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Showing Original Post only (View all)Another Unarmed Citizen Shot Dead. 2 More Killer-cops get a PAID VACATION [View all]
Unarmed Kansas Man Shot and Killed By Police After a Verbal ExchangeBy Mike Sawyer * January 4, 2015 * The Free Thought Project
Wichita, KS Two Witchita police officers are on paid administrative leave following the shooting death of an unarmed 23-year-old man.
Interim Chief Nelson Mosley, with the Wichita Police Department, said in a press conference Sunday that police were called to a disturbance around 6:45 p.m. on Saturday.
Two officers responded and reportedly found two men inside of an SUV. Police asked both men to get out of the vehicle.
According to their report, the 44-year-old driver complied with the verbal commands of police, but the 23-year-old began a verbal argument. Police Lt. James Espinoza said the 23-year-old man engaged in a verbal exchange with the officers when he was outside the vehicle.
The argument led to the back of the police cruiser at which point they repeatedly yelled at the 23-year-old to place his hands on the vehicle, which he did not do according to the report.
Officer A then fired his taser, said Mosley at the press conference. Officers claim that the man did not respond to the taser. At this point Officer B claimed to see the suspect reach towards his waistband, so she fired 2 shots into the mans abdomen.
Upon officers arriving and meeting the man until the shots were fired was 3 minutes, said Mosley.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/unarmed-kansas-man-shot-killed-police-argumentative/#7IPhxwUtKvUcYcuL.99
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99th_Monkey
Jan 2015
OP
That's their standard claim. 'Reached for his waistband'. Does everyone carry their guns in their
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#9
I cannot understand how anyone falls for the 'reached for his waistband' when the man was unarmed.
bravenak
Jan 2015
#12
I don't get it either. I think a good part of it is the media, they do not report on the cops except
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#15
I wish people would either stop watching network news or the networks would report the news.
bravenak
Jan 2015
#20
Part of it is white reporters afraid to go into "black" neigborhoods....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#28
Actually I think it's a Corporate decision. Any kind of protest against the status quo is
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#29
They always say the story is different depending on which side you are on...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#31
bad cops know they HAVE to say they believed their life was in danger- so reaching for a gun, the
bettyellen
Jan 2015
#56
they all know, the only acceptable excuses for shooting a suspect- I think if
bettyellen
Jan 2015
#65
Yeap, Wilson said the same thing in GJ testimony even though the witness's said Brown had his hands
uponit7771
Jan 2015
#60
"Please move to the back of the police car where there is no dash cam. Thank you." BLAM!!!!! n/t
benz380
Jan 2015
#49
Are passengers required to exit vehicles? or rather, when are they required to
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#5
Good questions ... but I think vehicles are different from domiciles in this regard
99th_Monkey
Jan 2015
#6
No cars aren't like homes, the police can order the driver and passenger out of the vehicle..
PoliticAverse
Jan 2015
#7
Not the way it should be. People are taught to call the police for help.
Live and Learn
Jan 2015
#39
Betcha if he was white this wouldn't be an issue because he would still be alive.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#64
It's very easy to live under fascism if you are not one of the targeted groups.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#77
The older ones know you can serve on the NYPD for 30-40 years and never draw your gun.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#69
Last year, I suggested naming the head of the ACLU as the Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights.
Savannahmann
Jan 2015
#45