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passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
28. According to the family
Fri Mar 28, 2014, 08:04 PM
Mar 2014

He originally did cooperate with the officer, returning to his truck and putting his hands on the hood. Because there is no video, no one knows why he started resisting. From a lot of videos I've seen of "police procedure", I believe quite often the police exacerbate the situation by being too rough and causing people to resist arrest in an effort to "defend themselves from physical harm", which is probably more likely to happen when inebriated.

I don't know if that's what happened here. Because no witness actually saw the whole thing, or at least has not yet been revealed to the public, we will probably never know and the officer will most likely be returned to duty.

It's a shame that there have been so many incidents to make us immediately suspicious of the police. They need to be trained to handle people better. Or they need to weed out the cops who cannot do it well.

:( Solly Mack Mar 2014 #1
Wow, just...wow. Rex Mar 2014 #2
Murderer here: GeorgeGist Mar 2014 #3
Zimmy's older brother? ryan_cats Mar 2014 #11
University of Incarnate Word ..... police officer??????? MADem Mar 2014 #13
carter's employment record: niyad Mar 2014 #25
Thanks for providing the image. It really helps to have a face to associate with the acts. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2014 #36
The police officer needs to be prosecuted Gothmog Mar 2014 #4
Let me guess... "Stand Your Ground"?!?! Oh, wait, the dead guy isn't AA... blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #5
I can't say what I want to say, I have no hides to spare. eom PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #6
I'll say that the headline is sensationalized & the source is crap -nt Bonx Mar 2014 #7
Really? Care to enlighten us as to what really happened? TBF Mar 2014 #8
Sure. Bonx Mar 2014 #12
I followed your suggestion and read about what this fucking pig did. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2014 #15
Sounds like you write your own news. Bonx Mar 2014 #18
You might consider not taking the side of a murderous pice of shit DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2014 #19
+1000000000000000000000000000000000 Tsiyu Mar 2014 #26
+1 a whole bunch! Enthusiast Mar 2014 #38
Only side I take is for accuracy. Bonx Apr 2014 #39
I do not need to be told to google other sources--and the other sources I read indicate that this niyad Mar 2014 #23
I wish I knew. But I agree that the article linked in the OP has problems onenote Mar 2014 #14
The headline is in error, fatally shot in back, not 5 times in back. Aside from that... uppityperson Mar 2014 #33
Shot for making a sarcastic remark? JJChambers Mar 2014 #9
None of that is a reason to kill him. Gormy Cuss Mar 2014 #22
Depending on how severe the assault with the baton was, it may be. JJChambers Mar 2014 #24
the "assault" was so severe, apparently, that the "officer" did not even bother getting meedical niyad Mar 2014 #27
According to the link, the man was out of his car, walking towards his apartment. Gormy Cuss Mar 2014 #31
Which link did you read that the first shot was to the back? JJChambers Mar 2014 #32
I'm not your Google monkey. Gormy Cuss Mar 2014 #34
According to the family passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #28
It's not like the Catholic Church has no money. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2014 #10
The officer was working for the school .. sunnystarr Mar 2014 #16
5 shots? F**king swine! Dawson Leery Mar 2014 #17
Shot to the eye = execution shot chrisa Mar 2014 #20
Five shots? Terra Alta Mar 2014 #21
a very enlightening article here, with carter's job history, his interaction with neighbors, etc niyad Mar 2014 #29
so let's see--carter told redus 56 times to "quit resisting" and 6 other communications in the niyad Mar 2014 #30
Campus police are little more than rent-a-cops. alarimer Mar 2014 #35
op doesnt help Niceguy1 Mar 2014 #37
Murder! 5 shots? WTF L0oniX Apr 2014 #40
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