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The armed man, however, was identified as Richard "Gary" Black Jr. by Siddhartha Rathod, a lawyer representing his family's estate.
Rathod told ABC News "a naked man kicked down the door to the house, entered the house, and was found choking Black Jr.'s 11-year-old grandson," strangling the boy in the bathtub. That boy's father, Black's stepson, went in and began wrestling with the naked man. Both he and Black were trying to save the boy.
"Mr. Black goes and gets his sidearm and shoots the intruder and saves his grandson," Rathod said. "Mr. Black walks out of the bathroom to see other individuals who had also come in the home. Black's wife had called the police and ran outside. She specifically told the police what her husband was wearing and there was a naked man attacking her grandson. Mr. Black walks out and is shot by police."
Rathod said police fired from outside the home while Black was still inside the home. The officer who shot Black is on paid administrative leave, as is standard.
this was a murder and the cop should be arrested and jailed
Also to note he was only the home borrower...remember that. You're only renting from the government. Property taxes now include a few slugs in your body...I guess.
Also to note he was only the home borrower...remember that. You're only renting from the government. Property taxes now include a few slugs in your body...I guess.
Oh yeah--I'm just using terms statists would understand.
I can't wait to see if "retiredcop" and some of the other apologists chime in and try to justify this.
While I'm sure that most of us feel exactly as you do, there are still reasonable steps that must be followed so as not to violate his rights and cause the charges to be dismissed. Due diligence, gather facts, then act.
Paid administrative leave will turn to unpaid leave, then charges being filed.
The union has nothing to do with it. We have no unions here and follow the exact same procedure.
While I'm sure that most of us feel exactly as you do, there are still reasonable steps that must be followed so as not to violate his rights and cause the charges to be dismissed. Due diligence, gather facts, then act.
Paid administrative leave will turn to unpaid leave, then charges being filed.
The union has nothing to do with it. We have no unions here and follow the exact same procedure.
If a construction worker, oil field worker, truck driver, etc. was negligent enough to kill someone, do you really think they'd be put on paid leave? Of course not--they'd be fired immediately.
Why an officer's gun was drawn and pointing at a man opening his own door is beyond me but there ya go.
At least they knocked first. Kind of interesting because I don't know too many burglars who open the door for guests when they are looting a home.
Been in the CJ field for quite awhile too.
*shrug*
Yeah--that was jacked up. I mean--who wouldn't know Ving Rhames?
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