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Longmont police: Man threatened to kill woman, pulled knives on officers
Longmont Times-Call ^ | 5/31/15 | John Bear

Posted on 06/01/2015 8:16:13 AM PDT by catnipman

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"an extremely frantic" woman ran from the apartment, hid behind the officer, clinged to his uniform and wouldn't let got.

According to a police report, she screamed, "Please help me! He tried to kill me! He hit me and choked me! He is still inside and he has a knife!"

A man police later identified as Martinez emerged from the apartment a few seconds later carrying two large butcher knives, causing the officer to draw his handgun, Satur said.

Satur said two other officers arrived, and Martinez began yelling at officers to shoot him. The officers shocked Martinez with a Taser and took him into custody.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: longmont; police
Another life saved by the police doing their job well.
1 posted on 06/01/2015 8:16:13 AM PDT by catnipman
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To: catnipman

“Clinged”?


2 posted on 06/01/2015 8:19:47 AM PDT by WayneS
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To: WayneS

“Clung”? I don’t know.

But, yes, some women are clingy.


3 posted on 06/01/2015 8:23:15 AM PDT by Fido969
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To: WayneS
“Clinged”?

Clang? Clanged?

4 posted on 06/01/2015 8:24:57 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: catnipman

Personally, I think she would have been better served to leave the area at a high rate of speed.


5 posted on 06/01/2015 8:26:24 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: catnipman

An example of the fact it is not always necessary to kill someone just because they pose a genuine threat.

Hope the cops had body cams on them. At least if the perp is black. Nobody cares if a white guy is mistreated by the cops.


6 posted on 06/01/2015 8:27:45 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Alex Murphy; Fido969; WayneS
wouldn't let got.

I was more taken "aback" by this part.

7 posted on 06/01/2015 8:30:28 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
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To: WayneS

She was a bitter clinger.


8 posted on 06/01/2015 8:31:34 AM PDT by Lazamataz (America has less than a year left.)
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To: Lazamataz

How do you know she was bitter? Did you taste…
Oh, it’s you. Nevermind.


9 posted on 06/01/2015 8:33:12 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Where there is life, there is hope. - Terri Schiavo ~ Þ)
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To: catnipman

Kudos to the police for a job well-done. They successfully subdued the suspect without the use of lethal force. Give them both a raise, we need more such cops capable of doing so.


10 posted on 06/01/2015 8:33:21 AM PDT by ladyrustic
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To: catnipman

Shocking....


11 posted on 06/01/2015 8:35:49 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Alex Murphy

Clinga-ling


12 posted on 06/01/2015 8:36:25 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Alex Murphy

They were on a trolley?


13 posted on 06/01/2015 8:40:08 AM PDT by beelzepug (liberalism is not...a political philosophy. It is a stage of arrested emotional development.)
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To: Vendome; WayneS

14 posted on 06/01/2015 8:40:19 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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