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To: An American!
According to local reports, 50-year old John Loxas had his 9-month old grandchild in his arms as he walked around his neighborhood, apparently making threats toward 'neighbors and police'.

However the man was outside of his own home with the child, when he was shot through the head by a Scottsdale officer named James Peters. Mr. Loax was killed immediately, and it is reported that Peters was not confronting the man, instead he used a scope and fired from a distance.

Neighbors are questioning this police officer's actions.

No, not a trigger happy cop ... Sounds like a cold-blooded serial murderer who hides behind a badge.

9 posted on 02/17/2012 10:17:00 AM PST by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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To: Hodar

>>>No, not a trigger happy cop ... Sounds like a cold-blooded serial murderer who hides behind a badge.
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Possibly. Or possibly, a cop, who as one of the best shots on the force, was assigned the role of sniper, to, if necessary, take out the man making the threats, without harming the baby (as he had done in a prior hostage situation, earning a medal). It is entirely possible that a different officer thought he saw a gun and ordered Peters to shoot.

The reporter obviously has an agenda and is obviously an idiot, as he described how in 2002 the officer killed a man in his only NON-fatal shooting? Huh?

The officer might be a murderer, trigger happy, or an outstanding professional, who efficiently executed an order from another officer, that turned out to be a tragically bad one.

I say wait until the details come out before we decide.

Funny how the reporter says the officer has a “shoot first ask questions later” attitude, when that seems to be his style of reporting. Why wait for the facts? Let’s just assume the officer is evil and crucify him.


34 posted on 02/17/2012 10:51:01 AM PST by Above My Pay Grade
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Good description


108 posted on 02/18/2012 4:42:14 AM PST by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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