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Arlington police officer in training fatally shoots unarmed teen at car dealership
Dallas News ^ | August 7, 2015 | Elise Schmelzer

Posted on 08/08/2015 9:18:28 AM PDT by PAR35

A 49-year-old police trainee killed an unarmed teen burglary suspect who drove an SUV into the showroom of an Arlington car dealership early Friday.

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The dealership’s security company reported the break-in after its cameras recorded a man there after hours, police said. Sgt. Paul Rodriguez said a burglar drove a sport utility vehicle through the dealership showroom’s glass doors.

When police arrived they found Taylor in the showroom and approached him. Police said Miller shot Taylor after an “altercation.” Taylor died at the scene, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.

(Excerpt) Read more at crimeblog.dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: peoplewhoannoyyou; policeshooting; thugculture
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To: Trailerpark Badass
"Dead person has numerous tweets voicing his lack of trust in the police."

Just a thought.
If a guy has a deep distrust of boats, it's a good idea not to become a tuna fisherman.
Or to apply for work on "The Most Dangerous Catch."

(Just thinking in my own foolish way that perhaps if you want to avoid cops, avoiding crime might be a good place to start.)

41 posted on 08/08/2015 10:01:08 AM PDT by shibumi ("Cover it with gas and set it on fire.")
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To: fwdude

Of course we know that the Dallas Morning Asswipe is as much a left-wing birdcage liner as the Washington Pustule so this article is no surprise.

If the punk was brazen enough for this attack then he must have a trail of earlier crime but the Asswipe and the Startlegram will work hard to not find it.


42 posted on 08/08/2015 10:01:21 AM PDT by Rockpile
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To: BenLurkin

I am totally against police departments hiring new recruits that are 40 years-old or older. Policing is a young mans job. There I said it: “young man”.

If someone in their 40s begins a police career they will be in their 60s after only 20 years.

For many years there were actual physical and age requirement for law enforcement. Most put a max age for hiring new recruits at 35 years-old.

However, thanks to ACLU there is so-called age and physical condition discrimination to the detriment of the public.

Even today for any federal law-enforcement job the age limit is 35 and 37 if applicant is former military.

http://work.chron.com/48-years-old-old-become-police-officer-23219.html

Still there are many local law enforcement agencies that have maximum hire age rules in effect, which have been challenged but found proper in court, such as this example:

Is there a minimum and maximum hiring age?

Yes, for all titles associated with the LEE, there is a minimum hiring age. Candidates need to be at least 18 years of age on or before the Closing Date shown on the examination announcement. The only title in the LEE announcement that has a maximum age is Municipal Police Officer. Applicants over age 35 as of the closing date of the examination are not eligible for Municipal Police Officer positions, with certain exceptions. (An applicant is considered to be over 35 the day after his/her 35th birthday.) By law, applicants may reduce their age by deducting the following: (1) the amount of their military service time that falls within the location and time limit criteria for New Jersey veteran’s preference and/or (2) the amount of time previously served in certain law enforcement titles. To qualify for this provision, separation from prior service must have been for reasons other than removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency.


43 posted on 08/08/2015 10:01:59 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: ClearCase_guy

yes. the threat hinges on the vehicle as a weapon of death.

just sustitute hammer’or screwdriver’for car and its the same thing. they are all weapons and the person is armed with them and can use them.


44 posted on 08/08/2015 10:02:24 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: PAR35

Yeah man so here I was minding my own business, you know driving my car through an auto dealership plate glass window and who doesn’t like to do that on a fun Friday?


45 posted on 08/08/2015 10:06:36 AM PDT by Cyman (We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
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To: Secret Agent Man

So the Dallas News was thoroughly wrong in headline and in body. No big surprise.


46 posted on 08/08/2015 10:07:43 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Henry Bowman where are you?)
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To: fwdude

I am not a professional fighter, but I will tell you most of these folks have no clue what they are talking about, a guy with bare hands can be just a deadly with a guy with a weapon, and I say this as a man that knew some amateur MMA and some spec ops dudes.


47 posted on 08/08/2015 10:09:38 AM PDT by the_individual2014
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To: PAR35
"Taylor was a defensive back..."

"drove a sport utility vehicle through the dealership showroom’s glass doors..."

Don't tell me: Another "peaceful giant" with his "hands up" and it was the nasty SUV and not him who drove through the glass doors."

48 posted on 08/08/2015 10:10:03 AM PDT by drpix
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To: KeyLargo

I would go further, there should no special hiring of officers which means no AA, and that all need to have a certain amount of reasonable intellect, mental and not PC to say it physical strength, and I will say it again physical strength for it does matter still in this world, and if by doing this most women, whites, blacks, etc.. do not get hired then so be it, I want the best.


49 posted on 08/08/2015 10:17:23 AM PDT by the_individual2014
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To: fwdude
"stop with the “unarmed” crap!"

They're only "unarmed" until they assault the cop and take his/her weapon (as hundreds of cases have demonstrated.) Assault a cop (or even an armed civilian) and be ready for the cop to shoot you to protect his/her weapon. (Also true for assault on an armed civilian.)

50 posted on 08/08/2015 10:17:26 AM PDT by drpix
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To: PAR35

The piece of $#^t drove a vehicle through a showroom window to commit a burglary and the lib press makes him out to be a good boy who was going to be a football star. Well the the world and his football team is better off without him. Good riddance POS!


51 posted on 08/08/2015 10:21:58 AM PDT by kenmcg
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To: PAR35

“Miller shot Taylor after an “altercation.” Taylor died at the scene”

I feel sorry for his parents, but this is how these things are supposed to turn out.


52 posted on 08/08/2015 10:23:07 AM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: PAR35

Drugs, money, & peer pressure.


53 posted on 08/08/2015 10:26:11 AM PDT by G Larry (Obama is replicating the instruments of the fall of Rome)
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To: PAR35

“Unarmed” my @ss.

He was handling a 1 1/2 ton weapon.


54 posted on 08/08/2015 10:35:45 AM PDT by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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To: PAR35
Let's see if they can get any riots scheduled for this weekend, or if it is going to take a while for the outside agitators to show up.

This is Texas, right to carry, right to use deadly force to protect property state. If the Urban Utes burn anything down it will be in their own hood.

55 posted on 08/08/2015 10:41:17 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: PAR35

Another criminal makes a decision to commit his young life to contributing many ‘Happy Meals’ for maggots and their families. Good for them!


56 posted on 08/08/2015 10:42:58 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: PAR35
Unarmed? Every healthy teen male is for all practical purposed always armed with four sledge hammers.

57 posted on 08/08/2015 10:50:06 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: the_individual2014

“amount of reasonable intellect, mental and not PC to say it physical strength”

That’s the problem today with the product turned out by PC ruled Government schools.

Pentagon: Young Adults Too Fat, Tattooed, Uneducated for Military

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Saturday, 28 Jun 2014 01:10 PM
The American military is facing a serious personnel issue: More than two-thirds of today’s youth are too uneducated, have behavior issues, and are not physically fit enough for
service.

“We’re trying to make decision makers see this is a national-security matter — and they need to prioritize it,” retired Maj. Gen. Allen Youngman told The Wall Street Journal.

http://www.newsmax.com/US/americans-unfit-military-enlist/2014/06/28/id/579805/

Police face challenges with hiring diversity
Linh Ta, lta@dmreg.com 12:40 p.m. CDT May 29, 2015
Lowered standards.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/community/2015/05/29/police-face-challenges-hiring-diversity/28157567/


58 posted on 08/08/2015 10:51:46 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Rusty0604

My town (Gatesville) is about 70% Uyghur. Luckily, 98% of them are wards of the state at TDC.


59 posted on 08/08/2015 10:59:19 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: PAR35

Stunningly poor headline writing and reporting. The headline implies that a rookie “Barney Fife” shot an innocent teen for no good reason at a car dealership. You have to dig to discover that the “unarmed teen” already had an arrest an conviction history, drove a SUV through plate glass windows at 1:00 AM in the morning, then had a physical altercation with an armed police officer.

Being a star football player has absolutely no relevance to this event, other than a clumsy attempt to elicit sympathy for the deceased.

We all did dumb stuff as teenagers, but this level of idiocy suggests some real deficiencies in his upbringing. Don’t blame the cops when they respond to an attack with force.


60 posted on 08/08/2015 11:09:59 AM PDT by Tigerized (Your Personal Safety is Yours, and Yours Alone. Aim Small, Miss Small.)
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