Posted on 10/27/2012 6:44:49 PM PDT by Altariel
Give the local cops sniper rifles, armored vehicles and ballistics equipment - and they will eventually want to use them.
The police, just like the government, are not your friend.
He obviously had some serious issues, and needed much more help/intervention that he was getting, not killing. RIP.
He obviously had some serious issues, and needed much more help/intervention that he was getting, not killing. RIP.
He obviously had some serious issues, and needed much more help/intervention than he was getting, not killing. RIP.
Oooops, sorry; was trying to fix a typo, and *multi-posted*.
Andrew Messina’s mom called Cherokee 911 when her son threaten to kill them both in their Eagle Watch home in Towne Lake.
Lisa describes her son’s medications, past counseling, how he obtained the gun she believed to be locked in their home, what she said triggered his actions and how he threatened to kill them both to the 911 operator.
Listen to the recordings divided into four segments above.
http://woodstock.patch.com/articles/911-call-from-messina-s-mother
Well, the police took charge and prevented the kid from committing suicide.
Never call the police to “help” a disturbed family member.
The kid was likely looking for attention. Someone really *determined* to commit suicide doesn’t wait until he has his mother’s, father’s and the police’s attention.
That kid wanted to be *talked down*, based on his actual behavior that day.
Are you done justifying the addition of another Obama voter to the rolls, thanks to certain government employees?
... teaching Americans that police are not your friends, one bullet at a time.
The cop that shot that boy will one day stand before Christ.
Towne Lake is not an affluent Georgia suburb It’s in Cherokee County. For Woodstock, GA In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $58,506, and the median income for a family was $65,740.
Where does she say he threatened to kill them both?
Listen from about 1m35s to 1m55s on the first tape. She flat out says she does not think he's going to shoot her. She says she's afraid he'll shoot himself.
You can't say that enough. They will make a bad situation worse.
The best thing to do is never call the police—period.
Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison said that the 16-year-old boy had made an aggressive gesture by smashing through a glass window pane in the front door near to the negotiating teams.Suicide by cop.'We would still be sitting there today if it weren't for that very, very aggressive act that he made of ramming the gun and a pistol straight through a glass door at our officers,' said Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison, the day after the shooting.
Must be this family didn’t have a dog.
We need to get rid of SWAT teams now, period. I don’t like the idea of militarizing law enforcement, especially with tanks and stuff.
Good shot. The punk won’t be killing any unsuspecting law abiding citizens. Officers involved should get a medal and bonuses for saving taxpayers future court costs and incarceration costs
When I was a kid men knew to never run from the police. If you ran you were subject to being shot as a fleeing felon. We did not complain about this or have demonstrations. It was a fact of life and people did not run when police told them to stop unless one had committed a crime punishment for which was deemed to be worse than the chance of the cop being a good shot. Children learned from their parents to respect police and to stop when spoken to by police and co-operate. Now that is mus\ch less the case.You learn to clam up and request an attorney if a cop says anything more than "Hi." You avoid police even if you witnessed a crime or an auto accident. Policemen hshould be regarded as IEDs with unreliable triggers.
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