I favor good shoots.
I’ll participate.
I’m getting pretty sick of THIS sh*t. Two years later and no public statement about whether the officer back-shot the crazy guy in a fit of pique:
When the panhandler Cesar Beltran was shot by Tacoma Police Officer Michel Volk, eyewitnesses said:
“Then all of a sudden, (the officer) yelled something and she tried Tasing him, but missed. When the guy started to run away, (the officer) immediately threw the Taser down, pulled her gun out and shot.” The man seemed to be running in slow motion — possibly drunkenly — as he attempted to flee, Graham said. That’s when the officer fired four shots, several of which appeared to hit the man, she added, “I didn’t see anything in his hands,” Graham added. “I didn’t see him do anything physical or threatening. I’ve just never seen anything like that before in my life — a person just getting shot like that. It was just heartbreaking.” (1)
“Folks we watched this while waiting in the turn lane. From what I viewed the slow moving but irritated homeless man was absolutely murdered. I could have restrained him with one arm. To be watching something that seemed sorta funny be turned into a shooting......I am not comfortable as a tax paying and law abiding citizen in Tacoma anymore. Maybe time to relocate our business as this type of event is now all too common in Tacoma.” (2)
Have these eyewitness accounts been investigated and verified or debunked? Has officer Volk been exonerated or fired? Was Beltran shot in his front or his back? The Tacoma News Tribune has not reported the results of any internal investigation. In light of police shooting issues in the TNT and around the country, I look forward a full public disclosure of the results of this case.
(1) http://thedailyworld.com/sections/newswire/northwest/panhandler-shot-injured-after-charging-tacoma-police-officer.html#sthash.ylGGY3wR.dpuf
(2) http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/man-wounded-after-being-shot-police/nYZQr/
do not terrorists “out on battlefields” take arms of fallen fellows and then claim “they were not armed”?
remember ambulance man who had a medic vest he wore from incident to incident for the cameras?
remember crazy shaheen who had more reporters watching her than supporters?
But there should be a significant respect for the police. One where criminals don't even consider getting feisty in a 7-11 with a knife.
I am willing to see the police grease a few people under dubious circumstances in order for there to be some global fear that would keep the anarchists and drifters under the porch.
I really don't care if these people are happy or have fulfilling lives and have each one of their rights scrupulously observed.... my rights are ignored by the government and by society all the time. But because I am a white male, I have to just shut up and like it.
I want everyone else to be in the same mode.
If my rights are abridged and trampled on, then I want other people to be in the same boat.