Trigger-Happy Cop Shoots U.S. Air Force Officer

Published on February 1, 2006 By Ionolast In Current Events

The airman was a passenger in a car that was chased by the police officer. Maybe the chase should have been called off.

Comments

on Feb 01, 2006

Ahem...not to be nit picky, but this dude wasn't an officer. He's an airman. I know that you said officer because he's a cop, but security forces personnel aren't called officers - maninly because it leads people to believe they're commissioned when they aren't.

Like here.

Ionolast

on Feb 01, 2006

I called him an officer because the article says he is.

"The man, an Air Force security officer ". Whatever.

garsgolfer

on Feb 01, 2006

I live in the general vicinity where that took place. There were two men in a corvette doing over 100mph in a residential neighborhood. After a short chase resulting in the corvette crashing into a wall, both men were laying on the ground supposedly following orders given my the officer that pursued them. Where the confusion begins is supposedly one told the officer he was in the services and asked for permission to get up, the police officer told him ok... when the perp did, he was shot up 3 times, not killing him.

A bystander watching ran into his home for his video camera, came back outside and missed what actually happed up to just before the point when shots were fired. The video is hard to make out and the sound isn't helpful. I find it interesting that the FBI has been brought in under the guise of possible civil rights violations in hopes their lab could evaluate the video and conduct the investigation verses the local police conducting their own investigation. There's something rotten in the wood pile on this one, and I don't mean just a trigger happy cop.

Tova7

on Feb 01, 2006

find it interesting that the FBI has been brought in under the guise of possible civil rights violations in hopes their lab could evaluate the video and conduct the investigation verses the local police conducting their own investigation.

Yeah that is odd.

Keep us updated.

What can I say. I'm nosey that way.

Ionolast

on Mar 08, 2006

Update:

The cop has been found guilty and could be sentenced to 20 years.

So far so good.

just john

on Mar 08, 2006

After seeing the video it was clear to see and hear what went on directly before the shots. I heard the cop shout "get up" and then three shots.

This airman is stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, LA, just across the river from where I live in Shreveport. This has been pretty big news here because of that. I have seen the video over and over on the early, noon and late night news. I strain every time I see it so that I can hear a 'don't' before I hear get up. It's just not there.

This is sad.

Daiwa

on Mar 08, 2006

The cop has been found guilty and could be sentenced to 20 years.

Huh? I believe they've decided to charge the cop with a criminal offense, but there's been no trial. He may be guilty of a crime, may not. The video is damning, to be sure, but we don't know the full story.

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