In Kay County, OK a district judge tossed a stupid indictment by that county’s DA. The indictment charged a Blackwell LT with murder/manslaughter after he shot and killed a crazed woman who was driving around town shooting a semi-automatic pistol.
As the cops were trying to stop her she shot at the police cars. One car was disabled after a round went through the radiator. It’s obvious to everybody, except the DA that this nutjob was going to continue her deadly activities until she was 10-7ed.
Well that’s exactly what happened. The LT put an end to her foolishness. As per usual the case was investigated by the OK B of I and a couple other agencies. The investigations revealed NO excessive use of force and the shooting was within the law and department policy.
The dumb azz DA opened a can of worms. The community and national support has been nothing less than stellar. Check out FB page “We Stand For John Mitchell.”
By the way the DA’s number is 580-362-2571. Give him a call, I’m sure he’d be glad to hear from ya.
Peace
www.KenJDye.com
BUCKLE UP, WEAR YOUR VEST, TURN ON YOUR CAMERA, STAY SAFE and deadly if you must!
Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985), is a civil case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that, under the Fourth Amendment, when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect, the officer may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless “the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others.”[1]
Got it, check out the next “Cop’s Perspective” I’ll use that decision to explain to some dumb-azz prosecutor, soros funded, wanted to charge cos with murder, attempted murder. Not so fast said the Judge. Seems like judges are getting more involved in cop shooting cases. Some good (most) some not so good. I.E. Joe Mensah in Wauwatosa, WI. Keep the faith, Stay Safe. Ken