Poor kid. He forgot his sarcasm tag.
Posted on 12/09/2013 10:37:20 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
FULL TITLE: 'Oh you're gonna shoot me?' The sarcastic last words of straight-A student shot dead by college cop after being stopped for speeding
A witness says he heard the sarcastic final words of a Texas student moments before he was shot dead by a college police officer.
Robert Cameron Redus, 23, was killed when Corporal Chris Carter, 35, opened fire on him in the early hours of Friday morning a few blocks away from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio where Redus studied, set to graduate in May.
Neighbour Mohammad Haidaras told My San Antonio that he heard a tense exchange between Redus and Carter sixty seconds before shots rang out.
He told the website: 'I heard (a man) say, 'Oh, you're gonna shoot me?' like sarcastic almost.'
The 22-year-old claims he heard gunshots less than a minute later and jumped into his closet.
Investigators say an altercation began when Carter tried to pull Redus over for speeding and driving erratically.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
That’s a good assumption.
In the picture, the cop looks black to me - is that true?
Include me in the FReeper consensus here: Sure, IF the student was truly walloping the cop with the baton, then it’d be a justifiable shooting,
BUT that seems very unlikely. Is it LIKELY that straight-A student at a religious college, even if DUI, would mouth off to a cop, grab the cop’s baton and beat the cop with it?
Or does it seem MORE likely that the cop, who knew that his dash cam was not in place, is fibbing now that the kid is dead?
Incarnate Word, Carter and his buddies just broke the Commandment, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against they neighbor." Mighty convenient that dash cam fell off, huh. Saying, "oh, you're gonna shoot me?" after just beating a campus cop doesn't sound right. Emptying his gun into the guy shows exactly who was at fault and out of control. Lock him up and introduce him as "Officer Carter" to his cellmate.
probably thought he was a dog.
Aimed at what?
Unfortunately, Daily Mail covers more of these stories than any US Paper. While it has a lot of sensational stories, it has a LOT of stories you won’t see elsewhere and covers all the stories you see everywhere else (not the political ones as much). I look at it every day. (Not 10 times a day like I check FR!)
Yep, that and Canada Free Press are great outlets to get US news the US outlets do not cover. Weird, huh?
Poor kid. He forgot his sarcasm tag.
It'd be interesting if the dash cam had been securely attached and working properly during his shift that day or if it fell off and was erased right before he called in the report.
Oops, I meant 10...Muh bad...
Well one more example: what small town (or rural counties need armored vehicles)?
http://www.wkrg.com/story/23974459/global-transpark-to-house-surplus-armored-vehicles
>Aimed at what?
The entrance to your home. If I hear shooting outside my door, I’m going to be ready in case they decide to shoot at me.
From the site, he’s a full fledged commissioned officer who’s dash cam’s glue was sotted by the cold snap. Even if I buy into this story, which I don’t, it doesn’t add up. There was no reason to empty his gun into the guy. From his picture, he could have sat on him. Taser? Spray? Waited for back up since the guy wasn’t going anywhere.
I agree. Wouldn’t it come down to who has employed this “cop”? If the university then what was he doing outside his range of employment? The cop was not city paid. Seems he’d have no business off campus.
” They all think they are
hero’s whose lives are more important
then anyone else.”
Exactly. Problem is, usually a hero is someone who decides the life of another is more important. They risk or choose death to save others. That is courage.
How much courage does it take to sacrifice innocents to protect ones self? But cops do it routinely. Like in the Dorner hunt.
If it was leased college housing, then he has authority there.
If the initial contact was on campus, he has authority over that vehicle anywhere.
According to my campus PD sources, that is.
Do you know that for a fact? Most University police officers here in Arizona are state-trained law enforcement officers. Real cops, whether you choose to believe it or not.
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