Posted on 01/31/2023 2:01:19 PM PST by algore
A group of California police officers shot and killed a double amputee on Thursday as he tried to run away from them on his stumps after jumping out of his wheelchair.
The three cops from Huntington Park Police Department were filmed firing at least eight shots at Anthony Lowe Jr., a 36-year-old father-of-two.
His family say he lost the lower halves of his legs recently after an altercation with police in Texas.
Lowe Jr. had just stabbed someone unprovoked, according to the police department, and was trying to run away from two officers on Thursday.
First, they tried to Tase him, chasing him as he ran down the sidewalk, away from the wheelchair he had leaped from
He turned and tried to hurry away from them, clutching a large butcher's knife in one hand.
A second police car arrived, from which a third cop emerged. Within 15 seconds of the third officer arriving, they fired multiple shots, shooting Lowe in the upper torso.
Once he was on the ground lying on his stomach, they placed him in handcuffs.
'The suspect was tased at least twice by Huntington Park Officers but the deployment of the taser was ineffective
Lowe Jr. later died at the scene. His family is now demanding answers from the police department.
The officers involved have not yet been named
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
suggest you watch the video because that is exactly what he is running on - stumps. Looks like his legs were amputated just above the knees, but he still manages to run pretty well, at least until he got shot.
Gawd-he is such a crummy actor!
He can’t even handle this scene
without looking phony!
I guess drawing and quartering him wasn’t an option.
As long we have crazy cops can get off on killing, we’re all safer.
“How do you know he’s an idiot?”
Resisting arrest by running on stumps while brandishing a deadly weapon. Does that sound like a recipe for success to you, or does it sound like a good way to get killed?
Sounds like you've had enough beers for today. Try to reply when you're sober. You might actually sound smarter.
The 21 foot rule probably needed some adjustment in this case. How far can a butcher knife be thrown, anyway?
And if the guy’s back is turned and he’s stumping away...
How did he “leap from his wheelchair” if he has no legs? I’m sure they had to shoot him though because any man with no legs who can “leap” from a wheelchair would have surely out run the cops and would now be at large.
“First, they tried to Tase him, chasing him as he ran down the sidewalk, ...”
Seems to me there have been a lot of failed tazings lately. The cops need to get their money back and find a new supplier.
Hopefully they are ridiculed by their fellow cell mates for the rest of their lives.
What? Reagan did. Research!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_Health_Systems_Act_of_1980
I did the research for you. Carter tried to expand them. Reagan came in and reversed that and more. Did the same thing as governor.
What? Reagan did. Research!
Some were. Doesn’t negate that Reagan signed the bill closing them.
If you or I did that, we would be charged with murder ... and everybody on the FR thread about it would be ranting against our "murderous" actions.
I remember the propaganda campaign of news stories about abuse in the mental institutions. There were also law suits taking advantage of the propagandized jury pool. There were all sorts of advocates pushing the idea that there would be small community mental health facilities replacing the larger hospitals. It didn’t happen.
Reagan was at the end point. The public was convinced and he bought the lie but he wasn’t the cause.
Yes he lost his legs due to a previous police encounter. Prior to his shooting, he had stabbed someone thus the chase which led to his death. I believe the police could have handled this a different way and it was insane to just shoot and kill him. Police car could have drove up on the side walk and blocked him from stubbing any further.
Reagan got fooled in supporting a lot of crap! He got fooled into amnesty, was a ferocious abortion lover as governor of California which helped expand countrywide, closing the mental institutions, raising social security age and first time taxing social security and a host of other stuff. Let me tell you that’s why he is not my favorite president. Trump by a mile.
“Babylon Bee staff throw up their hands, admit America has defeated them.”
Reality caught up and often outpaces the Babylon Bee, so reality and Babylon Bee operate in tandem.
Just seems like end times. Everything seems absolutely insane.
I don't drink.
The unfortunate thug stabbed someone without provocation.
He lost his legs in a previous attack on police.
It's good that he has departed.
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