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Father of Airman shot by Opelika police officer speaks out
WSFA.com ^ | March 12, 2014 | Elisabeth White

Posted on 03/14/2014 10:13:08 PM PDT by Altariel

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1 posted on 03/14/2014 10:13:09 PM PDT by Altariel
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To: Altariel; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...

Active Duty ping.


2 posted on 03/14/2014 10:14:24 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Altariel

If police officers continue to act this way eventually civilians will no longer trust them and start shooting first before the officer shoots. It’s not going to be pretty, but it’s the natural progression that is being driven by those who should know better, IMO.


3 posted on 03/14/2014 10:17:46 PM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: Altariel

This is sick.


4 posted on 03/14/2014 10:20:11 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Pox

I’m not trusting them very much right now as it is. They shoot first and ask questions later. Then there’s that a-clown in CT that can’t wait to kick your door down and take your guns away.


5 posted on 03/14/2014 10:24:09 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Altariel
McEachern defends officer involved in Thursday shooting

... big surprise ..

6 posted on 03/14/2014 10:27:47 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Keep in mind that as America descends into third world status the police become death squads.


7 posted on 03/14/2014 10:28:38 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Pox

it appears that citizens’ lives are in danger anytime police are on the scene. it really is getting that way. shooting homeless people sitting on the ground, shooting homeowners who think their home is being invaded by non-police criminals, shooting people involved in a traffic accident with hands up turning around...

they are going to pick people off one by one before tshtf.


8 posted on 03/14/2014 10:28:58 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Dogs and citizens are not safe anymore. It is a sad state of affairs.


9 posted on 03/14/2014 10:29:44 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Liberals - wrong is right, down is up, gulags are utopia.)
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To: Altariel
Cop feat threatened and went home safe, that is all that matters according to many it seems.

Gunning down unarmed civilians is just one of the perks, like free donuts and coffee.

10 posted on 03/14/2014 10:31:35 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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feat=felt, of course.


12 posted on 03/14/2014 10:33:44 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: MtnClimber

Current and former military personnel seem to be especially targeted, based on this and previous accounts.


13 posted on 03/14/2014 10:35:23 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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They got home safe ping...


14 posted on 03/14/2014 10:36:13 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: Altariel

The police officer should be arrested and held without bond, on the charge of attempted murder, plus various related charges.

The police officer should immediately be fired, without pay, without benefits.

The police officers’ superiors should be placed on leave, pending investigation of their command failures.


15 posted on 03/14/2014 10:42:49 PM PDT by First_Salute (May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
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The department police retirement fund should pay expenses and penalties. Make the F’ ers eat their own dog food or this will not stop without something that will have no winners.


16 posted on 03/14/2014 10:49:17 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Liberals - wrong is right, down is up, gulags are utopia.)
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To: Altariel
This incident, combined with the recent shooting in South Carolina of an unarmed 70 year old Vietnam Vet that was reaching for his cane, serve to prove that we now have a large portion of LEO's that have no business being in that line of work. If you are so scared and jumpy as a LEO that you are shooting unarmed people, you are in the wrong job.

Now, before anyone starts berating me for being critical of LEO's, know that I deal with LEO's on a regular basis: I'm a LEO trainer on a national level. Yes, I train LEO's all over the country. I've seen a lot of good ones... But there is a huge increase in the "shoot first, recognize threat second" crowd. These are the ones that are just plain scared witless. I deal with them after the officers are already assigned to the street, and have expressed concerns to departments in regard to some that should not be on the street at all. All I can do is inform the powers that be and go on to the next class and town. It is very disheartening at times. The only thing more dangerous than a coward with a gun is a coward with a gun and a badge.

17 posted on 03/14/2014 10:49:55 PM PDT by Raven6 (Psalm 144:1 and Proverbs 22:3)
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I am all in favor for life or death penalty for cops shooting innocent people. Especially when it happens multiple times. Is that not equal protection under the law?


18 posted on 03/14/2014 11:19:24 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Liberals - wrong is right, down is up, gulags are utopia.)
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To: Pox

over paid union dipshits who should not have this type of job!


19 posted on 03/14/2014 11:22:22 PM PDT by fabian (" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo in laughter")
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To: Altariel

When all the dog shooting started it seemed to many, myself included, that this sort of thing was next. And, as it turned out, it was.


20 posted on 03/14/2014 11:24:16 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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