Comment: Fortunately the cop was able to make it home safely to his family and that's what really matters.
up till now Barney was limited to practicing his quick draw in front of a mirror.
OR how about “We don’t know the whole story.” That’s a favorite with the cops suckers
“Mr Faris described the incident as ‘very unfortunate,’ and added: ‘It does appear, at this time, that Deputy Knox’s actions were an appropriate response to what he reasonably believed to be an imminent threat to his life.’”
Uh huh. Reasonable. NOT.
Did this cop actually SEE a rifle. Or just THINK he thought the man was reaching for a gun. Just reaching and not seeing is no reason to pull out his weapon and fire. He has to have seen a weapon, thus believing his life in jeopardy. But, swinging a rifle around to point it out the window of a pickup truck would have been a feat in its own right.
Any logical reason why this was being reported by a UK paper and not from the US?
I don’t get stopped very often; but when I do I turn off the engine and place both hands on the steering wheel. Any other movements are signaled to the police before I move. Heard this advice on one of those cop shows on TV.
Trigger-Happy Cop Meets
Trigger-Happy Criminal-
Now that`s a Fair Fight!
Oh I forgot-
trigger-happy cops don`t go after criminals-
they go after unarmed law-abiding citizens -
Sorry- never Mind....
The Deputy lost control of the situation from the get-go. Mr. Canipe should have been instructed to remain in the truck.
Since when does an officer’s safety override every other possible concern, such as the life of a non-violent civilian pulled over for a simple traffic stop? So the officer feared for his life. What if that fear isn’t rational? Maybe someone who handles rifles more often than me can explain it, but what chance would someone have of grabbing a rifle, pointing it, and firing it accurately at a policeman who already had their weapon pulled and carefully aimed at said person? You’d think the officer could wait a few milliseconds to see if that rifle was in fact...a cane.
There were earlier threads on this incident. The fact that he was disabled and happened to be a Veteran was, for some reason omitted. But that is neither here or there. The important thing was that the deputy got to shoot someone and got home safe.
‘effing LEOs,,, they better start being nice ...
Even if it WAS a rifle—which it was not—what business does a cop have shooting a man who is picking up his rifle from the back of his truck? The guy obviously wasn’t threatening anyone. Maybe he was just carrying the rifle back there and planning to carry it to his home or something.
This cop has NO excuse.
A few years ago I had a young guy working for me as an electrical tech. He was really incompetent and careless. The day before I planned on firing him, he came to me and tendered his resignation. He’d passed the Municipal Police Academy Entrance Exam and had an offer to work as a cop.
Ping.
Did this officer already have his weapon drawn??? If so, what made him unholster the weapon in the first place?
If he did not have the weapon drawn, did he give loud, strong verbal warning when the 70 year old man reached for the object??? Or did he draw and shoot as fast as he could???
At either rate, the officer should be charged with either murder or manslaughter....
I guess this cop comes across a lot of people who carry their rifles in the beds of their pick-up trucks. Gun racks are just too damned expensive.