[CedarDave]

Another APD shooting, another person dead. There are certainly instances where police shooting is justified, but in too many recent cases they seem to shoot without exhausting other means of subduing a potential threat to themselves or others.

See also yesterday's thread on earlier shooting:

Mayor calls APD shooting ‘horrific … unsettling’ (includes link to video)

[CedarDave]

Video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSrA83BevWo

KOB-TV story:
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3375842.shtml?cat=500

[RitchieAprile]

I rented near there for 6 months whilst working at Honeywell about 10 years ago. I did not go out after dark
unless I was driving.

[CedarDave]

NM list PING!

I may not PING for all New Mexico articles. To see New Mexico articles by topic click here: New Mexico Topics

To see NM articles by keyword, click here: New Mexico Keywords

To see the NM Message Page, click here: New Mexico Messages

(The NM list is available on my FR homepage for anyone to use. Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)
(For ABQ Journal articles requiring a subscription, scroll down to the bottom of the page to view the article for free after answering a question or watching a short video commercial.)

[Sideshow Bob]

Walter White, RIP

[luvbach1]

One good thing came out of the shooting: all the officers went home safely.

[kiryandil]

Uh-oh! Another one of those pesky "civilian" videos!

Gonna have to outlaw them things!

[LevinFan]

“He said the man “exited (the house) with a firearm and fired it,” before officers returned fire.”

I hope someone checks to see if the gun was last known to be in a police evidence locker.

[Ron H.]

Unfortunately the chief is only parroting the story by officers involved. The sisters story should be given as weight as the officers version. But as usual everyone but the officer involved story will be brushed off as emotional and unreliable. Even when there multiple witnesses report the very same thing. The single involved is considered to be more reliable. But that has become all too often the case these days. Too quick to brush the evidence aside and no-bill the officer and move on to the next officer involved shooting. IMO there are just too many emotionally unstable people are getting jobs as police officers who are not qualified to carry deadly firearms.

[dangus]

There have been 160 murders in Albuquerque from 2010 through 2013. In that time, there were 22 people killed by police.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Must be a tough area. Trying to search on this turned up a lot of results, including quite a few cops getting shot.

[kiryandil]

Just watched the video.

They flat-out executed the guy.

I'll bet one of the Fat Blue-Costumed Donut Barrage Balloons accidentally pulled the trigger on a weapon he shouldn't have had in his steroid-enhanced, sugar-donut trembling mitts, and then all the rest of the crazed cop gunmen had to pull the triggers on their handguns and assault rifles, too.

Why do so many cops look like blimps?

[mistfree]

There’s a silver lining here if you live in Albuquerque. Say you hate your boss. Call the police, tell them he/she has a gun and was pointing it at children, bada bing, bada boom the boss has been offed by the police and probably the boss’s dog as well.
Neighbor been a problem? same solution. Oh the possibilities................

[pallis]

The cops feared for their lives. Who knows what a man with a cellphone is going to do. It might me one of those automatic cellphones with cop killer bullets.

[DUMBGRUNT]

The Times compiled an informal list of the new rules from interviews with U.S. forces. Among them:
• No night or surprise searches.
• Villagers have to be warned prior to searches.
• ANA or ANP must accompany U.S. units on searches.
• U.S. soldiers may not fire at the enemy unless the enemy is preparing to fire first.
• U.S. forces cannot engage the enemy if civilians are present.
• Only women can search women.
• Troops can fire at an insurgent if they catch him placing an IED but not if insurgents are walking away from an area where explosives have been laid.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/16/us-troops-battle-taliban-afghan-rules/#ixzz2x6AB7pvh

[TheThirdRuffian]

Did they at least give him the New Mexico-customary forced anal exam before shooting him?

[leapfrog0202]

This new police chief better be working hard to get this handled or I see him leaving soon. I can just imagine what will happen now, after the demonstration and then another shooting. The next demonstration may not be so peaceful.