‘Police Chief Gorden Eden insists that the use of lethal force against a homeless man in the foothills was justified because the officers had no choice. The homeless victim in the video, 38-year-old James M. Boyd, was being served a $10 citation for camping in the foothills when he was killed by police last Sunday. The two officers who fired shots, Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez, remain on paid leave.’ Read more … Autopsy shows Texas cop fired fatal shot from close range into sarcastic student’s back ‘A Texas college student likely died from a gunshot wound to his back after making a sarcastic remark to the campus police officer who killed him. Autopsy results show 23-year-old Cameron Redus was shot five times at close range by Cpl. Christopher Carter, a University of Incarnate Word police officer, during an early morning Dec. 6 traffic stop near the San Antonio campus. KENS-TV reported that the autopsy performed the following day showed Redus, a student at the private Catholic university, was shot in the back, left eye, upper chest, left elbow, and right hip. While the locations of the five shots had been previously known, autopsy results released Thursday to the TV news station revealed new details.’ Read more … Autopsy shows Clinton man was shot by deputies seven times, then handcuffed ‘An autopsy report released Friday confirms a Cheyenne and Arapaho man was shot seven times in a confrontation with deputies at his Clinton home on Dec. 21. Mah-hi-vist Goodblanket, 18, had gunshot wounds on his head, chest, abdomen and right arm, according to a report by the office of the chief medical examiner. All the bullets recovered were similar .45-caliber hollow-point. His death was ruled a homicide. Custer County District Attorney Dennis Smith said his office will announce its decision on whether the shooting was justified in a week to 10 days.’ davidicke/headlines/police-kill-homeless-man-for-camping-in-the-foothills/
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 16:00:01 +0000
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