[Venturer]

Evidently the Marine was one tough guy if two Officers had to shoot him because he was toomuch for them.

Well they were bicycle Officers, how tough can a bicycle officer be? The batteries on their Tasers were pobably dead.

[Utmost Certainty]

Police must be getting bored with shooting dogs.

[svcw]

So some Marines, our warriors were celebrating and some cops on bicycles were arguing with them and one Marine was shot to death........what is wrong with this picture.
Cops on bikes are like.....oh never mind.

[EEGator]

So an unarmed drunk Marine had to be shot by two cops...f’n p***ies.

[wideawake]

It’s hard to intimidate a subject when you and your life partner are wearing matching skintight Lycra shorts.

[Zhang Fei]

According to the police, stolen items were found on the deceased. It’s also said that he attempted to hit one of the cops. Still, if this had been some civilian out on the town, they’d be looking at Hispanic riots:
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20121112/NEWS01/311120005/Cpl-Allan-DeVillena-II-ID-d-Marine-killed-Palm-Springs

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At a Monday afternoon press conference, Palm Springs Police Chief Alberto Franz read a statement saying DeVillena was shot and killed by police after the Marine attempted to drive a car into one officer after the other had already climbed halfway through the passenger’s side window. The statement also contained information about a stolen cell phone, ID card and ATM card that were reportedly found in the vehicle.

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[Morgana]

So cops have gone from killing the family dog to Marines?

[ColdOne]

Guilty or not...does anyone know if the family dog is still alive?

[ArmyTeach]

Wasn’t it a Camp Pendleton sergeant who just last year was shot and killed early one morning while he was driving his daughters to school? Shot in his vehicle with his daughters in the back seat?

[imardmd1]

Allen DeVillena, the victim’s father, told the Desert Sun that his son went out on the town simply to celebrate the 237th anniversary of the Marine Corps, which happened to occur on Veterans Day weekend.

I am curious. What is the "happened" part here?

Since Commandant Lejeune's Order 47, the United States Marine Corps has honored The Birthday on November 10 of each year, on whatever day of the week it falls, AFIK.

Furthermore, the United States Department Of Veterans Affairs has stated in its History of Veterans Day that:

"... on September 20th, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed Public Law 94-97 (89 Stat. 479), which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of November 11, beginning in 1978.
Veterans Day continues to be observed on November 11, regardless of what day of the week on which it falls."

Though Federal employees may be given another day off on the following workday when Veterans Day falls on a weekend, still it is observed on November 11 of every year.

These are two successive days, and always occur on November 10 and 11.

There does not seem to be any "happen" about this ---

Just a picky note.

What need was there for using deadly force on a young Marine to end his celebration of this date? It will be interesting to hear more on this. Somebody exercised very poor judgment on this event.