Of Course! FBI agent cleared in Florida shooting of suspect questioned about Boston bombing

[deminks]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-agent-cleared-in-florida-shooting-of-suspect-questioned-about-boston-bombing/2014/03/21/86495e94-b101-11e3-9627-c65021d6d572_story.html

A Florida prosecutor has ruled that an FBI agent was justified in using deadly force when he shot and killed a Chechen man connected to two brothers accused of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing.

Law enforcement officials said that Ibragim Todashev, 27, a mixed-martial-arts fighter, attacked the agent with a metal pole during an interview at his Orlando apartment on May 22.

FBI officials have said the male agent, who has not been identified, was acting in self-defense when he shot Todashev multiple times. The agent suffered a wound to the back of the head that required stitches. It’s not clear what first sparked the confrontation.

The investigation’s conclusion seemingly brings to an end a 10-month push by Todashev’s family and several civil rights organizations for more information about the shooting.

[randome]

1. Of course it couldn't have happened the way the agents reported, could it?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]

[atreides1]

2. FBI agents are capable of lying, too!

[randome]

3. Of course they are. I would never say they aren't.

The OP seems to reflexively believe the dead man, though. Without any of us actually being there, how are we to know the truth?

Sure, the FBI sometimes lies. Sometimes non-FBI people lie.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]

[jsr]

4. The outcome was preordained

and couldn't have been otherwise, as usual.

[struggle4progress]

5. It's gettin so you can't even attack somebody with a metal pole anymore

I predict the country will go to hell in a handbasket