[Fred Mertz]

This No Indictment story is big news in Louisville. This is the C-J leftist rag's version of events.

[Fred Mertz]

FYI

[DAnconia55]

Ah. Yes, the dangerous man who had a knife was it? while his hands were handcuffed behind his back?

Shot 11 times, I believe.

Yeah. Self-Defense. Right.

[FreeTally]

So, what exactly do cops have to do to even lose their jobs?

[Nov3]

Fred was he shot 11 times while handcuffed behind his back? How could he wield a knife behind his back? What is the story here? I know the District attorney recomended that he not be indicted. If the grand jury had gone for indictment well then the Ham sandwich line comes into play.

I think this line is telling:

Stengel noted last night that his recommendation -- and the grand jury's decision -- ''don't mean mistakes were not made.'' He said those would be addressed in ''the civil arena.''

That tells me that if this guy wasn't a cop and shot a handcuffed lowlife 11 times the evidence is there for a murder indictment.

I am glad the suspect is no longer in the gene pool.

[Nov3]

You know I hope if I made a "mistake" "it would be handled in the civil arena". I think I would be rooming with Bubba fighting for my virtue.

[RonPaulLives]

I don't think we have heard the end of this story, by far. I have a suspicion that, like it or not, these police officers are going to be made examples of by the new "civilian review board."

If the whole civilian review board idea is foreign to the readers here, don't feel left out. It's also strange to those of us who live in Louisville. It is a proposal that could never grow teeth under the old government, but that the new Metro Council rammed down our throats (by a vote of 25-0, 1 abstention) without even posting on their ever-changing council agenda, two days after Mayor Jerry suggested it would be a swell idea.

[Lion Den Dan]

Thanks for the post and FYI, Fred.

[Smogger]

All I know is that if a civilian shoots another civilian eleven times after having handcuffed him. Your gonna have a tough time claiming self-defense. Boxcutter or no your gonna get prison time.

[laotzu]

"The Rev. Louis Coleman of the Justice Resource Center said: ''This city . . . is no better than a plantation.'' "

Well....jump down, turn around, pick a bail of cotten Rev.
(we don't allow 'justice centers' on the plantation)

[philetus]

Couple of questions.

Do Louisville cops have Tazers?

If the knife was in back, couldn't one of the cops kick the guy in the nuts from the front?

[185JHP]

If all six of those shot needed shooting, commendations, not indictments, are in order. There's a lot of violent, criminal scum out there.

[xm177e2]

how could a handcuffed man be a threat?

Maybe it's because
a) he had a knife in his hands
b) he was charging the officer
c) he had the officer cornered
d) there was at least one other guy there, who could have taken advantage of a distracted police officer