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Police in Arizona Shoot Man Holding 9-Month Old Baby
Salem News ^ | Feb 16, 2012 | Tim King Salem

Posted on 02/17/2012 10:09:38 AM PST by An American!

(SCOTTSDALE, AZ) - An unarmed Arizona grandfather was blasted in the head this week by a police officer who killed the man because he "thought" he had a weapon. This was the particular officer's sixth fatal shooting in the line of duty, it happened Tuesday night in Scottsdale, "There were at least three officers in position to engage the suspect. At least one of the officers thought he saw something in the suspect's hands," Scottsdale Police Sgt. Mark Clark told Arizona's KPNX.

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Loxas was standing outside of his home with his grandchild still in his arms when Officer James Peters fired one shot to the head, killing the suspect.

Officer Peters, who fired the fatal shot, has been involved in seven shootings over the past decade. Six of those have been fatal, and all have been ruled justified.

One trigger happy cop!

1 posted on 02/17/2012 10:09:47 AM PST by An American!
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To: An American!

wow what a tragedy. How does a cop with 6 fatal shootings on his jacket stay on the streets???


2 posted on 02/17/2012 10:11:53 AM PST by eak3
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To: An American!
BANG!
Ex-police! Freeze!
3 posted on 02/17/2012 10:12:17 AM PST by crosshairs (Liberalism is to truth, what east is to west.)
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This was the particular officer's sixth fatal shooting

"Marshall Cogburn, how many men have you shot?"
"Shot? Or killed?"
"Let us restrict ourselves to 'killed' so that we may have a manageable figure ..."

4 posted on 02/17/2012 10:12:24 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (I am pro-Jesus, anti-abortion, pro-limited government, anti-GOP.)
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To: An American!

All a cop has to do is say, “I thought I saw a gun.” and he’s home free.

Geez.


5 posted on 02/17/2012 10:12:24 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: An American!

Surely this cop will get sentenced to the electric chair for this horrendous crime...............

I don’t care who you are, you can’t just shoot an unarmed man holding an infant—at least that used to be against the law-—these days, who knows?


6 posted on 02/17/2012 10:13:27 AM PST by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: An American!

I would never call the police for any help these days. It’s too hazardous.


7 posted on 02/17/2012 10:14:53 AM PST by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 ! We should take off and Newt washington from orbit.)
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To: An American!

The cop used to be on the SWAT team.

The man holding the baby was reaching for a gun.

What would you do?


8 posted on 02/17/2012 10:17:00 AM PST by donna (I want to live in a Judeo/Christian country where we know that, before God, men & women are equal.)
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According to local reports, 50-year old John Loxas had his 9-month old grandchild in his arms as he walked around his neighborhood, apparently making threats toward 'neighbors and police'.

However the man was outside of his own home with the child, when he was shot through the head by a Scottsdale officer named James Peters. Mr. Loax was killed immediately, and it is reported that Peters was not confronting the man, instead he used a scope and fired from a distance.

Neighbors are questioning this police officer's actions.

No, not a trigger happy cop ... Sounds like a cold-blooded serial murderer who hides behind a badge.

9 posted on 02/17/2012 10:17:00 AM PST by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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Only call ‘em for clean up.

If you’ve got real work, do it yourself.


10 posted on 02/17/2012 10:18:03 AM PST by G Larry (We are NOT obliged to carry the snake in our pocket and then dismiss the bites as natural behavior.)
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To: donna

Lie that I thought he was reaching for a gun.


11 posted on 02/17/2012 10:21:50 AM PST by G Larry (We are NOT obliged to carry the snake in our pocket and then dismiss the bites as natural behavior.)
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To: Jonty30
All a cop has to do is say, “I thought I saw a gun.” and he’s home free.

“I thought I saw a gun.” "One stroke of a pen". That's what this once great country has become.

12 posted on 02/17/2012 10:22:03 AM PST by Digger (If RINO is your selection then failure is your electionAll a cop has to do is say, “I thought I saw)
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To: donna
The man holding the baby was reaching for a gun.

From the article:

"Detectives found no weapon on Loxas following the shooting."

What would I do? Send the serial murderer to prison for life.

13 posted on 02/17/2012 10:22:18 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: basil

How’s the family dog?


14 posted on 02/17/2012 10:22:32 AM PST by pingman (Durn tootin'; I like Glock shootin'!)
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To: An American!

Anybody else find this article to be amateurishly written? Odd phrasing and editorializing.


15 posted on 02/17/2012 10:25:42 AM PST by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: basil
you can’t just shoot an unarmed man holding an infant—at least that used to be against the law-—

Rules of engagement for infants were changed at Ruby Ridge.

16 posted on 02/17/2012 10:31:24 AM PST by GingisK
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To: donna
You shoot a cop holding a baby and claim he was going for his gun. What happens to you?

17 posted on 02/17/2012 10:31:35 AM PST by I see my hands (The old sod ne'er shall be forgot.)
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Scottsdale Police told reporters that the nine-month old baby was not injured in the shooting

Of course. When his granddad was shot in the head he looked around, walked up to a stroller, and put the child into it. Only then he collapsed and died. That's what the police says; must be the truth then.

18 posted on 02/17/2012 10:32:07 AM PST by Greysard
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Yes. Like this ...
"Peters first killed a suspect in 2002, as a member of a SWAT team. This was the one non-fatal shooting he was involved in."
How do you kill a suspect in a "non-fatal" shooting?
19 posted on 02/17/2012 10:34:07 AM PST by jimmango
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To: G Larry

The cop was looking thru a scope at 15 yards. How could he see his hands if he’s sighted on the VICTIMS head


20 posted on 02/17/2012 10:34:25 AM PST by clamper1797 (Hoping to have some change left)
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