A North Carolina detective justifiably shot a schizophrenic 18-year-old because he believed another officer's life was in danger, a group representing police officers said, offering an account vastly different from that of the late teen's outraged family.
The North Carolina Police
Benevolent Association laid out its version of what happened in Boiling
Spring Lakes in a statement issued Wednesday, three days after Keith
Vidal was killed.
The most salient part was
its defense of a Southport police detective for shooting Vidal after,
in its view, determining the teenager posed a "deadly threat" to another
officer. The professional organization represents both these officers,
but not a sheriff's deputy also at the scene.
"(The) detective ...
employed authorized law enforcement action to stop the continuing threat
of deadly harm to (the officer) and others," the Police Benevolent
Association concluded.
The Southport detective's lawyer, W. James Payne, has told CNN affiliate WWAY
that he believes once investigations into the shooting are complete,
"All folks -- everybody -- will conclude that the officers acted
appropriately."
Payne elaborated to CNN
on Wednesday night, claiming his client fired after Vidal made multiple
attempts to stab the other officer with a screwdriver. The other officer
was wearing a bulletproof vest and was not injured.
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I know what the family needs to do!!!
ReplyDeleteI am only a naturalized U.S. citizen, originally from a totalitarian country, so what the fuck do I know, right?..
But I learn fast, and it's been more than a decade since I moved to the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.
From numerous examples, and no opposite examples whatsoever, I know EXACTLY what A Free Man, a father whose son was murdered in cold blood, does in this Free Country...
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are you ready for the Perfect Solution?..
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SUE THE MOTHEFUCKERS AND GET RICH!!!
Here's how all these fearless, Free-est of all ever, "Proud To Be An American" people deal with murder of their loved ones:
1. Get someone you love murdered.
2. Sue.
3. PROFIT!!!
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On a side note: I hate this whole fucking world.
Someone needs to ask those thugs why they didn't just back away from the kid and let him settle down. It's not like he had an AK or a suicide vest. These Rambo cops have got to be stopped!
ReplyDeleteAsk yourself this, which cop would have been more likely to do the same thing, Andy Taylor or Barney?
Really.
DeleteWell, what else did you expect.
ReplyDeleteIf this is not the line, what is?
ReplyDeleteI guess when the cattle cars come.
DeleteMy problem with speaking my mind is all the fibbies wandering around the premises. How the fuck do we stop this?
ReplyDelete99% would cease if they could be sued individually.
DeleteWell, that didn't take long. Acted in accordance with policy, blah, blah, officer safety, blah blah...
ReplyDeleteI'm beginning to wonder if there's anything these amoral, trigger happy thugs _can't_ get away with, and what it will take to make people start actively shunning them.
This one is really bad and I can see no reason in the world it went down as it did.
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