Posted on 02/28/2005 10:24:11 AM PST by OXENinFLA
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A police officer fatally shot a 16-year-old boy outside a high school dance who was driving his car recklessly on campus grounds, officials said.
Jerrod Miller, a sophomore at Olympic Heights High School, died after he was shot about 9 p.m. outside a dance at another school, Delray Full Service Center, The Palm Beach Post reported.
Miller dropped off other kids at the dance and left, Delray Beach police said.
Then he returned and drove through the campus and its outdoor corridors, police said. Students were dodging his car.
An officer fired a shot in an attempt to stop the car, police said.
Relatives said Miller was a good kid who checked up on his grandmother and stayed off the streets.
''He wasn't that kind of kid. He was a good kid,'' said family spokeswoman Joelle Cornelius.
Delray Full Service Center is an alternative school for students with discipline problems.
Sunday morning, painted yellow lines marked the car's tire tracks and a small splatter of blood, scraped paint, and tire marks remained on the hallway wall.
Police declined to identify the officer or release additional information. A spokesman didn't return a phone message and page from The Associated Press.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating.
It is true that some police will defend a bad one, sometimes, in the same agency. What people outside of those agencies don't see is the struggle between between police in some agencies. Sometimes, the fights between police include non-police members (corrupt business, politicians or others) of the community--situations that resemble (are) gang warfare but not as visible to the public.
BTW, I'm only biased against certain cities and states. ;-)
Things that fester in hiding and darkness wither in the light of day. We don't see those things because the police and the politicians hide them, it suits their purposes more often than not.
Another reason they can't be trusted.
Hate police, don't you?
"I don't think the passenger leaning out of the window wailing gaily was suggesting it was an accident.
And they don't tend to show the fired cops on COPS"
Then that's not a related incident. In this case the officer would be justified if the driver had attempted to run him over. Not so in the current case.
In this case, we have a kid refusing a command and attempting to flee. This cop was in no danger from this fleeing teenager.
You see the difference right?
To serve and PROTECT. The officer may not have been, but it was stated that it seemed like the kid was reaching for a gun AND he drove into a building complex, and near exposed supports. He was acting (as far as we can tell) to protect not himself, but others.
"The officer may not have been,"
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"The officer may not have been in danger"
Please point me to this bit of information, it isn't in the article posted.
seems the kid was being a "cool" smart*ss.
This same thing happened in miami where it was officer vs "a wonderful child" driving a car straight at the officer.
I bet this kids had an issue with his license and did not want to have it pulled until 21 because of another ticket.
If someone was in the hallway, we might be discussing a vehicular manslaughter instead of a police shooting.
Sure, post 52. Read that article. The officer stepped away, reaching for his sidearm.
Do they do that when the kid flahses a peace sign? Or when it appears that they are reaching for a gun? It was also noted somewhere else in this thread, but I didn't see a source. I'll keep looking.
And post 36.
Generically, the officer is also under an obligation if the lives of others are in danger. Zooming a car down a pedestrian walkway during a school dance seems very endangering.
Maybe the kid was lookin to get an oil change, you know, for Gramma.
Correcting that one, I misread. Scratch it.
You have one unbelieveable imagination.
First you imagine a cop firing from within the witnesses.
Now you surmise that the kid might have been going for a gun because the officer reached for his sidearm.
You need help.
"Generically, the officer is also under an obligation if the lives of others are in danger. Zooming a car down a pedestrian walkway during a school dance seems very endangering."
Rules of engagement, shoot only to defend your life or the life of another. Meanwhile, I contend that a car screeching down a "pedestrian walkway" with a dead driver is equally dangerous to others...and this cop is a danger to the community.
Please note though: I have been saying "might" not "did" I'm not pointing blame.
Beyond a reasonable doubt.
Just because I have an imagination that leads to other than pre-concieved BS, doesn't mean I "need help"
An unatural fear of authority, however, is a classical sign of the paranoid mind.
"He was acting (as far as we can tell) to protect not himself, but others."
Wrong, he was endangering the lives of others.
look at the picture of where this kid was driving.
lol
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