Posted on 11/20/2016 5:06:06 AM PST by marktwain
A person with a concealed carry permit shot a man who was attacking a police officer in Florida. The officer had stopped the man for extreme speeding. One witness said the vehicle was traveling on the shoulder past full lanes of slow moving traffic, at 120 mph. The chase and shooting occured on 14 November, 2016, at about 9 a.m.
After both cars were stopped, the suspect jumped the officer and managed to get on top, beating the officer severely. From winknews.com:
Bardes and the suspect exited their vehicles at the Corkscrew Road exit and a fight started, sources said. The suspect was armed, Bardes told his supervisors, according to sources.Here is a bit more information from a witness at the scene. From leoaffairs.com:
The passerby, who had a Concealed Weapons License, exited his vehicle and told the suspect he’d shoot him if he didn’t stop beating the deputy, sources said.
After noncompliance from the suspect, the passerby shot the suspect three times, sources said. The suspect later died.
Another woman wrote: “I watched the suspect jump out of his car and run toward the officer and tackled him.”These incidents, while rare are more common than when permit carriers attack police officers. Permit carriers across the nation are more law abiding than police officers are. The attitude toward permit carriers has changed considerably over the last 20 years. At first, police administrators were wary of legal firearms carriers. But experience has taught them that people who carry legally are seldom a problem, and often render assistance to police officers.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office told local news media that the deputy who was involved, 12-year veteran Deputy First Class Dean Bardes, is expected to be okay. The suspect who was fighting with the deputy was killed during the struggle and WINK is reporting that a passerby is the one who shot him.
“The passerby, who had a Concealed Weapons License, exited his vehicle and instructed the suspect to stop beating the deputy…after noncompliance from the suspect, the passerby shot the suspect three times,” sources said.
More than 91 percent of respondents support the concealed carry of firearms by civilians who have not been convicted of a felony and/or not been deemed psychologically/medically incapable.
Posted here before, but it is ALWAYS a good read!
Another story with a happy ending. Hope the officer is back to full strength soon.
Have we heard from the dead thug’s mama yet?
Here is what the sheriff had to say about it.
A note from Sheriff Mike Scott:
Earlier this week, two heroes met on I-75 and while they had never met before, one would save the others life. I was at the hospital when the ambulance arrived, the rear doors opened, and my Deputy Dean Bardes was unloaded on a stretcher. Bloody from a vicious attack by a driver Bardes had stopped for endangering the lives of other innocent citizens in our community, the Medics wheeled him into a treatment room. Joined by others from our team, I was there when his wife and family arrived with fear and concern for their loved one as the E.R. team worked on him. Ironically, this was the first day in a while that Deputy Bardes was alone on patrol because as a Field Training Officer, he typically has a recruit riding with him to learn the business. A business that has seen an increasingly alarming rise in attacks and killings perpetrated on cops. A business that has fallen victim to false narratives like Ferguson where the good guys have been painted as the bad guys by a vocal minority that refuses to allow facts and evidence to get in their way. A business that is the last line of defense between good and evil.
On behalf of the men and women of the LCSO, I thank Deputy Dean Bardes for his bravery and pray for a full recovery. I thank the E.R. staff and E.M.S. for their immediate attention to Dean, and I thank the many witnesses to this event who stopped to assist our Detectives. I thank my good friends at “Shoot Straight” who realized that the hero’s gun was taken as evidence and immediately gave him a brand new firearm. Above all, I thank the hero that recognized the imminent threat, rushed to Deputy Bardes’ aid, and ultimately stopped that threat. In a day and age where race is a near instant focus for media and other pundits in police incidents, the fact is that this hero happens to be a man of color who stopped another man of color from further harming or killing a white cop; thereby reminding us that black lives matter, blue lives matter, and indeed all life matters. We at your Sheriff’s Office remain proud to serve and focused on the mission.
Have we heard from the dead thug’s mama yet?
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The thug was in his fifties. His brother is making a stink that he wasn’t armed.
I saw this the other day. Whatever problem you have with a police officer, it should be dealt with peacefully through the legal system. Attacking one and expecting to live is on the same plateau of stupidity as jumping off a cliff and expecting to live. Ask Mike Brown.
Clearly this man was in the wrong and either deranged, on drugs or just plain stupid. Nice job by that CCW.
where are those liberal police chiefs now who are against concealed carry?
Letting anti-Trump protesters block traffic without arresting them.
Still there.
Which is never in Florida you pos reporter.
I have never seen or heard of a CC holder outright attacking a police officer ANYWHERE.
Permit carriers across the nation are more law abiding than police officers are.
These reporters just keep proving how dense they are.
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