To: Abundy; Jim Robinson; ChuckHam
First of all, Abundy, I'm not lumping you in with Matthews and his ilk. I should have thought that was obvious from my earlier posts. We don't have to agree on every issue.
Second of all, Jim, I second ChuckHam's remarks regarding those who are defending the murder of Officer Taylor on so-called Constitutional grounds. It's downright embarrassing to see these FReepers hem and haw and justify Matthews' actions. I didn't think FReepers took too kindly to cop-killers. Thank God most don't, but even a few is enough to make anyone doing any type of research on the subject paint us all as cop-killer sympathizers.
The Constitution is one thing. Murdering a cop over a speeding ticket is quite another. Trying to justify murdering a cop over a speeding ticket is reprehensible beyond just about anything I've ever seen on FR.
# 514 by wimpycat
Regulating traffic is a legitimate, Constitutional function of government.That's not the issue.
The facts we've been given don't fit the story the investigation has given us.
There is no way a 61 year old, 300 pound man jumped out of a moving car, and then, under fire from 6 officers, managed to outmanoveured those officers to get behind officer Taylor.
Ever hear of "trial balloons" in regard to official explanations? I've just found a new story. It's even worse than the story we've been working with.
Check this out--
"...(Matthews) sped into a construction site parking lot and, with his auto still spinning around the lot, fired through the window with a Czech-made semi-automatic pistol, killing patrolman Eric Taylor, 31, a four-year veteran of the force and the father of two pre-school children..."
Tell me, how did officer Taylor get shot in the buttocks while sitting in a car during a running gun battle? Was he mooning Matthews?