The marijuana posession was a class 6 felony, punishable by 4 months to a year in jail. The oxy posession was a class 1 misdemeanor. And that was worth killing someone over?
/johnny
And that was worth killing someone over?
why don't people like you GET IT!!?!?!
it doesn't matter if he was just J walking or pulling the tag off a mattress !! he a cop approaches you and you attack him... you have put yourself into a life and death struggle involving a deadly weapon (the officer is carrying a weapon) and if you were to win the fight, you could get ahold of his weapon and use it one him. Thus the officer has no choice but to use deadly force to stop you.
What happened BEFORE the fight doesn’t matter! The SECOND the man gets in a physical confrontation with the cop he has fortified his life.
The question is not whether that’s worth shooting someone over, because that’s not why he was shot. The question is if that’s worth running, fighting an officer and getting shot over, because the drug dealers actions led to his being shot.
Of course if he was already on parole or probation being violated could mean a lot more time than those simple penalties.
He wasn't shot for having drugs. He was shot for leading the office to believe he had a weapon in his resisting arrest.
Apparently the criminal felt it was worth risking his life over the drugs.
My question would be, was that worth the perp resisting over? The perp would have the benefit of knowing that grappling with the officer could result in his being shot (or, “shot dead”, as they say).
The perp (only) had the info about what drugs were in his possession, whether his gun was legal, etc. The LEO did not have any of that information, so should not be expected to draw conclusions about what charges would bring convictions and jail sentences, in following the procedures of his job.
I got the feeling the cop thought HE was going to get shot.
Wasn’t shot because of the drugs.
He was shot because the cop thought he had a gun and was fighting to get it.
Were the drugs worth risking his life for?
If that article is to be believed, the guy made a bad choice on that question and lost.