Yeah, you read that right, a 61 yr old man, in a wheelchair, shot in the back 9 times !You just cant make fhis sh** up !

 

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSeDCsttV/

I assume that the video is of the guy being shot?  I stopped watching once I realized it was potentially a pretty close-up shot of what you describe.

 

Could you perhaps link to a news article?

2 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

I assume that the video is of the guy being shot?  I stopped watching once I realized it was potentially a pretty close-up shot of what you describe.

 

Could you perhaps link to a news article?

Here's one;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59439798

15 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Here's one;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59439798

Thank you.  I may or may not watch it, but it's good to at least get a bit of background info before making the choice.

 

Possibly a similar encounter to the pest control chap in the hotel corridor.  Police convincing themselves that not following an order is a direct physical threat, no matter how vague or confusing the order.

But he had a knife.  He was on an electric cart rampage.  A lot of cops would have emptied the magazine.

Which brings me back to Thailand.  I've seen over, and over, and over again Thai cops being able to disarm machete wielding guy simply by talking with them.   I remember a Thai cop talking to a guy with a gun to give up the gun.  For all the criticism we give Thai cops - there is one area they excel - deescalation.
You never see that in the US.  Heck, people get shot for holding cell phones or nothing at all.  And the vast majority of times the cops walk.  The whole :"shoot first, ask questions later" is part of what is causing widespread social upheavals.  And it keeps happening unabated.  That was overkill, no pun intended.

Well it's Murica for something , they like shooting guns ... They could just pushed him over , since he was holding a knife , but then again those weapons need to be used .

Two things are bringing my country down, crazy people and guns and these days there's no shortage of either. 

Another victim, a great loss to society ...

 

After brandishing a knife and telling the off duty officer "if want me to put the knife down, you'll have to shoot me"  ... as he was attempting to enter a DIY store.

 

A saint, only his mother will mourn: "Richards' has a long criminal history going back to the 80s.

According to court records, he was sentenced to 10 years in 2007 for first-degree attempted murder, aggravated assault and resisting arrest for crimes that took place in the 90s.

 

Records show he was released in 2018 but then was jailed again in 2019 for "transporting illegal aliens for profit" after being stopped by Border Patrol in Nogales."

https://www.kvoa.com/news/n4t-investigators-criminal-background-richard-lee-richards/article_b56f4ecc-523e-11ec-9e5b-cbc1e7efd6ef.html

 

Geez ... did a 10 year stretch, and went right back to being a criminal, trafficking people ...

 

Many million Americans are crazy - and armed.

And it seems with all the religious nutcases and the greedy GOP it only gets worse.

I don't expect any good news from the USA. Will they ever change to the better? I have my doubts.

6 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Another victim, a great loss to society ... ????

 

After brandishing a knife and telling the off duty officer "if want me to put the knife down, you'll have to shoot me"  ... as he was attempting to enter a DIY store.

 

A saint, only his mother will mourn: "Richards' has a long criminal history going back to the 80s.

According to court records, he was sentenced to 10 years in 2007 for first-degree attempted murder, aggravated assault and resisting arrest for crimes that took place in the 90s.

 

Records show he was released in 2018 but then was jailed again in 2019 for "transporting illegal aliens for profit" after being stopped by Border Patrol in Nogales."

https://www.kvoa.com/news/n4t-investigators-criminal-background-richard-lee-richards/article_b56f4ecc-523e-11ec-9e5b-cbc1e7efd6ef.html

 

Geez ... did a 10 year stretch, and went right back to being a criminal, trafficking people ... ????

 

Might not be a great loss for society , and there's plenty more who should be in the same boat , we with too much people on this planet anyway . But that is not the way to do it , and not the way i want to police to treat people , even if they do something wrong . Why ? because the action should be equal to the threat . Meaning somebody in a wheelchair with a knife poses a risk , but certainly something a trained police should be able to handle .

Then maybe you ask why ? , well what is next , shoot somebody for speeding ? for throwing a piece of paper to the ground ?

Like i said , the man might be wrong and no loss for society , but it is not the way the police should act .

Oh, but he did 'This' in the past, he did 'That' in the past ...

Truth be told, they murdered a man in a wheelchair.

No matter how you cut it, this is not justifiable.

But it is how things are in the USA, ever since the police became a military force.

Just google the question. Many Many examples.

 

That cop is going to fired, if he hasn't been already, and prosecuted.  He won't enjoy prison.

6 hours ago, sezze said:

Might not be a great loss for society , and there's plenty more who should be in the same boat , we with too much people on this planet anyway . But that is not the way to do it , and not the way i want to police to treat people , even if they do something wrong . Why ? because the action should be equal to the threat . Meaning somebody in a wheelchair with a knife poses a risk , but certainly something a trained police should be able to handle .

Then maybe you ask why ? , well what is next , shoot somebody for speeding ? for throwing a piece of paper to the ground ?

Like i said , the man might be wrong and no loss for society , but it is not the way the police should act .

Agree, and the officer was fired, as 'should have known better' and actually against his department's 'policy'.  Looking at the vid, he could have easily just caught up to him and toppled his wheelchair.  

 

Don't mind that the 'victim' is no longer with us, but not the officer's place to pass that type of judgement.  9 shots is obviously a death sentence.  

19 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Don't mind that the 'victim' is no longer with us

Lovely

 

I know that this post will probably put the cat amongst the pigeons and earn me some haters, but so be it and so what.

 

I found this story on this site (Asean Now).       

I can't help thinking that if the guy in the wheelchair was black that I would have learned about this case through mainstream media.

I would probably be reading that the whole police department was being investigated, mainstream media would be calling for blood and Richard Lee Richards would be plastered on a freedom fighter t-shirt.

Sorry if I've crushed or damaged anyone's feelings, just saying what I feel on the matter.