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Family of man killed by Stafford deputy says slaying was completely without merit
News Virginian ^ | September 16, 2024 | keith epps

Posted on 09/19/2024 4:22:15 PM PDT by xxqqzz

Kristen Robertson had expected Dec. 16 to be an especially good day.

It was her birthday, and among the things she was looking forward to was a birthday call from her father, 71-year-old Michael Shamrock Robertson Sr.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsvirginian.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: banglist; police; shamrock; shooting
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Sorry if this seems anti-police. Guy was drinking and took Uber home. Uber driver called police to check on him as he was drunk. Deputies shot him for some reason.
1 posted on 09/19/2024 4:22:16 PM PDT by xxqqzz
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Just damn.


2 posted on 09/19/2024 4:24:29 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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More here...

https://www.wric.com/news/northern-virginia/family-of-man-shot-killed-by-stafford-deputy-files-lawsuit/

Holy heck.


3 posted on 09/19/2024 4:26:37 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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“They went there for a welfare check, yet they killed the very man they had been called to check on.”

Boy, it sounds bad when you put it like that.


4 posted on 09/19/2024 4:26:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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If President Harris decides that it’s time to confiscate guns, it will be your local deputies who go door to door trying to make your comply. Backing the Blue seems like a fine concept ... until you really grasp who they are and where their loyalties lie.


5 posted on 09/19/2024 4:27:29 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
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I just looked at what I suspect, though can’t confirm, is a LinkedIn page for one of the deputies that suggests the deputy is from Afghanistan.


6 posted on 09/19/2024 4:33:11 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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>> it will be your local deputies who go door to door trying to make your comply.

Doubt ours (and many others in rural areas) will, in fact, comply.

Interesting fact about the county sheriff: it’s an elected position.


7 posted on 09/19/2024 4:39:32 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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Where are these LE officers coming from (besides Afghanistan “Shabbir Waheed”)...have police academy standards fallen that low?!?! Any FedGov standards applied to local police academies/Jr. colleges?


8 posted on 09/19/2024 4:41:04 PM PDT by Drago
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Don’t know if the linked story is slanted or incomplete. But as of now, this sure looks like pure murder.

A cop knocks on a door after midnight without identifying himself. The homeowner answers the door while holding - but not brandishing - a rifle (which is his right). The cop overreacts, and shoots the homeowner in the back, killing him.

Very bad times are ahead. To get through these times, the citizen must trust the police, and the police must trust the citizen. Stories like this one sure won’t help.


9 posted on 09/19/2024 4:43:08 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Deputies shot him for some reason.

Correction - deputies shot him for no reason. Man was inside his home. Deputy peeked through a window, saw a long gun propped against a wall, and fired several shots into the home, which missed. A second deputy then took a kill shot from a distance from the home. Pure murder by careless cops.

10 posted on 09/19/2024 4:48:14 PM PDT by roadcat ( )
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11 posted on 09/19/2024 4:49:50 PM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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Very bad times are ahead. To get through these times, the citizen must trust the police, and the police must trust the citizen.

Police don’t trust citizens.

12 posted on 09/19/2024 4:50:21 PM PDT by roadcat ( )
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>> ...have police academy standards fallen that low?!?!

Yes.

Now... better sit down for this... let me tell you about our MILITARY.


13 posted on 09/19/2024 4:55:41 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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He probably didn’t have a dog for them to shoot.


14 posted on 09/19/2024 4:57:46 PM PDT by sport
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He wasn’t even holding a gun. Apparently he had guns.


15 posted on 09/19/2024 4:59:29 PM PDT by xxqqzz
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Whoever called the Police forgot a Cardinal Rule: To Wit} No matter how bad the situation, involving the Police always makes it worse. This family is living proof of that.


16 posted on 09/19/2024 5:05:56 PM PDT by sport
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> He wasn’t even holding a gun. <

That’s even worse. Thanks for the correction. As I was reading the article I got bounced out of the website. So perhaps I missed something.

Anyway, part of the problem is that cops always sneak up on homes like a burglary team. And that understandably puts homeowners on edge.

There is actually a simple solution. When the police roll up to a house, they should do so with their cruiser lights flashing and the sirens blaring. I don’t care if it’s day or night.

Let folks know it’s the police, and not a home invasion.


17 posted on 09/19/2024 5:10:06 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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If the story is accurate they should all FRY. Shot in the BACK, Unarmed, NEVER had a weapon. Absolute DEATH PENALTY CASE for me.


18 posted on 09/19/2024 5:10:45 PM PDT by eyeamok
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I am not sure if sheriffs’ deputies go to police academy. They are often the police in semi-rural counties like that. However, they are appointed by the sheriff and are often political appointees.


19 posted on 09/19/2024 5:12:50 PM PDT by xxqqzz
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Very locale-dependent. In our county the sheriff is elected but deputies are county employees under the control of the county commissioners. They do receive professional training.

I’m sure there are some counties in America with quite professional sheriffs’ deputies, and some that are full of unreliable, unprofessional yahoos. Same with the police departments in cities of all sizes.


20 posted on 09/19/2024 5:19:42 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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