Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

California Animal Control Officer Slain At Foreclosed Home
Officer.com ^ | November 29, 2012 | The Associated Press

Posted on 11/30/2012 6:41:06 AM PST by caldera599

GALT, Calif. (AP) -- An unarmed animal control officer was shot and killed in Sacramento County on Wednesday while trying to retrieve pets from a home whose owner was evicted the previous day.

The officer had gone to the home to rescue dogs and cats authorities thought had been left behind, a day after Joseph Francis Corey was served an eviction notice and a sheriff's deputy changed the locks.

The officer - Roy Curtis Marcum, 45, of Elk Grove - and a bank employee knocked on the door when Corey fired a shotgun through the door, striking the officer in the torso, Sacramento County Sheriff's Sgt. Jason Ramos said.

(Excerpt) Read more at officer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: animalcontrol; officerdown; police; shooting
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041 next last

1 posted on 11/30/2012 6:41:19 AM PST by caldera599
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: caldera599

He learned that pets are family, and for that course tuition runs high.


2 posted on 11/30/2012 6:45:03 AM PST by gaijin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: gaijin

He learned that some people are insane and have weapons that they will use against defenseless people.


3 posted on 11/30/2012 6:46:41 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: ilovesarah2012

Yeah, I don’t have any pity for the guy who shot through the door. Hopefully he goes away for a very long time in a very dark dank cell.


4 posted on 11/30/2012 6:49:48 AM PST by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: caldera599
and a bank employee

Guess who was running like hell....

5 posted on 11/30/2012 6:51:06 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: caldera599

He shot the wrong person. If you are going down then make it worth your while. Idiot.


6 posted on 11/30/2012 6:51:38 AM PST by soycd
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: gaijin

I had a candid conversation with the mayor of my town the other day. The residents have rejected property tax increases 3 times so the Village Board has turned to “code enforcement” to raise revenue. Your garage door isn’t painted to their liking? $100.00 fine.

Park your car over the sidewalk before 7:00 pm? $50.00 fine.

No white sheers in your street facing windows? $75.00 fine.

They are dinging people who haven’t worked in a year and whose homes are in foreclosure for a hundred bucks a month for petty crap. Someone is going to get hurt. The sad thing is it’ll be the “code enforcement” slug instead of the people who are passing these ordinances. And they’re doing it because they won’t stand up to the public sector unions with their gold plated pension plans.

Well I won’t feel bad when it happens. I tried to warn them.


7 posted on 11/30/2012 6:52:04 AM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Lurker

“No white sheers in your street facing windows? $75.00 fine.”

You’re kidding, right? Where is this little slice of heaven located?


8 posted on 11/30/2012 6:56:22 AM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: gaijin
I expect more such news as individual lives deteriorate along with the nation. Public employees charged with interacting with the public had best be sensitive to the strong emotions associated with lives coming apart.

Prayers for the officer's family.

9 posted on 11/30/2012 6:56:56 AM PST by skeeter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: gaijin

He did not learn that you never go and knock on any door as an entity there to take something from someone on the other side of the door unless armed and never frame the doorway.


10 posted on 11/30/2012 7:01:22 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: caldera599
Well, it's too bad an innocent man was murdered and in my part of the state too so I hope the murderer gets to meet Tookie in hell.

However, The officer had gone to the home to rescue dogs and cats...

Their idea of rescue is to kill them after a day or so.

11 posted on 11/30/2012 7:10:21 AM PST by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Stormdog

DuPage County, IL.


12 posted on 11/30/2012 7:17:48 AM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: ilovesarah2012; gaijan

He learned that defenseless pets are insane family, and have weapons for the course that are high-priced.


13 posted on 11/30/2012 7:20:08 AM PST by Lazamataz (Islam is a religious form of Nazism.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: soycd
“He shot the wrong person. If you are going down then make it worth your while. Idiot.”

Neither man were guilty of anything. There was no right person to shoot.

14 posted on 11/30/2012 7:30:31 AM PST by FR_addict
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: caldera599
Desperate people do desperate things. It sounds like the shooter was an old man distraught over losing his home and his pets. I suspect that he was repeatedly pushed beyond what he could bear and finally lashed out. I can't defend him, but at the same time I am reluctant to condemn him as a crazy old coot who needs the needle in his arm. God knows I've had a few brushes with perfect despair these last two years. But for the grace of God and the Perseverance of the Saints I might be in the ground myself.

There are moe desperae people every day. I expect a LOT more of this, and soon.

15 posted on 11/30/2012 7:36:19 AM PST by jboot (This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: skeeter
Public employees charged with interacting with the public had best be sensitive to the strong emotions associated with lives coming apart.

They will do the opposite, of course. They will gun up, get jacked up and behave more ruthlessly than before.

16 posted on 11/30/2012 7:41:01 AM PST by jboot (This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

We’ll see what he learns when he’s in prison for life. How can you defend the murder of an innocent human being?


17 posted on 11/30/2012 7:43:44 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Lurker

If you have enough people who are upset with this petty tyranny, there is a legal way to make the powers that be very,very uncomfortable. It simply involves a ballot initiative that directly ties any revenue raised from these laws to the reduction of any remuneration of the elected officials. Meaning, if $75.00 is raised from a “sheer curtain” violation, $75.00 is subtracted from the elected board’s pay package.

It may get a bit complicated, but it’s an Alinsky move. Freeze it, Target it, ridicule it. Get personal.


18 posted on 11/30/2012 7:43:57 AM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: jboot

Too bad he wasn’t pushed to the point of making payments.


19 posted on 11/30/2012 7:46:30 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: gaijin

We all love our pets, shooting the animal control officer was not a sane response.


20 posted on 11/30/2012 7:51:22 AM PST by dangerdoc (see post #6)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson