More cop killing goodness....

[CrazyPsycho]

WILMINGTON, South Carolina (AP) -- A teenager accused of robbing a student of two new Playstation 3s on the day the popular game consoles were introduced was shot to death by police sent to arrest him.

Peyton Strickland, 18, was killed Friday at a house he shared with three roommates, New Hanover County Sheriff Sid Causey said.

"If this boy would've come to the door, opened the door, we probably wouldn't be talking," the sheriff said Sunday.

Strickland's dog, a German shepherd, also was shot to death.

CNN


Sigh.....

Roommate Mike Rhoton said Strickland was unarmed, but may have been holding a video game controller when he went to the door as it was bashed in by officers.

[blinden84]

he should have rapped his way out of it.

[Dids]

I thought this post was going to be about this:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...tml?source=rss

It does make an interesting counter argument. Cops being killed in these types of situations tend to be the reason why kids get shot in situations like the one in the op.

I'm not the world's biggest fan of how police tend to do their job, and obviously death's like the one in the OP are regrettable, but one of the important lessons to take from this is that when confronted with somebody who can legally make you dead, don't [censored] around.

[Bullet_Dodger]

Cop's over step their boundaries all the time?

This is news?

[onthebutton]

I'm pissed that they shot the dog.

[Hopey]

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I'm pissed that they shot the dog.

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Yeah, I have more sympathy for the dog than the douchebag thief. It's not the dog's fault that his owner was a scumbag.

[Thremp]

By-Tor,

I find it interesting you calling others who put their life on the line "pussies". I'm sure your days of playing internet poker and bullshitting on OOT make you a "real man" and a "hard ass", but some people actually work and I think they don't like "fair fights" and prefer "winning all the time".

Let me make an equation that will probably appeal to your inner nerd:

You = Douchebag

[BCPVP]

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but one of the important lessons to take from this is that when confronted with somebody who can legally make you dead, don't [censored] around.

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Was there anything in the story that suggested that the suspect "[censored]" around? The best I can find is he might have had a controller in his hand (which sounds like arse-covering to me) and that he didn't answer the door promptly enough.

[Dids]

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but one of the important lessons to take from this is that when confronted with somebody who can legally make you dead, don't [censored] around.

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Was there anything in the story that suggested that the suspect "[censored]" around? The best I can find is he might have had a controller in his hand (which sounds like arse-covering to me) and that he didn't answer the door promptly enough.

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If they had to knock in the door, I would wager yes.

The story linked hardly provides enough context and information for everybody be be assuming the cops [censored] up.

[BCPVP]

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but one of the important lessons to take from this is that when confronted with somebody who can legally make you dead, don't [censored] around.

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Was there anything in the story that suggested that the suspect "[censored]" around? The best I can find is he might have had a controller in his hand (which sounds like arse-covering to me) and that he didn't answer the door promptly enough.

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If they had to knock in the door, I would wager yes.

The story linked hardly provides enough context and information for everybody be be assuming the cops [censored] up.

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Couldn't be that he just didn't hear them, playing the PS3 too loud?

And you're quite right about the linked story not providing much. Not even enough to justify weak, blame-the-victim "lessons".