Posted on 12/21/2007 10:49:48 AM PST by jdege
Cop indicted in road-rage incident during which other driver shot him in leg
After being indicted Thursday for allegedly making terroristic threats during a road-rage incident last summer in Coon Rapids, a Robbinsdale police officer gave his side of what happened in the confrontation that left him with a gunshot wound to the leg.
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A 19-year-old Anoka woman said she saw the man later identified as Beard driving next to another vehicle and leaning out his window as he repeatedly swore and threatened to kill the other driver, adding, "I don't care about jail."
Several witnesses said they saw Beard getting out of his car next to Treptow's SUV and then heard a shot and saw Beard fall back into his car.
A 50-year-old Blaine woman waiting in traffic behind Beard's maroon Monte Carlo said Beard was waving something that she couldn't identify in his hand as he began getting out. Then she heard a pop from Treptow's SUV and saw Beard fall back into his car, then to the ground. His car rolled into the back of a nearby pizza restaurant.
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Sounds to me like they handed down too many indictments. If someone, cop or not, came towards my vehicle with gun in hand threatening to shoot me, I wouldn’t ask any questions or do any talking.
They did indict the cop, which is something...
I’m surprised he got indicted. Usually the LEO community looks after their own, even if they’ve gone over the line.
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I’m surprised he got indicted. Usually the LEO community looks after their own, even if they’ve gone over the line.
Well, ...
Officer shot in road rage clash also indictedBeard: "I'm totally in police mode here. So I'm like, you know, I gotta have tact here. ... I got utmost professionalism."
Witness: "And the African-American gentleman was hanging out of the window kinda yelling at the guy in the car sayin', 'I'll (expletive) kill you. ... I don't care about jail. ... I'll (expletive) kill you. I don't care about jail.' ... I heard that like three times."
Better be careful. They're messing with the largest, best equipped, best financed street gang in America.
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