I like calling him a cocksucka. It rolls off my tongue.

I love you, Hot D.

(04-19-2015, 10:10 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: You're right, he looks a hell of a lot like cocksucka DC.

Based on what I've read, I don't believe that Bates intended to shoot Harris with his revolver. I do believe he meant to tase him instead.

Still, even if Bates didn't intend to kill Harris, his negligence caused Harris' death and I'm glad that he's facing manslaughter charges. He is responsible for his own actions.


^ Bates claims he confused his Model X26 Taser for his Smith & Wesson .357 five-shot revolver

Snip:
Bates' attorney said his client is left-handed. But the reserve deputy said his gun was holstered on his right side -- his nondominanant side. "I shoot long guns left handed and handguns right handed," Bates said in a written statement to investigators.

After Bates announced at the scene he was going to use his Taser, he "used his nondominant hand, and it was the gun," said Clark Brewster, Bates' attorney.

"He said that he saw the laser sight on the shoulder, assumed it was the Taser," Brewster said. "Both the gun and the Taser have a laser sight, and he just made a mistake."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/14/us/taser-gun-confusion/

(04-20-2015, 06:42 AM)SIXFOOTERsez Wrote: Nope. Definitely not based on the videos I saw. The guy he killed was a scumbag, but he never killed anyone and as far as I can tell he was just a petty POS that wouldn't pay his child support. The cop had No reason to think otherwise, he simply shot the guy because he could, then lied and tied to cove it up. Fuck Him too.

(04-20-2015, 06:49 AM)Duchess Wrote: Lisa Mearkle is a cop in Pennsylvania who shot and killed a man after a traffic stop. He ran from her but apparently she tasered him and while he was face down on the ground she shot him in the back twice, killing him. There is video of it and it may be released today, her attorney/s are fighting it. She has been charged with criminal homicide.[/i][/size]

(04-17-2015, 10:02 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:

(04-15-2015, 01:08 PM)SIXFOOTERsez Wrote:

(04-15-2015, 07:09 AM)Duchess Wrote:

(04-15-2015, 06:57 AM)SIXFOOTERsez Wrote: The asshole was apparently walking down the street randomly firing his weapon

He shot one round into the air but for the most part held the weapon just under his chin.

Then there is the whole "stealing a rifle from a Walmart, leading a home invasion, robbing a convenience store and firing a shot at police with the stolen firearm."
Thing.
Asshole is lucky he didn't get aireated

At 6:45 a.m., Valencia robbed a 7-Eleven in Tucson with a metal object in his hand. Authorities said he was dressed only in his underwear.

A little more than an hour later, police said, Valencia set a fire at a church.

Just after that he entered a home and stole a car, police said.

Authorities said he drove to a Walmart where he stole a .30-30 rifle and ammunition. He fled the store with Walmart employees in pursuit.

I'm not sure why Valencia wasn't stopped by police after his first couple of crimes that day while he was on foot, but I agree that given the threat he posed when he was finally stopped, he's lucky to be alive. He could just have easily been shot to death by police.

Still, this should definitely be looked into as a potential case of excessive force. I would like to know if the officers had other options to neutralize the threat, and if their training covered such situations? I think, as disturbing as it is to watch, the officer's decision to ram Valencia might have been reasonable under the circumstances. The incident happened in February and the DA has decided not to press charges against the driving officer; the DA didn't find requisite criminal intent to charge the officer with aggravated assault.

Anyway, Valencia is out of the hospital and in jail. He's charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of armed robbery and unlawful discharge of a firearm.

(04-20-2015, 03:28 PM)Midwest Spy Wrote: All this weapon/gun talk.

Let's straighten a few things out here. The deputy should have had this memorized:

"This is my weapon, this is my gun."

"This is for shooting, this is for fun."

Idiots.

(04-21-2015, 01:48 PM)username Wrote: I haz dumb question. Can a spine get "80% severed" as in broken or does "severed" always mean cut?

ESAD would know the answer to this question...

(04-21-2015, 01:58 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: "Severed", in this case, likely refers to disconnected or detached.

The neck can be internally severed from the spinal cord as a result of car accident impact, forced trauma, etc...