Posted on 07/28/2010 6:45:39 AM PDT by marktwain
Yep a “good-ole-fashion” Clark County, NV DA and Las Vegas Metro Police cover-up is going on right now.
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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Who is going to lose or contaminate the evidence?
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.
If it sounds like a duck.....Sounds like a cover-up to me...................
And who is going to “lose” the Chain-of Custody”?
They haven't decided yet..............
How convenient.
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.
That’s still undecided as of today...........;^)
Isn't that special?
sorry if this was supposed to be obvious, but are we dealing with Democrats here?
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.
Exactly. IF there isn’t an ongoing coverup, then this guy is a PR bonehead.
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.
ROFLOL!!!
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”.
gotta weed through all the potentials to find the ones that will tell the story the way the police want.
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