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Gblock
Sep 24, 2012 2:08pm
srsly? the guy has 1 arm and 1 leg and is armed with a sharpie and they shoot him in the head.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/23/us/texas-amputee-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/23/us/texas-amputee-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Sep 24, 2012 2:12pm
You forgot to sign in to your Ender Wiggin account.
But seriously, seems excessive.
But seriously, seems excessive.
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Gblock
Sep 24, 2012 2:13pm
+1
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Sep 24, 2012 2:19pm
I can't imagine letting myself get "trapped" in a corner by a guy missing multiple limbs in a wheel chair. I'd be all like "hey, partner, come pull this guy away from, would ya?"
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Gblock
Sep 24, 2012 2:21pm
and if i read correctly the guy who wasnt trapped pulled the trigger??
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Sep 24, 2012 2:24pm
How does someone in a wheelchair with one arm corner you and try to stab you with a pen? Wouldn't he need to stop moving his chair to stab with the pen?
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Steel Valley Football
Posts: 4,548
Sep 24, 2012 2:53pm
This could not have been more unnecessary. However, the officer will be cleared IMO. After all, it happened in Texas.
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Sep 24, 2012 3:04pm
Even ignoring all the other points and options - is a sharpie really considered a "deadly weapon" justifying the use of lethal force?
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Sep 24, 2012 3:05pm
Wow. This is incredibly sad. What a POS.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Sep 24, 2012 3:05pm
You ever smelled one of those things?gut;1279310 wrote:Even ignoring all the other points and options - is a sharpie really considered a "deadly weapon" justifying the use of lethal force?
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Sep 24, 2012 3:06pm
I'm not justifying it, because it's fucked up regardless, but the article makes it seem like they couldn't tell what was in his hand?gut;1279310 wrote:Even ignoring all the other points and options - is a sharpie really considered a "deadly weapon" justifying the use of lethal force?
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Sep 24, 2012 3:08pm
Correct. Instead of just wheeling him away he shot him in the head. Sounds like a reasonable alternative. :rolleyes:Gblock;1279257 wrote:and if i read correctly the guy who wasnt trapped pulled the trigger??
Raw Dawgin' it
Posts: 11,466
Sep 24, 2012 3:09pm
You know a sharpie is as deadly as a light saber, right?justincredible;1279321 wrote:Correct. Instead of just wheeling him away he shot him in the head. Sounds like a reasonable alternative. :rolleyes:
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Steel Valley Football
Posts: 4,548
Sep 24, 2012 3:11pm
Yes, from what it said, he wouldn't show his hands (hand?).GoChiefs;1279317 wrote:I'm not justifying it, because it's ****ed up regardless, but the article makes it seem like they couldn't tell what was in his hand?
That's just asking to be shot when in a confrontation with most cops.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Sep 24, 2012 3:11pm
Technically, yes, since lightsaber's aren't real.Raw Dawgin' it;1279325 wrote:You know a sharpie is as deadly as a light saber, right?
Iliketurtles
Posts: 8,191
Sep 24, 2012 3:13pm
If this guy would have just listened to the officers orders and put down his "weapon" then he wouldn't have been shot.
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Sep 24, 2012 3:16pm
justincredible;1279329 wrote: lightsaber's aren't real.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Sep 24, 2012 3:25pm
Wait, what?justincredible;1279329 wrote:Technically, yes, since lightsaber's aren't real.
Devils Advocate
Posts: 4,539
Sep 24, 2012 3:35pm
I think her weapons are real.
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Steel Valley Football
Posts: 4,548
Sep 24, 2012 3:36pm
Iliketurtles;1279334 wrote:If this guy would have just listened to the officers orders and put down his "weapon" then he wouldn't have been shot.
Not sure if you're being facetious or not, but what you stated is correct.
The problem is the patient was mentally unstable and either not able or not willing to comply. Better officer training would have helped them to more quickly make that decision.
TedSheckler
Posts: 3,974
Sep 24, 2012 3:41pm
Calling shenanigans on this story. No way could someone with one arm corner someone while in a wheelchair.
Wouldn't he only be able to wheel around in circles?
Wouldn't he only be able to wheel around in circles?
Scarlet_Buckeye
Posts: 5,264
Sep 24, 2012 3:50pm
While I agree the officer was likely in the wrong here, to be fair...
While I don't condone the action of the Officer, I'm okay with it.The officers were responding to a report that [the man] was acting aggressively.
Police said Claunch was clutching an object as he advanced on one of the police officers.
The officers made verbal commands for the suspect to drop whatever he had in his hand, to stay still and to speak with the officers, but the suspect continued to make threats.
Claunch trapped one officer with his wheelchair in the corner of a room "where he couldn't get out,"
As he advanced toward the officers, Claunch was "refusing to show his hands,"
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Steel Valley Football
Posts: 4,548
Sep 24, 2012 3:55pm
TedSheckler;1279371 wrote:Calling shenanigans on this story. No way could someone with one arm corner someone while in a wheelchair.
Wouldn't he only be able to wheel around in circles?
Unless it was an electric wheelchair.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Sep 24, 2012 3:57pm
Unless it was an electric wheelchair, I'm not buying that a one armed man advanced on officers with something in his hand that they couldn't see.Scarlet_Buckeye;1279382 wrote:While I agree the officer was likely in the wrong here, to be fair...
While I don't condone the action of the Office, I'm okay with it.
Rotinaj
Posts: 7,699
Sep 24, 2012 5:21pm
Picturing this scenario made me lol.TedSheckler;1279371 wrote:Calling shenanigans on this story. No way could someone with one arm corner someone while in a wheelchair.
Wouldn't he only be able to wheel around in circles?