[Altariel]

Subtitle: Friends, family angry as questions go unanswered; one man charged

[I see my hands]

Being a law abiding citizen I'd sooner confront an armed thug kicking in my front door than I would a government unionist jack boot who can't (or can) read a warrant. How about you?

[I see my hands]

Recognizing the hell G. Zimmerman now lives in at least he is alive. Had the person stalking and beating him been a government unionist jack boot he'd be dead.

[JLS]

Unbelievable.

[Paladin2]

It’s apparently best to call 911 after the shooting stops and the guns are cleaned and put away.

[eartrumpet]

Sgt. Rich Weiner, spokesman for Columbus police,

Rich... Richard... Dick Weiner.

Do parents give even the slightest thought to their new baby's name?

[trapped_in_LA]

There’s no situation that can’t be made worse by calling the cops.

[Emperor Palpatine]

There’s nothing new here. Columbus cops have a long history replete with squirrelly shoots, incompetence, and unprofessional behavior.

When I was at at OSU many moons ago, the CPD had the reputation for being a bunch of trigger-happy yahoos with shit-for-brains who loved writing jaywalking tickets. I see little has changed.

[Tupelo]

Sad to say, but we have gone from “To Serve and Protect” to “To Intimidate and Subjugate”

[muir_redwoods]

"Police officers, though, say they have little time to sort out a situation when someone is holding a weapon."

Excuse me?Holding aversion is a constitutionally protected, inherent right. Thats sort of what "bear arms" means

[coloradan]

You should read this article if you haven’t already.

[freebilly]

Police officers, though, say they have little time to sort out a situation when someone is holding a weapon.

Better to murder someone with a gun just in case....

[Trod Upon]

This is why we need gun control—to keep dangerous weapons in the hands of trained professionals. /s

[Secret Agent Man]

Great work by the female cop getting her squad stolen. Probably had a shotgun in it too.

[Bon mots]

Was the gun a ‘plant’?

[LevinFan]

“But we can’t predict that, and we can’t know that when someone has a gun in their hand.”

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Cops know that when going to a violent crime scene, that both the suspects and victims may be armed, and need to react with that’s basic truth in mind. Cops need reminded that their lives aren’t the first focus of the job, the lives of innocents come first. Cops had a choice in putting on the badge. Their victims didn’t get a choice.

[Toespi]

I live here, actually less than three miles from the incident. This is section 8 housing, in a relatively rural area. Just to the west is a very high crime area which has almost completely been shut down or bulldozed because businesses could not survive the crime. To the east is a very nice suburban area in a different county jurisdiction than Columbus. Columbus used to be a great city, we get daily multiple murders now. I understand from good sources that this victim knew the “robbers” they were at his apartment. He was involved in drugs and there was a dispute. He supposedly called police, they were there quickly, the assailants ran, the victim came out carrying a gun to shoot his “friends”, although the police did not know this, he was told to drop the weapon, he would not do so and was shot. While this was happening one of the suspects grabbed the police cruiser. So what did you want the police to do?

[editor-surveyor]

>> “Police officers, though, say they have little time to sort out a situation when someone is holding a weapon.” <<

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That’s why they’re paid such ridiculously high salaries. It’s time they either get competent enough to justify those salaries, or get fired and sent to jail.