Posted on 04/15/2015 3:39:57 PM PDT by petercooper
Unarmed father of three shot dead by police on live TV after leading them on high-speed chase in which he claimed he had a child in his backseat Frank Ernest Shepherd, III of Houston, Texas was shot dead by police after leading them on a 20 minute high-speed chase The chase ended when Shepherd crashed into another car He then got out of the vehicle and reached into the backseat, and was shot moments later No weapons were found in the car and it is not known what Shepherd was reaching for Shepherd was a father of three with another baby on the way Police are investigating why he fled during a traffic stop
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I saw the video. The guy flees from police and then plows into a few cars and when finally cornered he doesn’t give up. Bad mistake on his part. Police only had seconds to react and chose to take him down. I think I am with the police on this one.
Unarmed except that ton of metal he was driving. I’m sure the driver of the car he hit though he used it as a weapon.
Why was he fleeing?
Why was he shot?
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Why not check the linked article with its video of the incident. That SHOULD answer your question. If you still can’t understand why he was shot it’s unfortunate that you couldn’t have been there as an unarmed “peace officer” who could volunteer to approach the perp to calm him down as he reached into the rear seat of his car. You’d be down for that?
every one of these damn stories starts off with “fleeing” or “resisting arrest”.. Take that out of the equation and most of these perps would be living.
yup ...probably another victim of the family courts.
I'm not always on the LEOs side, but this guy did everything he could to get shot.
Sorry, anyone who finds the cops culpable in this particular case has another agenda.
The unrecorded interviewing tactics were great also.
Place thick phone book on suspect’s head, slam rotary phone down on it as hard as possible...
I can’t fault the police for this one.
You mean no weapon apart from the car?
Totally different from the retired LEOs I know. We have breakfast once a month and a bunch of us are in a Jeeping group. I never hear anything bad about today's officers. Yes, there will always be a few bad apples, but most are doing a fine job.
You’re right.
Bet he wondered, too.
Stupid doesn’t always end well.
Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.
I read the article and it is another case of the police shooting and killing someone who was not a threat. So what's your point?
And in this case, sure I'd approach him as an "unarmed police officer". The worst he could do would be to run again.
Neither do unarmed motorists these days.
My cousin and her husband killed when woman fleeing police rammed their car pushing them into traffic. Cop shoulda shot her before she destroyed an innocent family.
Yep, he did every thing he could to get shot ... and he got shot.
“I read the article and it is another case of the police shooting and killing someone who was not a threat. So what’s your point?
And in this case, sure I’d approach him as an “unarmed police officer”. The worst he could do would be to run again.”
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Your “logic” works fine with you sitting in front of your computer AFTER THE FACT...KNOWING that there was no weapon in his back seat. So it’s EASY for you to imagine yourself as a valiant, fearless “unarmed police officer” approaching the guy to reason with him.
The cops, on the other hand, did not have YOUR luxury of KNOWING he was unarmed. What do you IMAGINE they were thinking the perp was rapidly reaching for? Perhaps a snickers bar or some popcorn? They had less that a handful of seconds to make a decision and they made the proper one, INHO. These officers have families to go home to after their shift.
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