The officer’s car
Posted on 02/08/2023 12:54:42 PM PST by montag813
A violent criminal who tried to murder a Florida cop has been sentenced to life in prison after shooting the officer four times.
Now, video footage from inside the courtroom has gone viral after the cop showed up to deliver a special "going away gift" for the smug thug.
The officer’s car
Kevin Rojas was just 19 years old when he tried to kill an undercover Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer who was in his car with his teenage son. When the off-duty officer, who was taking his son to school, saw Rojas driving erratically, the cop decided to make a traffic stop. Rojas got out of his car and shot through the windshield of the officer’s vehicle, striking him four times. Luckily, the officer’s teenage son was unhurt in the incident. The officer, however, was struck in the face, stomach, and hand.
The wounded police officer, even after taking a bullet to the head, managed to fire back as Rojas ran away. The thug stole a truck and raced back to his neighborhood, barricading himself inside his home after crashing the truck at a neighbor’s house. Rojas was shot multiple times through a glass door, hit in the torso, leg, and hand, after police officers said he wouldn’t drop his gun, according to Daily Mail.
Attempted cop-killer Kevin Rojas
A smug and smiling Rojas was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of attempted first-degree murder, attempted manslaughter, two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, grand theft auto, and fleeing. Circuit Judge James Daniel sentenced him to the maximum prison sentence for each of the crimes he committed. So, Rojas not only received life in prison but also three 15-year sentences for the lesser charges.
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“I think the best he can hope for is the protection of a monogamous relationship”
In the context of being in harms way.....it reallydepends on the facility
Wonder how long he will be behind bars before his front teeth get knocked out. Top and bottom.
It’s ‘let’s shout’ NOT let’s shoot’...
Big difference typo.
Judging one’s acts is one thing.
But IMO, all this here is about judging the kid himslef.
Who in the the hell has the right or the sinless life to judge anyone???
Seems like you get more of that all the time.
People need to turn to God and say in gratefulness, “There but for the grace of God go I.”
“If righteous and just judgment is typified by a blind woman with a scales, why do so many judge the accused and convicted by their impressions and conclusions from what they see when they’re watching this kid?”
And who are you judging?
I’m from Jax. That stuff can happen. If that kid is going to Raiford he’s going to need that gift. 😏
Off duty, out of uniform, with his underage son in the car.
That was majorly stupid.
Well, I am singing the Grateful Dead version versus the Merle version...first world problems...
Kentucky jelly? I thought he was in Florida?
Priceless!
My suspicion is that he will try to get sympathy as a cop shooter from a sub-group of the same race to get protection. On the other hand, the wardens will have less sympathy for him than for a common burglar.
I like both. I don’t think I have heard a version of that song that I didn’t like.
New rent a bitch arrives at new home 10 smokes per night.
I've not lived a sinless life, but I've never shot and tried to kill a cop in front of his son, I'm quite happy to condemn him for that sin.
YMMV
The only decent *gift* would be giving him what he dished out.
Only not missing.
Presuming he had a full set of flashing lights in his personal vehicle sufficient to cajole this kid into stopping by the side of the road, it looks as if he never ever had the chance to exit his vehicle before the kid started ventilating him.
Holy smokes, what a hothead. Then again, who is OGINJ to judge.
Yup.
I bet he won't do that again!
He’s going to be an organ recipient...
EVERYONE!
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