NC man reaching for cane shot in SC traffic stop

AP via [Myrtle Beach] Sun-News ^ | February 26, 2014

[Slings and Arrows]

CLOVER, S.C. — York County deputies say an officer shot a 70-year-old man reaching for a cane during a traffic stop because he thought the man was grabbing a rifle from the bed of his pickup truck.

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Sheriff's office spokesman Trent Faris said Knox stopped 70-year-old Bobby Canipe (kah-NYP') of Lincolnton, N.C., for an expired license plate Tuesday evening. Investigators say Canipe got out of his pickup and reached into the truck bed for his cane and Knox fired several shots, hitting Canipe once.

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Faris says the shooting was unfortunate, but appeared to be appropriate because Knox felt an imminent threat to his life.

[Flick Lives]

Deputy Knox has been placed on paid administrative leave pending a full investigation.

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Shoot an unarmed old man. Get a paid vacation. The PD seems to be encouraging this sort of behavior.

[Slings and Arrows]

Well, if you’re looking for donut reviews, who better to ask?

[Slings and Arrows]

The Law of the Lords is not the Law of the Serfs.

[antceecee]

Right...freaking idiocy... crazy on parade from LE.

[lee martell]

I’m staring to suspect there is some process, or a collection of processes used on trainees that serves to DESENSITIZE these new officers to the power of empathy, sympathy, analytical skills, presumption of innocence, respect for the physically or mentally disabled. There is some way the officers are trained to see EVERY CIVILIAN AND DOMESTICATED PET AS A DIRE THREAT TO THE OFFICER’S LIFE. This is the way you act when you are flailing, and afraid for your life. Scattershot. They are teaching our newest officers to be deeply replused, disengaged from, disgusted with, contemptuous of everyday Americans. This is being drummed into them. Maybe a certain ERIC SNOWDEN could offer some explanation. The truth will come out. This overly WAR LIKE behavior is now pandemic in this country.

[Crim]

Clearly it wasn’t the officer who should have felt threatened...

[The Cajun]

Trigger happy coward who should not be a cop.
Getting seriously tired of these weak kneed, slow thinking, proned to panic bastards.

[Dogbert41]

Starting to wonder if gun control isn’t the answer after all. No guns for government workers. None. Nada. Period.

[Smokin' Joe]

For that matter, who carries a rifle in the bed of their pickup? I can't think of a better place to get it wet, dinged up, and full of crap.

Either the story is BS, or the cop doesn't have any common sense.

[skinkinthegrass]

citizen target practice (citizen endangered, Barney Fife alert)
..no dogs/cats/cattle /horses/caged Parakeets involved.

[AlexW]

“if that is the reason, why didn’t my generation grow up like that? After all, there were many shoot em up shows in the 50’s and 60’s.
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Yes, but it was obvious that they were fiction.
You did not see Barny Fife in swat gear, yelling “get on the ground, get on the ground, NOW!
Today’s TV cop dramas claim to portray reality, and today’s cops see it as so. It becomes a vicious circle.

[Liberty Valance]

*whippersnappers*

[skinkinthegrass]

Any cane/twig are very, very dangerous. @ 70 y.o. the perp, probably couldn't swing very well.
By using (Diane Fineswine's methodology); it look very, very deadly..the cane had evil intent.
(moron) Barney Fife was justified. /sarc

[skinkinthegrass]

"bbt?""Donutwatch" enabled.

[skinkinthegrass]

"pastry reviews or something!"seriesly, just make sure, you haven't bitten into it, it may
look like a gun to the hungry/drooling LEOs

[Slings and Arrows]

Where are the bullet holes?

[GOYAKLA]

An OLD man with a cane next it might be a kid with a Video remote. Who knows maybe a dog or two or some newspaper delivery person?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3125282/posts

[Liberty Valance]

search me.

[equaviator]

Cops- You don’t have to love ‘em.

[ClaytonP]

I never thought of that. But, if that is the reason, why didn’t my generation grow up like that?

Reagan's war on drugs