Posted on 05/31/2011 8:27:58 PM PDT by Rabin
Officer Ian Birk shot John T. Williams last August after the Native American woodcarver crossed the street in front of Birk's patrol car while holding a piece of wood and a small knife. Birk later maintained Williams had threatened him
(MadHatters described the event: Williams, crossed an intersection where Officer Birk sat in his car. Birk saw Williams was carrying a lump of wood and a knife, got out of his car and called on Williams to drop the knife. When Williams didnt comply Birk fired 5 rapid shots striking Williams in the side and back, killing him. http://madhatters.me.uk/2011/05/30/john-t-williams-family-offered-1-5-million/) The settlement was reached through mediation between the city and Williams' family. The city attorney's office said that saved both sides from protracted litigation and expensive legal fees.
(Excerpt) Read more at nativetimes.com ...
Those rewards for jobs well done are less and less likely to be given as the shooting of nonthreatening noncriminals becomes more and more routine. It is no longer seen as exceptional devotion to duty. It is more like just a day's work.
The politicians and bureaucrats approve and laud his actions. It is part of building the Soviet State. It is called The Terror. We are new at it and it is hit or miss in its application. Perhaps we should make a concerted study of the methods Le Directoire (1790s France) or bring in advisors from the old KGB to perfect and proliferate the technique.
Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1VKo6-m27c
Look at the proliferating stories about theses things. Birk is not a "loose cannon." It is interesting that he was dropped from the force in Seattle. In the other places where these egregious and capricious shootings occur the officers are rewarded with paid vacation time or just congratulated for a job well done. In far left Seattle the perp gets dropped from the force.
Are you thinking about Cheye Calvo? That was in Maryland. Was there another incident in NJ? (not that I'd be surprised.)
So let me get this straight. The killing of this poor man was ruled “not justified” and NO criminal charges of any kind will be filed?
Boy it must be nice to be a cop. You can commit a “not justified” killing, (murder to you and me) and pay no more price than losing your job.
bttt
Execution by cop -- plain and simple...
Murder one; execute the cop.
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