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In reply to the discussion: Cops shoot six year old five times and kill him in pursuit of his father, trying to serve warrant. [View all]fasttense
(17,301 posts)27. You know it use to be policy that police would Not chase vehicles.
Because it led to so much collateral damage to non-involved civilians. But now chasing cars is back in vogue among the police. What happened? Did chases become safer? No, police have become more aggressive and belligerent.
It's not like the guy was going to disappear. And even if he ran for the border, so what? He never shot at police. He can't be all that dangerous.
Poor child had very little and they took the one thing he had been given - his life.
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Cops shoot six year old five times and kill him in pursuit of his father, trying to serve warrant. [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
Nov 2015
OP
Based on info in this link, it appears arrest warrants are NOT public information
mnhtnbb
Nov 2015
#112
I cannot believe that whatever was in the warrant justified shooting into a car with a child in it.
mnhtnbb
Nov 2015
#114
... Edmonson said .. he wasn't aware .. a warrant .. existed for Few's arrest ...
struggle4progress
Nov 2015
#147
... Louisiana state police say they cannot find any warrant for Few ...
struggle4progress
Nov 2015
#148
Not ridiculous. Evil. They had no business shooting blindly into that vehicle. n/t
pnwmom
Nov 2015
#107
It's unfair to judge him by a real-life-decision but fair to judge him by one out-of-context photo?
DetlefK
Nov 2015
#28
That has been out for a long time now, I don't know why that poster keeps repeating misinformation.
Rex
Nov 2015
#177
Why do they keep making excuses? Because they know more about the story than you do.
kcr
Nov 2015
#178
No, they didn't have a warrant. Have you offered your mea culpa, yet? You too, GOLGO 13? nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2015
#182
Deflection. You, and GOLGO 13, blamed the father. It's turned out that he was being the best...
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2015
#185
Reading the article, I don't see any statement that the father was shooting at all. n/t
pnwmom
Nov 2015
#108
Where the fuck are you? Considering the latest, shouldn't you correct your stupid comment? nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2015
#183
... Marksville Police Chief Elster Smith Jr. said during a Thursday press conference that
struggle4progress
Nov 2015
#146
our warrant system is abused by the court system & has turned into a death sentence for 'runners'
Sunlei
Nov 2015
#12
And we've accepted that, because "those people" aren't really recognized as people anymore.
ileus
Nov 2015
#16
I don't know. All I know is any warrant serving shouldn't equal a home invasion or a death sentence.
Sunlei
Nov 2015
#29
places like Fergenson local court, people get another warrent for not paying a ticket fine or missin
Sunlei
Nov 2015
#45
Thanks for the extra link, it has some updates... but they need spellcheck and a better editor!
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2015
#59
Hence my comments in that reply, about hoping there was dashcam footage..
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2015
#64
Sorry for the confusion... let me try to clear it up for you. Not being snarky, I realize that I was
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2015
#81
They're lying probably. No incentive to be honest with a crime this unimaginable.
closeupready
Nov 2015
#87
LSP: Gun not found in vehicle after officer-involved shooting that killed 6-year-old
NutmegYankee
Nov 2015
#117
Thank you for the update, I just got back home after being gone since posting earlier.. n/t
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2015
#124
Thank you for the further update and link. "Breaking" or "First Reports" are often full of errors,
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2015
#144
The police ran him into a dead end. Desperate terrified people do desperate things.
Sunlei
Nov 2015
#47
OMG! That poor child! He was also Autistic..my heart is breaking right now, at a loss for words..
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2015
#40
See tsiyu's post near top of thread. They called the dept. Couldn't get info on the warrant
Liberal_in_LA
Nov 2015
#63
why didn't they see this child in the car? from the first photo above, he appears to be head and
secondwind
Nov 2015
#71
"Thread shall now continue with lots of speculation until more facts and video footage are released"
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2015
#91
According to latest reports there was no warrant, no gun and no backing up into police cars
Fumesucker
Nov 2015
#139
uh oh.. gonna have to find drugs in dad's system or something to justify this
Liberal_in_LA
Nov 2015
#143
Odds are though the cops will pin the death on the Father, and wash their hands of it.
Lancero
Nov 2015
#115
As new information becomes available, it seems this particular thread is relevant again
LanternWaste
Nov 2015
#171
Believe me, there is much more to this story. Sad about the kid but this dad's activity is suspect.
kelliekat44
Nov 2015
#181
See now coming back to this story, it didn't make sense the cops obviously meant to murder the man
Rex
Nov 2015
#172
Cop had a festering grudge that his crush was gonna marry someone else. So he shot them,
HickFromTheTick
Nov 2015
#180