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In reply to the discussion: University of Alabama police officer kills naked student [View all]tabasco
(22,974 posts)20. Low-esteem cowards are attracted to law enforcement
Another glaring example.
If the coward cop hadn't shown up, no one would be dead.
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University of South Alabama officer shoots 18-year-old Wetumpka graduate Gilbert Collar to death
Judi Lynn
Oct 2012
#1
"Collar fell to the ground, but managed to get up and continue to challenge
dixiegrrrrl
Oct 2012
#16
Sorry to hear about that happening to your daughter. Bath salts sound like instant insanity.
freshwest
Oct 2012
#91
I looked this up a while back when the incident in Florida happened, so pass it on:
freshwest
Oct 2012
#102
It's hard to believe the officer couldn't have found a better way to subdue him. Even a taser. Why
williesgirl
Oct 2012
#2
What if he'd shot out a chandelier or rope holding up a well placed bag of sand
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#109
No, you just think you're the smartest person in the room, and went with it.
Buzz Clik
Oct 2012
#141
They weren't AT the dorm. The kid went TO the POLICE STATION, naked, and created a disturbance. nt
MADem
Oct 2012
#41
Fun Fact... The Florida face eater was found to have only marijuana in his system
Lightbulb_on
Oct 2012
#136
Piss poor outcome, if a cop can't deal with a naked unarmed teenager without killing him
Exultant Democracy
Oct 2012
#7
Could it be those "bath salts" type of drugs? I was reading about them the other day and the first
Hestia
Oct 2012
#8
I don't know, but I say good call. Thanks for the reminder. I only became aware of such things
silvershadow
Oct 2012
#13
Or "Suicide by cop?" Someone determined to die, but they want the police to do it?
MADem
Oct 2012
#35
Hey! If those protesters had disarmed that cop of his pepper spray, god knows!
Buzz Clik
Oct 2012
#23
If there were cameras anywhere, I'd say cameras right outside the police station are as
MADem
Oct 2012
#37
Since police officers are there to protect the public, they don't have the luxury
LisaL
Oct 2012
#80
He killed him so he wouldn't hurt himself? Whatever happened to shooting limbs first? nt
valerief
Oct 2012
#43
"Shooting limbs first" is not, nor has it ever been, a police protocol. It's always been shoot to
MADem
Oct 2012
#49
You're right. If you have cause to pull out your handgun, you shoot to body mass. There is also a
byeya
Oct 2012
#51
Thanks for bringing all these details to our(my) attention. The officer should have been provided
byeya
Oct 2012
#73
Last year one of the state universities - Michigan I think - had college students who had never
byeya
Oct 2012
#87
There has been a decades-long controversey about engaging in high speed chases and
byeya
Oct 2012
#76
No. Training has always been to shoot to STOP. The most reliable way of doing that is to aim...
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#70
Well, I found out why the cop didn't just go inside the station and lock the door.
tblue37
Oct 2012
#64
If an aggressive/erratic person charges a police officer with his gun drawn and had already
aikoaiko
Oct 2012
#72
Yep,like the cop wannabe who gunned down Trayvon Martin. I think he ws looking for an opportunity. n
tblue37
Oct 2012
#104
We hear about these pretty frequently and the answer is ALWAYS, TTE, "There was no choice" or
patrice
Oct 2012
#105
Unarmed and naked teen vs the guy with a night stick tazer pepper spray and gun. Not rocket science
Exultant Democracy
Oct 2012
#92
Or we should look at the way other countries with far better outcomes conduct their justic systems.
Exultant Democracy
Oct 2012
#117
If proper intervention had occurred earlier, perhaps. But given our system, he should not have been
Eleanors38
Oct 2012
#128