Accused Iowa cop killer Scott Michael Greene taken into custody
Source: Reuters
02 NOV 2016 AT 10:48 ET
Police in Iowa said on Wednesday they have captured a man suspected of killing two police officers hours earlier as they sat in their patrol cars in what authorities called separate and unprovoked attacks.
Scott Michael Greene, who is 46 and white, was taken into custody after police named him as their suspect in the ambushes, a police spokeswoman in Urbandale, Iowa said.
Police said they found the first slain officers body about 1:06 a.m. (2.06 a.m. ET) in Urbandale, an affluent Des Moines suburb, and the second about 20 minutes later about two miles (3 km) away, in Des Moines. Police declined to release the names of the officers awaiting notification of their families.
It was unclear what provoked Wednesdays attacks, Des Moines police department spokesman Paul Parizek told a news conference prior to Greenes arrest, adding that we may never know. But it appeared the suspect had a recent run-in with police.
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SHRED
(28,136 posts)Why...because he's white?
winetourdriver
(196 posts)They certainly won't dwell on the facts if he turns out to be a white supremacist Trump supporting right wing nutball.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Surely they can find out his motive.
The "we may never know" comment makes no sense.
Akicita
(1,196 posts)Oh hell yes. If he was black, he'd have been killed.
underpants
(182,274 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)adigal
(7,581 posts)He looks more like an alt-right person. Monster.
still_one
(91,951 posts)BumRushDaShow
(127,301 posts)because he certainly doesn't "fit the description" of what many LOE consider a "suspect".
SnowCritter
(808 posts)I work as a network and systems administrator for a sheriff's office. I was having a casual conversation with one of our deputies and he mentioned that two deputies were killed in Iowa and that all LEOs are targets. He went on to place the blame squarely on the backs of the BLM movement. When I informed him that a suspect had been arrested and that the suspect was a white male he went silent for a bit. Then he started spouting the "Soros this and Soros that" line of blather. I just said "Oh boy, here we go" and left the room. I don't try to argue with him about politics anymore - it's like playing chess with a pigeon.
Of all the deputies at the sheriff's office, he's the only RWNJ we have. Most of them are centrists, a few are like-minded lefties, and there are a couple of righties (but not in the "nut job" category).
Jim__
(14,045 posts)The cops he shot were not the cops from the video; and the "incident" was nothing.
qwlauren35
(6,112 posts)He was sane. If he gets off on a sanity plea, I'll barf.
Nobody black who shoots two white cops would be called insane. They would be called Dead.
TonyPDX
(962 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)If he had a different melanin content the cops probably would've wanted to drop a thermonuclear device on him just to ensure he couldn't get away.
whatthehey
(3,660 posts)This pseudo-insightful posturing that race is all that matters is facile at best. Cops are surely more prone to violence with black suspects, but it's so far from, forgive the artless metaphor, black and white as to be useless as a predictor in individual cases. Nowhere near all black suspects are shot on sight and nowhere near zero white ones are. Generally speaking being black increases your chance of being shot, no doubt, as does being armed at the time of your arrest, and resisting arrest and doubtless many other things.
Leontius
(2,270 posts)It's always about race all the time, even if it's not it is. Nothing else matters.
Demsrule86
(68,348 posts)And the cops took his flag...saw it posted somewhere...he is alt-reich.
Wuddles440
(1,098 posts)SunSeeker
(51,368 posts)http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/accused-iowa-cop-killer-scott-michael-greene-taken-into-custody/
Demsrule86
(68,348 posts)Demsrule86
(68,348 posts)Keep in mind...I found this on the internet and can not vouch for the veracity, but it looks like him on the video.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8266473
JI7
(89,174 posts)And i think a cop made him stop and leave.
Grins
(7,134 posts)Whut? Wait!
SunSeeker
(51,368 posts)Accused Iowa cop killer Scott Michael Greene taken into custody
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/accused-iowa-cop-killer-scott-michael-greene-taken-into-custody/