Family: Police victim bipolar

The Miami Herald ^ | Mar. 15, 2005 | BY CHARLES RABIN

[RushCrush]

Welcome to FR.
Interesting screen name.

[FormerACLUmember]

I don't buy the family's story. It sounds like a lot of after the fact hystrionics and embellishment.

[Sax]

"17th shooting since 1999 involving a mentally ill person Cesar Rada"

You think after being shot for 16th time, Cesar would've filed a complaint. "Look, choo guys has been shooting me for like the last six years....no mas"

[StuLongIsland]

Lets Tatoo Mental Status on people's foreheads, so when cops see a guy coming after them looking real crazy. Cops can think before shooting, "NUTS on forehead" leave him alone, it is ok for him to come at me with a hammer, he is nuts.

[daybreakcoming]

They left out the part as to whether or not Price commanded him to halt and the guy did have an aggressive physical history. Coin toss until all facts are in.

[Plutarch]

...had bipolar disorder and was schizophrenic...

Well, which one is it? These are two different animals.

[sgtbono2002]

Bi-Polar seems to be appearing more and more often lately. It excuses violence in men and being a whore in women.

Here we have a family scared crapless with a violent son , They call the cops and cant understand why a cop would be frightened enough to shoot the same guy that had them
scared.

The story here isnt very clear on what happened when he closed with the officer.

[RushCrush]

What say you? Kitty is waiting to hear....

[MeekOneGOP]

I thought this crazy screen name looked familiar.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1357748/posts?page=27#27

I pinged the kitties to his other thread on March 7th.

[FormerACLUmember]

Let's see: A body builder, chronic psychotic, off his 4 (four) medications, police called by family 12 times for this hombre's violence, threatening, refusing to stop, two feet from the officer screaming......

The officer MAY have been defending himself.

[DarkSavant]

Department spokeswoman Nelda Fonticiella said that since 2001, officers have answered at least 11 domestic disturbance calls involving Rada at the family home at 8950 SW 56th Ter.

This guy was obviously getting into trouble way too often to belong in society at large. Should have had him institutionalized.

[Graycliff]

Interesting, is there a police report, wonder why it's not mentioned? Hate hearing only one side of the story.
hmmmm

[RushCrush]

Looks like we need a double-secret IP check!

[massgopguy]

"You don't shoot Mongo, that'll only make him mad"

[proud American in Canada]

Looks like he chopped off a few m's from the earlier version. :)

Although I'm still unable to ping him from memory.

[rabidralph]

The shooting of Cesar Rada by a Miami-Dade police officer was the department's 17th shooting since 1999 involving a mentally ill person

Maybe they should wear a sign. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[trisham]

The father said Cesar had run out of medication before the weekend and was scheduled to see his doctor today to refill his prescriptions, including the antianxiety pill Temazepam. He said his son took three other pills a day.

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Note to self-arrange to refill medication before I run out.

[AppyPappy]

Cesar kept saying, ''What are you going to do, shoot me?''

Oooh, ooh, call on me. I know this one.