[twisted]

Houston officer kills double amputee in wheelchair - Yahoo! News

I really don't know what to say on this one. It really confounds me to know that a cop could feel threatened buy a double amputee with a pen in a wheel chair. When will this kind of abuse of power stop?

 

[Dieter122]

It does sound pretty bad..

 

[varmint]

not enough information....no comment

 

[Darthgamer138]

not enough information....no comment

I agree. Despite what they want you to jump to "Double amputee in a Wheelchair" does NOT equate to "not a threat."

Plus, this is Yahoo news. Given just the news we have seen from them THIS WEEK, this is probably less than newsworthy.

 

[SomeSoldier]

Holding my opinion until more info becomes available.

 

[PA Guns & Ammo]

Still going to wonder how a one armed, one legged man corners a person in a room. This does not look good for the Houston police. Let us hope the victim was not black because you know what will happen next.

James

 

[fullmags]

Try to stab an officer with ANYTHING. Count on something horrible happening to you. Now thats said, I agree that I can make no decision on this until more about what happened is know.

 

[nessman]

I don't see a happy ending for this officer. You got a one armed, one legged guy in a wheelchair waving around a pen "inches" from the officer. What's he gonna do - go all Stephen Hawking on the officer? Couldn't the officer just back up a few steps?

 

[RDFABSREP]

I don't see a happy ending for this officer. You got a one armed, one legged guy in a wheelchair waving around a pen "inches" from the officer. What's he gonna do - go all Stephen Hawking on the officer? Couldn't the officer just back up a few steps?

You can't back up if you're in a corner, and last I knew, a pen can pierce flesh.

The article said the guy was mentally ill, beligerant and the room was cramped/close-quarters. Like everyone else has said...really hard to pass judgement without more details.

 

[nessman]

You can't back up if you're in a corner, and last I knew, a pen can pierce flesh.

The article said the guy was mentally ill, beligerant and the room was cramped/close-quarters. Like everyone else has said...really hard to pass judgement without more details.

Yeah - but come on... whatever happened to the continuum of force? Sure - a pen can cause a puncture wound - I get that, but there's pepper spray, taser, a whack on the head with an ASP baton. Psychiatric hospital staffers get injured all the time - but they're not shooting patients either.

 

[DystruktoBoi1]

With the information so far I have to say the officer was wrong, he coulda kicked the wheelchair backwards, the guy had one arm and police are trained to restrain people with 4 functioning limbs who are standing up. Hopefully more information proves this to be more in the officers favor.

 

[NirvanaFan]

Yeah - but come on... whatever happened to the continuum of force? Sure - a pen can cause a puncture wound - I get that, but there's pepper spray, taser, a whack on the head with an ASP baton. Psychiatric hospital staffers get injured all the time - but they're not shooting patients either.

Since when can psychiatric staffers carry firearms?

 

[nessman]

Since when can psychiatric staffers carry firearms?

That's my point. They can't. Yet they're assaulted by patients on an everyday basis.

So it's OK for a defenseless mental hospital staffer to be assaulted, but not a police officer? That's where I'm having a big problem with this.

OK - so the police officer was cornered by the guy in a wheelchair. How'd he get cornered in the first place? His partner couldn't have pulled the wheelchair away?

I just don't see a good outcome for the officer who fired the shot when the grand jury and/or internal investigation is done.

 

[Ivan the Ogre]

have we all forgotten about the trouble caused by all of those pesky one armed men? missing one arm and one leg would make things twice as bad right?

 

[Darthgamer138]

have we all forgotten about the trouble caused by all of those pesky one armed men? missing one arm and one leg would make things twice as bad right?

Reminds me of Reno 911. A note written to the officers on a napkin:

Officers, there are 2 armed men inside!..."Well I hope there are 2 armed men, a 1 armed man can't make a taco!"

 

[nessman]

Don't forget about this guy...

Monty Python-The Black Knight - YouTube

 

[THE RAVEN]

I am in a wheelchair and paralized from the waist down with no feeling.......If someone is going to shoot me,better hit me high because if you shoot me in the lower area,i'm gonna stick my finger in the hole and it's only gonna piss me off.....!!

 

[THE RAVEN]

On a more serious note.....I fully expect to get what I deserve,if I screw up bad enough to draw fire from the police then so be it.....I am,and never will be the type to hide behind my disability under any circumstance..!

 

[Rome]

Yeah - but come on... whatever happened to the continuum of force? Sure - a pen can cause a puncture wound - I get that, but there's pepper spray, taser, a whack on the head with an ASP baton. Psychiatric hospital staffers get injured all the time - but they're not shooting patients either.

Completely agree. Overuse of force by the police has become a very serious problem, evidenced by countless articles and youtube videos. There were certainly other options available to the shooting cop.

 

[waldershrek]

Why is mental illness a free pass to act like an idiot? If somebody is mentally ill to the point they can't control themselves and act out then somebody better put them in the nut house where they belong and they aren't out causing problems. Pisses me off when the media makes a big deal about the guy being mentally ill, like he should be given a break or something.