"Could be a, you know a 'Crac_er' under the sheet Al. We gotta wait on this one unless Eric calls us" 
Posted on 01/01/2015 4:14:07 PM PST by KeyLargo
Authorities: Man shot, killed by Missoula police officer was strangling girlfriend
22 hours ago • KATHRYN HAAKE Missoulian
MISSOULA -- The Missoula man who was killed by a city police officer Wednesday morning was allegedly strangling his girlfriend in the car before the officer fired the lethal shot.
Authorities haven't released the names of the officer or the deceased man.
Police initially responded to a 9-1-1 domestic disturbance call at a Missoula home involving two women and the 20-year-old man. The time was 2:04 a.m.
The man fled the scene, taking his girlfriend hostage, Missoula County sheriff's spokeswoman Paige Pavalone explained Wednesday afternoon.
(Excerpt) Read more at helenair.com ...
Domestic disturbance calls can be a suicide mission for cops. Violent couples are NUTS!
TV news report
http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/man-shot-killed-by-officer-after-high-speed-chase/30470738
I need to know the races involved before I’m ready to say it’s an outrage that they shot him.-Al S in NYC
> Domestic disturbance calls can be a suicide mission for cops. Violent couples are NUTS!
People have no idea (former LEO); especially on the South side of the tracks
With his hands up.
"Could be a, you know a 'Crac_er' under the sheet Al. We gotta wait on this one unless Eric calls us"
Dammit some one should riot! /s
“Domestic disturbance calls can be a suicide mission for cops. Violent couples are NUTS!”
When Officers Die: Understanding Deadly Domestic Violence Calls for Service
By Shannon Meyer, PhD, Victim Specialist, Seattle Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Randall H. Carroll, Chief of Police (Retired), Bellingham, Washington, Police Department and President, Profectus Consulting
Between 1996 and 2009, 771 law enforcement officers were murdered in the line of duty. Law enforcement is a profession fraught with danger. The perils of policing are a day-to-day reality for officers and a topic that deeply concerns law enforcement executives. Reducing the risk faced by officers was a primary focus during the recent tenure of the IACP Immediate Past President Michael J. Carroll and is an issue that remains a priority for the IACP. While all policing activities involve a degree of risk, particular attention has been paid to the dangers of domestic violence calls for service.
Well in Missoula that would be 3/4 of the city on the south side of the tracks. Historically the trouble was on the east side of town and north of the tracks but it’s been a while. And yes I do know the founding members of the “south side gang”. But at that time we were just north of South Ave but mostly the west side of town.
My limited experience for observing violence like this was all white people. They were NUTS. Alcohol was always involved. My own mother was punched in the mouth, knocking out teeth, when she tried to intercede where her brother-in-law was beating her sister (that was before my folks met). That aunt and uncle stayed married til he died, some 55 years after that incident, hitting my aunt regularly. A couple different girlfriends I dated during high school had dads that hit their mothers all the time. My ex-wife’s dad beat his wife AND his daughter.
They’re NUTS I tell you.
I guess that if the hostage was a Montana college student she could not have defended herself with a firearm on campus since the Democrat Governor vetoed the Campus Carry bill.
I guess it’s the circle in which you live. Never happened, that I know of, in my realm.
Interesting, but I believe missing a bit of data. I notice no pie chart or discussion in the text for the percentage of police responses being for domestic violence out of all police responses.
I would not separate incidents the same way this study did, in that two brothers, or offspring on parents, any relatives that spend a lot of time together, etc. or even long time neighbors get into it. That’s domestic violence to me, usually involving people drinking alcohol and who are or were close to each other.
I also personally see the need for data to account for the fact that the same people have these visits from the police over and over again until something really bad happens. Then again I suppose that goes for all sorts of crime, but I think it is an important factor.
The numbers of 14% of officers KIA happened during domestic violence responses is still ominous. Before I would concede, I want more data.
Thank you, and thanks in advance.
I guess we’re both alike in that our experiences are unique. ;^)
My experience was a mix of races but I refer to all of the bad elements as “south of the tracks”...
Many moons ago I poked a feller in a bar after he roughed up a woman. She then broke a beer bottle over my head. Haven’t made that mistake since. I’d hate to be a cop.
:)
She then broke a beer bottle over my head.
OW!
Let me guess....she was shouting “I can’t breathe!”.
“No joke—don’t choke!”.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.