"Do you know how fast you were going?"
"Where's the fire?"
"Can I see your license and insurance verification?"
"Have you been drinking?"
"Do you have any donuts?"
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From the story I posted, that seems awfully high. Twice the rate of the previous decade?
Both shootings come at a time of intense national scrutiny over shootings involving law enforcement officials. A recent investigation by The Washington Post found that police have killed at least 385 people across the country so far in 2015. The rate of 2.6 fatal police shootings per day is twice the rate tallied by the federal government over the past decade.
Both shootings come at a time of intense national scrutiny over shootings involving law enforcement officials. A recent investigation by The Washington Post found that police have killed at least 385 people across the country so far in 2015. The rate of 2.6 fatal police shootings per day is twice the rate tallied by the federal government over the past decade.
Every news article that I read has OHP Captain Timmons saying "As they were exiting the water, coming towards the troopers, a confrontation occurred and one of the troopers was actually assaulted."
The use of "actually," seems odd to me.
The use of "actually," seems odd to me.
I talked to GC ... He's gonna get in touch with you.
I've only had one occasion to meet an OHP officer, and it was for speeding in 1995. I WAS guilty, and he let me off with a verbal warning.
That being said, IF the officers were justified in using deadly force, they should have no problem assisting the family of the dead man in any way possible to understand exactly what occurred that led to the killing.
That being said, IF the officers were justified in using deadly force, they should have no problem assisting the family of the dead man in any way possible to understand exactly what occurred that led to the killing.
Does anyone think that all of the talk of these police shootings in the media creates a somewhat artificial distrust that in turn makes people respond more aggressively than they normally would to police? People are manipulated by the media more often than not in my opinion. I do think this was a bad shooting but I'm talking about in general.
Or, it could also be that this has actually been an issue for a long time and that cell phone videos and other types of coverage are now drawing more attention to the issue.
While i don't wholly disagree with you, i think the media is an easy scapegoat for the true issues of system disfunction that has existed for a while.
LEOs are not the disease, but a system of a system that is in need of reform
(and that certainly isn't to say that the media isn't taking a story and running with it. I'm just not sure that the causation starts with the media in this instance)
I just watched the dash cam video. I hate to say it, but looks like Troopers were in the right. Trooper was giving them pretty harsh verbal commands and did ID himself, they didn't like it and went after him.
http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news...onference-to-address-weekend-shooting-of-assi
http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news...onference-to-address-weekend-shooting-of-assi
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