Posted on 12/24/2014 9:50:07 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
18 year-old Antonio Martin had a criminal record, with charges including three assaults, armed robbery, armed criminal action and multiple uses of weapons since he was 17.
On Tuesday night Antonio Martin drew a gun from his pocket and pointed it at police.
He was shot dead by the officer.
The attorney for the Berkeley police officer said this bizarre scenario may have been a set-up at the store to kill police.
** Antonio Martin and his companion stole from the store before the shooting.
Attorney Brian Millikensays it may have been a set-up. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported:
This individual could have complied with the officer. He could have ran away, he could have dropped the gun, all sort of things could have happened. It didnt have to end with him approaching the officer with an arm extended and a 9 mm pistol in his hand, Belmar said.
Milliken said his client recounted the details to him several hours after the shooting.
The other guy was doing the talking, and as the cop starts talking, the suspect starts walking away again, Millikan said. At that point, the cop says, Hey, come back here, and he turns around, pulls a gun from his left pant pocket.
Hes trying to process all of this, and the suspect raises it, points it at him. The cop pulls his weapon and starts backpedaling and fired three or four shots. It happened that quickly. He doesnt understand why the suspects gun didnt fire. Im not sure if he tried to pull the trigger and it jammed.
Belmar said as the officer backpedaled,he stumbled and dropped the flashlight. Berkeley Mayor Theodore Hoskins, in a news conference later Wednesday morning, said it may have been a blessing in disguise.
I think the officer, because he stumbled, may have saved his (own) life, he said.
Millikan said its possible that his client was being set up for an ambush.
Store employees called 911 after the suspects stole from the store, Millikan said.
Their behavior is certainly bizarre, and it wouldnt surprise me at all, in the environment we are in, thats for sure, Millikan said.
Police were attacked after the shooting.
The videographer says the protesters were throwing bricks.
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...have their six.
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What does that mean?
I think that it means to have their backs. Standing behind them.
Isn’t this what ISIS told U.S. muslims to do: Kill cops and military? Black muslims are following the orders of ISIS.
Po old black man hassled by cops just because he used armed robbery, armed criminal action and multiple uses of weapons.
Very good. From the context, I realized what you meant, but my search for the phrase was unsuccessful.
Thanks. I love learning new words and expressions.
Having someone’s six, or watching someone’s six, is an old military term that means “I’ve got your back,” or “I’m covering your rear.”
It comes from the hands on a clock, which resemble the points on a compass. In aviation “six” corresponds to the “six o’clock” position (on a compass that would be 180 degrees), which is directly behind the aircraft (and “six- o’clock high” means behind and above the aircraft; the movie “Twelve O’clock High” referred to enemy being directly in front and above the aircraft).
St. Louis and surrounding areas police ought to go the way the NYPD has gone....
Okay,thanks for the info.
“”the officer needs to go back to school on how to handle himself in such situations because YOU DONT LEAVE YOUR WEAPON!””
That’s what it looked like all right. I had read or heard last night that the cop fell backward after he fired his gun but the only video we were given at the time didn’t show that. Glad this video put that in perspective but why on earth did the cop fall backward after firing his own weapon? I’ve heard of and experienced guns having kicks but nothing like that and I’m a female.
I don’t understand the report that the two had just robbed a store either. The same two who just strolled up to the police car as tho’ they didn’t have a care in the world??
I agree the bums are pretty stupid these days but THAT STUPID?
Ya wouldn't be kiddin I, wouldya? I thought "me" wouldn't be like you know apropos.
I be axing you one mo time to stop the name-calling. I be tryin' to turn my life aroun an be like open to other cultures. Maybe burn down a couple 'hoods to gets their attention.
Please e.mail me at Lobstarap.com, enclose $423.95 and an I be sendin my lates Rap ablums. Act today. If not, yo town be lookin' like Ferguson tomorrow. Rev. Al, he say so.
Kwanza Baby!
Nah, TYR, That robbery be part of the ambush plan. If the dead perp's gun had functioned as he had intended, would be the cop in the morgue.
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