Posted on 12/24/2014 9:50:07 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
18 year-old Antonio Martin had a criminal record, with charges including three assaults, armed robbery, armed criminal action and multiple uses of weapons… since he was 17.
On Tuesday night Antonio Martin drew a gun from his pocket and pointed it at police.
He was shot dead by the officer.
The attorney for the Berkeley police officer said this bizarre scenario may have been a set-up at the store to kill police.
** Antonio Martin and his companion stole from the store before the shooting.
Attorney Brian Millikensays it may have been a set-up. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported:
“This individual could have complied with the officer. He could have ran away, he could have dropped the gun, all sort of things could have happened. It didn’t have to end with him approaching the officer with an arm extended and a 9 mm pistol in his hand,” Belmar said.
Milliken said his client recounted the details to him several hours after the shooting.
“The other guy was doing the talking, and as the cop starts talking, the suspect starts walking away again,” Millikan said. “At that point, the cop says, ‘Hey, come back here,’ and he turns around, pulls a gun from his left pant pocket.”
“He’s trying to process all of this, and the suspect raises it, points it at him. The cop pulls his weapon and starts backpedaling and fired three or four shots. It happened that quickly. He doesn’t understand why the suspect’s gun didn’t fire. I’m not sure if he tried to pull the trigger and it jammed.”
Belmar said as the officer backpedaled,he stumbled and dropped the flashlight. Berkeley Mayor Theodore Hoskins, in a news conference later Wednesday morning, said it may have been a blessing in disguise.
“I think the officer, because he stumbled, may have saved his (own) life,” he said.
Millikan said it’s possible that his client was being set up for an ambush.
Store employees called 911 after the suspects stole from the store, Millikan said.
“Their behavior is certainly bizarre, and it wouldn’t surprise me at all, in the environment we are in, that’s for sure,” Millikan said.
Police were attacked after the shooting.
The videographer says the protesters were throwing bricks.
(Warning on Language)
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
IMHO, the local authorities should ask the protestors which neighborhoods they want police pulled from. No cops for robberies, murders or any other crimes. ...along with not response from the paramedics or fire. Just give us a number to forward 911 and it’s all on you.
All is well that ends well.
The idiot thug is dead and the police officer is alive.
I wonder why the guy didn’t pull the trigger. Did he freeze and almost had second thoughts? I say “almost” because he didn’t have time to have second thoughts before he was shot dead.
In his mind he heard “Maybe I shouldn’t .....BAM! What the hell was that?”
maybe he was too f’en stupid to know what and where the trigger was...
Duhhhh, whats this thing under this trigger guard?
I agree with you.
They want to police themselves, so let them. Just get out of the way and let them call sharpton or spike Lee or oprha.
Best back-up. Ex-military sharp shooters.
Well, either that, or "he could have run" away.
Shouldn’t cops be patrolling in pairs in these areas? One patrolman does the talking, the other holds the cocked and locked shotgun or pistol. One talking, the other ready to shoot.
I’d suggest perhaps 3 cops (min) to intercept midnight bassetball thugs....
These parts of speech are called 'past participles.' That's because Americans might have knowed how to use them in the past. That's just between you and I, BTW.
Yeah, three - with one of them a sniper.
Turnaround boy? Wuz tuwnin hiz life around.
I agree. It’s pathetic.
>>Just give us a number to forward 911 and it’s all on you.<<
Identify the area codes of those places and forward 911 to an Indian call center. No need to respond, the caller will kill him/herself a few minutes into the call.
Do you see a pattern forming?
We learned that when we was taught cursive.
You learnt good. I didn’t mean to use you as a whipping post.
Just because someone don’t use good grammar it don’t mean he’s dumb, see what I’m saying?
I remember reading an article here posted several years ago about the rather large percent of criminal firearms that don’t work. Several causes were things like mechanics or poor maintenance, but a surprisingly large number were caused by using the wrong ammunition, for example .380 instead of 9mm.
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