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Florida Police Fatally Shoot Man in His Bedroom (Administrative leave!!!!)
Foxnews ^
| 6/15/2009
| Staff
Posted on 06/15/2009 7:48:27 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Police were called early Sunday to the home Manuel Salvador Morales Jr. shared with his parents because relatives said Morales was threatening himself with knives. Police spokesman Tom Nichols says two officers confronted Morales, who was armed and failed to comply with their commands. No additional details about the confrontation or how Morales was armed were released.
Nichols says Officer Albert Riccardi fired two shots at Morales, who was hit twice in the torso and pronounced dead at a hospital.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: codeofsilence; donutwatch; murderbycop; suicidebycop
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To: Red in Blue PA
seems to be difficult for a lot of people around here to understand that no matter what this guy's initial threat was, once the cops got there and he failed to comply with requests to drop the weapon(s), all bets are off.
you are basically threatening the cops at that point. it wasn't just some guy hurting himself.
but i'll wait for more info.
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posted on
06/15/2009 9:10:33 AM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: Red in Blue PA
See how silly that looks? Not as silly as you looking for any imaginable reason to hate cops.
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posted on
06/15/2009 9:11:30 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: org.whodat
how are you supposed to save the life of some guy with a knife who refuses to drop it? sounds like a guy who does not wish to be saved.
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posted on
06/15/2009 9:13:24 AM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: PLMerite
taser, you beat me to it. It would help if I read the entire thread first eh?
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posted on
06/15/2009 9:14:21 AM PDT
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
To: pgkdan
3 yrs is hardly a newbie. 3 months-6 months...now that’s a newbie.
105
posted on
06/15/2009 9:17:28 AM PDT
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
To: thefactor
FACT: If you shot and killed a person threatening only hinself, you would be in prison.
106
posted on
06/15/2009 9:18:42 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Like you I’ve been here since 1998 so to me he is a newbie. I was being a snob just for fun.
107
posted on
06/15/2009 9:19:48 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
( I miss Ronald Reagan!)
To: 3niner
108
posted on
06/15/2009 9:20:37 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: Red in Blue PA
but you have no idea if that happened in this case, do you? i’m asking.
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posted on
06/15/2009 9:22:01 AM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: thefactor
The way the story is written, that is what I believe.
110
posted on
06/15/2009 9:22:54 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
To: Red in Blue PA
Hey! They got the guy to stop threatening himself. What else do ya want?................/s
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posted on
06/15/2009 9:25:02 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(I asked my broker what he's buying today. He replied: "Canned food and ammunition.")
To: pgkdan
oh okay then..snob away. LOL I’ve never understood why freepers call people newbies when they fail to show signs of “liberal baiters”.
112
posted on
06/15/2009 9:25:54 AM PDT
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
To: Red in Blue PA
ah-ha! how do you know who wrote it? have you ever seen the media be biased about anything before? could that be the case now?
they leave out anything about how exactly this guy was armed. also if he lunged at another person. we do know he refused to drop a knife given repeated commands to do so.
we need to understand that the police telling you to drop a knife carries a little more weight than anyone else telling you to drop the knife.
lawful orders given my police officers must be obeyed at the time they are given. everything else can be hashed out later. but an immediate threat of violence needs to be stopped.
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posted on
06/15/2009 9:30:14 AM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: Shimmer1
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posted on
06/15/2009 9:42:39 AM PDT
by
Cathy
To: Cathy
All I claimed is that they had the initiative in the situation and messed it up. Initiative means it was there move. They had the choice of how to approach the man and what posture to set. This is not speculation because it is supported in the article. The title says they "Fatally Shoot Man in His Bedroom". Now since you enter a house through the door and bedrooms have only one door that means the man was either in his room when they got there or he retreated there after they arrived. Those are the only two realistic options. It is not likely they came in his window or he chased them into his bedroom. Hence it is 99.9 percent likely that he was in his room and they came into it to confront him. This is supported here: Police spokesman Tom Nichols says two officers confronted Morales, who was armed and failed to comply with their commands.
If you read in to it as little as possible into the article you have the following series of events.
Police were called early Sunday to the home Manuel Salvador Morales Jr. shared with his parents because relatives said Morales was threatening himself with knives.
1) Man with knife does something at home to make his parents think he is suicidal.
2) The parents called the cops.
3) The cops came to the house.
4) The man was in his room with knives when the cops got there.
Police spokesman Tom Nichols says two officers confronted Morales, who was armed and failed to comply with their commands.
5) The cops told him to drop the knife 6) he didn't 7) They shot him
That is it. That is all that is in the article. YOU are assuming he did something threatening and unreasonable in order to justify their shooting. But based ONLY on what was actually in the article listed above you have no case. You only have speculation. I can say based only on what is above the cops messed up big time.
If you assume items one through 7 are all that happened then you HAVE to conclude the cops messed up. What else is there to conclude? If you are suicidal you should be shot? Why would a suicidal man have dropped his knife? Are you saying the cops have no better way to handle things? Their only choice is to show up, demand something and then shoot?
If you don't think that and you still think the cops did not royally mess up then you HAVE to be assuming things that are not in the article.
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posted on
06/15/2009 10:34:46 AM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: thefactor
but an immediate threat of violence needs to be stopped.
Well he stopped threatening to stab himself... I guess you are right. Based on your logic threatening yourself with a weapon is a capitol offense.
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posted on
06/15/2009 10:37:49 AM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: TalonDJ
Your analysis stinks and please stop posting to me.
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posted on
06/15/2009 10:47:20 AM PDT
by
Cathy
To: theDentist
I knew it wouldn’t pass unnoticed. The check’s in the mail!
Colonel, USAFR
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posted on
06/15/2009 11:08:59 AM PDT
by
jagusafr
(Kill the red lizard, Lord! - nod to C.S. Lewis)
To: Red in Blue PA
It just proves the old addage “introducing a cop into a situation will only make it worse.”
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posted on
06/15/2009 11:10:50 AM PDT
by
packrat35
(Nancy Pelosi is a liar!)
To: TalonDJ
"5) The cops told him to drop the knife 6) he didn't"
that is the only part that matters. what if he took one step towards the cops with the knife after they told him to freeze and drop the knife. what if he lunged quickly?
where do you draw the line? it is proven that someone with a knife can cover the average distance of an armed confrontation in a matter of a second or two. inside it's worse since there are fewer escape options.
120
posted on
06/15/2009 11:19:19 AM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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