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Coroner's inquest into deadly Costco shooting delayed indefinitely(NV)
ktnv.com ^ | 28 July, 2010 | NA

Posted on 07/28/2010 6:45:39 AM PDT by marktwain

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This doesn't look good. The hard drive has been sent to California for forensic analysis. No information if the police took pictures of the crime scene immediately after the shooting, or of the aisle in the store where Erik Scott supposedly "destroyed merchandise". The witnesses say Erik's body was grabbed from the floor without any concern for destruction of evidence, and that it was handled like a sack of potatoes.
1 posted on 07/28/2010 6:45:46 AM PDT by marktwain
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Yep a “good-ole-fashion” Clark County, NV DA and Las Vegas Metro Police cover-up is going on right now.


2 posted on 07/28/2010 6:49:40 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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Here is a supposed eyewitness account from a previous post:

From the comments on the channel 8 news story:
“I couldn't agree with you more....My wife and I were 7 or 8 feet away from the shooting as were the police. We were to the suspects immediate right. We heard and saw the 3 police officers shouting to the man in question to ‘get on your knees’ several times. At that point the man appeared somewhat stunned by the commotion and shouting of the police. His Right arm went up in a defenseless position and it appeared his left arm appeared to be going up but there was NO gun in his hand. He was taserd and shot at the same time. At no time did the man in question ever raise his voice, shout an obscenity or become confrontational with the police. We saw the disabled man stooping to his right facing us with what appeared to be a bullet wound in his upper chest with blood coming from the wound and immediately his eyes became glossy as he began to convulse. At this point he was no threat to anyone, both hands were in full view of us and there was no gun. As he was down, the police continued to shout ‘put the gun down’ several times...but there was no gun in his hand as we had full vantage point view. The injured man was having agonal respirations, he was down when the second volly of bullets rang out. There was no doubt in question that following the second barrage of bullets the man was dead. His girlfriend was to the back side of us and began to scream.....why did you kill him, he is a military man with a license to carry a concealed weapon. You didn't need to kill him....you didn't need to kill him.
An officer then came up to the injured man who in my opinion was a ‘dead’ man’, was cuffed with his hands behind his back and no attempt by the officer to determine if the man was alive or dead. No apparent life saving aid was given to the ‘downed’ man. The man was totally lifeless when the Paramedics arrived on scene. I was absolutely surprised to see that no attempt at aggressive ACLS was engaged. They simply just picked up the body like a ‘sack of potatoes’ and hurled him onto the gurney and into the ambulance This was a crime scene.... the crime scene was violated. One of the paramedics who attended to an injured elderly lady said the man was dead. There was a dead man in front of Costco. What nobody is talking about is that there were many many spectators, many like ourselves within just a few feet of the victim when the shots rang out. It seems to me that the greater danger was posed not by the victim but by the police who fired many shots in the vicinity of the innocent public. I agree with you, I hope the media and your friends family can get their hands of Costco's Camera's which will indeed tell the rest of the story. Also it must be confirmed whether the second gun supposedly found by the victims side was indeed also registered to him as a licensed conceal and carry.
This whole incident was a monumental tragedy; a tragedy for the family and friend and also a tragedy for the involved officers who were pushed into a needless confrontation that reached hysterical proportions due to the overreaction of certain employees and bystanders. This was a needless death.

In summary it is our opinion that the victim did not pose an immediate threat to the public.....and in the final analysis was a case of excessive force
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http://www.8newsnow.com/global/story.asp?s=12785291

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2551569/posts

3 posted on 07/28/2010 6:50:07 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: US Navy Vet

Who is going to lose or contaminate the evidence?


4 posted on 07/28/2010 6:50:54 AM PDT by pointsal
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I was willing to wait until all the evidence was in before sharing my opinion on this case, and as a former cop I do lean toward the police in matters like this HOWEVER, moves like this by the prosecutors’ office just really stink to high heaven of corruption in order to cover up for a few cops that *ucked up and killed a good man.


5 posted on 07/28/2010 6:51:48 AM PDT by Grunthor (My coffee creamer is fat free because I am not.)
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If it sounds like a duck.....Sounds like a cover-up to me...................


6 posted on 07/28/2010 6:52:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
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The Metro Police have demonstrated complete PR incompetence in this matter. It is impossible for an objective observer to conclude anything other than they are trying to conceal or tamper with evidence.
7 posted on 07/28/2010 6:52:40 AM PDT by wideawake
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And who is going to “lose” the Chain-of Custody”?


8 posted on 07/28/2010 6:53:09 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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Who is going to lose or contaminate the evidence?

They haven't decided yet..............

9 posted on 07/28/2010 6:53:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
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Police are also saying that there may have been a glitch in Costco's surveillance system, and the cameras may have not recorded the ordeal.

How convenient.

10 posted on 07/28/2010 6:53:21 AM PDT by glorgau
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The brazen coverups are getting more.... brazen.

Pretty soon, the police chiefs in these sort of situations will get on camera, and start yelling, "YEAH! WE DID IT! SO F$(#ING WHAT???!? WHADDYA GONNA F$(#ING DO ABOUT IT, YA F$(#ING FISHLIPPED FAIRY??!??"

Then they'll pull out their revolver and cap the reporter right behind the ear.

And nothing will come of it.

11 posted on 07/28/2010 6:53:47 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
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That’s still undecided as of today...........;^)


12 posted on 07/28/2010 6:54:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
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He says deciding which witnesses will be called to testify

Isn't that special?

13 posted on 07/28/2010 6:54:22 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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sorry if this was supposed to be obvious, but are we dealing with Democrats here?


14 posted on 07/28/2010 6:56:34 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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From now on every person I know who plans on taking a trip to Las Vegas will be informed of what can happen to them.

I will strongly suggest they vacation elsewhere.

The police department will get away with this. And this obviously taints my image of the much loved Las Vegas CSI shows I have watched and recorded for many years, I just cannot see them in a positive light anymore, especially if this continues to be a show of resistance for proper justice.


15 posted on 07/28/2010 6:57:45 AM PDT by Eye of Unk ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" G.Orwell)
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Exactly. IF there isn’t an ongoing coverup, then this guy is a PR bonehead.


16 posted on 07/28/2010 6:59:05 AM PDT by catbertz
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To: Tijeras_Slim

or like the church lady would say, very conveeeeeeenient.

i get the sense that courts martial are conducted with more care than this will be.


17 posted on 07/28/2010 6:59:05 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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And this obviously taints my image of the much loved Las Vegas CSI shows I have watched and recorded for many years, I just cannot see them in a positive light anymore, especially if this continues to be a show of resistance for proper justice.

ROFLOL!!!

18 posted on 07/28/2010 7:02:06 AM PDT by Osage Orange (MOLON LABE)
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To: Lazamataz
“The brazen coverups are getting more.... brazen.
Pretty soon, the police chiefs in these sort of situations will get on camera, and start yelling, “YEAH! WE DID IT! SO F$(#ING WHAT???!? WHADDYA GONNA F$(#ING DO ABOUT IT, YA F$(#ING FISHLIPPED FAIRY??!??”

Then they'll pull out their revolver and cap the reporter right behind the ear.

And nothing will come of it.”

Now Laz, that is a little over the top. Even in Putin's Russia, they claim the reporter “resisted arrest”.

19 posted on 07/28/2010 7:03:36 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Tijeras_Slim

gotta weed through all the potentials to find the ones that will tell the story the way the police want.


20 posted on 07/28/2010 7:04:22 AM PDT by absolootezer0 (2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
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