That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons bring us some web forums whereupon we can gather
http://www.octopusoverlords.com/forum/
If the video and reported events are accurate, then the police attempted to lie their way out by claiming he was armed and a threat after someone made a serious mistake.LawBeefaroni wrote:Just from watching the poor quality video, it looked like an accidental discharge judging by the way the other officer reacted.
Sounds like keystone cops.Moliere wrote:Investigate a burglary by sneaking into the wrong house? What could go wrong besides shooting the resident and killing his dog.
McKinley, 36, was shot in the leg, and his dog, a female boxer, was killed. One of the officers — identified Tuesday afternoon as Travis Jones — was shot in the hip by a colleague, the GBI said.
LawBeefaroni wrote:One of the officers — identified Tuesday afternoon as Travis Jones — was shot in the hip by a colleague, the GBI said.
article wrote:the fourth controversial police shooting in DeKalb County in less than two years — an incident in which, according to authorities, officers responding to a burglary call went to the wrong home, shot the unarmed homeowner, killed his dog and wounded one of their own.
Apparently he did have a knife in one hand after all.Paingod wrote:You can't see both hands, but it seems safe to assume he wouldn't have one hand in the air while brandishing a gun or knife in the other.Alefroth wrote:Can't see both his hands, but it sure looks like his hands were in the air when he was shot.
I mean there's real shit going down, if anyone should know how harmful making a story like that up is, it should be a cop. Although he sounds like a probationary part-timer who will never again have the job.MILLIS, Mass. — An officer fabricated a claim that a gunman fired at his cruiser before it crashed into a tree and caught on fire, police officials said Thursday.
Millis police Sgt. William Dwyer said the only ballistics evidence recovered at the scene of the crash Wednesday afternoon was from shots fired by the 27-year-old officer into his own cruiser.
After several interviews with the part-time officer and examining the evidence, police determined that his story that a man in a pickup truck had fired at his cruiser was untrue, Dwyer said at a news conference.
"The evidence indicates that shots were not fired by a suspect and there is no gunman at large in or around the town," Dwyer said.
After the shooting was reported, people were asked to remain inside for several hours as police, including SWAT team officers, scoured the wooded neighborhood along the Charles River for the reported gunman. Schools were closed Thursday as a precaution.
Seems a bit heavy for credit card fraud.Five white undercover cops slammed retired black tennis star James Blake to the ground outside his midtown hotel Wednesday in a violent case of mistaken identity....
...A police source said Blake was misidentified as a suspect wanted for buying a cellphone with a bogus credit card. A man who was standing near Blake was arrested in connection with the scam, police said.
Sounds like a backhanded critique of police procedures.Pyperkub wrote:Seems a bit heavy for credit card fraud.
Why no love for James Blake?Moliere wrote:Sounds like a backhanded critique of police procedures.Pyperkub wrote:Seems a bit heavy for credit card fraud.
The problem is that no one is in a position to admit or deny much of anything when 5 men suddenly gang tackle them.Zarathud wrote:James Blake wasn't "standing while black." The police were given a mistaken identification by an eyewitness. A person involved in the scam was nearby. The officers got the wrong guy at the start, but it's not like most criminals are going to immediately admit that they're guilty.
Because he had the advantage.Combustible Lemur wrote:Why no love for James Blake?Moliere wrote:Sounds like a backhanded critique of police procedures.Pyperkub wrote:Seems a bit heavy for credit card fraud.
Zarathud wrote:That's what the headline says, but not the story. Only 1 officer tackled him. 5 were on the scene. They sorted it out after they took his id and figured out it was really another guy in the group.
Ok, one tackles him and 4 are standing by. You still have zero warning and no time to confirm or deny guilt. And while sure, "it's not like most criminals are going to immediately admit that they're guilty" the tackling officer didn't have a badge and apparently didn't identify himself until after he slammed Blake to the ground. I think the last thing going through Blake's mind is, "don't worry, this is just a cop and it's just a case of mistaken identity."Zarathud wrote:That's what the headline says, but not the story. Only 1 officer tackled him. 5 were on the scene. They sorted it out after they took his id and figured out it was really another guy in the group.
Standard corruption. I'm surprised and horrified less by this than I am at some of the less serious power abuses by seemingly otherwise honest cops.
Here's the video of the takedown.GreenGoo wrote:Zarathud wrote:That's what the headline says, but not the story. Only 1 officer tackled him. 5 were on the scene. They sorted it out after they took his id and figured out it was really another guy in the group.
That's weird. Either he was potentially a threat and needed to be taken down forcefully, in which case you don't send your guys in one at a time, or he wasn't, in which case you don't send anyone in at all.
Was it just on the job training for the one cop?
In any case, they didn't shoot him, so there's that.
Zarathud wrote:James Blake wasn't "standing while black." The police were given a mistaken identification by an eyewitness. A person involved in the scam was nearby. The officers got the wrong guy at the start, but it's not like most criminals are going to immediately admit that they're guilty.
It won't let me quote it, but the police commissioner seems to think that the incident described was completely out of order, one officer is already off the street (presumably the tackler) and an investigation is under way. There is nothing in the article about a witness doing the misidentification.Zarathud wrote:That's what the headline says, but not the story. Only 1 officer tackled him. 5 were on the scene. They sorted it out after they took his id and figured out it was really another guy in the group.
But the cop held serve.Moliere wrote:Because he had the advantage.Combustible Lemur wrote:Why no love for James Blake?Moliere wrote:Sounds like a backhanded critique of police procedures.Pyperkub wrote:Seems a bit heavy for credit card fraud.
You are not going to fault them for that, are you? Give em a break. I think they were likely just trying to set an example, it's not like they are obligated to love all.Jaymann wrote:But the cop held serve.Moliere wrote:Because he had the advantage.Combustible Lemur wrote:Why no love for James Blake?Moliere wrote:Sounds like a backhanded critique of police procedures.Pyperkub wrote:Seems a bit heavy for credit card fraud.
The crime was credit card fraud. I think they were just trying to make a statement.Unagi wrote:You are not going to fault them for that, are you? Give em a break. I think they were likely just trying to set an example, it's not like they are obligated to love all.Jaymann wrote:But the cop held serve.Moliere wrote:Because he had the advantage.Combustible Lemur wrote:Why no love for James Blake?Moliere wrote:Sounds like a backhanded critique of police procedures.Pyperkub wrote:Seems a bit heavy for credit card fraud.
See, someone does that to me and I'm thinking I'm getting mugged. I'd get my ass kicked but I'd fight back.stessier wrote:Here's the video of the takedown.GreenGoo wrote:Zarathud wrote:That's what the headline says, but not the story. Only 1 officer tackled him. 5 were on the scene. They sorted it out after they took his id and figured out it was really another guy in the group.
That's weird. Either he was potentially a threat and needed to be taken down forcefully, in which case you don't send your guys in one at a time, or he wasn't, in which case you don't send anyone in at all.
Was it just on the job training for the one cop?
In any case, they didn't shoot him, so there's that.
Wish there was sound as well.
Zarathud wrote:Eh. I'm not that troubled about the takedown video. James Blake gets pushed back, then pulled and spun to the ground. The officer could have done it differently, sure. I don't have any information about the manpower available or the tip given to the officer.
Aside from the wrongful id of a celebrity, the force used doesn't even appear excessive.
True but who wants to be an Oramge when you can be an Apple eh.Rip wrote:Apples and Oranges.
You mean like a money shot?Zarathud wrote:Call me when Lincoln sexually gets shot.
i was a little too tired this morning to catch the typo. I would hesitate to do a google search....It's not even the subway. He's standing at the entrance to the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan, waiting for a private car. I promise you if the tip was for "a rich-looking guy in a suit," they wouldn't just tackle the first guy vaguely fitting the description.RuperT wrote:Well, do please take another shot at the snark, because I have no inkling what you intended to say.
I don't exactly live on the mean streets, but I don't feel that cops should begin their investigations with battery, whether the perp looks like he can run fast or not.
Like I say, though, maybe the subways are that bad. "Abandon all dignity, ye who enter."
