my bad
Posted on 01/27/2014 4:24:18 PM PST by kiryandil
Video of a police standoff contradicts the initial Pinal County Sheriff's Office description of the chain of events that led to the shooting death of a suspected car thief. The man had led police and sheriff's deputies on a chase through Casa Grande and Eloy for nearly an hour, before deputies immobilized the car he was driving.
A witness shot the video on a cell phone. It shows the final moments of the standoff, when deputies were ordering Manuel Longoria to surrender. The deputies had their weapons drawn and fired five bean bag rounds at the suspect, in addition to Taser rounds.
Longoria appeared to be moving his arms around, and did not appear to be cooperating with the deputies. Seconds later, the video shows Longoria turn his back on the deputies and raise both hands into the air, high over his head. One second later, a lone deputy fired two shots, killing Longoria.
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5 beanbag rounds. Those things hurt like hell...how he was still on his feet is beyond me...
my bad
Given the pace of the shots, I would say that there was no panic. A 'double tap' might have been panic related. There was plenty of time not to take the second shot. particularly if his weapon was double action only. This speaks to the mindset of the cop to shot the victim regardless.
You’re good...
heh heh heh...
/johnny
Another video of attempted cold blooded murder by a cop. Who claimed the victim was moving toward him with a knife.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKqTzYDUYhE
Anybody who would question anything the police do is just a cop-hater.
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Bears repeating.
And I usually give cops the benefit of the doubt. This guy should get a year in the yard. Though six months would likely be sufficient
Admittedly I only did a quick scan, but I’m amazed that in the first 50 comments there hasn’t been a posting from the “cops can do no wrong” quarter saying (without irony) “well the important thing is that the cop can get home safely at the end of his shift”.
Looks like an “ignisecond” kind of event to me.
ignisecond – [Sniglet] the overlapping moment of time when the hand is locking the car door even as the brain is saying, “My keys are in there!”
Still Manslaughter, not murder.
The most dangerous thing you can do in the U.S. is interfere with a cop who is killing someone.
No. I'd get charged with murder. The cop should be charged with murder.
You can't uphold the law by breaking the law.
/johnny
How about his dog?
Well, yeah. He committed suicide when they made contact with him. They toyed with him for a while, then gave the designated shooter the green light.
Dear, God. How tragic. May he RIP.
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