Posted on 11/07/2015 10:28:53 AM PST by Slings and Arrows
NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana investigators are combing through evidence in the shooting death earlier this week of a 6-year-old autistic boy after authorities charged two law enforcement officers in the shooting. Modal Trigger
Col. Mike Edmonson, in a late night press conference Friday, said the two officers were being booked on charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in the Tuesday shooting death of Jeremy Mardis and the wounding of his father, Chris Few, in the central Louisiana town of Marksville.
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Speaking of the body camera footage that was recovered from the officers, he said: "It is the most disturbing thing I've seen, and I will leave it at that."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
*BUMP*
(My thoughts, exactly on THIS case!)
Sad JBT ping.
An earlier thread if anyone is interested in reading the comments thereon:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3357381/posts
Where is the video?
I think you will learn that these clydes were not real cops but part of a thug group of prosess servers with guns. One of them had a hardon for Few’s wife.
Have no fear, they will be here in force explaining and alibiing.
I ran across these as well:
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n October, 2011, Lt. Derrick Stafford was indicted by a Rapides Parish grand jury on two counts of aggravated rape. The case was resolved, we reached out to the clerk of court’s office for the outcome, we are awaiting those documents.
Lt. Derrick Stafford also has five pending civil lawsuits involving him in Avoyelles Parish.
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wo Louisiana police officers who have been charged with murdering a six-year-old boy after they opened fire on this fleeing father worked for a controversial local courts agency, it has been revealed. Norris Greenhouse Jr. , 23, a reserve officer, and Lt. Derrick Stafford , 32, were working for the Marksville Marshalls service - a local court service that traditionally served warrants but has recently acquired squad cars and begun patrolling the town and issuing tickets under the stewardship of a leader who is also a school bus driver and has no formal law enforcement qualification
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html
Thanks; I searched, but you know how that goes.
Agreed.
We will see, but based on the information in the article (always to be taken with a grain of salt) that appears not to be the case.
Taking their time, I see. ;^)
No problem as it was much earlier and I was linking for
comments if anyone was interested.
P.S. More info at #9; you’re right that they used to be process servers, but they appear to have been upgraded to LEOs.
Of course the kid did not have it coming.
As I understand it, dad ran. The police chased. It is unclear if they knew a kid was in the car. It is unclear what the warrant was for. Maybe he was known for violence? Chasing fleeing vehicles is not necessarily wrong. I also think that shooting at someone shooting at you or attempting to run you over is ok, even if there is a kid there. That sounds harsh, but I am not the one who put the kid in harm’s way. If the policy is not to shoot when kids are there, why not take a kid on every potentially violent venture?
People do this stuff all the time. The Somalis used women and children as cover all the time. The Iraqis too. I’m not saying dad used the kid as cover, but dad is responsible for the kid’s death, not the cop. What are the alternatives? Don’t serve warrants around kids? Let all perps with kids go? Remove kids from criminals?
How’s that for boot polishing?
There was a case along these lines years ago in Illinois. Some folks were using bad credit cards and were held by store security. One of them was a felon on parole and fled. He stole a car and led a chase. He crashed the car and stole another when a driver stopped to help what he thought was a traffic accident. He crashed that car and tried to take another without success. Instead, he takes a kid and uses him as a shield. An officer responding exited his vehicle, drew his weapon, and dropped the perp with a head shot. The cop was criticized for not issuing a warning and for how it might have turned out if he had missed. Had he missed, would the cop have been the kid’s killer? I say no.
Keep an eye on the wife. She will be the key to why this all happened.
You mean like bounty hunters?
The officers obviously didn’t announce that they “felt threatened” by the little boy. That shows bad training. If they had uttered a statement to the effect that they feared for their lives they would have been cleared of anything at all.
Several instant comments came to mind reading on this item but none of them do it justice.
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