A Tucson, Arizona police officer shot a man in a wheelchair 9 times, killing him. The department has fired him

[pknopp]

What do they recommend be done when an armed rodent is out there running rampant?

God bless you and the former officer always!!!

Holly

I have never seen an armed rodent so I can not answer that.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

^^^ An armed person then. Rodent was just my chosen name for the little crap.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[pknopp]

^^^ An armed person then. Rodent was just my chosen name for the little crap.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

The chances of the person being able to harm someone was extremely low. I never understand what the pressing need in so many cases are. "Do what I say right this instance or I will kill you". This attitude is why many of us would like to see mental health experts show up.

You also have no idea what the person was going through. Maybe they have mental health issues. Maybe they are depressed because of their situation and looking for conflict. If so the person needs help, not shot nine times.

 

[Billiejeens]

the video is on social media, for the sick folks who are into that sort of thing

Tucson police moves to terminate officer who fatally shot man in a wheelchair, officials say | CNN

Tucson police on Tuesday moved to terminate an officer after he fatally shot a man in a motorized wheelchair who was accused of shoplifting and pulling a knife when confronted outside a Walmart, officials said.

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"According to the Walmart employee, Mr. Richards said, 'If you want me to put down the knife, you're going to have to shoot me.'"

Request fulfilled.

 

[Billiejeens]

Well thats just fucked up!!
It's not like those motorized wheelchairs are all that fast. And all you'd need to do is step up on a curb or a few steps to avoid him.
Let him go into the store and follow him in and warn everyone the guy has a knife.
Eventually the battery will die and he'll be going nowhere.

As a society, why should we have to go to that extreme?

 

[1srelluc]

As a society, why should we have to go to that extreme?

I would have just used a shopping cart and went all "ramming speed" on him.....Of course if it was at a Aldies I don't know if I would have wasted a quarter on him or not.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Just because somebody is in a motorized wheelchair doesn't mean they cannot walk or run just as fast as anyone else.

Hell, even the serial killer Ted Bundy used to lure his victims to their deaths by pretending to be disabled.

Assuming he's faking it yeah.
The cop should have shot the tires out like in the movies.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

As a society, why should we have to go to that extreme?

So shooting the guy is less extreme?

 

[JOSweetHeart]

The chances of the person being able to harm someone was extremely low. I never understand what the pressing need in so many cases are. "Do what I say right this instance or I will kill you". This attitude is why many of us would like to see mental health experts show up.

You also have no idea what the person was going through. Maybe they have mental health issues. Maybe they are depressed because of their situation and looking for conflict. If so the person needs help, not shot nine times.

I agree that firing nine shots was most likely too many, but when a person is armed with anything, the safety of everyone else in the picture is what has to come first. If the person who is causing the disturbance lives long enough to look back on the destruction that they created, the best way to help them afterwards can then be focused on. Until then, the lives of the innocent are who should forever remain at the top of the priority list.

God bless you and them always!!!

Holly

 

[pknopp]

I agree that firing nine shots was most likely too many, but when a person is armed with anything, the safety of everyone else in the picture is what has to come first. If the person who is causing the disturbance lives long enough to look back on the destruction that they created, the best way to help them afterwards can then be focused on. Until then, the lives of the innocent are who should forever remain at the top of the priority list.

God bless you and them always!!!

Holly

He was in a wheelchair. You simply keep people away from him until someone talks him down.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

He was in a wheelchair. You simply keep people away from him until someone talks him down.

Because of him being in a wheelchair, he could probably wheel himself faster than some people can run.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[john doe 101]

the video is on social media, for the sick folks who are into that sort of thing

Tucson police moves to terminate officer who fatally shot man in a wheelchair, officials say | CNN

Tucson police on Tuesday moved to terminate an officer after he fatally shot a man in a motorized wheelchair who was accused of shoplifting and pulling a knife when confronted outside a Walmart, officials said.

edition.cnn.com

In America, one can burn a hamburger on a fryer or be a cop and kill a handicap person on a scooter and all that happens is each person gets fired. I guess those on the right think people are nothing more than meat.

 

[Muhammed]

Assuming he's faking it yeah.
The cop should have shot the tires out like in the movies.

Or he could have taken Brandon's advice and shot him in the leg with a shotgun.

 

[Billiejeens]

So shooting the guy is less extreme?

The nine part seems maybe high, but I wasn't there.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Or he could have taken Brandon's advice and shot him in the leg with a shotgun.

In this case you'd want to shoot him in the arm.
Then he'd only be able to go in circles.

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

He was fired pretty fast....guess the department wasn't willing to go to the mat for this guy....

I mean the dead guy was armed with a knife......that is usually grounds for a good shoot

 

[Theowl32]

Cop was an asshole and should face murder charges


Almost as bad as this moronic cop a few years ago. This was very disturbing to me.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

If it was Greg Abbott then there wouldn’t have been a story.

 

[pknopp]

Well this should make many here happy who claim the protesters only care when it's a black man.

Hundreds Take the Streets of Tucson After Police Kill Richard Lee Richards in Wheelchair