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I don't like the sound of this one.
1 posted on 02/21/2012 8:54:23 PM PST by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

Damn.


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3 posted on 02/21/2012 9:16:51 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: smokingfrog

“Dixon had served several tours in Iraq and had friends among the Appling County deputies, Sweat said.
“It’s a regrettable situation,’’ Sweat said.
Dixon’s older sister, Serran Aaron, said her brother suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and was 100 percent disabled.”

Wow, these cops really went out on a limb for their buddy. It seems like cops these days are really trigger happy and trained accordingly. So his “friends” at the Sherrifs department gunned a sick man down like a dog. I recall a story where a mentally retarded teenager was shot down after being badly burned in a vehicle accident. He was jumping around “acting erratically and growling” instead of following deputy dog’s commands. So they shot him down. He refused to lay down on hot asphalt with first degree burns all over his body.


4 posted on 02/21/2012 9:22:16 PM PST by DariusBane (People are like sheep and have two speeds: grazing and stampede)
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To: smokingfrog
I don't like the sound of this one.

Me neither; but, and I really hate to say it, it seems like the police are being trained to kill anyone who does not OBEY.
Yes, he had a weapon; he was in fear for his life. (Combat-zone mentality.)
No, the was not an immediate threat; he was not threatening anyone else or behaving in an actually violent manner.
...and yet they (the police) say the need/opportunity to kill him.

5 posted on 02/21/2012 9:48:53 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: smokingfrog

Judge jury and executioner.

Not saying it is smart to hold a gun after cops say to put it down - but - shooting the guy for disobeying? Where was the imminent threat?

When did “not rapidly following police orders outside your own house” turn into reason to use deadly force?


7 posted on 02/21/2012 9:56:36 PM PST by Eldon Tyrell (question,.)
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Air guns with tranquillizer darts should be part of any SWAT team's arsenal.
9 posted on 02/21/2012 10:07:07 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: smokingfrog
Not again...

Prayers for his family.

12 posted on 02/22/2012 12:19:49 AM PST by starlifter (Pullum sapit)
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To: smokingfrog
There has never been a situation that could not be made worse by the presence of the police.
13 posted on 02/22/2012 1:09:33 AM PST by Dick Bachert (Obozo deserves another term: IN LEAVENWORTH. 25 to life sounds about right!)
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To: smokingfrog

No, I did not watch the video, but just wondering if this might have been a case of suicide by LEO.

Thank you for your service Marine. RIP

Prayers up.


15 posted on 02/22/2012 4:25:16 AM PST by Rannug ("God has given it to me, let him who touches it beware.")
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To: smokingfrog

I don’t think there’s anybody who despises arrogant power-mad cops as much as I do – however – because I’m getting a little older and am starting to use my head for something other than a hat rack, I have to ask – there seems to be more to this story than is being told in the thread. 1) Did the man in any way point the weapon (shotgun) at any cop or bystander? 2) Did the man in any way endanger anyone? If he simply STOOD there on his own property holding the shotgun by his side or maybe even at port arms, what was the decision to shoot to kill (could not have been any other intention) based on? There’s gotta be more to this than the thread originally indicated. As much as I dislike police ignorance, I have a difficult time believing that this man was shot to death for simply standing in his yard holding a shotgun. Yeah, the OBEY thing is significant. But – what was the situation? DID HE THREATEN ANYBODY? I live way out in the boonies and routinely do yard work with a sidearm on me and a rifle close by - like on the truck seat. Barney is NOT going to disarm me if I am no threat to anybody. If I was crazy drunk shooting up passing cars, yeah - I could understand that. BUT - standing in my own yard HOLDING a shotgun?


32 posted on 02/22/2012 10:48:12 AM PST by Nathaniel (- A Man Without A Cross -)
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To: smokingfrog

This is the third recent case of LEOs shooting (and killing) a military serviceman/vet in recent memory.

Let’s hope these are all coincidental, and not foreshadowing of a trend.


52 posted on 02/23/2012 7:25:47 AM PST by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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