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Teens charged with murder after crash kills deputy, K-9 partner
Knoxnews.com ^
| Jan 10, 2008
| AP
Posted on 01/10/2008 6:49:51 PM PST by RDTF
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To: Pontiac
I have to question the judgment of the LEOs continuing the chase under these conditions.
I would have to agree. They showed extremely pour judgement. High speed chases should only occur in extreme cases like murderers or bank robbers. They put many people in danger.
To: Pontiac
I was thinking the same thing....high speed chase over $38.00? If they have the license plate number,track the perps down later...
Just the same, my heart and prayers go out to the family and colleagues of the slain officer....
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posted on
01/10/2008 7:31:41 PM PST
by
Kimmers
To: highimpact
“but this was not murder.”
Officer discretion aside, someone was killed during the commission of a crime. That is murder.
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posted on
01/10/2008 7:38:17 PM PST
by
L98Fiero
(A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
To: RDTF
This was a $38 tank of gas - that's what this boils down to," Bell County Judge-Executive Al Brock said. It wasn't just a "$38 tank of gas". These punks made it clear that they weren't about to obey pretty much any law.
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posted on
01/10/2008 7:42:55 PM PST
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: highimpact
A man is dead because the pursuing officer didn't exercise proper discretion. I'm not saying the driver is innocent You aren't? You just placed the responsibility for the officer's death on the pursuing officer.
First, the pursuing officer didn't make that little piece of excrement run, and second, if going over 100 gets the cops to stop chasing, everyone who runs from cops will know just how fast to go.
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posted on
01/10/2008 7:49:25 PM PST
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: RDTF; Mr. Brightside
And your point is?Well-made.
To: Kimmers
I was thinking the same thing....high speed chase over $38.00? If they have the license plate number,track the perps down later... If they have the plate...you can't outrun the radio.
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posted on
01/10/2008 8:03:01 PM PST
by
lightman
(The Office of the Keys should be exercised as some ministry needs to be Exorcised.)
To: 1rudeboy
I dont think so. Sure. It would be manslaughter or vehicular homicide if they were sober, aggravated vehicular homicide if they were drunk.
The only thing that elevates it to murder is the fact that the victim was a cop. Stealing $38.00 shouldn't be a felony to invoke the felony murder rule.
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posted on
01/10/2008 8:29:27 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: L98Fiero
someone was killed during the commission of a crime. That is murder.This seems more on point.
507.020 Murder. (1) A person is guilty of murder when:
(b) Including, but not limited to, the operation of a motor vehicle under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to human life, he wantonly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person and thereby causes the death of another person.
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posted on
01/10/2008 8:42:33 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: 1rudeboy
I withdraw my comment in Post 28. Seems to be covered by statute in Ky. See my comment at 29.
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posted on
01/10/2008 8:43:56 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: highimpact
The charges will include felony eluding (of a law enforcement officer), reckless driving, reckless endangerment, speeding, possible grand theft auto, petite larceny, and at a minimum, involuntary manslaughter to voluntary manslaughter. Don’t think they can get them on premeditated murder if they didn’t deliberately aim at the police car.
However, if they are sentenced to CONSECUTIVE terms, they could be in jail for 20-40 years or more. Hopefully it will be more.
To: L98Fiero
Officer discretion aside, someone was killed during the commission of a crime. That is murder. True!
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posted on
01/10/2008 11:20:54 PM PST
by
fortheDeclaration
(The power under the Constitution will always be in the people- George Washington)
To: PAR35
Stealing $38.00 shouldn't be a felony to invoke the felony murder rule. How about fleeing arrest?
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posted on
01/10/2008 11:23:02 PM PST
by
fortheDeclaration
(The power under the Constitution will always be in the people- George Washington)
To: elkfersupper
ah one of the famous cop haters on FR that shows up on all these threads
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posted on
01/11/2008 4:34:15 AM PST
by
RDTF
To: L98Fiero
Officer discretion aside, someone was killed during the commission of a crime. That is murder. Not all homicides are murder.
To: PAR35
It would be manslaughter or vehicular homicide if they were sober, aggravated vehicular homicide if they were drunk.
The only thing that elevates it to murder is the fact that the victim was a cop. Exactly.
To: SeaHawkFan
You are right.
If someone is killed by a perp during the commission of a crime, legally that is murder.
If someone breaks in my house and I kill them, that is justifiable homicide, not murder.
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posted on
01/11/2008 6:40:22 AM PST
by
L98Fiero
(A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
To: org.whodat
A "little old man"? If it was a "big old man" would you feel the same outrage?
What is up with the Freeper cop-bashing?
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posted on
01/11/2008 6:42:38 AM PST
by
fleagle
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. -Winston Churchill)
To: RDTF
Does it strike anyone else as strange that the title refers to the dog as a “K-9 partner”? It infers to me that the dog has equal status with the human policeman. I just found it curious.
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posted on
01/11/2008 6:46:51 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(Support Duncan Hunter for the 2008 GOP presidential nominee. He is THE true conservative candidate.)
To: fleagle
What is up with the Freeper cop-bashing? The man's life is just as valuable as the cops nothing more nothing less, both could have been avoided if the cops had made the correct decision..
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posted on
01/11/2008 6:51:18 AM PST
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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