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San Bernardino deputy to face charge in airman shooting
AP ^
| 3/7/6
| GREG RISLING
Posted on 03/07/2006 10:35:30 AM PST by SmithL
San Bernardino -- A sheriff's deputy videotaped shooting an unarmed Iraq war veteran after a high-speed chase will be charged with attempted voluntary manslaughter, authorities said Tuesday.
The case against Deputy Ivory J. Webb, 45, includes the special allegations of infliction of great bodily injury and use of a firearm, San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael A. Ramos told a news conference. It was the first time the county's prosecutors filed charges against a lawman for an on-duty shooting.
Sheriff Gary Penrod said Webb, a 10-year veteran of the Sheriff's Department, will remain on paid administrative leave as the investigation of the shooting of Air Force Senior Airman Elio Carrion, 21, continues.
"I respect the decision of the district attorney's office," Penrod said.
Webb's arraignment was set for Wednesday. If convicted, he could face up to 18 1/2 years in prison.
On Jan. 29, Carrion, an Air Force security officer just back from Iraq, was a passenger in a Corvette that was involved in a high-speed nighttime chase before crashing into a wall in Chino, about 45 miles east of Los Angeles.
A grainy videotape shot by a resident shows Carrion on the ground just outside the car's passenger door and Webb standing nearby, pointing at gun at him. A voice appears to order Carrion to rise. When the airman appears to begin to comply, the deputy shoots him three times.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: badcop; bang; banglist; chino; copcoverup; deadairman; deputy; donutwatch; jbt; leo; libertarians
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:35:32 AM PST
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
This was a bad shooting, a senseless crime. Voluntary manslaughter seems too lenient.
The sheep MUST be able to trust the sheepdogs. When a sheepdog turns on a sheep, he MUST be punished harshly.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:37:36 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
To: SmithL
The soldier shouldn't have run but it sure looked to me like the cop wanted to shoot somebody.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:38:10 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: SmithL
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:39:07 AM PST
by
beltfed308
(Cloth or link. Happiness is a perfect trunnion.)
To: SmithL
Good, I almost expected the LEO to walk, like they normally do when they commit a crime the ordinary citizen would go to jail for.
I am honestly surprised.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:40:08 AM PST
by
CrawDaddyCA
(There is no such thing as a fair fight. Thou shall win at all costs!!)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:40:11 AM PST
by
steveo
(Father's Against Rude Television. You may already be a member.)
To: cripplecreek
The Airman (Airforce) was not running...he was the PASSENGER of the car...not the driver.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:40:11 AM PST
by
MadeInAmerica
( - Tested in the Middle East)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:41:10 AM PST
by
SmithL
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: HairOfTheDog
Agreed! Be interesting to follow the court case on this one.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:41:33 AM PST
by
Issaquahking
(Aussies...Keeping their country great!)
To: MadeInAmerica
He was a collaborator
10
posted on
03/07/2006 10:41:46 AM PST
by
al baby
(Father of the Beeber)
To: MadeInAmerica; steveo
Damn, I don't know how I got this far missing that minor detail. I don't recall ever hearing that he was a passenger when this was all in the news. Thanx for setting me straight.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:42:21 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: cripplecreek
"The soldier shouldn't have run but it sure looked to me like the cop wanted to shoot somebody."
The airman was the PASSENGER in the car, not the driver. He didn't run anywhere.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:42:39 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: HairOfTheDog
Exactly. One round equals manslaughter but three equals attempted murder in my book...
13
posted on
03/07/2006 10:43:20 AM PST
by
snuffy smiff
("the theory of Communism may be summed up in a single sentence:abolition of private property"-K.Marx)
To: snuffy smiff
And now after reading the entire article, I think it's time the sheriff was gone, too.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:46:09 AM PST
by
snuffy smiff
("the theory of Communism may be summed up in a single sentence:abolition of private property"-K.Marx)
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:48:23 AM PST
by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
To: snuffy smiff
I think you will hear crickets from the thin blue line and jackboot lickers
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1570140/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1570982/posts
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:49:01 AM PST
by
vrwc0915
To: SmithL
attempted manslaughter might be tough, given that he probably could have shot him in the head.
17
posted on
03/07/2006 10:49:17 AM PST
by
Homer1
To: snuffy smiff
Where did you find fault with sheriff Penrod ?
18
posted on
03/07/2006 10:54:02 AM PST
by
1035rep
To: albertp; Allosaurs_r_us; Abram; AlexandriaDuke; Americanwolf; Annie03; Baby Bear; bassmaner; ...
I'm shocked as hell that they would actually charge a cop with a on duty shooting but the charge should be attempted murder not manslaughter.its a start though. Now this just may set a precedent where if the swat teams blows away children and senior citisens when they get the wrong house in a drug raid they might possibly get charged sometimes maybe
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:55:53 AM PST
by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
To: SmithL
The need to charge the folks involved in the cover up attempt as well.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:58:07 AM PST
by
PAR35
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