Posted on 09/25/2023 11:36:13 PM PDT by Morgana
Arizona police shot and killed a man suspected of carrying out several robberies in a span of hours - only after they blitzed him with a flashbang and fired non-lethal rounds in an attempt to get him to surrender his weapon.
Detectives from the Mesa Police Department and members of the U.S. Marshals Arizona Wanted Task Force were searching for 20-year-old Ny'Kendreon Pride on August 3.
They spotted him in the area of 1233 North Mesa Drive by the Glen at Mesa apartment complex.
Pride was the prime suspect in a string of thefts: a robbery at a Walgreens the previous night, which was followed by a robbery at a Dollar General around 9.30am that day and a second robbery at the same Walgreens around 12.45pm.
He was considered armed and dangerous and was thought to be carrying a handgun.
Just after 1.30pm, officers encountered Pride, who was walking southbound. As Pride was walking, detectives called to him from their patrol car.
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If the parents.... OK, I’m joking, if Baby Mama had spent half the effort raising her feral animal as she did naming him he might not be DRT (Dead Right There)
He robbed stores, had a gun. He’s dead. That’s a good thing.
Beat me to it. :-)
IF the story in the Daily Mail is backed up by evidence & facts, I would say this is a good shoot.
I have nothing but prayers and sympathy for the officer that fired the fatal shot.
Practice.
“Ny’Kendreon Pride”
LOL! When I use my stylus to highlight word to do a copy/paste, the string of options is cut | copy | paste | select all. This time, the first option was “translate”. “Rhododendron”.
For a group of people who can’t read at a first grade level, they sure can get creative inventing their kids’ names. And they’re pretty heavy on apostrophes, but couldn’t use one correctly in the case of plurals and/or possessives.
Target practice?
See a name like that on a job resume and it goes right into the round file cabinet that is emptied nightly.
I watched an interview with a successful black woman a few years ago. She said, “Don’t be coming in for an interview if your name is ‘Watermelondrea’!”
People actually CAN change their names legally and easily. If you want success in your future find a name that is serious. A good rule of thumb is to grab a name that royals use.
Drew68, grateful for a Big Laff this morning! LOL LOLOLOLOL
I have very strong feelings - in both directions - about this.
Or, one might say, “It depends.”
Life is choices, the perp got to choose his lifestyle, the cops the time and methods of ending that life style. Win win.
Why did they shoot a dead armed robbery suspect?
Probably not “non lethal” but “less lethal” ammo. Some of the less lethal ammo will kill, depending on where the person is hit, and the distance. Probably shotgun “bean bag” shells, which are nothing but a bag filled with bird shot at a low velocity.
“I believe the time has come in these United States to shoot first.”
Yep, just in case. Even if it might be the wrong dude at the wrong address. Better to be safe than sorry.
Here ya go with your snide self. I copied and pasted the portion of the article you apparently DID NOT BOTHER TO READ BEFORE COMMENTING...
"A detective in the backseat fired two bean bag rounds, which are used for the less lethal apprehension of suspects and not designed to kill.
Simultaneously, the front seat detective fired several rounds from his rifle. The detective saw Pride reaching for what he believed to be a gun before using his duty weapon.
Cute police girl at the microphones.
Unlike most of the country, AZ police don’t mess around.
Mesa is not good community.
Tuco: “when your going to shoot, shoot don’t talk”
Good point. This was a breeding pair not a set of parents.
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