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Police Shot Him, But ACLU Killed Him, Group Says
CNSNews.com ^ | February 17, 2006 | Susan Jones

Posted on 02/17/2006 10:35:38 AM PST by yama85

(CNSNews.com) - Police in Antioch, Calif., shot and killed a man this week when he allegedly advanced on them with a carving knife and a meat fork.

Although a bullet killed 27-year-old Scott Dittman, it might not have happened if police could have used a TASER instead of a gun, a law enforcement lobbying group said on Friday.

The Law Enforcement Alliance of America calls Dittman's shooting the nation's "first real TASER death," and it pins the blame on the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, which released a report in October, warning about the rise in Taser-related deaths.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aclulist; policeshooting
Maybe a wrongful death law suite against the ACLU.
1 posted on 02/17/2006 10:35:38 AM PST by yama85
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To: yama85

All's well that ends well.


2 posted on 02/17/2006 10:36:51 AM PST by GSlob
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To: yama85

"I seek social ownership of property, the abolition of the properties class, and sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal."

-- Roger Baldwin, leftist, anarchist, and Communist, was born in Wellesley MA and co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).



"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."

-- Norman Thomas, Socialist Party Presidential Candidate in 1940, 1944 and 1948, co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).


3 posted on 02/17/2006 10:39:37 AM PST by Stellar Dendrite (There's nothing "Mainstream" about the Orwellian Media!!!)
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To: yama85
advanced on them with a carving knife and a meat fork

When they break out with the steak sauce, you know it's going to be rough

4 posted on 02/17/2006 10:39:41 AM PST by Horatio Gates (If your belt buckle reads Allahu Akbar, You might be a red neck muslim!)
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To: yama85

there are local news stories that criticize the "po po" for using tasers against those who resist arrest.
first it criticized officers who defended themselves with guns, now they dont want them to use tasers.

is the picture coming in to focus here?
the left wants to disarm police just like they want to disarm americas military.


5 posted on 02/17/2006 10:42:46 AM PST by Stellar Dendrite (There's nothing "Mainstream" about the Orwellian Media!!!)
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To: Stellar Dendrite

...which is why it is so crucial that they not be permitted to disarm America's citizenry.


6 posted on 02/17/2006 10:44:55 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: Stellar Dendrite

Those are amazing quotes, and I commend you for citing them.

I will be doing likewise, and I sincerely thank you. :)


7 posted on 02/17/2006 10:50:01 AM PST by mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
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To: yama85

Maybe the ending would have been happier if the culprit had also been a member of the ACLU.


8 posted on 02/17/2006 10:52:26 AM PST by armydawg1 (" America must win this war..." PVT Martin Treptow, KIA, WW1)
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To: yama85
Police went to Dittman's house around midnight Tuesday, after he called to complain about vampires prowling outside

OK... Whatever you say buddy. We'll be right there.

9 posted on 02/17/2006 10:54:45 AM PST by andrew2527
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This is what the ACLU likes to see. Now they can demonize the cops for shooting him with a gun.


10 posted on 02/17/2006 10:54:51 AM PST by Brilliant
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Police went to Dittman's house around midnight Tuesday, after he called to complain about vampires prowling outside, press reports said.

Facing an armed and dangerous subject, police officers are entirely justified in using lethal force, the LEAA noted.

The vampire was armed? I thought you needed a silver bullet to take down a vampire.

11 posted on 02/17/2006 10:58:32 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: armydawg1

If, God forbid, we ever have another 9/11, I hope one of the planes is filled with ACLU lawyers.


12 posted on 02/17/2006 11:04:20 AM PST by BW2221
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To: yama85

bump


13 posted on 02/17/2006 11:08:07 AM PST by somniferum
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To: Horatio Gates

Hannibal Lector?


14 posted on 02/17/2006 11:12:45 AM PST by Spok (Est omnis de civilitate.)
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To: Brilliant
I thought you needed a silver bullet to take down a vampire.

No, that's what you use to kill a werewolf.

For vampires, you got to get them in a position to make it easy to drive a wooden stake through their heart. Getting him to assume a reclined position makes the finish easier to accomplish.

15 posted on 02/17/2006 11:14:39 AM PST by woofer (No amount of planning will ever replace dumb luck.)
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To: Brilliant

"I thought you needed a silver bullet to take down a vampire."

Nah!

Just a 'steak' through the heart.

Isn't that what the knife and fork were for?

:0)


16 posted on 02/17/2006 11:46:36 AM PST by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: Stellar Dendrite

Thanks for the quotes. Powerful stuff.


17 posted on 02/17/2006 1:12:31 PM PST by Sergio (If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
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