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NC man reaching for cane shot in SC traffic stop
AP via [Myrtle Beach] Sun-News ^
| February 26, 2014
Posted on 02/26/2014 11:02:34 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
CLOVER, S.C. York County deputies say an officer shot a 70-year-old man reaching for a cane during a traffic stop because he thought the man was grabbing a rifle from the bed of his pickup truck.
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Sheriff's office spokesman Trent Faris said Knox stopped 70-year-old Bobby Canipe (kah-NYP') of Lincolnton, N.C., for an expired license plate Tuesday evening. Investigators say Canipe got out of his pickup and reached into the truck bed for his cane and Knox fired several shots, hitting Canipe once.
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Faris says the shooting was unfortunate, but appeared to be appropriate because Knox felt an imminent threat to his life.
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: banglist; cane; cops; donutwatch; sc; southcarolina; standingarmy
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To: dragnet2
Deputy Knox has been placed on paid administrative leave pending a full investigation.
Shoot an unarmed old man. Get a paid vacation. The PD seems to be encouraging this sort of behavior.
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posted on
02/27/2014 12:18:57 AM PST
by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
To: Drago
Well, if you’re looking for donut reviews, who better to ask?
42
posted on
02/27/2014 12:19:28 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Richard Warman censors free speech.)
To: Eagles6
The Law of the Lords is not the Law of the Serfs.
43
posted on
02/27/2014 12:20:58 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Richard Warman censors free speech.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Right...freaking idiocy... crazy on parade from LE.
44
posted on
02/27/2014 12:28:21 AM PST
by
antceecee
(Bless us Lord, forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life.)
To: Slings and Arrows
I’m staring to suspect there is some process, or a collection of processes used on trainees that serves to DESENSITIZE these new officers to the power of empathy, sympathy, analytical skills, presumption of innocence, respect for the physically or mentally disabled. There is some way the officers are trained to see EVERY CIVILIAN AND DOMESTICATED PET AS A DIRE THREAT TO THE OFFICER’S LIFE. This is the way you act when you are flailing, and afraid for your life. Scattershot. They are teaching our newest officers to be deeply replused, disengaged from, disgusted with, contemptuous of everyday Americans. This is being drummed into them. Maybe a certain ERIC SNOWDEN could offer some explanation. The truth will come out. This overly WAR LIKE behavior is now pandemic in this country.
To: Lazamataz
Clearly it wasn’t the officer who should have felt threatened...
46
posted on
02/27/2014 12:56:25 AM PST
by
Crim
(Palin / West '16)
To: Slings and Arrows
Trigger happy coward who should not be a cop.
Getting seriously tired of these weak kneed, slow thinking, proned to panic bastards.
47
posted on
02/27/2014 12:56:30 AM PST
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Starting to wonder if gun control isn’t the answer after all. No guns for government workers. None. Nada. Period.
48
posted on
02/27/2014 12:57:05 AM PST
by
Dogbert41
(Up yours NSA !)
To: dragnet2
For that matter, who carries a rifle in the bed of their pickup? I can't think of a better place to get it wet, dinged up, and full of crap.
Either the story is BS, or the cop doesn't have any common sense.
49
posted on
02/27/2014 1:00:39 AM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Slings and Arrows
citizen target practice (citizen endangered, Barney Fife alert)
..no dogs/cats/cattle /horses/caged Parakeets involved.
50
posted on
02/27/2014 1:11:41 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: MamaB
“if that is the reason, why didnt my generation grow up like that? After all, there were many shoot em up shows in the 50s and 60s.
______________________________________________________
Yes, but it was obvious that they were fiction.
You did not see Barny Fife in swat gear, yelling “get on the ground, get on the ground, NOW!
Today’s TV cop dramas claim to portray reality, and today’s cops see it as so. It becomes a vicious circle.
51
posted on
02/27/2014 1:17:58 AM PST
by
AlexW
To: Slings and Arrows
*whippersnappers*
52
posted on
02/27/2014 1:18:32 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: dragnet2
Any cane/twig are very, very dangerous. @ 70 y.o. the perp, probably couldn't swing very well.
By using (Diane Fineswine's methodology); it look very, very deadly..the cane had evil intent.
(moron) Barney Fife was justified. /sarc
53
posted on
02/27/2014 1:26:16 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: AlexW
"bbt?"
"Donutwatch" enabled.
54
posted on
02/27/2014 1:30:51 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: Drago
"pastry reviews or something!"
seriesly, just make sure, you haven't bitten into it, it may
look like a gun to the hungry/drooling LEOs
55
posted on
02/27/2014 1:40:40 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: Liberty Valance
Where are the bullet holes?
56
posted on
02/27/2014 1:41:36 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Richard Warman censors free speech.)
To: Slings and Arrows
57
posted on
02/27/2014 1:45:55 AM PST
by
GOYAKLA
(Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
To: Slings and Arrows
58
posted on
02/27/2014 2:08:28 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Slings and Arrows
Cops- You don’t have to love ‘em.
59
posted on
02/27/2014 2:35:03 AM PST
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: MamaB
I never thought of that. But, if that is the reason, why didnt my generation grow up like that? Reagan's war on drugs
60
posted on
02/27/2014 2:36:00 AM PST
by
ClaytonP
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