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New Jersey state trooper shot at unarmed teens after they mistakenly knocked on his door: officials
NY Daily News ^
| 07/30/2015
| Jason Silverstein
Posted on 07/30/2015 8:35:36 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd
To: Responsibility2nd
NJ Where gun control is for the peasants not the JBTs, and Fat Boy Christie likes it that way.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:38:42 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: Responsibility2nd
Yet another demonstration of why only professional law-enforcement personnel should be allowed to own firearms.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:39:08 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: Responsibility2nd
this cop is not going to be a cop much longer...shooting at a target that is not a threat to you is a big no.. no... he is lucky he did not hit anyone if they were driving away.....of course we only have the kids word that going to the door was a mistake in dropping someone off.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:41:52 AM PDT
by
PCPOET7
(VORS)
To: Responsibility2nd
One of the shots hit the car's front
tires????
It hit both of them? Now, that's impressive.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:45:48 AM PDT
by
Bob
(No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Random people knocking on your door late at night/early morning, in a small town..
Yeah, my first reaction would be that the teens were up to no good. I’d have my pistol ready...
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:46:03 AM PDT
by
Made In The USA
(Yes Ma'am, I said I'd like three sides of bacon with my eggs. and bacon.)
To: Responsibility2nd
A modest proposal:
There should be an open season on teen hunting, say during the summer school break.
Set aside “protected wilderness” areas and if they wander off they’re fair game.
This will be a good socialization lesson- for the survivors, anyway.
Of course my lawn is always forbidden territory!
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:46:58 AM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: Made In The USA
Yup, ever read: In Cold Blood?
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:48:48 AM PDT
by
refermech
To: PCPOET7
this cop is not going to be a cop much longer...Not true. He's a cop. He could have shot them all in the back and he would be found not guilty of any wrongdoing.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:49:09 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: Responsibility2nd
Two AM is never a good time to go around ‘knocking on doors’. That said, the officer may have overreacted. There is not enough information to determine that. I’m sure it sent a chill up their teenage spines seeing that red laser dot sniffing them out. Yikes! Scooby Do! If this was innocent, my guess is the kids were half drunk or high and sort of giddy from their Afterparty.
To: Made In The USA
OTOH the usual criterion for use of deadly force, at least as applied to us plebes, is that one faces imminent deadly harm. Kids being in a car, driving away, doesn’t quite rise to that level, and if one of the kids had been hit and it were a mere peasant firing the gun, you can be sure of criminal charges against the peasant. Maybe even just for the shots fired, come to think of it. Attempted murder, or something. Reckless endangerment, negligent discharge, unlawful use of a firearm ... but, since it was a cop and not a peasant, no charges.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:50:31 AM PDT
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: Made In The USA
New Jersey is a "Must Retreat" State.
You can only use lethal force if,
A you have a reasonable fear your life is in jeopardy and
B You MUST make every attempt to flee from the threat.
Stinks. don't it.
To: Responsibility2nd
(*sigh*) How many idiots are in law enforcement these days?
To: Responsibility2nd
White kids, no media hype.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:53:33 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
To: Made In The USA
And you would have what? answered the door pointing your gun at them?
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:55:11 AM PDT
by
wiggen
(#JeSuisCharlie)
To: Responsibility2nd
I put up with some aggravating mischief, kids ringing my doorbell and running away. It never crossed my mind to shoot at them.
Out of control LEO.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:55:23 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Made In The USA
Yeah, my first reaction would be that the teens were up to no good. Id have my pistol ready...
Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:56:41 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Responsibility2nd
Sparta NJ?
Not exactly surprised.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:59:19 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: lee martell
If this was innocent, my guess is the kids were half drunk or high and sort of giddy from their Afterparty. And I'd guess these kids NEVER knock on some stange door at 2:00am ever again.
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posted on
07/30/2015 9:02:17 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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