What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.Police say the suspect initially was cooperative, but then began fighting with Cain.
When he grabbed Cain's gun and attempted to yank it from its holster, Officer Scott Savitt, 31, shouted a warning and then shot the suspect twice, police said.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Tampa Cops Execute Man for Disobedience
Maybe the cops are a bit trigger-happy these days, what with all the reports of increased attacks against them. That's still no excuse though.
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When he grabbed Cain's gun and attempted to yank it from its holster . . . If that account is true, then the goblin was trying to forcibly disarm the officer. Those who try to forcibly disarm people should expect to die, and should not expect any sympathy from me.
ReplyDeleteSorry, but any time a suspect tries to take an officer's weapon, he is going to be shot.
ReplyDeleteCan you think of any reason the suspect should attempt to take an officer's gun? Do you consider that a hostile move? What do you think he would have done with the gun if he got it?
Executed for disobedience? Are you serious?
ReplyDeleteI know many police officers are killed when their own guns are taken from them and used on them (unlike open carrying regular citizens, where there is not one single report of that to be found).
ReplyDeleteIf the suspect truly had been trying to grab the officer's gun, then it wasn't an "execution" for "disobedience." It was self defense, as the suspect likely wasn't trying to get the officers gun to give it a detailed cleaning and oiling or to critique the grips.
...Orygunner...
Cop are nothing but guntards with a badge and immunity.
ReplyDeleteWhen the White House finally gets the guts to pass REAL gun control reform, we can then start on reforming the Police.
@BantheNRA, I have mixed views of your statement. I'm happy that you recognize that police are no better than anyone else, as I don't believe they should have access to any different firearms than the rest of the citizens.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I'm depressed by your lack of faith and pessimistic attitude towards all citizens, including police officers. Overwhelming evidence shows that the vast majority of people (and gun owners/carriers) are GOOD people that aren't responsible for "gun violence."
...Orygunner...
Perhaps they stopped a mass shooting BEFORE it happened.
ReplyDeleteAttempting to grab a cop's gun is not a capital offense. To meet such a moment with lethal force is excessive in the extreme, I'd call it murder.
ReplyDeleteOrygunner, Here's a good chance for you to open your mind a bit and get over that obsession you have with proof and evidence. If many cops have been shot and killed with their own guns, is it credible to you that no open carry civilian has ever met that fate?
Attempting to grab a cop's gun is not a capital offense.
ReplyDeleteHe wasn't "sentenced" and "executed"--he was killed in self-defense. I would seriously doubt that there's a police academy in the country that doesn't train its recruits to respond to such an attack with deadly force.
If many cops have been shot and killed with their own guns . . .
Many have, as a a simple Google search illustrates.
. . . is it credible to you that no open carry civilian has ever met that fate?
Sure have never heard of one. And the contrast is not all that surprising--open carry cops greatly outnumber open carry private citizens, and private citizens don't have the job of dealing with the most violent scumbag goblins in society, while cops do.
Taking into consideration that gun controllers believe handguns are designed for no other purpose but to kill, what is the police officer to believe? That the criminal grabbing his gun was going to use it to throw him a birthday party?
ReplyDeleteZorroy, C'mon man, read between the lines at least a little. When I exaggerate by calling it "execution," I'm only trying to point out its excessive aspect. In other workd, I'm questioning whether there really was a lethal threat or not.
ReplyDeleteI'm also remarking on the phenomenon in which law enforcement people demand obedience and becom outraged at not getting it.
I'd expect you of all people to be in alignment with these ideas, you and FWM I should say. Why do you defend them so? Have you turned the argue-with-Mikeb switch on and find it difficult to deviate from that course?
When I exaggerate by calling it "execution," I'm only trying to point out its excessive aspect. In other workd, I'm questioning whether there really was a lethal threat or not.
ReplyDeleteBullshit. One doesn't call it "execution" because one "questions" the lethality of the threat. To call it an "execution" is to have already made, no question about it, the judgment that the killing was absolutely unnecessary.
I submit that you are in no position to make such a judgment.
Zorroy, You're splitting hairs on nits again. But, I admit I'm not in any position to judge, not having been on the scene personally and lacking those renowned mind-reading skills of yours.
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