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Posted: 3/7/2006 12:11:58 PM EDT
This one kind of shocked me guys.  I remember seeing the grainy video a while back.  I hope this guy doesn't get convicted.

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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A sheriff's deputy who was videotaped shooting an unarmed     Iraq War veteran after a car chase will be charged with attempted voluntary manslaughter, authorities said Tuesday.

The decision to charge Deputy Ivory J. Webb, 45, was announced by San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael A. Ramos.

Sheriff Gary Penrod said Webb will remain on paid administrative leave during the investigation into the shooting of Air Force Senior Airman Elio Carrion, 21.

"I respect the decision of the district attorney's office," Penrod said.

It is the first time the county's prosecutors have filed charges against a lawman for an on-duty shooting.

Webb's arraignment was set for Wednesday. If convicted, he could face up to 18 1/2 years in prison.

The charge includes the special allegations of infliction of great bodily injury and use of a firearm, Ramos said at a news conference. In California, such enhancements can result in extra prison time.

An attempted-murder charge was not filed because there was no finding of malice, Ramos said.

Carrion, an Air Force security officer just back from Iraq, was a passenger in a Corvette that police chased at high speed on the night of Jan. 29 until the Corvette crashed into a wall in Chino, about 45 miles east of Los Angeles.

A grainy videotape shot by a bystander showed Carrion on the ground next to the car with Webb standing and pointing at gun at him.

A voice appears to order Carrion to rise, but when the airman appears to begin complying, the deputy shoots him three times. Carrion was shot in the chest, shoulder and thigh and was hospitalized for several days.

Authorities found no weapons on Carrion or the driver, Luis Escobedo.

Prosecutors announced they were charging Escobedo with a felony of attempting to evade a peace officer while driving recklessly and misdemeanor driving under the influence. He was expected to surrender Wednesday. The maximum penalty if convicted would be 3 1/2 years in prison.

Webb has made no public comment since the incident.

Carrion's sister, Monique Carrion, 22, was surprised by Tuesday's announcement.

"We've just been trying to stay strong and help my brother get better," she said in a telephone interview. "Just give him support, which is what he needs right now."

The     FBI is investigating possible civil rights violations. The sheriff's department conducted its own probe and gave the results to the district attorney's office.

At the time, the sheriff said the videotape "arouses a lot of suspicion," but he pointed out that it is fuzzy and contains gaps.

Ramos assigned two top attorneys to review the shooting and requested an FBI enhancement of the videotape.

Charging Webb was a "difficult decision," Ramos said, but enhancing the videotape "made our decision easier."


Link Posted: 3/7/2006 12:34:33 PM EDT
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This one kind of shocked me guys.  I remember seeing the grainy video a while back.  I hope this guy doesn't get convicted.




WTF? Over.
Link Posted: 3/7/2006 12:43:01 PM EDT
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WTF? Over.



What's the question?  
Link Posted: 3/7/2006 12:48:21 PM EDT
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WTF? Over.



What's the question?  



The question is why the fuck you would want a cop that itnetionaly shot an unarmed person,who was appently complying with the officers commands, to not be convicted. Sorry but thats fucked up.

(I say apprently because I wasn't there, but the fact that the guy was appently complying with the officers commands is the reason why he is being charged by the DA, it was a bad shoot)


ETAA: guys I'm not trying to start shit in here or anything, but that just pissed me off and I had to respond. Sorry if it causes any trouble it was not ment to.
Link Posted: 3/7/2006 12:50:49 PM EDT
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WTF? Over.



What's the question?  



If you are talking about hoping the Deputy doesn't get convicted, what is your justification for it?

He fuc*** up, whether it was because he was stressed and really did not know what he was saying/doing or whatever, he still screwed up.
Link Posted: 3/7/2006 12:53:11 PM EDT
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This one kind of shocked me guys.  I remember seeing the grainy video a while back.  I hope this guy doesn't get convicted.
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Not with all the attention involved. This cop will see time.

Link Posted: 3/7/2006 12:54:43 PM EDT
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your all fucked in the head every god damned one off you!
Link Posted: 3/7/2006 12:59:03 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/7/2006 12:59:31 PM EDT
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That didn't take long.  Locked for obvious reasons.
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