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safeinOhio

(32,531 posts)
Wed Oct 8, 2014, 11:49 AM Oct 2014

arrested in Birmingham road rage incident

Source: Detroit Free Press

The road rage incident occurred at approximately 7 p.m. Friday. Kiernan said the off-duty Detroit officer, 43, was driving southbound on Woodward Avenue when he reportedly cut off another driver near the intersection of Maple and Woodward.

The two vehicles continued southbound and, at some point, the driver of the other vehicle, a 53-year-old Beverly Hills man who driving in an SUV with his wife, caught up to the Detroit police officer.

"We're told the officer rolled his window down and pointed the gun (a .40 caliber Glock) in their direction," Kiernan said. "Whether he was pointing the gun directly at them is something that still has to be determined."

Read more: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2014/10/08/detroit-officer-road-rage-birmingham/16905949/



Roid rage?
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Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
3. TF?- "Whether he was pointing the gun directly at them is something that still has to be determined.
Wed Oct 8, 2014, 12:09 PM
Oct 2014

Police already making 'excuses' for officers crazy rage behavior!

"We're told the officer rolled his window down and pointed the gun (a .40 caliber Glock) in their direction,"
Kiernan said. "Whether he was pointing the gun directly at them is something that still has to be determined."

yellowcanine

(35,692 posts)
5. Depending on the jurisdiction it may not matter.
Wed Oct 8, 2014, 12:25 PM
Oct 2014

In many jurisdictions, you show a gun, it is assault, regardless of where the gun is pointed.

former9thward

(31,805 posts)
9. Not if it was self defense.
Wed Oct 8, 2014, 02:00 PM
Oct 2014

It was the other driver who chased the cop. That makes him the aggressor in control of a two ton lethal instrument.

yellowcanine

(35,692 posts)
10. With information given not sure the case can be made for "chasing."
Wed Oct 8, 2014, 02:10 PM
Oct 2014

He caught up to him, apparently, but that is not proof he chased him. If he is rolling down the window, yelling profanities, making gestures, tailgating him, etc. the case for self defense might be made.

safeinOhio

(32,531 posts)
6. All ways loop holes for cops
Wed Oct 8, 2014, 12:35 PM
Oct 2014

by the book for you and me.

"professional courtesy"=corruption every time

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
13. How many cases of rage are solved by pointing a gun at someone? Well, not many:
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 01:52 AM
Oct 2014
Indiana man shoots and kills wife, himself on their wedding night

By Arturo Garcia - 08 Oct 2014

Authorities in Terre Haute, Indiana said a 54-year-old man shot and killed his wife before taking his own life, just hours after the couple got married, the Indianapolis Star reported.

Emergency dispatchers received multiple calls from 50-year-old Kelly Samson early Sunday morning saying she had been attacked by her husband, George “Scott” Samson. Local sheriff’s deputies said they later found Kelly Samson’s body inside their son’s bedroom, with several gunshot wounds to the head and torso. Her husband’s body was found in the basement with a single gunshot wound to the head.

Vigo County Chief Deputy Sheriff Clark Cottom told the Star that the couple got into a verbal argument toward the end of their wedding reception on Saturday night. He did not specify the nature of the argument, saying his department was still gathering statements from attendees...

George Samson, an anesthesiologist by trade, is reportedly also listed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as a current federal firearms dealer, allowing him to make weapons and ammunition that can be sold around the country...


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/indiana-man-shoots-and-kills-wife-himself-on-their-wedding-night/

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