I’m lost. It says that he said he wanted to kill himself and went for the officers gun “just moments before he was arrested”. That implies he was going to be arrested for a separate crime. If he went for the gun to kill himself and that was the CAUSE for arrest, then that wouldn’t count as “just moments before he was arrested”. That or Journalist are far inferior writers than even I thought.
If going for the gun to kill himself is the cause for arrest, then the line “just moments before he was arrested” is completely superfluous.
I’m taking the line at face value and reading that he was going to be arrested for committing a crime, and that prompted him to go for the officers gun to kill himself. If that is the case, then what was the crime for which he was originally going to be arrested.
If the “crime” was going for the officers gun, then the NOLA Times Picayune should hire journalists with high school diplomas and minimum 5th grate writing skills.
Everything I saw indicated he was arrested for going for the officers gun. The officer was one providing security for a Federal building, and not so far as I can tell, involved with this gent prior to the gun grabbing attempt.
I do agree that the journalism is horrendous.
Goetzee allegedly approached the passenger side of a marked Federal Protective Services vehicle shortly before 11 a.m., opened the door and sat inside, according to the filing. Federal Officer William Watson, who was sitting in the driver's seat, questioned Goetzee.IOW, he entered a police car, made an ass of himself, and was going to be arrested when he went for the gun. I damn sure wouldn't swear it under oath, though.
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