Posted on 11/06/2013 8:32:18 AM PST by Rusty0604
LOUISIANA, MO. -- The Missouri State Fire Marshal continues its investigation into an early morning Thursday fire that took the life of a 3-year-old Louisiana, Mo. boy. A city police officer stunned Riley's stepfather Ryan Miller with a Taser gun three times as he tried to enter the burning house. Lori Miller, Riley's grandmother, said police stunned Ryan Miller as he tried to get back in the house.
“He tried to get back in the house to get the baby,” Lori Miller said. “They took my son to jail because he tried to save his son.”
Ryan Miller's sister-in-law doesn't think the police handled the situation correctly.
"It's just heartless. How could they be so heartless? And while they all just stood around and waited for the fire department, what kind of police officer wouldn't try and save a three year old burning in a house?" said Emily Miller. "We've been going through pictures and he's just smiling in every picture. He was just a happy, go-lucky kid."
(Excerpt) Read more at connecttristates.com ...
From the article: "The Millers ran around to the front of the building and Ryan Miller kicked in the front door as police and firefighters arrived."
Some will as we all recall, make the decision for you especially if you can’t speak up for yourself.
Not technically true, but arguably practically true.
Schiavo.
While firefighters started to knock down the fire, Ryan Miller kicked in the
front door and tried to enter the burning residence. Police tried to restrain
Ryan Miller, who became combative, Jenne said, and an officer used a stun
gun to subdue him. As Ryan Miller was pulled back, one firefighter in full
gear tried to enter the home, but “the heat just forced him back out,” Jenne said.
“Firefighters finally got to the boy, and sadly enough, he was only maybe 12-15
feet from the front door.”
The home looks like a firetrap - it probably went up very quickly.
They removed him from the scene.
It doesn’t say he was charged and I think it best to remove someone from the scene and give them a little time and space.
They’ll still grieve but, it will be less traumatic than watching as the house went down to the ground.
It really was for the best.
Pure psycho-babble
I can see points on both sides of the argument going on this thread.
One time I came home to find fire coming from my neighbor’s condo. My condo was already filling with smoke. I called 911 and made sure where the fire was, then went outside and then my other neighbor, who had also called 911, and I decided to bust down the gate and put the fire out ourselves. I’m glad we did, because by the time the fire dept. showed up the fire would have spread quite a bit.
It is not everywhere, all the time. It is common however, and I have a family member who is very much part of the problem.
If you can do it, do it.
Glad you saved your home
So the house was fully engulfed.
Would you let the guy run into certain death?
Give me your psych analysis or moral apogee for why he should be allowed to commit suicide.
If his baby fell over the side of a bridge, Golden Gate, would you allow him to fly over the edge after his baby, in a hopeless attempt to save the babe?
Yes, I would, no apology.
I’d hunt the cop down and make sure he experienced exactly what I did.
Okay.
You would murder his child to make a point about an accident?
Actually I’d put the cop in th burning house and have his family watch.
Wow.
On second thought, yea. I would. This was no accident. The cop let the mans kid burn to death on purpose. So turnabout is fair play. It’s way past time for these goons with badges to start paying personally for their actions.
They don’t give a sh** about our families. So we shouldn’t give a sh** about theirs.
I agree completely. They should do time.
You’re right, the emotionally distraught Dad needed to be electrocuted several times....
Not having a taser, I personally would would have knocked him unconscious with a club to keep him safe.
That’s life, my life
“what kind of police officer wouldn’t try and save a three year old burning in a house?” said Emily Miller.”
In more honorable times a coward such as this would have the decency to go into a quiet room with a revolver and a single round. Sadly, we no longer live in honorable times. Therefore the few remaining decent people need to take care of things on their own. It will be an act of societal self defense.
Dishonorable cowards such as this simply can not be permitted to have police powers. And their brethren need to learn, up close and personal, that cowardice has serious consequences up to and including members of their own families suffering.
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