Posted: 8/21/2004 3:26:10 PM EDT
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For those of you not in Denver, CO, there have been numerous Police shootings lately which has everyones panties in a bunch. Now when they try to use non lethal methods, end up killing the guy, and still the public is complaining. They just cant win... Click here for the story |
[John Wayne]Ya call the tune ya pay the piper.[John Wayne]
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That's why they are called Less Lethal, not non lethal. The potential for life threatening injury still exist, just not as likely to occur. In this guys case, heart problems + cocaine = the inevitable blowout, just a pity the P.D. will bear the blame for it. OTOH: This dumb ass had O.D. THREE TIMES before, and his family did nothing to help him untill he was already under the influence, but now he is their beloved misunderstood |
Yeah, the Denver PD has been catching a lot of B.S. lately for other crap just like this. I'm not LEO ***YET***, but it truly disgusts me how ignorant some people are, and how the coked out, junkie is the victim in all of thie |
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This is the same thing that happened in Detroit with Malice Green. Green was high on crack cocaine and fought with police to prevent them from taking his last 'rock'. During the fight (1980's prior to pepper spray) the two cops struck Green several times. Green had some lacerations on his head, and was transported to the hospital from the scene. The autopsy said he died of a heart attack. The M.E. went on to say that the stress of the struggle with the police was a contributing factor. The prosecutor said that Larry Budson and Walter Nevers beat Green to death. The jury of imbeciles didn't understand that Green's skull was "intact". The jury also watched 'spike lee's movie "malcom x'' that showed the rodney king footage. Green was black. The jury was black. The prosecutor was black. the Judge was black. the "witnesses" were whores and drug dealers on the street at 2:30am. Budson and Nevers are white. And they were convicted of murder. What a system! Such a comedy of blantant flaws. This country needs to be overhauled. |
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I'm usually on the other side of the fence... That guy was coked up. He wouldn't stop or go down. Sounds to me like they did what they had to do to protect themselves and the public and by misfortunate chances, the guy died. "I took coke for my back!" Riiiiiiiiiight. |
Didn't nevers or Budsen have his conviction overturned? I thought thewre was some sort of prosecutorial misconduct in the original convictions |
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Our PD had a subject die [hardcorecynic]It's amazing. Every time we pulled up at a disturbance and the P spray came out, folks just chilled the F out. Amazing how fast the word travels.[/hardcorecynic] |