Deputy fatally shoots assailant after struggle for gun
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RIVERSIDE - A convicted felon was fatally shot by a deputy outside a park restroom after attacking the lawman and trying to take possession of his gun, according to a Riverside County Sheriff's Department report that concludes the shooting was justified.
While on the ground, Castillo, who was behind the (deputy), wrapped his legs around his lower body and began choking him," the narrative states. "Castillo then attempted to remove the (deputy's) duty weapon from its holster. At that moment, the deputy was in fear for his life and believed he was engaged in a life-or-death struggle."
The deputy yelled for help from bystanders as he fought to get out of a headlock, but no one came to his aid, according to the report.
No word yet if the deceased felon had any family resemblance to any politician.
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Since it happened in California, I am sure that none of the witnesses were armed with a handgun. Since, I wonder why no one helped the exhausted deputy?
Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!"......George Will
I lived in CA for a year and half about 15 years ago. I witnessed a horrific crash on the way to work and stopped to help until medical help arrived. My director berated me for stopping to help. I vividly remember her repeatedly asking me "why would you do that?" I responded by saying wouldn't you want someone to stop and help you? She could not understand someone stopping to help someone who was hurt. Different culture there: Me, Myself and I.
rtschl wrote:I lived in CA for a year and half about 15 years ago. I witnessed a horrific crash on the way to work and stopped to help until medical help arrived. My director berated me for stopping to help. I vividly remember her repeatedly asking me "why would you do that?" I responded by saying wouldn't you want someone to stop and help you? She could not understand someone stopping to help someone who was hurt. Different culture there: Me, Myself and I.
Ron
I was born in CA and lived there until I was 25. Both the northern foothills and also lived in Southern California as well. People don't stop and help usually. I remember the shock when I helped a lady push her car off to the side of the road (stalled in the middle of the intersection). Really, in most parts of Southern California you DON'T want somebody to stop and help you, it probably means they're going to mug you.
As far as not helping a LEO in trouble I don't really get that. I think most of my friends would do what they could but we were all pretty a-typical Californians maybe.
rtschl wrote:I lived in CA for a year and half about 15 years ago. I witnessed a horrific crash on the way to work and stopped to help until medical help arrived. My director berated me for stopping to help. I vividly remember her repeatedly asking me "why would you do that?" I responded by saying wouldn't you want someone to stop and help you? She could not understand someone stopping to help someone who was hurt. Different culture there: Me, Myself and I.
Ron
I was born in CA and lived there until I was 25. Both the northern foothills and also lived in Southern California as well. People don't stop and help usually. I remember the shock when I helped a lady push her car off to the side of the road (stalled in the middle of the intersection). Really, in most parts of Southern California you DON'T want somebody to stop and help you, it probably means they're going to mug you.
As far as not helping a LEO in trouble I don't really get that. I think most of my friends would do what they could but we were all pretty a-typical Californians maybe.
This is the culture deliberately cultivated by the left --only "professionals" are supposed to do anything. The objective is to foster dependency on the State. When people do these "professional" things for themselves, they tend to conclude that a lot of government is unnecessary.
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The deputy yelled for help from bystanders as he fought to get out of a headlock, but no one came to his aid, according to the report.
A sheriff's air unit observed the action on the ground, and the pilots attempted to land but were unable to find a clear spot because of the number of people, and instead called for all available deputies to assist the embattled lawman, sheriff's officials said.
Just so I'm clear... The officer is yelling for help from bystanders, and yet no one helps. The helicopter is trying to land, but there are so many people gathered around watching that the pilot can't put the bird down. This baffles me to no end. Enough people standing around and no one can help the policeman? Makes you wonder what kind of neighborhood they were in. I've heard of the kind of neighborhood where the "locals" would stand around and cheer at the sight of a downed officer. If this is the type of world we live in, I'm sick, and saddened, that my children will grow up in it.
Put me down as someone who would have come forward and helped the officer in anyway I could, even if it meant harm coming to myself as a result.
Kawabuggy wrote:The deputy yelled for help from bystanders as he fought to get out of a headlock, but no one came to his aid, according to the report.
A sheriff's air unit observed the action on the ground, and the pilots attempted to land but were unable to find a clear spot because of the number of people, and instead called for all available deputies to assist the embattled lawman, sheriff's officials said.
Just so I'm clear... The officer is yelling for help from bystanders, and yet no one helps. The helicopter is trying to land, but there are so many people gathered around watching that the pilot can't put the bird down. This baffles me to no end. Enough people standing around and no one can help the policeman? Makes you wonder what kind of neighborhood they were in. I've heard of the kind of neighborhood where the "locals" would stand around and cheer at the sight of a downed officer. If this is the type of world we live in, I'm sick, and saddened, that my children will grow up in it.
Put me down as someone who would have come forward and helped the officer in anyway I could, even if it meant harm coming to myself as a result.
I don't know what would happen there today, but 30 years ago in London I observed a " Bobby" call for help while trying to subdue a thug in "the Tube," and several men on the largely vacant platform jumped right into the fray to help him, while another ran to summon more police.
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VMI77 wrote:This is the culture deliberately cultivated by the left --only "professionals" are supposed to do anything. The objective is to foster dependency on the State. When people do these "professional" things for themselves, they tend to conclude that a lot of government is unnecessary.
This reminds me of a story a friend told me a couple months ago. She was riding to work in a vanpool and the van had a flat tire. A couple of people got out to change the tire and were stopped by the police. The LEO told them it was too dangerous and ordered them back in the van to wait until the "professionals" came to fix it. She thought it was rather ironic that most of the people in the vanpool were mechanical engineers.
