Posted on 05/10/2014 4:20:01 PM PDT by PaulCruz2016
HEARNE, Texas (AP) — Officials in a small Central Texas town voted Saturday to fire a police officer who shot and killed an armed 93-year-old woman during a confrontation at her home.
The city council's unanimous vote to dismiss Officer Stephen Stem came after a meeting that lasted less than 30 minutes, KBTX-TV reported.
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Hahahahah. Hey, this is the internet. The volume of bad assumptions, some of them personal, approaches infinite.
As for cops, I think they are like airlines. The strength of the "us vs. them" barrier runs locale by locale.
Airline employees in some cities are downright helpful, and in others (same airline) they are downright hostile.
Here is a THUG for you!
http://benswann.com/video-family-releases-video-of-man-being-killed-by-fort-bend-officer/
So when’s this “officer” going to be arrested and charged with MURDER?
Employment is not a right, and sometime people get fired, even though they don't deserve to be fired. Happens pretty often, I think, even though it's not "normal" or "justified."
The son or nephew, or whatever it was that called the cops, perhaps he didn't understand the gravity of making that call. Calling the cops to quiet a domestic disturbance is a life changing pivot point for all involved. The cops don;t just come around and "calm things down." The call to the cops is step one in being taken into the legal system, judges, jails, lawyers, liars, etc. Guaranteed, heavy hand. Not to say don't make the call, just understand the force you are invoking.
You know Laz, I've seen much the same thing. The cops that have been around awhile are still ok in my book. I've been pulled over by guys like bike800 and as long as you treat them with respect and don't act like they're stupid ("No officer, I don't know how fast I was going") you'll get respect back and treated well. Last time I got pulled over by an experienced street cop I pulled away without a ticket by simply being respectful.
Then there was the asshole Palos Heights IL cop who pulled me over and instantly started giving me attitude. There was no way I was leaving that scene without a ticket and to my surprise (and despite my being respectful the entire time) I found myself surrounded by four squad's in a parking lot before the whole thing was over. The asshole cop who happened to be the watch sargeant (George L. Yott, Palos Hts. PD) told one of the other officers to write me a ticket for passing in a "no passing zone". (Forget the fact that was a bullshit ticket for a moment.)
Older street cop comes up to my drivers side window and APOLOGIZES for what an asshole his watch sargeant was (his words..) and explains to me that he has to write the ticket because he was ordered to. Watch Sargeant was maybe early 30's, older street cop my age (early 50's, guessing.)
The problem I have with ALOT of the younger cops is that they literally have NO SOCIAL skills and no problem solving skills whatsoever. Combine the two, and we have stories like the one at the top of this thread.
Most troubling for me, is my 17 year old son who wants to get into law enforcement as his career. (Sigh, I'm really trying to talk him out of it.)
As for me, every time I pass by the Palos Heights Police Department now, I get my revenge on watch sargeant George L. Yott. Anyone listening on their input freqency hears how I feel about what an asshole he is. (Never piss off a geek with electronics experience. We DO get even.)
Was he not the guy on the show law and order or am I thinking of someone else?
That is a powerful statement that, unfortunately, many simply just don't grasp... To clarify, I wasn't specifically referring to his firing. Rather, metaphorically referring to his 'lynching'.
Key word: “Armed”
I’m not worried that he lost his job, as you put it.
I’m concerned this is another ‘Zimmerman-type’ lynching.
I’m also sorta waiting for the Puppet to say ‘she could have been my g-ma’...
I’m not dwelling on this. Assuming there’s a Grand Jury, I guess ‘we’ll see what we’ll see’...
It SHOULD be the cop’s job to handle ANY situation in such a way as to not leave someone dead. If they can’t do that, their not suited for the job.
Perhaps the police were taught this was how to handle an armed person who didn’t drop their gun he/she was firing.
And you’re able to get inside her head how?
She fired a gun at a cop. Imo, that makes her crazy.
IMO, they're gunning for us.
Ok I will say it. Don’t make the call.
And before that she threatened her nephew with the gun.
“Perhaps the police were taught this was how to handle an armed person who didn’t drop their gun he/she was firing.”
Ten percent of the people in this country cant hear. 20% can’t speak English...
Are we just going to write these people off?
I completely understand this.
In my opinion...
Keep on doing what you’re doing.
If something happens, obey the LEO no matter what.
RETAIN your RIGHT to keep silent!
Get involved with the Armed Citizen Legal Defense Network (http://www.armedcitizensnetwork.org/)
And hope it goes to trial by jury.
While all of the bureaucratic bullshit goes forward, stick to your guns, and stick to the law.
Sure you say that now, but just wait until Mickie Dee’s gets your happy meal order wrong.
911 on speed dial
Ten percent of the people in this country cant hear. 20% can’t speak English...
Are we just going to write these people off?
Ask the police dept what the police are taught when in training. I’m not in law enforcement and can’t answer your question.
The LEO had one too then. He escalated the situation by threatening to shoot people. Then the woman fired her weapon, albeit into the ground. He had the right to resort to killing the lady since she was firing a weapon. However, this may have never came to be, if wasn’t threatening to shoot people.
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