Black man shot looking for cigarettes.

[Quantum Windbag]

But this is different.

Lying in a hospital bed the night after he was shot by Escambia County sheriff’s deputies in his own front yard, Roy Middleton only had one question: Why?This story has been updated. Please click here for the updated version, in which Middleton's mother says the sheriff's office has "some explaining to do" and the deputies reported that the man 'lunged' from a car before he was shot.
Middleton, 60, of the 200 block of Shadow Lawn Lane in Warrington, was shot in the leg about 2:42 a.m. Saturday while trying to retrieve a cigarette from his mother’s car in the driveway of their home.
A neighbor saw someone reaching into the car and called 911. While he was looking into the vehicle, deputies arrived in response to the burglary call.

http://www.pnj.com/article/20130728...ot-at-man-in-his-yard?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

 

[R.C. Christian]

Pigs are gonna pig. We should have been alarmed when they started shaving their heads and wearing jackboots.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Good lord. Shot for being black on a Friday night.

 

[R.C. Christian]

Poor bastard. This shit can happen anywhere.

 

[Trajan]

did he find his cigarettes?

 

[Cenere]

I hate when I am jonsing for a smoke and get shot in the process. I think the people of this city should all send the guy a pack of smokes to make up for the fact that the cops don't know how to do their job.

 

[R.C. Christian]

I think the cops should be charged with manslaughter and never be in a position of power again.

 

[Avatar4321]

Just goes to show Smoking can kill you.

 

[Avatar4321]

I think the cops should be charged with manslaughter and never be in a position of power again.

difficult to do when the victim is still alive. the charge at least.

The position of power thing.. maybe.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Just goes to show Smoking can kill you.

Or skittles

 

[DarkLion]

The real problem here is the neighbor who called 911. We live in a nation full of snitches, fingers at the ready to dial 911 and smallest thing, without taking the time to actually see what is going on. People are being conditioned to think this way. America has created its own citizen spy network, which is one clear sign of a totalitarian state

 

[JoeB131]

The real problem here is the neighbor who called 911. We live in a nation full of snitches, fingers at the ready to dial 911 and smallest thing, without taking the time to actually see what is going on. People are being conditioned to think this way. America has created its own citizen spy network, which is one clear sign of a totalitarian state

No, the problem is the cops overreacted, which they sometimes do.

If the Police asked him what he was doing, and he replied this was his mom's car and he was looking for something it it, this would not be an issue.

So what are you doing you don't want your neighbors to see?

 

[R.C. Christian]

I think the cops should be charged with manslaughter and never be in a position of power again.

difficult to do when the victim is still alive. the charge at least.

The position of power thing.. maybe.

Damn, I should have read the article more thoroughly. How about attempted murder and a civil lawsuit?

 

[patriot66]

The real problem here is the neighbor who called 911. We live in a nation full of snitches, fingers at the ready to dial 911 and smallest thing, without taking the time to actually see what is going on. People are being conditioned to think this way. America has created its own citizen spy network, which is one clear sign of a totalitarian state

I agree to a point, if her house was next door, then maybe she does cal,l but the police seemed a little trigger happy, I wasn't there so I won't judge

 

[Noomi]

Cops should be suspended without pay while the investigation is ongoing. They should also pay all his medical bills, hand over some compensation, and go back to the academy.

 

[eots]

Cops need way better training they are gunning down innocent people and unarmed people of all colors all the time now ..all they needed to do was light him up and tell them they had guns on them a wait for him to turn around...and then they don't even kill him ! they fire all these shots at close range and miss with most of them..they are a danger to the public at large if that's the best they can do ..stray bullets flying around all over the place...and the same stupid excuse as always...he lunged at us..ya a sane unarmed sober man getting a smoke in his own driveway lunged at two armed men with guns...surrrre he did

 

[JQPublic1]

ALL cop recruits should be screened by the NAACP before being hired! Wouldn't that be something?

 

[eots]

ALL cop recruits should be screened by the NAACP before being hired! Wouldn't that be something?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q23yeIQh00]72 Year Old Man Shot Dead By Cops In His Own Garage - YouTube[/ame]

 

[ScienceRocks]

I don't care what color this man was...The ******* police officer shouldn't of done this and should go to jail.

 

[ScienceRocks]

ALL cop recruits should be screened by the NAACP before being hired! Wouldn't that be something?

Nah...

A police officer needs to understand that if they kill someone in cold blood that they will go down like everyone else.