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Police officer fatally shoots homeowner who killed intruder
New York Post ^
| July 31, 2018
| Jackie Salo
Posted on 08/01/2018 12:24:10 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
Officers responding to a home invasion in Colorado reportedly gunned down the homeowner moments after he reportedly fatally shot the intruder.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aurora; banglist; donutwatch; guns; homeinvasion; intruder; leo; police; shooting; veteran
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Sounds like the homeowner - an Army veteran who served in Vietnam - had handled his business, shooting and killing an intruder who had broken into his home and had apparently already harmed a child in the house. Then the police showed up and shot the homeowner.
To: AnotherUnixGeek
GUN,GUN,GUN...start shooting!!!
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posted on
08/01/2018 12:32:28 AM PDT
by
FlyFisher
To: AnotherUnixGeek
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posted on
08/01/2018 12:40:24 AM PDT
by
Theophilus
(Repent)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
One of my fears also, that after defending my home, I might have to respond to police coming in like gangbusters.
I continually remind myself during mental drills to put the gun down somewhere so it is not in my hand if the police show up.
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posted on
08/01/2018 12:56:49 AM PDT
by
wbarmy
(I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
I have been saying for many years: The police are not our friends. I was ahead of the curve.
I am a lifelong conservative who has worked in ministry or on staff in two church denominations.
I have never been drunk or drugged. I was called The Straight One in my youth: a term of contempt bestowed upon me by a stoner and robber.
I was taught to respect the police by my highly conservative parents. I learned in my twenties that the police were as dangerous to the lawful as to the criminal. I learned it both firsthand by experience and secondhand by observation.
Case in point: San Jose Convention Center. It matters nothing if any of those individual tax-paid bullies vote Republican; they betrayed and endangered law-abiding citizens in following orders given by de facto communists.
The police departments are composed of unionized government employees, and that makes their milieu as a whole inherently collectivist and tyrannical.
Avoid interacting with the police whenever possible. Do not answer their questions without an attorney. (Someone should have told General Flynn that.)
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posted on
08/01/2018 1:12:31 AM PDT
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
Sounds like the homeowner - an Army veteran who served in Vietnam - had handled his business, shooting and killing an intruder who had broken into his home and had apparently already harmed a child in the house. Then the police pigs showed up and shot the homeowner. Correction.
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posted on
08/01/2018 1:16:48 AM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: AnotherUnixGeek
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posted on
08/01/2018 1:49:20 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
Why is there a guy in a protective suit at the site of the shooting?
It’s not ebola that killed the intruder and the homeowner.
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:06:20 AM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: FlyFisher
This is why everyone should own at least one unlikable dog... it’ll give cops something to shoot at first and buy you some time to take cover.
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:09:45 AM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
My understanding is when the cop shot, the cop was outside the home and the home owner was INSIDE.
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:11:30 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: AnotherUnixGeek
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:20:19 AM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: AnotherUnixGeek
They wonder why people don’t trust them.
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:25:35 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: YogicCowboy
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:30:34 AM PDT
by
joma89
To: wbarmy
"One of my fears also, that after defending my home, I might have to respond to police coming in like gangbusters. I continually remind myself during mental drills to put the gun down somewhere so it is not in my hand if the police show up."
Police are taught to reload and holster their weapon after using it. How do you know that another criminal won't attack from hiding, after you stop the first one?
Police can search the room that you're in, too, if they have grounds for an arrest. They might take the liberty of searching the whole house and confiscate all weapons. Then, criminal relatives or friends of the attacker might have an unsecured environment to invade, unless you quickly purchase another weapon after bailing.
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:35:25 AM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: AnotherUnixGeek
The commie media will say that the homeowner should have let the “authorities” handle it in the first place. That way the intruder would have killed you by the time the fuzz got there and if they happen to kill or injure the intruder they could be suied. Which is what I hope happens anyway.
To: gaijin
"My understanding is when the cop shot, the cop was outside the home and the home owner was INSIDE.Yes, according to this report the officer was outside when he fired the fatal shot at the homeowner.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/colorado-man-shot-dead-police-who-confused-him-burglar-he-n896041
Another fine bit of work by the Colomexico Police.
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:39:30 AM PDT
by
Sa-teef
To: wbarmy
From what the article said, the police had already arrived outside, when the resident shot the attacker. It appears that he didn’t have time to put the weapon down.
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:39:39 AM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: familyop
Better to be judged by 12 than carried by six.
Yes, I do think about if there are other criminals in the house. I would not stand down until I was sure I was secure in my house. However, hearing police sirens coming to the house, I would be very worried about friendly fire.
Yes, I do think about the police finding the weapon and then searching the house. But there is little or nothing I can do about those situations.
And why do you think I keep all my eggs in one basket?
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:41:36 AM PDT
by
wbarmy
(I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
To: gaijin
"My understanding is when the cop shot, the cop was outside the home and the home owner was INSIDE."
Blackout conditions would be appropriate then. Keep all blinds and curtains closed. Another good idea might be to install heavy, steel doors and run threaded rods from the door frames through several studs on both sides and fasten them to every structural that they penetrate. And glue all of the structurals to the sheeting. ...and fill the walls with gravel around the doors. ...and install rock or ceramic veneer on the outside of the walls. ...and cameras...lots of cameras with auto-feeds to the Net. ...and laminated glass in all of the windows. ...and remotely activated, outfacing emergency lighting all around the house. ...and a loud public address system with outfacing loudspeakers. ...and a foyer with remotely activated inner and outer doors and an intercom to conduct a lengthy interview with *them* before opening an inner or outer door of your choice.
Those are consequences in the near future of us-against-them public policies in a country that's an addition to the third world.
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:51:19 AM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: FlyFisher
When the cops arrive disarm immediately.
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posted on
08/01/2018 3:03:01 AM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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