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Officer kills 74-year-old man after family called cops to check on him at his home
Daily Mail Online ^
| February 8, 2015
| Anneta Konstantinides
Posted on 02/08/2015 6:51:22 PM PST by Teotwawki
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To: piytar
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:15:27 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
To: Teotwawki
His family calls the cops because they are concerned about him. Is this family crippled or something? They can’t go over and check themselves? Did they go over and check on him? The cops knock on the door nobody answers, is the guy deaf? He don’t answer his family and the cops? So they think either he’s dead or unconscious so they call EMT and fire dept for possible dead body, FD breaks the door down, cop enters and the guy is pointing a gun and him and of course the cop shoots him because he don’t want to die. And of course once again the cop is in trouble, everybody blames the cop because he had the audacity to not want to die.
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:15:36 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Obama: 11 acts of blatant treason and counting.)
To: Teotwawki
Wonder if the family will be calling the police for anything in the future?
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:16:08 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: upchuck
Whatever happened to just shooting the gun out of their hand...Hell..I can remember Roy, Gene and Hoppy doing that regularly....Never missed either!...../s
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:17:38 PM PST
by
M-cubed
To: sport
I think South Carolina started the "Get rid of my husband" phenomenon.
Wife calls cops because her husband is locked inside their mobile home with a gun.
Husband is watching TV with a bowl of popcorn and beer.
Cops arrive and wife meets them out at the road and is hysterical, cause ain't no tellin what he might do?
Cops sneak up and shoot his sorry a$$.
Wife's boyfriend attends funeral with her.
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:18:14 PM PST
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: piytar
As one cop explained to me, cops try to avoid the need to pull out the gun whenever possible. However, if it I deemed necessary to pull out a gun, unless the peep is making it very obvious that he is surrendering, the cop has has decided to shoot.
They do not pull out a gun unless they are planning to shoot. If they are planning to shoot, it’s going to be dead centre.
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:20:44 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Did the callers/family live in the same region?
That might be possible. Just a wild guess.
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:21:09 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: gaijin
Whatever happened to Serve & Protect? That has become an evil tainted version of it’s former meaning. You all owe your livelihood to our good hard earned monetary graces. Where the police fail covers a broad field these days. You want respect? You all had better start earning it, instead of pushing your totalitarian ideologies on a formerly trusting populace. We deserve exactly what we are paying you for, not what you all as a whole have become.
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:21:28 PM PST
by
Birdsbane
("Onward through the fog!" ... Oat Willie)
To: Teotwawki
What would be nice is if we had something along the lines of the fictitious Phaser of Star Trek fame that could be set to stun.
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:21:44 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
To: ansel12
If a guy has a gun on a cop, the cop has to assume that it will probably be used and has to act accordingly.
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:23:10 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: upchuck
Those who practiced it died.
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:23:49 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: blackdog
reminds me of the story of the little grandson asking..
Hey Grandpa.....Can u make a noise like a frog?
and the grandpa says...well i guess....but why do u ask...
Grandson replies.....’Caus mommy said when u croak we're all going to Disneyland!
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:24:16 PM PST
by
M-cubed
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:25:07 PM PST
by
null and void
(Our goal is language that is gender-, ethnic- and age-neutral, while celebrating our diversity!)
To: Dagnabitt
Well now the family knows his condition. And they won't ever have to worry about him again!
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:28:08 PM PST
by
null and void
(Our goal is language that is gender-, ethnic- and age-neutral, while celebrating our diversity!)
To: blackdog
And helps her spend the insurance money.
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:28:35 PM PST
by
sport
To: Jonty30
You know, how come the cop didn't just go knock on a neighbor's door after not getting an answer? If the neighbor knows the man's routines and habits, which is most likely, a different outcome would have happened.
But then again, at least he shot the guy at the right address...........
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:28:53 PM PST
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Teotwawki
Never, ever call the police on a loved one... unless you want them dead.
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:30:19 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(One who is merciful to those who are heartless will end up being heartless to those who are merciful)
To: FreeReign
Lot of big armchair generals around here...
The police see an intruder with a gun who won’t back down then the intruder is the bad guy, not the cop.
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:31:07 PM PST
by
Beowulf9
To: upchuck
What ever happened to shoot to wound?I think everyone who practiced that was shot to death, so we're not sure where it's at.
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:32:23 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
To: Jonty30
No it doesn’t, my description is an action that a cop should take under the same circumstances.
We carry guns, we answer our door with guns, we come out of our bedrooms with guns, we camp with guns, cops can’t just shoot everyone with a gun, but especially not when they come into our home and disturb us because a relative called to check on us.
There better be a reason why he killed this man, and under this first cursory description of the circumstances, that reason hasn’t surfaced yet.
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posted on
02/08/2015 7:32:34 PM PST
by
ansel12
(Civilization, Crusade against the Mohammedan Death Cult.)
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