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Kelly Defends NYPD Shooting Of Teen With Hairbrush
WCBS TV ^ | 13 November 2007 | Sraff

Posted on 11/14/2007 8:34:46 AM PST by Turret Gunner A20

Young Brooklyn Man Heard Screaming, 'I've Got A Gun!' On 911 Tape; Ignored Officer's Directions To Surrender

NEW YORK (CBS) ― The Brooklyn teenager who was shot and killed Monday by NYPD officers while carrying a hairbrush had pulled the concealed brush out from under his clothing and aimed it at officers as if it were a gun, causing officers to open fire, Commissioner Ray Kelly said Tuesday.

Kheil Coppin, 18, was pronounced dead after being shot eight times amid a flurry of 20 bullets.

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Community leaders are also demanding answers.

"I don't care whether they are black, Latino, or white, when they join the force most of them turn blue," said City Councilman Charles Barron. "When you turn blue, you police the white community one way and you police the black community another way.


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KEYWORDS: banglist; fatalshooting; racism
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Bet you can't guess who one of those "Community Leaders" is -- right in there waving the racist flag.
1 posted on 11/14/2007 8:34:47 AM PST by Turret Gunner A20
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Kelly Defends NYPD Shooting Of Teen With Hairbrush

I can't even figure out how to load a hairbrush, much less shoot one.

2 posted on 11/14/2007 8:37:16 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: Turret Gunner A20

I think we need Chris Rock’s opinion on this one...


3 posted on 11/14/2007 8:38:40 AM PST by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: Turret Gunner A20

it’s called suicide by cop. sometimes the person doesn’t have the guts to do it, so they have someone else do it ie confront the Police in a violent manner.


4 posted on 11/14/2007 8:39:10 AM PST by Ancient Drive
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To: Turret Gunner A20

The witnesses were say he was shouting “I have a gun”......


5 posted on 11/14/2007 8:41:09 AM PST by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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To: Turret Gunner A20

‘Kheil Coppin, 18, was pronounced dead after being shot eight times amid a flurry of 20 bullets.’

After hearing the 911 audio, my only question is what to do about the poor marksmenship of the LEO’s in question.


6 posted on 11/14/2007 8:41:49 AM PST by Badeye (That Karma thing keeps coming around, eh Sally? (chuckle))
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To: Turret Gunner A20

Barron is a racist moron.

The 911 tapes clearly show that the call to cops was a mentally unbalanced man with a gun. Witnesses seem to corraborate the fact that this guy kept saying, “Bring it...I got a gun.” Something too about a note in the guy’s pocket stating something to the effect of death by cop?


7 posted on 11/14/2007 8:42:57 AM PST by milford421 (U.N. OUT OF U.S.)
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To: The_Victor

I was thinking the same thing.


8 posted on 11/14/2007 8:43:02 AM PST by lastchance (Hug your babies.)
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To: The_Victor

Not sure how it is loaded but the brush must have a “hair trigger”.


9 posted on 11/14/2007 8:43:06 AM PST by 1-AtlasShrugged
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To: svcw

The 911 tape is clear. The suspect is heard in the background of the call stating he had a gun.


10 posted on 11/14/2007 8:43:56 AM PST by milford421 (U.N. OUT OF U.S.)
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To: Turret Gunner A20
Without knowing a single fact about this case I am quite certain that the police did nothing wrong.

How do I know this? (1) Because the media consistently refers to the victim/perp as a "teenager" to make him seem younger than his age (he's legally an adult); and (2) the front page of the New York tabloids today had a photo of this victim/perp that looks like it was taken about 4-5 years ago.

I want to see a picture of what this quasi-humanoid mutant looked like LAST WEEK.

11 posted on 11/14/2007 8:44:34 AM PST by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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12 posted on 11/14/2007 8:45:19 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: 1-AtlasShrugged

You just have to brush the trigger and it goes off


13 posted on 11/14/2007 8:47:26 AM PST by smoketree (the insanity, the lunacy these days.)
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To: 1-AtlasShrugged; The_Victor

They’re still combing the scene for clues.


14 posted on 11/14/2007 8:47:46 AM PST by ItsOurTimeNow ('Post Tenebras Lux '- It's not a breakfast cereal!)
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Not sure how it is loaded but the brush must have a “hair trigger”.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. after that one -- you're excused.

15 posted on 11/14/2007 8:48:14 AM PST by Turret Gunner A20 (“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.” John Adams)
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“I don’t care whether they are black, Latino, or white, when they join the force most of them turn blue,” said City Councilman Charles Barron. “When you turn blue, you police the white community one way and you police the black community another way.”.......................This is code for saying some of the officers involved were probably black. In the racial victim business these guys specialize in, when a black cop shoots a black person, it is still racist because the cop works for ‘the man’ and thus is no longer black, but some kind of robot who has been programmed to treat blacks differently.


16 posted on 11/14/2007 8:50:20 AM PST by milwguy
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To: svcw
The witnesses were say he was shouting “I have a gun”......

He was trying to say, "I have a gunky hairbrush, that's all! Don't shoot!"

17 posted on 11/14/2007 8:50:24 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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"I don't care whether they are black, Latino, or white, when they join the force most of them turn blue," said City Councilman Charles Barron. "When you turn blue, you police the white community one way and you police the black community another way.

At least they're not Yellow, like you are you f;annelmouthed liar. They are out on the street, a target for every cop hating moron like -- and, it would appeat with your blessing.

18 posted on 11/14/2007 8:54:48 AM PST by Turret Gunner A20 (“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.” John Adams)
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To: The_Victor

First, you gotta pull back the “frizzies” then comb the bristles........


19 posted on 11/14/2007 8:56:57 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Turret Gunner A20

Calling Sharpston and Jackson!


20 posted on 11/14/2007 8:59:55 AM PST by matthew fuller (Crop-circles, killer rabbits and UFO'S are caused by GLOBAL WARMING!)
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