In the meantime, there’s a thread on this subject at Democratic Underground. Every post there so far has, without exception, criticized the shooting of the cop-killer, calling it “extrajudicial murder”, “illegal”, and “totally immoral”.
Posted on 10/22/2018 12:40:45 PM PDT by Simon Green
A teenager wanted in the fatal shooting of a Georgia police officer was killed by police Monday morning after they found him hiding in a shed of a home in suburban Atlanta, officials said.
The suspect, Tafahree Maynard, 18, was killed after he refused to drop a lawn mower blade when police found him in an unincorporated area of Snellville, Georgia, said Chief Butch Ayers of the Gwinnett County Police Department during a news conference.
Maynard's death came after he allegedly shot and killed Gwinnett County Police Officer Antwan Toney, prompting a manhunt involving multiple police departments, the FBI and U.S. Marshals.
Ayers said police received a tip about 3 a.m. Monday that Maynard was spotted in a residential neighborhood about three miles from where Toney was shot.
He said 75 to 90 officers responded to the neighborhood, established a perimeter and went door to door in search of the suspect.
He said two officers found Maynard about 11:30 a.m. hiding in a shed behind a home and confronted him.
"Mr. Maynard was issued verbal commands" to show his hands and come out of the shed," Ayers said. "He failed to comply with the verbal commands."
Ayers said an officer deployed a stun gun on Toney, who was hiding the lawn mower blade behind his back. The chief said despite being hit with the stun gun, Maynard refused to put down the weapon.
A second officer confronting Maynard opened fire on the suspect from five to six feet away, killing him, Ayers said.
"I'd like to say the danger to the community is over," Ayers said.
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Good. One less piece of trash taKen out for the garbage.
People like him are a cancer on society.
“despite being hit with the stun gun, Maynard refused to put down the weapon”
Not that I give a sh*t the guy got shot, but if you’re being tazed, doesn’t that mean your muscles would freeze up, so you wouldn’t be able to open your hands to drop something even if you wanted to?
When you fall to the ground on a taze, it’s because you’ve lost muscle control and cannot balance on your own.
It will cost a few thousand for an inquiry to clear the LEO involved versus a few hundred thousand to try and incarcerate the perp until such time, if any, that it would have taken to strap him to a gurney and give him the final needle in the arm.
"...Tafarhee Maynard..."
So sowwy Tafahree. NOT.
Some problems fix themselves.
Never bring a lawn mower blade to a gun fight.
Good swap.
It broke my heart when I heard that the officer he killed had want to be a cop his entire life. His sister said when he was 5 the floor was covered with police cars. Beautiful young man with a full life ahead of him killed for no reason.
Too bad cop killer Mumia is still alive.
Yeah, you may be right, it is not really all that reasonable to think someone is in the best position to comply with commands when you are passing a few thousand volts though their body so they lose muscle control.
Just in time to vote for Stacey Abrams.
In the meantime, there’s a thread on this subject at Democratic Underground. Every post there so far has, without exception, criticized the shooting of the cop-killer, calling it “extrajudicial murder”, “illegal”, and “totally immoral”.
Where in the hell do these people come up with these names!!! My gosh don’t they realize that this name is for LIFE, not just some cute baby thingy!!!!
White Privilege: Finding a Key Chain with you first name at the convenience store.
There have been people who’ve been tazed and barely reacted to it. So.. Cop killer? Take no chances.
He was an aspiring landscaper. Now he’ll get to push the grass up from underneath. Hope the worms don’t choke on his carcass.
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