Posted: 2/12/2005 1:43:22 PM EDT
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Deputy-Killer Suspect Paralyzed From The Waist Down POSTED: 11:55 a.m. EST February 11, 2005 UPDATED: 12:02 p.m. EST February 11, 2005 Story by wftv.com ORLANDO, Fla. -- Shooting suspect and alleged deputy-killer Jason Wheeler is reportedly still incapacitated and unable to speak at all after being shot during his capture. Friday, investigators got a chance to take a deep breath and begin to piece things together. Investigators from the Lake County Sheriff's Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement met to pour over the evidence, including physical evidence from Wednesday's shootout, high-tech imagery and even aerial photographs taken Thursday as a helicopter hovered low over Wheeler's property. FDLE has taken over the release of all information about the case now. Meanwhile, the sheriff's office is still in no hurry to file charges against Wheeler, because, when they do arrest him, the county takes over responsibility for his medical bills. Wheeler is now paralyzed from the waist down and is receiving treatment at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Deputies are reportedly stationed at his door. Because of Wheeler's condition, an FDLE spokesperson says they don't know when detectives will get an opportunity to actually speak to him. Channel 9 has also learned that Deputy Bill Crotty was released from the hospital Friday morning. |
 When I was younger, you could pretty well bet that almost everybody who shot a policeman - or even shot at the police - would, when cornered, resist violently with predictably fatal consequences. I am a bit ambivalent about the relationship between that "custom" and the rule of law, but I always found that it satisfied fundamental notions of justice. A guy who will shoot at the police for no good reason is seriously dangerous. He not only disrespects a fundamental symbol of consensual government, he is oblivious to the disproportionate danger he he courts. I think once they're sure the guy will never recover, the State Attorney should decline to prosecute. |
But, what if you were the recipient of a no knock warrant at the wrong address and that happened to you and your dog? |
I don't doubt that you were trying to say something immensely droll or awesomely portentous. It didn't quite come through. |