Two Green Berets Shot, One killed by a Cop that said He Feared for his Life.
A Robbins, North Carolina cop that said "I feared that they were trying to kill me," after shooting and killing 1st Lt. Tallas Tomeny and wounding Sgt. Stephen Phelps. The two Green Berets were in civilian clothes during a training exercise.
Butler, the executioner cop, claimed to have been unaware of the yearly off-base exercise. He stopped a pickup carrying the two soldiers who were wearing jeans and flannel shirts. The soldiers had a duffel bag containing a disassembled rifle in the back of their pickup truck.
Thinking the deputy was part of their role-playing exercise, the one of the soldiers tried to disarm him after being maced. Officials said Butler will not be charged.
This story was reported by CNN, the AP and the Boston Globe.
Boston Cop Could Face Criminal Charges after Fatal Shooting
According to the Boston Globe, "For the first time in more than a decade, a Boston police officer could face criminal charges after using deadly force in a fatal shooting. Police and Suffolk County prosecutors said yesterday they will convene a grand jury to investigate the death of Willie L. Murray Jr."
A man sitting in the front seat beside Willie Murray Jr. when he was shot described the terrifying moment. He said he watched as West shoved the barrel of his gun in the crack of Murray's opened window, ordered him to open the door. Murray was shot after his foot slipped off the brake and the car rolled forward.
The grand jury probe was a rare move that may put the case into the hands of a civilian jury. The Boston Globe stated that this is the first time since 1991 that a Boston Police officer will face criminal charges in a fatal shooting.
Police Shot Son in Back Mother Says
A The Boston Globe article reported that a the mother of a Mattapan teenager, after seeing the medical report on her son, claims he was shot in the back last summer without justification by Boston police.
Carline Seide-Murphy said the Boston Police first reported that her son suffered a fatal wound to the abdomen. The medical report said her 19-year-old son, Rene Romain, was shot in the back July 15 at the Mattapan Square T station.
The police said Romain had threatened two officers with a knife.
Xianqing Cao Executed by Cop Who Put Gun in Contact With Temple
A Michigan cop, wearing a bullet proof vest, came up to a greviously wounded Xianqing Cao, put his gun in contact with Xianqing Cao's temple (according to the autopsy report) and pulled the trigger.
The offical excuse is that a cop can use deadly force if he feels his life is threatened. How can a cop think his life is threatened if he is wearing a bullet proof vest and his gun is in contact with the temple of the man he is trying to arrest? The Michigan government has just given new meaning to the word stupid!
In Michigan, if the cops think that someone is guilty, they can execute him without the courts even bringing the cop to trial.
Dr. Jane Cao, wife of the executed Xianqing Cao, has a wonderful site at http://www.caofund.org/. It's OK to send contributions and help her, she is doing a wonderful, and heroic, service for America by her efforts to make her state government accountable for police brutality.
