Shooting of the Day
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- shellie0
I just left Tulsa Oklahoma for New York. I was visiting my boyfriend's family right down the road from the crutcher shooting. I drive that street all the time in cars that are likely to break down in a similar fashion. It's not a terribly poor area but people are still trying to do a lot with a little there. Im not surprised a shooting like this happened here. I really hope things don't get out of hand. The mid west really needs an image shift. This place is full of wonderful people too.
- one of the most alarming things was what the guy in the helicopter said moments before the shooting. Disgusting.Ramanisky2
- ^yupmoldero
- ^^ I read one pov that the chopper guy said "bad dude' because he could see he wasn't following orders to stop.Gnash
- Yeah big black dude walking slowly with his hands up ... Fuck outta here Gnash.Ramanisky2
- I guess, just what I read. he's walking away from a cop that telling him to stop walking away.Gnash
- Gnash, if police can bring in the chelsea bombing suspect in without killing him, they can take down a so many of these situations the same way and deal withshellie
- Whatever noncompliance they're talking about in a non lethal way. As a black female tour manager, ive been harrassed by cops for as little as a broken tail lighshellie
- ^ you're right, I don't doubt that at all. I was only taking about what the chopper guy said - his comment may have been directed at the non-complianceGnash
- Ramanisky21
Here we go again
Washington state police said late Friday that 4 people are dead following a shooting near the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington - ABCNews
- Ramanisky21
Here we go again
Washington state police said late Friday that 4 people are dead following a shooting near the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington - ABCNews
- instrmntl3
It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine for the renowned private investigator known for busting reality TV series “Bridezillas” star Anita Maxwell for insurance fraud.
On location in Montrose, California, a city with just under 20,000 residents and less than one percent of them African-American, Mr. Sheppard was conducting regular surveillance of a subject while parked in his black Chevy Tahoe.
It wasn’t long before a black and white, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department cruiser materialized while Mr. Sheppard was in his car working in this city of very few Blacks.
The Tahoe Mr. Sheppard was sitting in had side and rear tinted windows and was registered and insured for $three million dollars in policy coverage.
It’s important to note that in subsequent court documents filed in federal court, Deputy Plunkett, as he was identified, had not been called to the scene by a neighbor or any other witness. No person alerted Deputy Plunkett’s station of suspicious activity in the area. He was just there.
Deputy Plunkett exited his vehicle walking along the drivers’ side of the Tahoe, with his weapon drawn. Upon seeing Deputy Plunkett’s approach, Mr. Sheppard rolled the driver’s side window down and exposed his hands, demonstrating that there was no cause for alarm.
In response to Deputy Plunkett’s question concerning his activities, Mr. Sheppard advised that he was sitting in his vehicle working. Deputy Plunkett asked, “why?” making no mention of having noticed tinted windows, nor any issue with license plates. Deputy Plunkett next asked if Mr. Sheppard was engaged as a “P.I. or something.”
Mr. Sheppard next asked Deputy Plunkett whether it appeared that Mr. Sheppard was doing something wrong to which the deputy admitted that he “did not know.”
With his weapon still drawn, Deputy Plunkett then placed his left hand on Mr. Sheppard’s left wrist. Mr. Sheppard asked Mr. Plunkett to “please remove” his hand from Mr. Sheppard’s person. Deputy Plunkett refused this request, used his radio and proceeded to ignore Mr. Sheppard’s repeated demands for the intervention of Deputy Plunkett’s Watch Commander.
As the video shows, Mr. Sheppard asked Deputy Plunkett at least eight times to call in a Watch Commander to the location.
While holding Mr. Sheppard’s wrist, Deputy Plunkett was visibly shaking, to the point that Mr. Sheppard could feel and observe the tremors emanating from Deputy Plunkett’s hand. Mr. Sheppard repeated his request that Deputy Plunkett holster his weapon.
According to Mr. Sheppard, in order to make sure that he could properly hear any commands from Deputy Plunkett, he raised his left hand in full view of the deputy and removed a Bluetooth earpiece, from his left ear. His ear was also facing Deputy Plunkett.
It’s at this point that Deputy Plunkett points his Beretta 92F at the side of Mr. Sheppard’s head toward his left temple while shouting “do not fucking be reaching.” At some point, prior to holstering his weapon, Deputy Plunkett “cocked” the hammer of his weapon, while continuing to point the weapon less than one foot from Mr. Sheppard’s temple.
It’s about this time that the videos a second deputy arriving at the location and joining Deputy Plunkett’s side. Deputy Rodriguez, as she was later identified, also had her weapon drawn, in a low ready position. A few moments later, Sergeant Hollis arrived at which point Mr. Sheppard informed Deputy Rodriguez and Sergeant Hollis of everything that had transpired to that point in time. Mr. Sheppard also advised Sergeant Hollis that he was “Code 5,” a reference to his work as a private investigator and the fact that he was actively involved in a legal investigation.
Through all of this, as the video shows, Deputy Plunkett continues to shake with his Beretta still pointed at Mr. Sheppard’s left temple. No one tells him to lower his weapon or to stand down.
Mr. Sheppard told Deputy Rodriguez and Sergeant Hollis that Deputy Plunkett still had his gun pointed at his head, despite the fact that Deputy Plunkett had neither identified nor articulated a crime in commission.
A second female deputy, later learned to be Deputy Hanson, approached the scene with Mr. Sheppard with her taser drawn. Deputy Plunkett continued to point his weapon, hand shaking, Mr. Sheppard’s left temple. Mr. Sheppard continued to strictly comply with all directives, to the best of his ability. He did have a gun pointed at his head and now a taser.
The video shows Sergeant finally advising Deputy Plunkett to stand down. Sergeant Hollis specifically asked Deputy Plunkett to explain what happened but Deputy Plunkett refuses to answer.
And while you might think that’s the end of the drama, it’s not.
Without a warrant, deputies attempted to inspect the contents of and even entered Mr. Sheppard’s vehicle. After his field frisk, Mr. Sheppard was placed into the backseat of Deputy Plunkett’s cruiser. It’s at this point that Deputy Hanson gets into the front seat of the cruiser and asks Mr. Sheppard what he was doing in the area because, according to her, Mr. Sheppard “did not belong in the area.”
Court documents and video would reveal that Los Angeles Sherriff’s deputies then actually conspired to fabricate charges on Mr. Sheppard after they realized that he was clean as was his vehicle.
“During the course of the next several minutes, the Deputies on scene conspired to concoct a citable offense against Mr. Sheppard. These law enforcement officials attempted to justify Deputy Plunkett’s actions, ex post facto. Most critically, Deputy Hanson and Deputy Ramirez drafted a citation that was ultimately signed by Deputy Plunkett. Neither Deputy Hanson nor Deputy Ramirez was willing to personally sign the citation, after engaging in a lengthy discussion concerning the contents of said citation. As she was attempting to creatively fashion charges to be brought against Mr. Sheppard within the aforementioned citation, Deputy Hanson stated, ‘please, just let me taser him!’”
None of this would be known today if Mr. Sheppard had not been a P.I. on a surveillance job. For whatever reason, once the deputies learned that he was a legitimate private investigator in the middle of a legal investigation—they never thought that he might have devices recording audio or video.
Mr. Sheppard was not arrested. He was given one ticket for tinted windows and no license plate. His Tahoe did have a temporary registration in the windshield and paper license plates on the back of the vehicle as required by law at the time of the incident.
On April 20, 2015, Mr. Sheppard filed a civil lawsuit in federal court for violation of his constitutional rights, assault, battery, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and various other charges.
The trial took place last week in Los Angeles September 13 through September 15 before the Honorable S. James Otero. After hearing the evidence and viewing a small portion of the video evidence provided by Mr. Sheppard, a jury of 8 persons found in favor of the sheriff’s department.
Mr. Sheppard plans to appeal the verdict. He is currently working on the Suge Knight murder case and two high profile cases of deaths involving the Los Angeles Police Department—Ezell Ford who shot and killed in South L.A. in 2014 by the LAPD and Wakiesha Wilson who died while in the custody of the LAPD on Easter Sunday.
It is unknown whether any of the Crescenta Valley Station deputies on scene faced disciplinary action.
- http://www.jasmyneac…instrmntl
- Sheppard is very lucky to be alive. That deputy wanted squeeeeeeze that trigger so so badly. Man that was tense.Ramanisky2
- https://www.youtube.…utopian
- Finger on the trigger, not good. Completely unnecessary in that situation.IRNlun6
- was this cop get his training on a gangster movie set?yurimon
- after watching that vid how could a jury find in favour of the sheriffs dept? that cop should be behind a desk, not dealing with humansGnash
- The more I see the less respect I have for police. The training is ridiculous.formed
- depends on who you pick for the jury. does jury system work with a dumbed down population?yurimon
- Dude: you hands are shaking, please stop point that gun at my head.
Fuck me.sofakingback - If the jury is sympathetic to law enforcement or military background. If I showed this to my law enforcement friends they would praise this ass wipe as a herosofakingback
- if police were firemen they would run around starting fires all daybliznutty
- Tldr********
- utopian2
- according to the graph, the cops have better aim when shooting whitesGnash
- lol, derptopia.yurimon
- Asian!!!pango
- lol gnash_niko
- basically, the race ladderdrgs
- I want to see the same graph but with the number of crimes for each peopleBennn
- ^ and then lay the chances of good eduction in the us on top of them ;)mekk
- exactlyBennn
- Race bias deniers are the new climate change deniers.CyBrainX
- i wasnt deniing btw. its purely mathematical and statistical. when you analyse numbers, you need a whole portrait.Bennn
- http://www.dailystor…drgs
- http://human-stupidi…drgs
- Benn, didn't anyone ever tell you that facts and figures are racist********
- facts are bad, they don't care about your feelingsGnash
- maybe white people's skin reflects more light that's why it's easier to spot and aim at?pango
- yurimon-9
- instrmntl3
Houston Strip Mall Shooting Leaves 9 Injured, Suspect Dead
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-n…- https://lintvwavy.fi… Her husband got grazed by a bullet through windshield.Ramanisky2
- A Tommy Gun with 2,600 rounds of live ammunition. Wake up white people!utopian
- Nathan Desai Found To Be Wearing Nazi Paraphernalia At Time Of Shooting.
Just one of Trump's good oldé boys.utopian
- instrmntl2
Police shot man 1 minute after arrival at scene
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime…- He died.instrmntl
- hero cops threadsarahfailin
- http://www.trbimg.co…Gnash
- ^ the moment the shot was fired.Gnash
- the guy had his hands in his pocket, pulled them out and point at the cop like he had a gun. apparently the whole thing is on videoGnash
- That was a poor decision then.instrmntl
- One cop was going to taze him, but the other cop decided to kill him. I can't stand how people make excuses for needless death.formed
- it may have been needless but they both fired at the same time -- as soon as the guy pointed what he wanted them to think was a gun at them.Gnash
- as a cop are you gonna turn to your buddy with the taser and ask him if he's got it?Gnash
- he wanted to get shotdbloc
- utopian1
El Cajon police say black man was holding vape smoking device in hand when officers fatally shot him.
- ^Gnash
- what the fuck is he doing pointing? anyone could get shot doing this. use some common sense peoplehotroddy
- only in muricuhmoldero
- I'd rather live in america where it's relatively safe compared to central america and south america counterparts.hotroddy
- at least american cops have balls to go into the hood. en cambio la policia no se atreve entrar en los barrios.hotroddy
- don't point anything at a cop. this was death by cop.dbloc
- ^^ lol really? I'd rather live in Mexico, El Salvador o Costa Rica than in Gringoland. Cops there only go as far as taking your wallet if no one is watching.VectorMasked
- They don't go around shooting and ending livesVectorMasked
- So... is this the fist vape related death?pango
- vector masked?? police won't show up period. https://www.google.c…hotroddy
- google link didn't work:
http://www.worldatla…hotroddy - https://www.google.c…hotroddy
- i'm from Venezuela and you don't leave your house at night. Bars are on every window of your home. Even if you are on the 20th story window.hotroddy
- and the police don't give a fuck and won't show if you call them.hotroddy
- If I pointed a vape like of was a gun at police in the states I'd fully expect to be shot. Fucking stupid idiot. Darwin is proud.********
- we get it, you vapemekk
- Vape kills.pango
- More police are going to die, trust/respect will continue to plummet.formed
- Hotrooddy. I don't know anything about venezuela, but I do know about El salvador, Mexico and Costa Rica and people DO live their lives regardless of the time.VectorMasked
- The issue here is that on these three countries the police does not go crazy shooting and murdering citizens.VectorMasked
- Whatever insecurity there might be in these three countries it is because of criminals and scumbags that prefer to break into a house than to get a job.VectorMasked
- Police brutality is not a rampant problem in these countries (which is this topic here), but it is in the US. In these three countries corruption is a problem...VectorMasked
- but that corruption means that when you get stopped by a corrupt officer, they will discreetly try to get you to give them 20 bucks. But they won't shoot you.VectorMasked
- I don't know anything about police enforcement rules... but in Mexico officers have to pay for each bullet they waste. maybe they should do that in Gringoland.VectorMasked
- Maybe that's what they need to get their officers to stop shooting the "so-called" minorities" aka... Black and Latino.VectorMasked
- For the problems reported, considering the States is 330-350mil+ people, I would take my statistical chances there any day vs, central/south americaETM
- utopian2
Officer Kills Unarmed Black Man Having a Seizure
- lets make this go viral before the facts come in so we can burn down more cities.hotroddy
- last dude was shot for holding a book.. correct? and we burned down a whole city before we realized it was indeed a gun.hotroddy
- At one point, the male rapidly drew an object from his front pants pocket, placed both hands together on it, extended it rapidly towards the officer, taking whadbloc
- t appeared to be a shooting stance, putting the object in the officer's face.dbloc
- if he was really having a seizure it's just an unfortunate situation for both.dbloc
- the dude in NC had ptsd syndrome which was an excuse for not complying. the cops aren't psychatrists nor medical doctors.hotroddy
- just helpless without 16 bullets to unload on any "suspect" that movesformed
- sure, let's judge by actions of one rotten cophotroddy
- i wonder if media would have reported if it was a white dude or asian dude shot 16 times.. probably not because there is no sensationalism there.hotroddy
- it's not "one" "bad" cop, it's training across the country. Do you watch the news? It happens all the time now, no changes to policy or trainingformed
- instrmntl1
Sheriff's Spox: All Involved In School Shooting Were White, So No Terrorism
http://crooksandliars.com/2016/0…- that's not exactly the connection he made, though. Perhaps they had already determined there was no terrorism involvedGnash
- ********4
- looks like a good read, thanksmoldero
- np, the guy has some serious insight into violence and it's relationship with our cultural values, i was most impressed with how unbiased he was, most people t********
- -alking about this subject devolve into either macho chest thumping or idealistic pacifist drivel, he walked the line with great poise********
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- BusterBoy0
Bloody sickening. A bunch of cops with dogs, AR15s and god knows what else corner a 15 year old kid high on LSD.
Just shoot the fucker in the legs if you have to. This is absolutely pathetic.
- wtffadein11
- fubarBluejam
- ffs what is happening to law enforcement in the US? total overkill in every respect. tased, shot, mauled by a dog, tased again. and how many plods?hans_glib
- and I thought I had bad tripsmoldero
- what a bunch of pussiesmoldero
- "Happy Thanksgiving MuriKKA"
- With Love The NRA & GOPutopian - Trump will make this all stop. Believe him.monospaced
- WHAT. THE. FUCK. IS. WRONG. WITH. THESE. CUNTS?! How did they get from "Lucas, come out buddy.." to "I have lethal coverage" to *dead* .. in under a minute?!detritus
- America - 'land of the free'
That tagline is undeserved and needs to be stripped. Total Police State.detritus - OBAMA'S watch... thank D'bomba for this shit...PonyBoy
- thanks Obama!moldero
- This is sickening. They will burn in hell. Oh yes there's hell. Specifically for these kind of people.Beeswax
- sureshot1
- Gunman 'dead' at Ohio State University shootingsureshot
- thanks Obamamoldero
- Michigan fan?pinkfloyd
- live http://www.usatoday.…sureshot
- yeah was thinking Jim Harbaugh lol_niko
- lolpinkfloyd
- He wasnt a gunman. He just had a knife.CygnusZero4
- damnmonospaced
- No Cygnus.
https://twitter.com/…sureshot - thanks drumpfVectorMasked
- < not a shooting. we obviously need to ban cars and knivesbliznutty
- https://upload.wikim…pinkfloyd
- After the election, terrorists realized middle america was a better targetpinkfloyd
- pinkfloyd0
Suspect Identified in Ohio State Attack as Abdul Razak Ali Artan
- Gnash0
CNN Banner "Investigators looking into possible motives"
Didn't Abdul pretty much spell it out on his Facebook?
- next they'll be talking about what 'we could have done' to make him feel more comfortable praying in public. could we have stopped this? /sGnash
- ISLAMAPHOBIA !!! This post contradicts my talk radio informed feels. I must now find a public space in which to self flagellate********
