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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]valerief
(53,235 posts)69. That is CERTAINLY what it seems like. nt
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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