ewww talk about keeping things in da family

(jk)

And a big NO to Utah, I don't share well at all

keep dreaming there buddy


back to the OP....who said the cop didn't ID himself??? could it have just not been heard or what????

if ya had speakers (duh) you'd hear that the officer admitted to not giving any verbal command prior to shooting -

indeed cops should be fired upon. agreed! sm:)e

that is sooo wrong

the link isn't working....duh

cops need to be fired upon????? wtf?????

link works fine - must be your fault!!!

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/10/09/pn.cop.shoots.homeowner.cnn

it must have been down temporarily. others couldn't pull it up either lol

Typical kind of statement of someone who can't stay out of trouble.

It's back up. If the wife is telling the truth, then the cop who shot should have been in trouble.

Sounds like very poor training of officers on that department.

Yep, then the criminals would run rampant. Gun control for all except criminals, what a brainy idea *sarcasm*

On the clip I saw stated the officer did in fact admit to not giving any verbal commands at all.

ahhh also now on www.cnn.com the headline changed from Accidentally to to mistakenly

Guess that makes a helluva difference.

Uhoh You're gonna get it now

http://www.kpho.com/news/17503008/detail.html

http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2009/09/25/20090925phxarambula0925.html

Cops should be fired upon? Good grief! They are fired upon on a daily basis and risk their lives. One bad cop doesn't mean all cops are bad.

It was a grave error. What I find funny is here some are ok with saying shoot a cop but in another thread they feel pity for a murderer that shot is own damn face off.

It's terrible what happened, my condolences and prayers to him and his family. I'm sure an investigation is under way and hopefully wrongs will be right.

This is all too common an occurrence in our society: a law enforcement officer deliberately or negligently uses deadly force on a citizen and "is cleared" of any wrongdoing by his agency.

I would offer that there are many honorable men and women who serve as peace officers in this country. But, there is a small, "overzealous" segment [less than 2 percent], which is responsible for the vast majority of "accidental shootings" and "police brutality" incidents.

What it amounts to is that law enforcement officers in the U.S. are "granted the power of life and death". That is a profound responsibility which must be prudentially exercised. The fact that it is freely conveyed to civil servants in an unqualified manner is all the more astonishing. Police officers are rarely held accountable for miscreant acts because: (1) they are rarely, if ever, criminally prosecuted, even when captured on film, and (2) even when a civil judgment is attained against them, the taxpayers ultimately foot the bill for their defense and the monetary award.

Not giving a verbal command is a major problem. That would be due to either poor training or a person who panicked instead of reverting to his training.

Changing "accidental" to "mistaken" doesn't make it a different incident, but it is the correct terminology to describe what happened.

hey Pedalac, did ya start the party without me

In this article, the homeowner, Tony Arambula, captures an intruder. Calls cops, cops arrive. Homeowner has a weapon. He is shot 6 times by mistake/accidentally by an officer.

The officer was cleared of any wrongdoing. My initial question was how can a person shoot another person 6 times by accident? Now links say homeowner was shot mistakenly.

If we had Sharia Law this stuff wouldnt happen j/k