Given that they name the officer who shot the double-amputee but not the one who was ‘trapped’ by the double-amputee, I’m betting that the unnamed officer was a woman.
This should help the staff of the group home, keep the patients in line.
Shut your mouth or we will call the police, remember what happened to Brian.
Did they kill his dog as well?
Christ! it is a good thing these ‘Houston Deputies’ were in possession of fire arms. They would not be able to survive out on their own otherwise.They would be at the mercy of every elementary school aged girls that wanted to pick on them. They would have to be kept in their respective homes and carefully protected by anyone else with a little cojones and backbone.
The officer could not get away from a guy in a wheelchair, armed only with a pen? cornered? feared for his life? What?was he screaming like a little girl.
take foot, place on wheelchair and push. Chair fall over or rolls away. Situation resolved without loss of life.
This sounds to me to be an extreme case of cowardise or he really wanted to kill someone, anyone.
The cop knew that a pen is mightier than a sword. Or he feared to be run over by the wheelchair.
It’s a dangerous world.
Just give him the damned cigarette and a soda for God's sake. This is just pure meanness by the caretaker.
He trapped one of the officers in the corner???? WHAT?
Now he's dead, just because he only wanted a damned cigarette and a soda? How hard is it to satisfy that wee little desire?
The cop will be defended by the chief and his union. Unbelievable how far this country’s police forces have fallen over the last couple of decades.
These stories don’t attract as many cop groupie apologists as they used to. Occasionally one will pop up, but not like a few years ago.
What next? shooting someone who is unconscious because they snore aggressively?
I’d like to hear the other side of the story. How out of control was the mentally ill schizophrenic? Was the officer pinned against the wall by the wheelchair? I don’t know - there is more story here, yet, and I am waiting to see.
What a brave, brave man who blew away a dangerous homicidal maniac who was wielding a .45 caliber ball point pen. Give that man a medal for valor, a raise, and a lifetime pension. He’s a credit to his union.
It's easy to criticize when you have the benefit of hindsight.
A schizophrenic. Wow... Talk about your “death panels,” this one’s was led by Judge Dredd!
When I read extreme stories like this, I can’t help but reflect that I worked as a guard in a state penitentiary in medium security for a year and a half, and as a bouncer in a club in Tampa for two years, I was never armed, and I only had one incident where I ever had to pop anybody, one shot to the adam’s apple was enough to stop an aggressive bar patron’s advance long enough to grab him by collar and belt and take him out the door...and I was hauling them out every night.
These incidents with dogs and people sound like a vast number of LEO’s are untrained, unsure of themselves, unable to think under pressure, and are relying on aggressive bluster, numbers, steroids, and finally bullets to overcome their inadequacies.
IMO the dog holocaust is easy to explain. Dogs smell fear. A fearful, insecure officer who’s using loud bluster to cover it, is going to set off an alarm bell with any house dog worth his salt. The fearful officer thinks stepping back, stepping aside, asking the owner to control the dog, or even waiting for one minute, is the act of a pussy. So let’s let Officer Berretta do the thinking.
There are other officers, many with military backgrounds, and they are is easy to spot because their brain is fully engaged. The next time you see a group of officers on a scene, look for yourself and see which one is the anchor to steady the college students...you’ll be able to tell pretty easily. Sometimes these “anchors” already have their hands full with one problem officer, who they can’t get rid of, or won’t get rid of. I had a neighbor and hunting buddy who was in the highway patrol, and one of his coworkers was nicknamed “Psycho”. Save that story for another day, but needless to say, they spent a considerable fraction of their time trying to keep him from making the papers.
I’m an expert on nothing, just giving my view from the cheap seats.