>>>ORANGE - A man has died after he was shot by an off-duty officer with the Orange Police Department during a disturbance outside an auto parts store late Monday afternoon, according to Police Chief Sam Kittrell.
James Whitehead, 28, of West Orange, was taken to a hospital by ambulance from O'Reilly Auto Parts on 16th Street in Orange at about 5 p.m. Monday.
He died a short time later at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont.>>> snip
>>>The employee said an off-duty officer with the Orange Police Department, Capt. Robert Arnold, was in the store with his daughter and witnessed the disturbance. The employee said the customer called Arnold, who is a black, a 'coon.' The employee said Arnold told the customer he didn't like him using derogatory language around the girl.
According to the employee, Capt. Arnold went outside the store to retrieve his badge from his truck so he could detain the man until police were able to respond to the 911 call about the disturbance. The employee said the customer followed Arnold outside.
Police are investigating what happened at that point to precipitate the shooting.>>>
http://www.kfdm.com/news/store-38749-orange-investigating.htmlThere still isn't enough to this story for me to know whether the cop drastically overreacted, so I can't defend his behavior... but you gotta love how some of the idiot rednecks from my hometown manage to pin this incident on.... OBAMA! Check the comments section.