Damn.
“Dixon had served several tours in Iraq and had friends among the Appling County deputies, Sweat said.
Its a regrettable situation, Sweat said.
Dixons 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.
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.
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?
Prayers for his family.
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.
I dont think theres anybody who despises arrogant power-mad cops as much as I do however because Im 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? Theres 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?
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.