Ridiculous Police News (Specific events)

[kuronosan]

If only the poor kid had a gun. He could of ate the bullet instead.

[Pikarya]

Grammar hammer only works for 7 business days. Not two months.

[Patriarch]

shouldn't be that surprising, the government has forgotten where it left the middle class for at least a decade

Well played.

[jmc]

http://thephoenix.com/boston/news/14...e=1#TOPCONTENT

Boston police union hate filled fish rag killed off. Sorry for the necro but it falls exactly in line with the thread title.

"newspaper" has been terrible for years. It has been around longer than 6 years, and it's posted at headquarters for everyone to see.

I'm pretty surprised its taken this long for any media coverage...

[Ragnus]

I could only read so much of that paper's backlogs before getting a bit sick. I know that some police can be bigoted jackasses but please tell me that this paper was only popular with a portion of the guys in the union. If so, has there been any kinda talk against it or was it just something that was just not talked about?

[jmc]

I could only read so much of that paper's backlogs before getting a bit sick. I know that some police can be bigoted jackasses but please tell me that this paper was only popular with a portion of the guys in the union. If so, has there been any kinda talk against it or was it just something that was just not talked about?

I've honestly never seen anyone read it.

Majority of the individuals I associate with prefer the good old Boston Herald.

Also, the people who write the newsletter are officers but have not actually touched the street in years. Union officials don't patrol streets when in "office", so they are clearly out of touch.

[6souls]

That say that the guy didn't "do anything," but he had a warrant out for assaulting a woman. How were they to know?

[archibaldcrane]

That kick to the chest when he's on the ground is pretty wtf. It's at 1:15

[Gregorio]

Someone in the background of the video said the officer told him 5 times to put his hands behind his back before the guys dramatic coughing. He could have tazed him instead, but the kick did the trick.

[archibaldcrane]

Someone in the background of the video said the officer told him 5 times to put his hands behind his back before the guys dramatic coughing. He could have tazed him instead, but the kick did the trick.

Kick didn't do the trick, the officer still had to lay hands on the guy and pull his hands behind his back.

[Plow]

the kick was really wtf... and they really didn't seem to make clear to him what he was being arrested for

wish the whole thing was on tape, if the officer really did go all out like that right from the start jumping out of the car and macing him and shit, that lady would be right, dude be getting paid

[ringthree]

the kick was really wtf... and they really didn't seem to make clear to him what he was being arrested for

wish the whole thing was on tape, if the officer really did go all out like that right from the start jumping out of the car and macing him and shit, that lady would be right, dude be getting paid

Not if he has a warrant out on him. It's actually pretty cut and dry at that point.

[Sera]

All i can think of is that part of Boondocks where he's all "YOU WERE TALKIN ALL THAT GOOD SHIT A MINUTE AGO AND THEN YOU GOT KICKED IN YO CHEST. YOU EAT A DICK NIGGA, YOU EAT A DICK."

and people should lose their jobs.

this. But the DEA is notorious for this sort of shit. They're worse than the drug peddlers they chase.

[Xno Kappa]

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston police officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair Saturday inside a group home after police say the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen.

Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said the man cornered the officer in his wheelchair and was making threats while trying to stab the officer with the pen. At the time, the officer did not know what the metal object was that the man was waving, Silva said.

She said the man came "within inches to a foot" of the officer and did not follow instructions to calm down and remain still.

"Fearing for his partner's safety and his own safety, he discharged his weapon," Silva told The Associated Press.

Police did not immediately release the name of the man who was killed. They had been called to the home after a caretaker there called and reported that the man in wheelchair was causing a disturbance.

The owner of the group home, John Garcia, told the Houston Chronicle that the man had a history of mental illness and had been living at the house about 18 months. Garcia said the man had told him that he lost a leg above the knee and all of one arm when he was hit by a train.

"He sometimes would go off a bit, but you just ignore it," Garcia told the newspaper.

Silva identified the officer as Matthew Jacob Marin, a five-year veteran of the department. He was immediately placed on three-day administrative leave, which is standard in all shootings involving officers.

Houston police records indicate that Marin also fatally shot a suspect in 2009. Investigators at the time said Marin came upon a man stabbing his neighbor to death at an apartment complex and opened fired when the suspect refused to drop the knife.

On Saturday, Marin and his partner arrived at the group home around 2:30 a.m. Silva said there were several people at the house at the time. The caretaker who called police waited on the porch while the officers went inside, she said.

"It was close quarters in the area of the house," Silva said. "The officer was forced into an area where he had no way to get out."

Are you fucking kidding me? Texas stupidity shows no limits.

[Salodin]

Pens are serious business man, some one comes rolling at you with a pen you gotta defend yoself

[Rhinox]

why not tazer the guy?

do Houston cops not carry tazers?

[Stumblingdrunk]

Are you fucking kidding me? Texas stupidity shows no limits.

Fuck you hippie! The man had a pen!

[Rhinox]

Well lets not rush to judgement. Lets wait for Melena and Plow to come in here to explain how the other cop had no choice.

[Guyverarmor]

Well lets not rush to judgement. Lets wait for Melena and Plow to come in here to explain how the other cop had no choice.

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[hey]

This guy saved his partners life! He's a hero!