Post by goldenrule on Jan 8, 2005 11:02:17 GMT -5
Up in Jerome, Idaho, a local police officer stopped his car and waded into a
group of cowboys sitting in the shade drinking cold beer because one of them
called the cop a 'f--king pig'. The cop started the fight, then, when he was
getting his clock cleaned, pulled out his piece and shot the guy in the head
twice.
Justifiable Homicide
Riverside County, CA: A CA Highway Patrol officer (female - 15 year veteran)
received a report of a pedestrian on a freeway. She drove to the area and
spotted the pedestrian walking towards her, pulled her patrol car over onto
the shoulder, then got out and waited as the guy walked her way.
According to the officer's own testimony, he was naked except for a
blanket he was holding around himself with both hands and had no weapons.
She testified that he had a glassy-eyed stare and didn't seem to
recognize anything. She waited till he got fairly close to her, then ordered
him to stop walking towards her along the freeway shoulder. He showed no
signs of hearing or comprehending her order.
As he started to walk on by her, she maced him in the eyes. At that
point, he screamed and lunged at her and she shot and killed him. She
"feared for her safety".
Justifiable Homicide
In Los Angeles, two LAPD bicycle patrol officers stopped, got off their
bikes, and asked an elderly, homeless, mentally ill woman where she had
stolen the old grocery cart she pushed around all the time. She lived on the
streets and carried an old screwdriver in a shopping bag resting in the
child seat. She pulled out the screwdriver, waved it in the air, and told
them to go away and leave her alone.
Witnesses said both officers were on the opposite side of the cart,
at least ten feet away at the time. They pulled their guns and shot the
woman to death. Both were young, physically fit. They "feared for their
safety".
Justifiable Homicide.
San Diego, CA. A drunk, former Army tank officer stole a CA National Guard
tank, drove it over numerous parked cars, knocked down some street lights
and traffic signals, then drove up onto a local freeway.
The police had already blocked the freeway and cleared traffic from
it in anticipation of this.
Attempting to climb over the heavy, re-enforced concrete center
barrier, the tank lost a track and became stranded, unable to move.
Overhead, the San Diego Police helicopter was flying and the
officer/observer radioed to the ground that they "had" the guy...that he
could not go anyplace.
Two minutes later, officers rushed the tank, climbed up, opened the
hatch and shot the guy inside to death, even though he was unarmed. They
"feared for the safety of themselves and the general public".
Justifiable Homicide.
Norco, Riverside County, CA. The mother of a 30-something old,
paranoid/schitzo son, called the Norco Police to ask for help. Her son had
forgotten to take his medicine and was a bit unruly. Officers had assisted
her before with no problems.
The Riverside Sheriff's unit (contracted as Norco PD) pulled across
the street on the wrong side, stopping their car at about a 45 degree angle
in front of the lawn of the home.
The son had come out on the porch to see what was going on at the
sound of the police siren. He was carrying a pencil in his hand.
The officers opened their doors, emerged with guns drawn, hid behind
the doors, pointed their guns at the son and told him to drop the pencil.
When he stepped off the porch, still at least 30 feet away from the
officers, not comprehending what they were talking about, they shot and
killed him. They "feared for their safety".
Justifiable Homicide.
Los Angeles. LAPD officers accosted a man in a supermarket with an ink pen
in his hand. When they ordered him to drop the ink pen and he did not, they
shot and killed him. They "feared for their safety."
Justifiable Homicide
Los Angeles. A relatively new officer chased a man in a pickup truck. They
got bogged down in heavy traffic on a surface street passing under a
freeway.
The man in the pickup tried to force his way through the traffic,
lost control, spun the pickup around 90 degrees and rammed it into the
concrete wall supporting the overhead freeway, badly damaging and disabling
the pickup truck. The fan was through the radiator, engine smoking, water
running out, and the truck immobile.
The officer ran up and shot the driver in the head, killing him
instantly. He "feared for his safety and that of the public, should the
'suspect' be able to move the pickup." (Ever wonder why not shoot out the
tires?)
Justifiable Homicide
Westminster, CA. An elderly Vietnamese man did not stop for a police car
with siren and red lights operating (In Vietnam, they are deathly afraid of
the police). Local police followed him at slow speed, set up a trap, forced
him into a parking lot, then, into a parking space. A police car pulled
across the rear of the parking space after the man had pulled into it.
The front of the space had the usual concrete wheel stops, then a
curb forming a roughly 24" wide planter. The otherside of the planter was a
3' concrete walkway along the wall of a large commercial building. There was
no place for the Vietnamese man to go in his car.
The man backed up against the door of the police car blocking him in
the space, at a slow speed, several times.
Meanwhile, police officers on foot rushed his car as he backed up
the three feet or so and shot him through the windshield and driver's
window, killing him instantly.
They "feared for their safety."
Justifiable Homicide
Tucson, AZ. Pima County Sheriff's deputies received a call of a domestic
dispute in a trailer park. They were back-logged and didn't arrive at the
site for an hour and a half. When they arrived, the lights were off (It was
about midnight) and the place was quiet.
Deputies banged on the door and when the man came to answer, wearing
a bathrobe and slippers. He admitted that he and his wife had some loud
words earlier but had made up and gone to bed. The deputies then forced
their way into the home, demanding to talk to the guy's wife. They had NO
probable cause or search warrant. No crime had been committed in their
presence.
This was a large, double-wide home with a living room full width of
28'. The owner walked back into the kitchen, very unhappy at the cops
forcing their way into his home. He picked up a steak knife laying on the
sink board and waved it up and down, telling the deputies they had no
business forcing their way into his home. From at least 15 feet away, they
both shot the man, killing him. They "feared for their safety."
Justifiable Homicide.
group of cowboys sitting in the shade drinking cold beer because one of them
called the cop a 'f--king pig'. The cop started the fight, then, when he was
getting his clock cleaned, pulled out his piece and shot the guy in the head
twice.
Justifiable Homicide
Riverside County, CA: A CA Highway Patrol officer (female - 15 year veteran)
received a report of a pedestrian on a freeway. She drove to the area and
spotted the pedestrian walking towards her, pulled her patrol car over onto
the shoulder, then got out and waited as the guy walked her way.
According to the officer's own testimony, he was naked except for a
blanket he was holding around himself with both hands and had no weapons.
She testified that he had a glassy-eyed stare and didn't seem to
recognize anything. She waited till he got fairly close to her, then ordered
him to stop walking towards her along the freeway shoulder. He showed no
signs of hearing or comprehending her order.
As he started to walk on by her, she maced him in the eyes. At that
point, he screamed and lunged at her and she shot and killed him. She
"feared for her safety".
Justifiable Homicide
In Los Angeles, two LAPD bicycle patrol officers stopped, got off their
bikes, and asked an elderly, homeless, mentally ill woman where she had
stolen the old grocery cart she pushed around all the time. She lived on the
streets and carried an old screwdriver in a shopping bag resting in the
child seat. She pulled out the screwdriver, waved it in the air, and told
them to go away and leave her alone.
Witnesses said both officers were on the opposite side of the cart,
at least ten feet away at the time. They pulled their guns and shot the
woman to death. Both were young, physically fit. They "feared for their
safety".
Justifiable Homicide.
San Diego, CA. A drunk, former Army tank officer stole a CA National Guard
tank, drove it over numerous parked cars, knocked down some street lights
and traffic signals, then drove up onto a local freeway.
The police had already blocked the freeway and cleared traffic from
it in anticipation of this.
Attempting to climb over the heavy, re-enforced concrete center
barrier, the tank lost a track and became stranded, unable to move.
Overhead, the San Diego Police helicopter was flying and the
officer/observer radioed to the ground that they "had" the guy...that he
could not go anyplace.
Two minutes later, officers rushed the tank, climbed up, opened the
hatch and shot the guy inside to death, even though he was unarmed. They
"feared for the safety of themselves and the general public".
Justifiable Homicide.
Norco, Riverside County, CA. The mother of a 30-something old,
paranoid/schitzo son, called the Norco Police to ask for help. Her son had
forgotten to take his medicine and was a bit unruly. Officers had assisted
her before with no problems.
The Riverside Sheriff's unit (contracted as Norco PD) pulled across
the street on the wrong side, stopping their car at about a 45 degree angle
in front of the lawn of the home.
The son had come out on the porch to see what was going on at the
sound of the police siren. He was carrying a pencil in his hand.
The officers opened their doors, emerged with guns drawn, hid behind
the doors, pointed their guns at the son and told him to drop the pencil.
When he stepped off the porch, still at least 30 feet away from the
officers, not comprehending what they were talking about, they shot and
killed him. They "feared for their safety".
Justifiable Homicide.
Los Angeles. LAPD officers accosted a man in a supermarket with an ink pen
in his hand. When they ordered him to drop the ink pen and he did not, they
shot and killed him. They "feared for their safety."
Justifiable Homicide
Los Angeles. A relatively new officer chased a man in a pickup truck. They
got bogged down in heavy traffic on a surface street passing under a
freeway.
The man in the pickup tried to force his way through the traffic,
lost control, spun the pickup around 90 degrees and rammed it into the
concrete wall supporting the overhead freeway, badly damaging and disabling
the pickup truck. The fan was through the radiator, engine smoking, water
running out, and the truck immobile.
The officer ran up and shot the driver in the head, killing him
instantly. He "feared for his safety and that of the public, should the
'suspect' be able to move the pickup." (Ever wonder why not shoot out the
tires?)
Justifiable Homicide
Westminster, CA. An elderly Vietnamese man did not stop for a police car
with siren and red lights operating (In Vietnam, they are deathly afraid of
the police). Local police followed him at slow speed, set up a trap, forced
him into a parking lot, then, into a parking space. A police car pulled
across the rear of the parking space after the man had pulled into it.
The front of the space had the usual concrete wheel stops, then a
curb forming a roughly 24" wide planter. The otherside of the planter was a
3' concrete walkway along the wall of a large commercial building. There was
no place for the Vietnamese man to go in his car.
The man backed up against the door of the police car blocking him in
the space, at a slow speed, several times.
Meanwhile, police officers on foot rushed his car as he backed up
the three feet or so and shot him through the windshield and driver's
window, killing him instantly.
They "feared for their safety."
Justifiable Homicide
Tucson, AZ. Pima County Sheriff's deputies received a call of a domestic
dispute in a trailer park. They were back-logged and didn't arrive at the
site for an hour and a half. When they arrived, the lights were off (It was
about midnight) and the place was quiet.
Deputies banged on the door and when the man came to answer, wearing
a bathrobe and slippers. He admitted that he and his wife had some loud
words earlier but had made up and gone to bed. The deputies then forced
their way into the home, demanding to talk to the guy's wife. They had NO
probable cause or search warrant. No crime had been committed in their
presence.
This was a large, double-wide home with a living room full width of
28'. The owner walked back into the kitchen, very unhappy at the cops
forcing their way into his home. He picked up a steak knife laying on the
sink board and waved it up and down, telling the deputies they had no
business forcing their way into his home. From at least 15 feet away, they
both shot the man, killing him. They "feared for their safety."
Justifiable Homicide.
