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The thing I can't figure out is how this criminal got a gun? I mean guns are illegal for criminals to have, which is why no one else needs them.
Handle every stressful situation like a dog, if you can’t eat it or hump it. Pee on it and walk away.
Well, it sounds to me as if this man is clearly competent and sane to stand trial.
He clearly knew what he was doing and admits he has no real regrets.
But all that aside, I think it would behove the state to look into the allegations made against the parole officer.
To see if he/she was indeed monkeying with the rules and making the guy late for work everyday. That would be fairly easy to verify.
Its not an uncommon complaint at all.
Probation/Parole Officers are fairly well disliked on both sides of the coin, in court and out of court due to their history of shenanigans such as the ones alleged in this case.
I recall one Probation Officer in Georgia during the early 90’s who would issue a flurry of arrest warrants for his more serious probationers and have the cops go pick them up. Just before he was scheduled to take vacations with his family or go out of town on one of those government funded business trips.
He would let them sit in jail for the duration of his trip to ensure that he would not be bothered by them getting into trouble while he was on a beach somewhere sippin drinks.
This went on for about 3 or 4 year until a defense lawyer got wind of it and brought it to the attention of the GBI.
That probation officer is now the one in jail.
In red states, that’d be a violation of his parole.
I read somewhere on the net that he was an illegal.
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Well I read the whole story. Sounds like the PO was a real jerk and in the wrong line of work.
“shooting his Brooklyn parole officer”
Gee, that law about felons owning guns worked well, didn’t it?
Yet another reason to ban parole.
Execute him, then he wont have to worry about his parole officer anymore.
Wow, this story brings up a whole host of mixed feelings.
I wish Poison had a larger set of problem solving skills.
Seems as though most people have forgotten that parole doesn’t mean the criminal has paid their debt to society.
It is by the grace of society that the parolee is afforded his freedom at all.
Either incarcerate him, put him on a chain gang working hard labor or charge him with attempted premeditated murder of a law enforcement officer and execute him.
The issue here is the lack of respect for legitimate authority and the criminal’s judgment of legitimate authority, not the criminal’s wishes.
I know the convict went overboard on dealing with the Parole Officer (PO). However, the PO was very vindictive and my impression is he was going out of his way to ensure the convict’s failure in life such as arranging his departure time where he is late for his job which would eventually ensure that he is fired.
The guy was a COMPLETE AND TOTAL asshole. A petty fat, lazy power mad clown
My son was busted for a possession charge (pot) and the guy treated him like he committed mass murder. He would show up in the middle of the night to check on him. Wake everyone up, set up mandatory meetings and never show which is a big thing since he was required to meet him monthly or face jail time.
I tried to explain to him since my son was living with me he could be assured he would toe the line on his terms of probation so he could back off a little.
Guy treated me only a little better then he treated my kid.
Several times I could has easily taken him out back to learn a little respect.