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Florida man arrested after shooting AR-15 at Census worker
nydailynews.com ^ | Oct. 6, 2020 | DAVID MATTHEWS

Posted on 10/07/2020 7:57:38 AM PDT by PROCON

A Florida man was arrested Monday after shooting an AR-15 assault-style rifle at a U.S. Census worker who had come near his property.

Flagler County deputies were called to a home in Bunnel, about 70 miles north of Orlando, around 6:15 after the Census worker reported that Michael Cooper, 32, had fired a shot at him, according to WKMG-TV.

Neighbors told officers that the Census worker had parked on the street, away from Cooper’s home, in a vehicle that identified him as a Census worker. The worker was also wearing a lanyard that identified him as a Census worker. The man was also clearly heard identifying himself as a Census worker.

Witnesses told officers that Cooper started screaming at the man as soon as he began approaching Cooper, who was on the home’s porch. After yelling at the man to get off his property, Cooper allegedly went inside the home and returned with a black rifle and chambered a round.

As the Census worker turned and walked away, he heard a gunshot. The victim’s wife, who was in the car the Census worker had driven to the scene, then began honking her horn as Cooper allegedly raised the rifle to aim at the victim.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News
KEYWORDS: ar15; banglist; census; censusworker; florida; floridaman
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To: PROCON

It’s the season for shootings, because Democrats often stage them around elections.


21 posted on 10/07/2020 8:22:17 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: PROCON

Census workers are better eating with Fava Beans and a decent Chianti.

I guess they don’t get movies in the FL.


22 posted on 10/07/2020 8:24:01 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: PROCON
CHILD at front door with rifle: "You men from the bank?"

PETE, one of 3 escaped convicts, looking for a hiding place: "You Wash's boy?"

CHILD: "Yassir! And Daddy tolt me I'm to shoot whosoever from the bank!"
He pokes his rifle at the three men, who raise their hands.

DELMAR: "Well, we ain't from no bank, young feller."

CHILD: "Yassir! I's also s'pose to shoot folks servin' papers!"

DELMAR: "Well, we ain't got no papers."

CHILD: "Yassir! I nicked the census man!"

DELMAR: "Now, there's a good boy. Is your daddy about?"

(From the movie, Oh Brother, Where Art Though? ;^)

23 posted on 10/07/2020 8:32:50 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ('Urban Dictionary' - a website of the urban dicks, by the urban dicks, and for the urban dicks.)
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To: PROCON

His only protection: car decals and a lanyard? Sheesh


24 posted on 10/07/2020 8:42:37 AM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
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To: Tax-chick

....”...after shooting an AR-15 assault-style rifle,,,’
oh, crap.... here we go again....an assault-style rifle...is that something along the lines of an assault-style sword, or an assault-style machete or an assault-style slingshot...?
there is no journalism any more; it’s just submitting opinions....


25 posted on 10/07/2020 8:55:55 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: PROCON

“Witnesses told officers that Cooper started screaming at the man as soon as he began approaching Cooper, who was on the home’s porch. After yelling at the man to get off his property...”

Yeah? That should have been the government idiot’s first hint.


26 posted on 10/07/2020 8:56:14 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: PROCON
The victim’s wife, who was in the car the Census worker had driven to the scene

This is a violation of Census rules, though I see it a fair amount.

AR guy is in a heap of trouble, though. The Feds are gonna make a Federal case out of this.

28 posted on 10/07/2020 9:00:47 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: Macoozie

I’m waiting for Florida Kid and Florida Baby.... Then things get really weird....


29 posted on 10/07/2020 9:01:28 AM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/zNLpfEDliV0)
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To: ping jockey

Best wishes for your son to come through unscathed.


30 posted on 10/07/2020 9:04:40 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("What we can see of God's canvas is laughably small." ~Bp. Barron)
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To: rarestia
Witnesses told officers that Cooper started screaming at the man as soon as he began approaching Cooper, who was on the home’s porch. After yelling at the man to get off his property, Cooper allegedly went inside the home and returned with a black rifle and chambered a round.

Census workers can trespass on private property up to the moment they're asked to leave by the property owner.

Sounds like this Census worker didn't have protocol explained to him properly.

If someone gets mad like this at me, I throw up my hands and say: "Just ask me to leave. Then, I have to leave."

It puts them in charge, and defuses the situation.

31 posted on 10/07/2020 9:05:14 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: Theoria
They are inputting info on iphones, part of that info requires gps coordinates close to the property[front door] if possible.

That was in the previous operations.

This operation, the NRFU software is not demanding that enumerators get close to the Census gps mapspot.

It will sometimes whine a little if you're doing a direct case and not a proxy, but I just ignore it.

He needed to IMMEDIATELY leave when asked, while signaling submission to the property owner's wishes.

32 posted on 10/07/2020 9:09:43 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: cdcdawg
If you enter someone’s property, and they yell at you to leave ... you stay there until they go inside and come back with a rifle?

Census guy wasn't properly trained. We're seeing a lot of that in this operation.

I would think you would leave when they told you to leave.

Protocol is to IMMEDIATELY leave when the property owner asks you to leave.

I usually throw my hands up and acknowledge that the property owner is in the right.

This works well for me.

33 posted on 10/07/2020 9:13:30 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: kiryandil

Seems like the polite and safe way to handle it. Of course, shooting at people when not threatened is pretty crazy.


34 posted on 10/07/2020 9:16:47 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Biden has dementia.)
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To: kiryandil

“Witnesses” implies unbiased third parties which leads me to believe this was a more residential area than rural. My nearest neighbor is over a quarter mile away, and most of rural Florida involves acreage where witnessing much of anything would be difficult.


35 posted on 10/07/2020 9:17:38 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: cdcdawg
Of course, shooting at people when not threatened is pretty crazy.

People can get REAL touchy about their property - even though they're just renting it from the government.

I find that acknowledging their concerns helps out a lot.

I don't even like to drive up long driveways - I prefer to walk up.

Of course, that puts you at risk for dogs...

36 posted on 10/07/2020 9:27:52 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: kiryandil

True and not true. I don’t know what situation he was in. But, at all PHASE of the operations, the gps is collecting info, ie you have to be near the house. FV requires a gps collection at a min, he could have did his knock and identify and then was run off.


37 posted on 10/07/2020 9:44:11 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: PROCON

So what’s the problem, did he miss?


38 posted on 10/07/2020 10:13:57 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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To: Tax-chick

As the Census worker turned and walked away, he heard a gunshot. The victim’s wife,

= = =

Should have painted it pink. Maybe with pussy ears.

Note that hearing a gunshot made him a Victim!


39 posted on 10/07/2020 10:16:00 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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To: Theoria
But, at all PHASE of the operations, the gps is collecting info, ie you have to be near the house.

No, not in this operation (NRFU).

I just got done doing 3 straight 56-hours weeks of NRFU enumerating.

The FDC software is not preventing the enumerator from completing the cases at a distance.

Occasionally, it will pitch a mild "too far away" hissy [on a direct Census address attempt], but you can just continue.

40 posted on 10/07/2020 10:17:55 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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