"We would have shot him more"
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"We would have shot him more"
A fugitive gunman accused of killing a Florida sheriff?s deputy was shot 68 times by SWAT team officers who found him hiding in the woods, according to autopsy results.
Police fired 110 shots at Angilo Freeland, 27, the target of a massive manhunt in central Florida following the shooting death of Polk County Sheriff?s Deputy Matt Williams Thursday.
?That?s all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more,? Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.
Judd said Williams was ?executed? after Freeland was pulled over in a routine traffic stop on Thursday. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed.
Williams, 39, was shot eight times?one bullet fired at close range behind the deputy?s right ear and another in his right temple, according to autopsy results released on Saturday by the sheriff?s office.
Sheriff?s officials said SWAT team members found Freeland on Friday hiding under a fallen oak tree in a wooded area near where the deputies were shot, and began firing when they saw a gun in his hand.
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Police fired 110 shots at Angilo Freeland, 27, the target of a massive manhunt in central Florida following the shooting death of Polk County Sheriff?s Deputy Matt Williams Thursday.
?That?s all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more,? Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.
Judd said Williams was ?executed? after Freeland was pulled over in a routine traffic stop on Thursday. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed.
Williams, 39, was shot eight times?one bullet fired at close range behind the deputy?s right ear and another in his right temple, according to autopsy results released on Saturday by the sheriff?s office.
Sheriff?s officials said SWAT team members found Freeland on Friday hiding under a fallen oak tree in a wooded area near where the deputies were shot, and began firing when they saw a gun in his hand.
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You know, I really hope that in becoming judge, jury, and executioner, they at least got the actual murderer.
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Sure, but if they didn't shoot him he would have escaped and killed more people. Think of it that way. Sure it's dangerous to just shoot blindly like that for someone they think "might" be the guy, but in this case it was and they saved the day.Darcus Magnus wrote:Freaky Keneaki wrote:Who cares? The fucker is dead, that's all we need to know.
You're assuming he's a fucker. They might have gotten the right guy this time, but doing this and making it okay makes it more likely for a mistake to happen in the future.
He killed a dog. A dog. The bastard deserves to burn in hell.
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Now factor in how many innocent people will be shot and killed in the same way because other law enforcement thinks it's okay to play judge. If it became okay because of issues like this not being taken care of it will very easily be much higher than how many people this guy could've killed.Freaky Keneaki wrote:Sure, but if they didn't shoot him he would have escaped and killed more people. Think of it that way. Sure it's dangerous to just shoot blindly like that for someone they think "might" be the guy, but in this case it was and they saved the day.Darcus Magnus wrote:Freaky Keneaki wrote:Who cares? The fucker is dead, that's all we need to know.
You're assuming he's a fucker. They might have gotten the right guy this time, but doing this and making it okay makes it more likely for a mistake to happen in the future.
He killed a dog. A dog. The bastard deserves to burn in hell.
I also think that it's evident these guys are off their rocker a bit when they say they would've shot him more if they could.
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Surely you train you're SWAT teams better then that... They should have been able to take him out in a non lethal capacity, and if not kill him in a couple shots...
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I wasn't trying to justify or condone the actions taken by the police. I was just pointing out why they decided to kill on sight.ace wrote:I can understand their sentement, but I certainly don't respect it.
I agree that it is an unfair double standard. And it is indicitave of a much larger problem: the fact that police "protect their own".
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That's the whole point... They could have taken him down him down in a non-lethal manner. Instead, they chose to fire countless rounds (missing nearly half the time, mind you) into him as "retribution" for the deputy this fugitive murdered earlier.perry wrote:Surely you train you're SWAT teams better then that... They should have been able to take him out in a non lethal capacity, and if not kill him in a couple shots...
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And they should face be under investigation..ace wrote:That's the whole point... They could have taken him down him down in a non-lethal manner. Instead, they chose to fire countless rounds (missing nearly half the time, mind you) into him as "retribution" for the deputy this fugitive murdered earlier.perry wrote:Surely you train you're SWAT teams better then that... They should have been able to take him out in a non lethal capacity, and if not kill him in a couple shots...
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To be fair, at least he had a gun in his hand. No, that still isn't really ok (from everything we have read, there is no sign he threatened them in any way), but it is at least marginally better than straight-up execution.
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I read a different article that said he stole the gun from the officer he killed, then raised it when the officers surrounded him in the bush he was hiding in.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061001/ap_ ... y_shooting
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061001/ap_ ... y_shooting