ya gotta be kiddin me...
Posted on 10/06/2012 6:23:12 PM PDT by dennisw
In a tragic and bizarre incident a University of Alabama student who was naked has been fatally shot after charging a campus police officer early on Saturday morning.
University officials said that the confrontation occurred after the officer went outside the police station to investigate a banging noise that was coming from his office window.
Confronted with 18-year-old Gilbert Thomas Collar who was acting erratically and wearing no clothes, the officer shot the student once in the chest after he repeatedly charged.
Authorities said that the officer attempted to retreat several times in an attempt to defuse the situation but that the officer was left with no choice but to shoot when Collar made one final charge.
Collar, who had only recently enrolled at the University of South Alabama was shot at 1.30 a.m. on Saturday moening outside the USA Police Department on Stadium Drive .
'We can't comment beyond the statement,' said Ayers after he read a prepared statement during a news conference this afternoon on the campus.
'University of South Alabama Police report that an officer shot and killed an individual at approximately 1:30 a.m., Oct. 6, after the man attacked the officer just outside the police department on Stadium Drive The deceased has been identified as a USA student.'
The former high school wrestler's coach could hardly speak when interviewed by his hometown newspaper The Wetumpka Herald this morning.
'I remember the first time he walked into the wrestling room,' said Jeff Glass.
'He was such a natural. He was the only wrestler I coached who wrestled varsity for six years. That takes more heart than I can tell you. We began our tenure in Wetumpka wrestling at the same time. He was a physical, spiritual and mental warrior. And I love him like my own.'
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These kids, raised on unrealistic violent movies, and filled with bipartisan, politically neutral (Kumbaya, comrades!) contempt for authority, and especially police force (as wello illustrated on this very forum) don’t know the first lesson of dealing with the forces of law on the street: don’t challenge them.
I'll bet he wishes he spent a seventh year in High School.
Cops are very nervous about “bath salts” and the very dangerous psychosis it induces.
Both universities have elephants. At the University of South Alabama the tusks are attached very tightly. At the University of Alabama the tusks are looser.
That’s my guess too, Bath Salts.
You either shoot the naked idiot or get your face eaten off.
People should read up on bth salts. This aint your daddy’s snort.
That’s my guess too, Bath Salts.
You either shoot the naked idiot or get your face eaten off.
People should read up on bath salts. This aint your daddy’s snort.
By the same token, however, what is a Kampus Klown doing with authorization to be able to kill underage drunks? Must have been a criminal justice major. So that is 30 days suspension with pay?
Why the officer choose to escalate situation? If the kid was drunk (presuming) then he eventually would have passed out.
One of those actors on that show decided to do it in real life and then committed suicide recently I hear
Well, I agree with you. He was a freshman. Obviously, he was on something. But, the question is: Did he take it willingly, or was something given to him without his knowledge? Now no one may ever know.
How long before the lib-ertarians show up defending drugs?
We treat the Taliban better than this...
Yeah I was thinking about that.
At least if he’s naked, you know he’s unarmed.
A ridiculous over reaction by the LEO.
Now they are children until they turn 25...per Obamacare.
The kid must have looked like a Labrador Retriever.
officer went outside the police station to investigate a banging noise that was coming from his office window
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So the kid was banging on the police station window? Maybe he wanted help, even though he was messed up?
ha! Maybe colleges could use this:
CODA All-Purpose Net Gun
Capture anything from birds to elk with this powerful net gun. Powered by a blank 308 military cartridge (supplied), it swiftly projects a net over your target animal. Ideal where you need to instantly immobilize an animal. May be used alone or in conjunction with chemical capture equipment. Supplied complete with two nets (sized to your requirements), two canisters, padded weights, advanced recoil system, tool kit, instructions, and 100 cartridges. Optional Carry Case recommended. The U.S. federal government classifies the CODA Net Gut as a “tool,” not as a firearm.
If you can remember the 60's, you weren't really there.
ya gotta be kiddin me...
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