[vrwc0915]

A swat/tactical team to take down a unarmed eye doctor!

[Dead Corpse]

Unarmed. Shot. For gambling.

This Country is so screwed...

[Old Professer]

[tfecw]

"Culosi was not making any threatening moves when he was shot once in the upper part of his body,"

So would that be his chest or his head?

I do find it interesting that Fairfax has the resources to tie up a tactical squad and detectives to take down a sports ring. Bad things happen when cops are bored.

[toddlintown]

2 to 1 odds the cop needs glasses.

[pikachu]

Was the shooting after the guy bet the cop he would shoot?

[atomicpossum]

Should the gun have even been drawn?

[connectthedots]

Open up the checkbook.

[ozoneliar]

The officer should be fired right away. He is going to cost the county dearly. Can you say 'civil suit'.

[Mogengator]

What the bleep kind of Keystone Kops are these?

They use the tac squad to serve a search warrant in a vice investigation?

Maybe they should have just nuked his house.

[CharlesWayneCT]

From The Article:

Police departments generally do not accept responsibility for an officer-involved shooting before an investigation is completed.

But of course, they don't usually have their guns go off for no reason while holding custody of an unarmed suspect.

[Western Phil]

"Police had been secretly making bets with Salvatore J. Culosi Jr., 37, since October as part of a gambling investigation, according to court records."

Sounds like entrapment to me.

[takenoprisoner]

Killer cops (more often veteran swat members) are on the loose round the nation...I only began paying attention after Waco and Ruby Ridge. (Before that, I was of the mentality cops could do no wrong...) Thanks to Waco and RR I awoke to come out from under the ether. Cops can be killers.

America has gone insane. Here this poor guy was shot dead for something millions of Americans legally do daily.

[VeniVidiVici]

Lt. Richard Perez, a police spokesman, said he could not say how or why the gun discharged.

Um, because the trigger was pulled?

Oh, they went in with guns drawn because his name was Salvatore. No, really! Honest injun!

;-)

[6SJ7]

This police department is in line to win the 'Janet Reno' award for a totally botched arrest. (A tactical SWAT team to arrest an optometrist on gambling charges? Wonder what they do in that town if you don't curb your dog?)

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

The state is just protecting its turf. You need to understand gangsters.

(the Virginia State Lottery)

[AlexandriaDuke]

Notice how Barney's name is not released, but the details of the doctor's "crimes" are.

[csvset]

If a rival bookie had shot and killed the guy, there would be a hue and cry about " organized crime " and mob wars. Federal agents would be brought in, task forces formed, yada, yada.

A cop shoots the guy and it's a " accident " and " dey don't know nutten."

Perhaps the cop's on a rival bookie's payroll?

I should write for television.

Next week on " The Shield ".

[Mulder]

The police have become the "standing army" that the Founders warned us about.

[Fido969]

This smells - was the optometrist just placing some sports bets, or was he running a book?

I would be interested as to what the results of this investigation would be.