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by Lynyrd
Thu Jul 27, 2017 7:55 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Mississippi Cops shoot man at wrong address
Replies: 42
Views: 9675

Re: Mississippi Cops shoot man at wrong address

ninjabread wrote:The more I read stories like this and that murdered Sheila in Minneapolis, the more sympathy I have for the #BLM narrative.
I don't have any sympathy for any narrative that is based on race. Right is right, and wrong is wrong. A person is not more right, or more wrong if their skin is of a different color.

What angers me is that police don't get arrested and charged when they commit a crime. They get placed on administrative leave, or suspension, while their superiors investigate and decide whether or not they followed procedure. IMHO the double standard of accountability influences the mindset of those few LEO who are at high risk to commit these kind of crimes. And yes, they are crimes. Crimes against the society which they have sworn to protect and serve. Until cops are willing to instantly call a crime a crime no matter whether the perpetrator wore blue or not, this kind of problem will continue. That may be a narrow minded and uninformed opinion from someone who has never been LEO, and has no family that is LEO. But the double standard is glaringly obvious.

Rant over.

And the next time I see an LEO who needs help, I'll jump to their aid. I will not paint them all with the same brush. Doing so would make me no better than the racists who see everything through colorized lenses.
by Lynyrd
Wed Jul 26, 2017 4:37 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Mississippi Cops shoot man at wrong address
Replies: 42
Views: 9675

Re: Mississippi Cops shoot man at wrong address

Hear is an account from a local news station.

http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/359 ... rong-house
Ismael Lopez and his wife, Claudia Linares, were asleep inside their house across the street from Pearson when officers arrived.

Linares said her husband went to the door to see what was happening outside. That's when she heard gunshots and by the time she reached her husband, he was already dead.

"Bullet holes suggest they shot through the door," Wells said.

Officers said Lopez came to the door pointing a gun at them. Those officers claim to have asked Lopez multiple times to drop the gun before they started shooting.

But, neighbors said they didn't hear anything like that.

"I didn't hear yelling," neighbor Nicholas Tramel said.

Tramel's room is right next to the Lopez home. He said he never heard police tell Lopez to put his rifle down.

Wells implied that officers had reasons not to tell the truth in their account of what happened. Namely, because they could face consequences for shooting Lopez. He also said that Claudia, who was the only one on the property who could not be held responsible for shooting Lopez, did not hear any commands or instructions being given. In addition, Wells said Lopez never pointed a gun at the officers.

"There was a gun on the premises, but the man did not have the gun with him when police shot him," he said.

Wells said Claudia Lopez wants justice and for the world to know that her husband was a good man.
I understand the widow has hired an attorney. And I understand that attorneys do not always tell the truth. But if this is a true account somebody should be in jail. I support our LEO's, and have great respect for the job they do. But, they are not above the law.
by Lynyrd
Wed Jul 26, 2017 3:08 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Mississippi Cops shoot man at wrong address
Replies: 42
Views: 9675

Re: Mississippi Cops shoot man at wrong address

If I heard someone unexpectedly banging on my door and yelling in a loud voice, I would most likely answer the door with a gun in my hand. Now if that someone happened to be the cops, and they were at my house by mistake, and they shoot me because I have a gun.......
by Lynyrd
Wed Jul 26, 2017 2:39 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Mississippi Cops shoot man at wrong address
Replies: 42
Views: 9675

Mississippi Cops shoot man at wrong address

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/26/mi ... -home.html
Mississippi police officers shot a mechanic to death Sunday after the cops served an arrest warrant at the wrong residence, according to multiple media reports.
Not only did they try to server a warrant at the wrong address, they shot an innocent man while they were at the wrong address. His wife claims the police account of what went wrong isn't true. Someone got killed, no one got arrested. :mad5

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