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 ...
Just damn.
More here...
Holy heck.
“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.
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.
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.
>> 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.
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?
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.
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.
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Police don’t trust citizens.
>> ...have police academy standards fallen that low?!?!
Yes.
Now... better sit down for this... let me tell you about our MILITARY.
He probably didn’t have a dog for them to shoot.
He wasn’t even holding a gun. Apparently he had guns.
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.
> 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.
If the story is accurate they should all FRY. Shot in the BACK, Unarmed, NEVER had a weapon. Absolute DEATH PENALTY CASE for me.
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.
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.
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