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Showing Original Post only (View all)Autopsy Confirms Texas Cop Literally Killed Student for Being Sarcastic [View all]

A Texas college student died from a gunshot wound to his back after making a sarcastic remark to the campus police officer who killed him.
23-year-old Cameron Redus was shot five times at close range by Cpl. Christopher Carter, a University of Incarnate Word police officer, during a traffic stop in the early hours of December 6th 2013, near the San Antonio campus.
KENS-TV report that the autopsy performed the following day showed Redus, a student at the private Catholic university, was shot in the back, left eye, upper chest, left elbow, and right hip.
According to the medical examiner, the bullet that was the most immediately lethal entered the students back, severed his spinal cord, hit a major blood vessel in his chest, and became lodged in the sac surrounding his heart. The autopsy also found that the gunshot wound to his eye could also have been fatal.
The autopsy noted a number of wounds around the students neck, but found such contusions could have occurred when Redus was thrown to the ground or by a nearby gunshot wound.
A toxicology report found that Redus blood-alcohol content was 0.155, nearly twice the legal limit for driving in Texas, and a separate test conducted using vitreous fluid from the students eye showed a higher 0.186 level.
Redus also tested positive for trace amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol, the active component in marijuana.
The San Antonio Express-News reports that the Police say Carter spotted Redus driving erratically at around 2 in the morning, and followed the students pickup outside his jurisdiction, but the officer was authorized to arrest suspected drunken drivers anywhere in the state.
http://iacknowledge.net/autopsy-confirms-texas-cop-killed-student-for-being-sarcastic-with-5-shots-in-back-at-close-range/
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MrScorpio
Mar 2014
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Thanks for providing the image. It really helps to have a face to associate with the acts. n/t
Judi Lynn
Mar 2014
#36
Let me guess... "Stand Your Ground"?!?! Oh, wait, the dead guy isn't AA...
blkmusclmachine
Mar 2014
#5
I do not need to be told to google other sources--and the other sources I read indicate that this
niyad
Mar 2014
#23
The headline is in error, fatally shot in back, not 5 times in back. Aside from that...
uppityperson
Mar 2014
#33
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
a very enlightening article here, with carter's job history, his interaction with neighbors, etc
niyad
Mar 2014
#29