Cant believe the responses on here. He was alleged to have committed aggravated assault on two people. He pointed a gun at police.....he SHOT at police through the bedroom door!
So the cops should have just said “Ok gramps, calm down, we’ll come back in the morning and we’ll talk.”? You’re out of your minds!
If you think that is the right course of action then let’s move you in next door to him with you kids and spouse.
Go ahead and indicate your willingness to do that in any replies.
Idiots!
I have neighbors who I really like who might react similar to this guy under the same circumstances.
We have a lot of experience caring for elderly family members. I have no illusions about that.
But, 107?? The article did not say what the “aggravated assault” was. I read elsewhere that it was he pulled a gun on the 2 individuals who were in his house. More than likely they were trying to force him into a home, understandable at 107. Many elderly resist that. Would you, if you felt you did not want to go?
Careful about what you support, lest you win the FR “CopSucker Award”.
Thinking you posted on the wrong place. Maybe try huff n puff, they’re more along your line of thinking.
There was no reason to rush this old dude. What the hell kind of assault could a 107 do to 2 apparently younger people?
This is just a continuation of “conditioning for socialism” and you don’t seem to need any more.
I would think he would be a fine neighbor. I wouldn’t bother him, and he wouldn’t bother me.
What’s your point? That he “needed killin’?”
“Cant believe the responses on here.”
1. I would prefer that they handled the situation with a little more patience and from what I’ve read I think they could have. (I know that everything I read is not accurate.)
2. People also seem to be forgetting that one of the pro gun arguments is that a gun is an equalizer, it puts a weaker person on a more equal footing with a stronger aggressor. This wasn’t just a 107 year old man. It was a 107 year old man with an equalizer.
So far was we can tell from the story, the “aggravated assault” on the other two was that he pointed his gun at them.
We do not know why he did this. We have no idea why they were at the house, why he was in the bedroom.
What we do know is that neither of the two were hurt. It’s not like the 107-year-old was going to beat them up. Also, we know that they were not being held, they both left.
You can’t shoot at police and expect to get away with it. On the other hand, the police had the situation under control, they had a camera, they gassed the guy AND flash-banged him, and still they could not subdue him. That was one tough 107-year-old.
Since he was the only one who knew the truth, we will never know now why he had a gun, and what happened for him to pull the gun.
For all we know, he was senile, the two gave him the gun, and told him the japs were coming to get him. This would be an excellent way to get rid of an unwanted old coot and collect the insurance, without being charged with murder.
So the cops should have just said “Ok gramps, calm down, we’ll come back in the morning and we’ll talk.”?
It has been reported he was legally blind and also very hard of hearing. There was a better way to handle it and not with a SWAT Team.