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Video shows Texas cops kill suspect outside Applebee’s after he pulls BB gun
nydailynews.com ^ | 7/4/15 | BY DOYLE MURPHY

Posted on 07/04/2015 9:15:09 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda

Video shows Texas cops kill suspect outside Applebee’s after he pulls BB gun — WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT

A Texas man pulled a BB gun on cops seconds before they opened fire, killing him outside a small town Applebee’s, newly released video shows.

James Bushey walked calmly next to the officers before he suddenly spun around with the real-looking weapon in hand.

The two officers’ body-mounted cameras captured the explosive exchange as they fired multiple rounds, dropping the 47-year-old in a spray of bullets.

The videos — one each from the officers — were released by Palestine cops and uploaded on Youtube by the Palestine Herald-Press.

The stunning point-of-view footage begins on May 31 in the Applebee’s restroom.

Sgt. Gabriel Green and Officer Kaylynn Griffin confronted Bushey, who’d allegedly stolen beer from a nearby Wal-Mart and fled into the restaurant.

The Elkhart man stared blankly for a moment while he dried his hands.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: crime; donutwatch; texas
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Thank God he wasn't black otherwise this would have been a racist attack by police officers and the police would be charged with murder and Al Sharpton would get paid boooyeeee. No just us, no peas, black lives matter except for those killed by other blacks!
1 posted on 07/04/2015 9:15:09 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
other than calling for backup, she sure was useless...
2 posted on 07/04/2015 9:19:46 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

So, where are the videos of the Waco shootout?


3 posted on 07/04/2015 9:22:50 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Play stupid games...

...win stupid prizes!


4 posted on 07/04/2015 9:29:07 AM PDT by null and void (What's the bigger danger: the Confederate flag, or the false flag?)
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To: Paladin2
So, where are the videos of the Waco shootout?

In the same vault with the autopsy reports...

5 posted on 07/04/2015 9:29:50 AM PDT by null and void (What's the bigger danger: the Confederate flag, or the false flag?)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
"The stunning point-of-view footage begins on May 31 in the Applebee’s restroom."

Remember this statement if you ever go to an Applebee’s restroom.

6 posted on 07/04/2015 9:33:44 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

In terms of video quality, that was the best cop cam video I’ve seen of a shooting. Cop’s shooting was right on target, little recoil, just how it’s supposed to be. Now.. should he have shot the guy 13 times? I’ll leave that to others to decide. The shooting itself was justified, imo.


7 posted on 07/04/2015 9:35:38 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

One less dumb ass. What kind of fool pulls a stunt like that.


8 posted on 07/04/2015 9:43:01 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
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To: Cowboy Bob

A very soon to be dead one.


9 posted on 07/04/2015 9:51:46 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I saw the video. Despite the female cop screaming “Gun! gun! gun!” I think they did right. The perp pulled what looked like a real pistol and pointed it at the girl cop.


10 posted on 07/04/2015 9:59:31 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: LibWhacker

I watched this a couple of days ago on a gun forum where it came out that the female officer contributed 3 of the shots. Other PDs considering video systems ought to look into the one used here, it’s one of the highest quality POV videos I’ve ever seen.


11 posted on 07/04/2015 10:01:49 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: Chode

If you watch carefully you can her firing some shots.


12 posted on 07/04/2015 10:10:15 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Suicide by cop.


13 posted on 07/04/2015 10:12:49 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!!)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Will Applebee’s bring back the onion petals?


14 posted on 07/04/2015 10:13:59 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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at what time mark??? what i saw was her ducking and turning away when it mattered most at the 56sec mark
15 posted on 07/04/2015 10:25:09 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Either suicide, or maybe he’d been drinking and not thinking straight?


16 posted on 07/04/2015 10:25:20 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: riverrunner

Watch her POV camera, she initially pulled her Taser and aimed, then reholstered it and drew her gun.


17 posted on 07/04/2015 10:27:26 AM PDT by davetex (Location: The Alamo)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Was this a legit shoot? Of course it was.

Having said that it resulted from a tactical failure. Had they checked the suspect for weapons on first contact in the restroom the non-weapon would have been discovered. Think for a moment while you review the taped incident. While escorting the suspect out of the restaurant the two officers are separated with one ahead and one behind the suspect as shown in the video. At any time during the walk the suspect could have chosen the moment to draw and fire on the officers had the weapon been a genuine firearm. This happened in the past having to do with a forgery suspect being escorted from a department store. An initial pat down would have precluded both incidents which might have eliminated what occurred in the events cited. In the second instance cited one of the officers, a detective, was killed.

Put yourself in the scene and imagine what you should have done to avoid this outcome if you were one of the officers. Tactics, tactics, tactics!


18 posted on 07/04/2015 10:33:56 AM PDT by chulaivn66 (Meine antwort ist nein. Ende der Debatte. Macht euer Spiel.)
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ok, i saw the you-tube video of the guy's gun cam and it shows her ducking and turning away, the other video shows her shoot once then several times after he's down
19 posted on 07/04/2015 10:40:45 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: LibWhacker

“should he have shot the guy 13 times?”

Let’s assume the first bullet killed him. What is illegal about shooting a dead man twelve more times or 100? Once you are dead, you are dead. End of story.


20 posted on 07/04/2015 10:51:26 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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