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Killed by Batman should be his epitaph. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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| Only dead fish go with the flow  |
Equally disturbing is that there is no shortage of people who will follow orders without thought or question. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Some of you guys act as if this is something new. | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
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[/QUOTE]It is very difficult to remove sheriffs in Tennessee. They are elected officials and unless he is convicted of something or decides to quit, he will almost certainly finish his term.[/QUOTE] A federal Civil rights investigation could always come into play. The Sheriff does not have total immunity,even if the local DA does nothing. _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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From the White County TN website. Snip: Sheriff Shoupe has a philosophy of zero tolerance towards the criminal element, which has been embraced by deputies and community alike. No shit! Driving on a suspended? Shoot to kill! "Low speed chase" Guess they can't afford spike sticks? Link with Sherriff's photo. http://whitecosheriff.org/ Collecting dust. | |||
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Check him out. This guy has been into crap for years. He and a local judge were offering reduced sentences to criminals for voluntary neutering. | |||
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All LE Agencies these days have a mission statement, in this case outlined just under the Sheriffs online photo. I don't think he read it. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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I'm late to the thread, but... well... that was funny!  God bless America. | |||
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I think it scares me more that the deputies did it than that the sherrif said it. _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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While I agree the sheriff's comments were foolish and unprofessional, and that Dial should not have been shot, the sheriff and the deputies will likely be protected by Scott v. Harris: https://www.supremecourt.gov/o...ns/06pdf/05-1631.pdf | |||
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If the driver was not a deadly threat to anyone, I do not understand how the sheriff or deputies could legally shoot him. I did not read the Scott v. Harris, though. I suspect losing his job will be the least of his problems. -c1steve | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
The news article is written to absolutely inflame. From what I have read in other sources, this was justified. Sheriff was a dumbass for saying anything like that in any position where it could be recorded, though. Which I understand was said and recorded after the event occurred, not given verbatim as an order to kill him.
The suspect had already engaged in lethal force, according to the SCOTUS's prior rulings, this is pretty clear cut. http://herald-citizen.com/stor...ed-in-shooting,21545 You can hear the sheriff giving the order to use lethal force if necessary on the video: Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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Sheriff is a total ass-hat for acting like that. That being said, there is standing case law where SCOTUS basically says that running from the police in a vehicle is such an inherently dangerous act that deadly force may be authorized just because you're running. I'm NOT saying that this is one of those cases, just that there's something out there on similar circumstances. https://www.supremecourt.gov/o...pdf/14-1143_f20h.pdf Sheriff is still an ass-hat. ****************************** May our caskets be made of hundred-year oak, and may we plant those trees tomorrow. | |||
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A Grateful American |
I'd vote for him in the next election. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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