... The f***ing war is over!!!
Posted on 05/06/2009 4:19:21 AM PDT by from occupied ga
A 28-year-old Atlanta man was shot by an off-duty Atlanta police officer Tuesday night, but accounts vary as to what led to the conflict.
Atlanta Police Lt. Keith Meadows said an officer, working security at the Cityviews Apartments on Richardson Street, saw what he believed to be a “suspicious” person and when the officer approached the man ran to his car. The officer approached the
“The subject reached under his seat and the officer felt threatened,” Meadows said. The officer fired a single shot to the face.
No weapons were found on the man, Meadows said. The wounded man had a cellphone in his hand when he was searched at the hospital, he said.
Relatives identified the wounded man as Tramaine Miller. Meadows said Miller was in critical condition at Grady Memorial Hospital.
His father, Gregory Rollins, said Miller was visiting the complex to deliver medication to his aunt, who’s a paraplegic.
“He comes here all the time to bring her medication,” said Rollins, who lives with his disabled sister.
The incident occurred around 10 p.m. As of 11:30 p.m. police were still awaiting a warrant to search the vehicle, which was being towed to police headquarters.
Witness Jack Jordan disputed the official account.
“The cop kept telling him to show his hands,” said Jordan, who was about 20-25 yards away from the shooting. “I saw his hands.”
Jordan said he heard a window break, and then heard a gunshot.
“How can you roll down a window when your hands are in the air?” Jordan asked.
The officer will be placed on a three-day firearm review, with investigations forthcoming by the department’s homicide and internal affairs divisions, Meadows said.
Maybe the majority of cops in Atlanta are good, but SO darn many of them are not!
Most Atlanta Police work extra security jobs IN UNIFORM but, I don’t know if that is the case here.
One other thing, private companies around here HIRE off duty police to do security, again they are usually in uniform.
... The f***ing war is over!!!
Doesn't everyone keep a cell phone under the car seat? < /sarc >
Does a cop in this position actually have to give the subject the first shot, does he have to wait until he positively identifies a weapon, or, as in this case, make a tragic mistake?
Do criminals typically identify themselves as police to freeze their victims? Would it be reasonable for the subject to believe so?
So darned many questions, but we may never be certain of the truth!
They do if they're working traffic, but on security, some do and some don't. Remember the black kid who was gunned down by police in Lenox a couple of years ago. Cop WAS NOT in uniform.
That’s pretty much what happened to the Eagle Scout in MD who had his face shot off by an undercover FBI SWAT team after a mistaken ID “felony traffic stop.”
Half of these plainclothed goons with assault rifles were screaming “Freeze! Don’t move!”
The other half were screaming “Get out! Get out!”
The terrified kid reached to unbuckle his seat belt, and they shot him point blank in the face, right through the windshield.
The FBI shooter didn’t even get a slap on the wrist.
Wasn't the kid the 3rd guy that that particular agent had shot?
I couldn't find that in the article. Was he really out of uniform?
I agree that the picture was out of line.
Absolutely nothing to do with this case.
If I was in my home, YES, I’d shoot.
If I was on the street on spotted somebody “suspicious” and decided to chase him down and shoot him in the face?
No.
Not even.
I'm going by the "off duty" which usually (but not always) means out of uniform
No more out of line the the picture Eagle7 posted...
It has nothing to do with the case, just showed his bigotry towards the south.
WPLR used to play that sound clip once in a while. Can’t remember what movie it’s from.
If some guy intruded in my house you bet I'd shoot, But if I shot some guy on the street because he was "acting suspicious" I'd be charged (and rightly so) with assault with a deadly weapon.
If we're still citizens, yes. If we're just subjects, no.
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