Accused Iowa cop killer Scott Michael Greene taken into custody

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters

02 NOV 2016 AT 10:48 ET

Police in Iowa said on Wednesday they have captured a man suspected of killing two police officers hours earlier as they sat in their patrol cars in what authorities called separate and unprovoked attacks.

Scott Michael Greene, who is 46 and white, was taken into custody after police named him as their suspect in the ambushes, a police spokeswoman in Urbandale, Iowa said.

Police said they found the first slain officer’s body about 1:06 a.m. (2.06 a.m. ET) in Urbandale, an affluent Des Moines suburb, and the second about 20 minutes later about two miles (3 km) away, in Des Moines. Police declined to release the names of the officers awaiting notification of their families.

It was unclear what provoked Wednesday’s attacks, Des Moines police department spokesman Paul Parizek told a news conference prior to Greene’s arrest, adding that “we may never know.” But it appeared the suspect had a recent run-in with police.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/accused-iowa-cop-killer-scott-michael-greene-taken-into-custody/

[SHRED]

1. "we may never know"?

Why...because he's white?

[winetourdriver]

5. Yes, because he is white

They certainly won't dwell on the facts if he turns out to be a white supremacist Trump supporting right wing nutball.

[SHRED]

9. They have him alive

Surely they can find out his motive.

The "we may never know" comment makes no sense.

[Akicita]

23. You think they have him alive because he is white?

[qwlauren35]

29. Yes.

Oh hell yes. If he was black, he'd have been killed.

[underpants]

2. Really? We may never know already?

[Nay]

10. I know. Maddening. HOW ABOUT TRYING TO FIND OUT? MAYBE ASK THE GUY?

[adigal]

3. Good luck, Trump and GOP, in making this about Muslim terrorism

He looks more like an alt-right person. Monster.

[still_one]

4. I wonder if he would have been captured if he was a person of color?

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Amazing that they found him that quick

because he certainly doesn't "fit the description" of what many LOE consider a "suspect".

[SnowCritter]

22. Hit the nail right on the head!

I work as a network and systems administrator for a sheriff's office. I was having a casual conversation with one of our deputies and he mentioned that two deputies were killed in Iowa and that all LEOs are targets. He went on to place the blame squarely on the backs of the BLM movement. When I informed him that a suspect had been arrested and that the suspect was a white male he went silent for a bit. Then he started spouting the "Soros this and Soros that" line of blather. I just said "Oh boy, here we go" and left the room. I don't try to argue with him about politics anymore - it's like playing chess with a pigeon.

Of all the deputies at the sheriff's office, he's the only RWNJ we have. Most of them are centrists, a few are like-minded lefties, and there are a couple of righties (but not in the "nut job" category).

[Jim__]

6. If he actually shot 2 cops over the "incident" in that video, he has to be insane.

The cops he shot were not the cops from the video; and the "incident" was nothing.

[qwlauren35]

30. Oh please.

He was sane. If he gets off on a sanity plea, I'll barf.

Nobody black who shoots two white cops would be called insane. They would be called Dead.

[TonyPDX]

7. Interesting that he wasn't shot on sight. I wonder what was different?

[Nay]

11. I wonder. Let me think hard about that for a minute....

[47of74]

14. Yeah, me too.

If he had a different melanin content the cops probably would've wanted to drop a thermonuclear device on him just to ensure he couldn't get away.

[whatthehey]

13. Dunno - what was different with Royheem Deeds? Jamaal Lewis? John Felix?

This pseudo-insightful posturing that race is all that matters is facile at best. Cops are surely more prone to violence with black suspects, but it's so far from, forgive the artless metaphor, black and white as to be useless as a predictor in individual cases. Nowhere near all black suspects are shot on sight and nowhere near zero white ones are. Generally speaking being black increases your chance of being shot, no doubt, as does being armed at the time of your arrest, and resisting arrest and doubtless many other things.

[Leontius]

26. You evidently didn't get the memo

It's always about race all the time, even if it's not it is. Nothing else matters.

[Demsrule86]

12. He had a confederate flag and was forced to leave a football game...

And the cops took his flag...saw it posted somewhere...he is alt-reich.

[Wuddles440]

15. Is this a serious post or satire?

[SunSeeker]

17. Serious.

A 10-minute video posted on YouTube last month by a user calling himself Scott Greene showed an interaction with officers following an incident at a sports stadium in which he described holding up a Confederate battle flag during the playing of the U.S. national anthem. He is heard claiming that he was assaulted.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/accused-iowa-cop-killer-scott-michael-greene-taken-into-custody/

[Demsrule86]

18. It is true...he made a video which I posted

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/11/02/report-accused-cop-killer-had-confederate-flag-confrontation-police. There is a video too.

[Demsrule86]

21. Here is my post

Keep in mind...I found this on the internet and can not vouch for the veracity, but it looks like him on the video.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8266473

[JI7]

27. someone said he was waving it in the face of a group of black people

And i think a cop made him stop and leave.

[Grins]

16. Damn Mooselim!

Whut? Wait!

[SunSeeker]

20. Looks like he had his fee-fees hurt when cops took his Confederate flag.

A 10-minute video posted on YouTube last month by a user calling himself Scott Greene showed an interaction with officers following an incident at a sports stadium in which he described holding up a Confederate battle flag during the playing of the U.S. national anthem. He is heard claiming that he was assaulted.

Accused Iowa cop killer Scott Michael Greene taken into custody
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/accused-iowa-cop-killer-scott-michael-greene-taken-into-custody/

[Historic NY]

28. He turned himsef into a Natural Resources employee.

http://linkis.com/www.bostonglobe.com/vuCY7