Posted on 09/22/2007 6:13:32 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
Especially while strolling down the middle of a freeway.
Nonsense. Under the circumstances, the proper resposne was a 9mm touble tap to the chest. Too bad he missed his last therapy appointment.
wonder if meth makes him epileptic
Oh, the deputy is supposed to be able to figure out a strangers medical status while he's waking down an interstate with a machete in hand? I can only hope those in Texas don't give these people a dime.
Then they are as much at fault for not seeing to it he was getting that medical attention and monitoring their son's behavior. The police officer was doing his job. They should have done theirs.........
Alright... I’ll bite.
What’s wrong with walking around with a machete? Do machetes randomly kill people too (like guns)?
Meth can make folks fail to capitalize or punctuate.
If you walk around point a gun at people, they police would be very likely to shoot you too.
Not "guilty"! Next case,please.
I remember a case years ago in which the parents of a young troubled man called the police because he was threatening them with a knife. The police arrived, cleared the parents out of the house and tried to get the young man to put down the knife. He refused. The police finally had to shoot him.
The parents sued. I don’t think the suit went very far (thankfully), but I just couldn’t help thinking, “What did you think might happen if he refused to obey the police?”
Oh how I wish I were on this jury.
What is the reason for walking around Nueces County,TX with a machete? It doesn’t seem related to epilepsy. Was the man drugged up?
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I disagree!
The cops are supposed to protect us even from ourselves. What is wrong with a taser in this situation? Why kill a guy if you don’t have to? I don’t know if the guy carrying the machete was a POS or not but waving a knife around in an open space is not a good reason to die. We see kids and little old ladies in wheel chairs getting tasered why not a guy weilding a knife? 10 shots? How about one in the leg?
Seems like more force than necessary to me and I’m not usually on the perp’s side of things, but taking a life is awful final.
...and that is the difference between this guy and a lady in a wheel chair. This guy had a lethal weapopn that had some reach and you do not get yourself close enough for that weapon to be used. The pepper spray failed, apparently the guy kept coming, the officer shot.
If that is the case, then, indeed, next case.
“I remember a case years ago in which the parents of a young troubled man called the police because he was threatening them with a knife. The police arrived, cleared the parents out of the house and tried to get the young man to put down the knife. He refused. The police finally had to shoot him.
“The parents sued. I don’t think the suit went very far (thankfully), but I just couldn’t help thinking, “What did you think might happen if he refused to obey the police?”
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In all honestly, people call 911 hoping to get proper help. It always makes me cringe when I hear about people calling 911 for help with an out-of-control child or relative and the police arrive and turn it into a kill-or-be-killed situation.
Of course if a cop runs into some random person with a weapon that’s something else entirely, although I still think they pull the trigger a little quick. Don’t they all have Tasers now?
This is one of those cases where the devil is in the details.
I am a little surprised there was no backup en route and equally surprised at the number of rounds fired.
Does anyone know how many were actual hits and where?
Is there a dashcam or audio recording?
Passing vehicle witnesses?
Best regards,
Should he have "run away" and left the public to deal with a disturbed man wielding a machette?
Of course not. He did his job.
He tried to verbally work with the guy, he tried non-lethal means...but a disturbed man with a machette kept coming.
The officer is hired and sworn to uphold the law and protect citizens and so he defended himself and put the disturbed man down. I am sorry it came to that, but I will not fault the officer based on what I know at this point from the reports.
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