Posted on 05/03/2020 7:04:17 AM PDT by Shane
A Maryland man who was shot and killed by a police officer was asleep in his bedroom when police opened fire from outside his house, an attorney for the 21-year-old man’s family said on Friday. The man’s girlfriend was also wounded. The Montgomery county police department said in a news release Duncan Socrates Lemp “confronted” police and was shot by one of the officers early on Thursday. But Rene Sandler, an attorney for Lemp’s relatives, said an eyewitness gave a “completely contrary” account of the shooting. She said police could have “absolutely no justification” for shooting Lemp based on what she has heard about the circumstances.
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Well, he wouldn’t put his hands up!
This is an old story. Was posted here of FR back when it happened, iirc.
Well, his vote still counts anyhoo.
Failure to wear a mask?
LOL......... lived next to Roger Stone?
LOL......... lived next to Roger Stone?
This is a bizarre story. The police were outside the house and just opened fire on it?
From the story...”Nobody in the house that morning had a criminal record, the statement added...Lemp was prohibited from possessing firearms, police said.”
How the hell does that happen? How are you prohibited from owning guns without a criminal record?
Odd to say the least.
Red Flag laws.
He described Lemp as a libertarian who frequented the 4chan and Reddit message boards, sites popular with internet trolls.
Popular with internet trolls? WTFH?
“This is an old story.”
So what! I did a search and found nothing. In any case, the issue needs to remain in in the forefront.
“based on what she has heard about the circumstances.”
Last time I looked, “heard about” ain’t evidence.
A cop who is prone to sleep walking shooting, should have to keep his gun in a gun safe at home. That way he won't kill anyone while he is asleep. He'll likely also get a higher dog count when he is awake instead of asleep.
The article updates that the Police dispute that the victim was shot as he slept.
How are you prohibited from owning guns without a criminal record?
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Good question as we don’t know. But one guess is maybe mental capacity...
Somebody said something, that’s the source?
Phfft.
Sounds more fishy than the fish tank cleaner story...
On social media accounts that friends said belonged to him, Lemp’s username was “YungQuant”. On an internet forum called “My Militia”, someone who identified himself as Duncan Lemp, of Potomac, and posted under the username “yungquant” said he was “an active III%’r and looking for local members & recruits”. That was an apparent reference to the Three Percenters, a wing of the militia movement. The group’s logo, the Roman numeral III, has become popular with anti-government extremists, according to the Anti-Defamation League.These "3 percenters" are made out on Wikipedia to be really dangerous. They sound very subversive...On his Instagram account, Lemp recently posted a photograph that depicted two people holding up rifles and included the term “boogaloo”, slang used by militia members and other extremists to describe a future civil war in the US.
Friends said they never heard Lemp espouse any anti-government rhetoric. Sandler said Lemp was not a part of any anti-government or militia-type group. “He was pro-America and supported wholeheartedly all the protections of the constitution,” she said.
The Three Percenters (also styled 3 Percenters, 3%ers and III%ers) are an American far-right militia movement and paramilitary group. The group advocates gun ownership rights and resistance to the U.S. federal government's involvement in local affairs.The group's name derives from the disputed claim that only three percent of American colonists took up arms against the Kingdom of Great Britain during the American Revolution.
The Southern Poverty Law Center categorizes the Three Percenters as an "anti-government" group. Some Canadian experts consider the group the "most dangerous extremist group" in Canada.
The movement has been characterized as part of the broader patriot movement. Founded in 2008, it was given impetus by the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States. Members believed that Obama's presidency would lead to increased government interference in the lives of individuals, and particularly stricter gun-control laws. Many members are former and current members of the military, police and other law-enforcement agencies, as well as anti-government groups such as the Oath Keepers.
...Three Percenters believe that ordinary citizens must take a stand against perceived abuses by the U.S. federal government, which they characterize as overstepping its Constitutional limits. Its stated goals include protecting the right to keep and bear arms, and to "push back against tyranny".
Thanks, apparently BenLurkin has appointed himself the duplicate post police. Not sure why, this situation should be of concern to every citizen and most be investigated and resolved.
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