posted on 03/19/2009 10:41:51 AM PDT by Chet 99
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—A San Bernardino man wielding an 8-foot-long chunk of lumber has been shot to death by a police officer.
Sgt. Dave Dillon says 47-year-old Penimina Sue had threatened his family Wednesday night and also threatened an officer with the piece of wood. The officer tried first to subdue the man with a Taser stun gun but it had no effect.
Dillon says the family called police because Sue was throwing items around the house and threatening to hurt people.
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:41:51 AM PDT
by
Chet 99
To: Chet 99
The officer tried first to subdue the man with a Taser stun gun but it had no effect.
Was the taser not in working order or something? I can't imagine anyone could not be subdued by tens of thousands of volts of electricity.
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:44:07 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
(When Obama signed an order providing tax dollars to murder children, he stopped being my president)
To: Chet 99
shoot to wound down? WTF?
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:46:28 AM PDT
by
Homer1
To: JamesP81
Its also possible that the mention of the Taser is
just fiction introduced as a cya factor.
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:46:31 AM PDT
by
rahbert
To: JamesP81
>Was the taser not in working order or something? I can’t imagine anyone could not be subdued by tens of thousands of volts of electricity.
Or, it could be the cover story.
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:47:07 AM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Chet 99
A shot to the leg or shoulder wasn't possible?
Why shoot to kill when the guy's only carrying a wood board?
To: Chet 99
More illegal alien crime and hijinx.
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:48:02 AM PDT
by
Frantzie
(Boycott GE - they own NBC, MSNBC, CNBC & Universal. Boycott Disney - they own ABC)
To: Chet 99
His parents could of at least put Sioux on his BC.
To: JamesP81
Was the taser not in working order or something? I can't imagine anyone could not be subdued by tens of thousands of volts of electricity. I once knew a cop who got shot by a woman he'd just tasered -- and on whom the taser (which operated correctly) had no effect.
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:50:33 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: Chet 99
Sheesh, a guy wielding a 2x4 (it appears to be) is now considered so dangerous as to warrant using deadly force?
Give me a break!!!
What kind of LEO are we producing today that they cannot disarm someone like that???
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:50:42 AM PDT
by
Conservative Vermont Vet
((One of ONLY 37 Conservatives in the People's Republic of Vermont. Socialists and Progressives All))
To: Chet 99
Moral of the story - Don’t go to a gun fight with a piece of wood. You’ll lose.
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:50:51 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: Deaf Smith
Never bring a piece of wood to a gun fight.
12
posted on
03/19/2009 10:50:55 AM PDT
by
VA_Gentleman
(Witty tagline omitted.)
To: Homer1
The report says the man "advanced" on the officer. If he was charging him the officer may not have had the time to take careful aim but went for a center of mass shot. It is surprising how little time it take for someone running to close the distance between them and their target. IIRC, if they start running at you from about 15 yards away, you'll be lucky to get off 3 or 4 shots (let alone hit them, if you're moving away too).
Too bad we don't know what "advanced" means here, though...
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:51:55 AM PDT
by
batter
(Wolverines!)
To: Chet 99
HOW DO YOU DO! NOW YOU GONNA DIE!
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:52:33 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
('Cause this is nothing like we'd ever dreamt / Tell Sir Thomas More we've got another failed attempt)
To: Chet 99
When a man’s got wood, he feels powerful.
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:53:47 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(American Revolution II -- overdue)
To: batter
15 yards awaySelf correction here: it was less than that. I found this through a search:
Tueller Drill
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:54:37 AM PDT
by
batter
(Wolverines!)
To: JamesP81
Probably didn’t get embedded into the skin.
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:56:47 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Socialism is the belief that most people are better off if everyone was equally poor and miserable.)
To: Conservative Vermont Vet
“What kind of LEO are we producing today that they cannot disarm someone like that??? ‘
Hero’s that are trained to shoot to stop suicides and who apparently don’t like men carrying a piece of wood very much either.
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:57:28 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: batter
Ever notice that the liberals want an armed officer to stand his ground, but want an armed citizen to run away?
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posted on
03/19/2009 10:58:06 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Socialism is the belief that most people are better off if everyone was equally poor and miserable.)
To: Constitution Day
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