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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 36,476

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    The officer, Bryan Mason, said the teen was reaching into his shorts for a weapon — which turned out to be a BB gun — when Mason shot and killed him. A fellow officer backed up Mason’s description of the incident, court records show. However, three civilian eyewitnesses, including a nun, said they did not see this movement, instead saying that the teen appeared to be trying to run away, according to court records.

    It was Mason’s fourth shooting — and the first fatal one — over the past six years, personnel records show. City officials said the shooting was within department policy, as they determined his previous three shootings had been, and a grand jury declined to bring charges. Mason’s attorney did not respond to calls and emails seeking comment. Mason could not be reached for comment.

    “This is never an outcome Columbus police want to see. Any loss of life is tragic, even more so when it involves a juvenile,” said Columbus Public Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr. “Each of these incidents is singular and has to be evaluated on its own merits and circumstances. Our priority every day on every call is to protect life and safety.”

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    The officer, Bryan Mason, said the teen was reaching into his shorts for a weapon — which turned out to be a BB gun — when Mason shot and killed him. A fellow officer backed up Mason’s description of the incident, court records show. However, three civilian eyewitnesses, including a nun, said they did not see this movement, instead saying that the teen appeared to be trying to run away, according to court records.

    It was Mason’s fourth shooting — and the first fatal one — over the past six years, personnel records show. City officials said the shooting was within department policy, as they determined his previous three shootings had been, and a grand jury declined to bring charges. Mason’s attorney did not respond to calls and emails seeking comment. Mason could not be reached for comment.

    “This is never an outcome Columbus police want to see. Any loss of life is tragic, even more so when it involves a juvenile,” said Columbus Public Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr. “Each of these incidents is singular and has to be evaluated on its own merits and circumstances. Our priority every day on every call is to protect life and safety.”

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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 36,476

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    Precipitated previous post. Happy now? It won't be my last time.


    Police shootings of children spark new outcry, calls for training to deal with adolescents in crisis

    A Washington Post database of fatal force incidents finds most children shot by police are minorities and less likely to be armed than adults shot by police

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    Stavian Rodriguez squeezed his 15-year-old body through the drive-through window of the Okie Gas Express convenience store, poking his hands out first so police could see they were empty. He jumped to the ground, holding his hands in the air, and then lifted his shirt to reveal a gun tucked into his front waistband. Using the tips of his thumb and index finger, Rodriguez gently pinched the end of the barrel far from the trigger — and dropped the weapon to the ground.

    As the gun hit the pavement, Rodriguez reached for his rear pocket; a volley of bullets burst out and the teenager sank to the ground, surveillance and camera footage show. Dozens of Oklahoma City police officers had responded last November to the 911 call at the convenience store, where Rodriguez was a robbery suspect. Five of them shot 13 bullets into the teen, from his head to his feet.

    He is one of 112 children who have been fatally shot by police between Jan. 1, 2015, and Monday, according to a Washington Post database that tracks fatal police shootings. Over the same period of time, 6,168 adults were shot by police.

    “They knew he was a child. They were joking about whether he was in there calling his mom,” said Cameo Holland, Rodriguez’s mother, referring to conversations recorded on officers’ body cameras. “No one was asking, ‘How do we tactically approach this so no one dies today?’ ”

    The five officers who fired lethal shots into Holland’s child are now facing first-degree manslaughter charges. This is a rare response by prosecutors who tend to side with police investigators who routinely clear officers of wrongdoing. Prosecutors must also weigh whether they can persuade jurors, who tend to trust police more than other witnesses. The department said the officers shot because they perceived a threat and the officers’ attorneys say the shooting was justified.

    The long-standing question of how fatal police shootings of children could be avoided and lives spared has engulfed the nation in recent weeks. The debate was renewed by the death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who was killed by an officer on March 29 in Chicago and further fueled by another fatal police shooting of a knife-wielding 16-year-old, Ma’Khia Bryant, on April 20 in Columbus, Ohio.

    Three other children were shot and killed by police during the three-week span between Toledo’s and Bryant’s deaths.

    Police leaders have asked the public to withhold judgment in the Toledo and Bryant cases until the investigations into their shootings are complete. But they acknowledge that communities are less likely to listen as they become increasingly weary and distrustful of police. A Washington Post-ABC News poll in April showed 55 percent of Americans said they were not confident that police are adequately trained to avoid excessive use of force — up from 52 percent last July and 44 percent in 2014.

    Patrick Yoes, national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, said he hopes the public will recognize that officers are faced with instant life-or-death decisions and that even a child can be dangerous, especially if armed.

    Of Officer Nicholas Reardon, who shot Bryant, Yoes said: “I assure you he wasn’t focused on her age. He was focused on the knife. He was looking to save a life. Even children can pose a threat.”

    Lawrence Miller, a clinical, forensic and police psychologist based in Palm Beach County, Fla., said that there is no national standard or set of protocols regarding how officers should handle encounters with children.

    He and other police training experts said they know of no academies or programs that offer specialized training to officers in this area, as they do for other segments of society, such as the mentally ill.

    “They need to talk to them like they are children, not yell a bunch of commands at them,” Miller said.

    Of the 112 people younger than 18 who have been fatally shot by police, according to The Post’s database, five were shot and killed by Columbus Police Department officers, the most of any single agency. Only nine other departments had multiple fatal shootings of children. The other 87 departments with such shootings since 2015 recorded the death of one child.

    The database shows that the circumstances leading up to the shootings of children are varied, with about half beginning with a robbery, a traffic stop, a stolen car or a 911 call. Most of the incidents took place during daytime hours; only one appears to have involved alcohol use by the child; and 19 of the children were experiencing a mental health crisis at the time of the shooting.

    The database shows that children are frequently armed with a gun or knife during these fatal police encounters, but not as often as adults who die by police gunfire — 63 percent of the time for children vs. 76 percent for adults.

    Sixty-six percent of the children who died in fatal police shootings were Black, Latino, Asian or Native American compared to 44 percent of adults who were racial minorities.

    Children also were more often shot while running from police: 50 percent compared to 33 percent of adults.

    The youngest of the children who have died were 6-year-olds — Kameron Prescott in Texas and Jeremy Mardis in Louisiana. Both were killed as police fired at but missed the suspects who were their intended targets.

    The renewed focus on shootings of children owes much to their visibility: Videos of the Toledo and Bryant killings went viral, prompting national protests and stinging rebukes of police from high-profile celebrities and politicians.

    Public pressure prompted police officials to quickly release body camera video of the incidents. In one, Bryant, who was Black, appears to be swinging a knife at two girls before she is shot. In another, Toledo, who was Latino, is running from police before he stops and turns, tossing an object behind a fence that police say was a firearm. A split second later, after turning toward the officers with his hands raised, he is shot in the chest.

    Among the 112 deaths of children in the database, only five incidents have resulted in officers being criminally charged, according to a Post analysis. Four officers in three cases have been found guilty on charges that ranged from murder to aggravated assault. An officer in a fourth case faced a single homicide charge, which allowed jurors to chose between murder or manslaughter, but they ultimately acquitted him.

    In the fifth case, the five officers who fired the lethal shots at Rodriguez last year were charged in March with first-degree manslaughter. They have pleaded not guilty. No trial date has been set.

    Prosecutors dispute the police department’s and the union’s characterization of the events that led to Rodriguez’s death. The department initially said in a news release that the teen was shot because he “did not follow officers’ commands” and had been “holding a pistol” when he climbed through the window.

    “Our brave officers leave their families behind and walk into dangerous situations every day to protect and serve this community,” Oklahoma City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 123 Vice President Mark Nelson said in a statement several days after the shooting. “Officers often provide commands in tense moments to ensure the safety of all individuals involved. Police training and experience tells us furtive movements and a lack of following commands present a deadly threat.”

    Since then, however, additional videos became public — from police body cameras, news camera crews and surveillance cameras — and a more complex picture of what happened that night in November began to emerge.

    Court documents say security footage from inside the store, along with a police interview with the clerk, shows that the robbery began with Rodriguez pointing a gun at the employee as he demanded money. Another teen, 17-year-old Wyatt Cheatham, loaded packs of cigarettes into a backpack. (Cheatham entered a guilty plea on April 19 on a felony charge of robbery with a firearm.)

    Both youths left the store briefly, and after about two minutes, Rodriguez returned alone and demanded more money, according to court records.

    The clerk escaped out the window and used a security system to lock Rodriguez inside, court records say. He called 911 and officers poured into the parking lot within minutes, several taking cover behind the gas pumps.

    For more than 10 minutes, officers yelled conflicting and overlapping commands to Rodriguez as he hid inside the store, video and court documents show. In charging documents, prosecutors said there appeared to be no commanding officer organizing the response.

    Police body camera videos also captured officers joking about Rodriguez and the robbery during the standoff. “He’s probably calling his mom,” one says. Another says, “Oops,” and Officer Bethany Sears laughs and adds, “I messed up,” speculating on the teenager’s state of mind as he hides.

    Minutes later, Rodriguez stuck his hands through the window and pulled himself through. On a half-dozen videos, officers can be heard simultaneously yelling different commands at him — “Hands!” “Facedown! On the ground!” “Drop it!”

    A strobe light from at least one of the patrol cars — often used to disorient suspects — flashed into Rodriguez’s face.

    As he dropped the gun to the ground, the teen reached for his left rear pocket.

    At that moment, Officer Sarah Carli fired a less-lethal round — a 40mm foam projectile — that struck the teenager, according to prosecutors.

    Almost immediately, the other officers fired at him, the video shows. “A cellphone was recovered from the left rear pocket he had his hand in at the time he was shot,” the prosecutors’ affidavit said.

    On a body camera video, Rodriguez winces in pain as officers yell at the teen to show his hands. Officer John Skuta could be heard repeatedly muttering “Damn it.”

    Then officers quickly huddled, video shows, and one of them told Officer Brad Pemberton to shut off his body camera video. Police are only required to leave their cameras on when they are interacting with the public, according to department policy.

    Pemberton, Sears, Skuta and Officers Jared Barton and Corey Adams were those charged with first-degree manslaughter, which carries a sentence of between four years and life in prison.

    Attorneys representing the officers who have been charged say the shooting was legally justified because Rodriguez reached toward the back of his pants after he dropped the gun. At that moment, they say, officers thought he could have been reaching for a second weapon.

    “This case is ultimately about whether each individual officer responded to a perceived threat in a way that was reasonable and in accordance with the law,” the attorneys said in a joint statement. “Five officers, with similar training, came to the same conclusion when the suspect made a sharp movement toward his waistband after being told to show officers his hands and get on the ground. While the results were tragic, the officers’ actions were reasonable and legally justified under the circumstances created by an armed robbery suspect.”

    David J. Thomas, a forensics psychologist and former police officer, said there is a natural assumption that officers know how to respond differently in tense encounters if it becomes clear that they are dealing with a child.

    “They think they will put on their father’s hat or mother’s hat and be able to sit down and talk to a child without being a macho cop,” he said. “Or have a big brother or big sister conversation. Training for this — it just doesn’t exist.”

    Miller, the Palm Beach County psychologist, said that children’s responses to police commands are often found “at both ends of the spectrum.” They are either quickly compliant or, he said, become confused or defiant and attempt to run away.

    “They are egocentric, impulsive, unpredictable,” Miller said of teens. “They are less likely to show the kind of restraint adults tend to, unless there is a mental illness or drugs involved.”

    Thomas said it would be helpful for officers to learn more about development of the human brain, which is not complete until someone reaches their mid-20s. That can make teens more impulsive.

    Miller said officers often put themselves and children at risk by underestimating them, especially if they are slight in build. He said the Rodriguez case is an example of this, as police joked about the unfolding scene, and, in some cases, stood out in the open at the window where they knew the teen would have to exit.

    “It should never have never gotten to that point. Being a child, in a sense, worked against the decedent. If it was an adult, they would have taken cover,” Miller said. “They would have probably had him strip down to his skivvies so they wouldn’t have to worry about whether he had a weapon on him.”

    Holland, Rodriguez’s mother, said without the video that documented how police handled the incident, prosecutors would have been left with the version of events that the police department presented after the shooting.

    In 66 percent of the database incidents involving children, there is no video documentation. Sometimes the only witnesses who support an officers’ contention that a shooting was justified are fellow officers at the scene.

    The 2016 fatal shooting of 13-year-old Tyre King falls into this category. Like Bryant, the Black teen was fatally shot by a Columbus officer.

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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 36,476
    Fuckered it all up. I give up.
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    You’re made of spare parts—aren’t you, bud?
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    hard to know a split post will cross to a new page...

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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 36,476
    dankind said:
    You’re made of spare parts—aren’t you, bud?
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 36,476
    A whole family of "responsible" gun owners.

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    Nineteen-year-old Joe Argueta and his family were fed up. They believed a friend of the teenager’s ex-girlfriend had been vandalizing their house and cars, so they came up with a plan to “take care of it,” according to a police report reviewed by KTRK.

    Then they waited, watching for the vandal’s dark-colored Dodge Charger to roll through their suburban enclave west of Houston. On Monday, police said, they saw their chance.

    Argueta and his mother, father and uncle hopped into two cars, sped into the street and blocked the car’s path. Then Joe Argueta allegedly chased the car on foot as it tried to escape, firing a gun repeatedly.

    One of those shots killed the driver. But it wasn’t the teenage vandal the family had been looking for, police said: It was Eddie Clark, 29, an innocent neighbor driving to his home around the corner.

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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 36,476
    Just another day/night in ‘Murica.


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  • cblock4lifecblock4life Posts: 1,390
    nicknyr15 said:
    Agree, however, this road rage shit isn’t worth it.....I still develop profanity Tourette’s when driving but no matter how crazy or pissed I am sooner or later I know I’ll run into someone crazier than me and with all the guns now it’s just not worth it
  • nicknyr15nicknyr15 Posts: 7,638
    As of now, 29 struck by gunfire in NYC.......this weekend. 
  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 36,476
    Clearly, more guns are the answer. Thoughts and prayers don’t seem to help so it’s got to be more guns. The only way those 29 wouldn’t have been shot is if they had guns and shot first or returned fire. We need more guns in the hands of the “responsible” populace.
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  • static111static111 Posts: 4,889
    I am at the point where I don’t care anymore.  We aren’t going to ever be able to stop this in any meaningful way because half the country doesn’t want to even try, and on top of that even if they did assholes will still keep the guns and find guns to kill with.   I’m just resigned to the fact that mass shootings are part of American exceptionalism and what makes our country a great unique experiment in democracy.
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat up my ass, like Chadwick was up his Posts: 35,408
    static111 said:
    I am at the point where I don’t care anymore.  We aren’t going to ever be able to stop this in any meaningful way because half the country doesn’t want to even try, and on top of that even if they did assholes will still keep the guns and find guns to kill with.   I’m just resigned to the fact that mass shootings are part of American exceptionalism and what makes our country a great unique experiment in democracy.

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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 36,476
    I look forward to hearing about all those Tejas “responsible” gun owners showing the world how “responsible” they are.

    https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2021/05/24/texas-poised-to-allow-unlicensed-carrying-of-handguns/
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  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,524
    I look forward to hearing about all those Tejas “responsible” gun owners showing the world how “responsible” they are.

    https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2021/05/24/texas-poised-to-allow-unlicensed-carrying-of-handguns/
    Is this guy in texas?


  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 36,476
    I look forward to hearing about all those Tejas “responsible” gun owners showing the world how “responsible” they are.

    https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2021/05/24/texas-poised-to-allow-unlicensed-carrying-of-handguns/
    Is this guy in texas?


    Better question is, which gun does he go for first and where’s his body armor and ballistic helmet? Think he’s got one strapped to an ankle or two?
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 38,850
    I look forward to hearing about all those Tejas “responsible” gun owners showing the world how “responsible” they are.

    https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2021/05/24/texas-poised-to-allow-unlicensed-carrying-of-handguns/
    Is this guy in texas?


    I've never had my clips like that in a holster...  4 guns?  Ze Germans must be coming.
  • mickeyratmickeyrat up my ass, like Chadwick was up his Posts: 35,408
    I look forward to hearing about all those Tejas “responsible” gun owners showing the world how “responsible” they are.

    https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2021/05/24/texas-poised-to-allow-unlicensed-carrying-of-handguns/
    Is this guy in texas?


    I've never had my clips like that in a holster...  4 guns?  Ze Germans must be coming.

    clips? hair clips?  chip clips?

    looks like an extra magazine for each we can see to me. but wtf do I know, I'm not an enthusiast.
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat up my ass, like Chadwick was up his Posts: 35,408
    Ohhhh I know. Tie clips. weird...
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 38,850
    mickeyrat said:
    Ohhhh I know. Tie clips. weird...
    Hair clips you savage.

    Why is a "clip" so foreign to people?  If you ever listened to a 90's rap song you know the term or are completely under a rock.

    "15 in the clip and 1 in the hole"
  • mickeyratmickeyrat up my ass, like Chadwick was up his Posts: 35,408
    am aware , of course, of false slang terms.

    While my experience with weapons was limited to boot camp for USN, the correct term that applies is magazine.
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 38,850
    mickeyrat said:
    am aware , of course, of false slang terms.

    While my experience with weapons was limited to boot camp for USN, the correct term that applies is magazine.
    Yep, the real enthusiast's hate the term "clip" and forget that the OG magazine was called a "clip"... as in stripper clip.
  • OnWis97OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 4,812
    mickeyrat said:
    Ohhhh I know. Tie clips. weird...
    Hair clips you savage.

    Why is a "clip" so foreign to people?  If you ever listened to a 90's rap song you know the term or are completely under a rock.

    "15 in the clip and 1 in the hole"
    It's 16 in the clip. This is as close as I'll ever get to out-arguing someone about guns (and it's probably out-arguing about lyrics, as I suppose both 15 or 16 in the clip is possible).

    All that said, I am not a gun person and I know what a "clip" is, be it from pop culture or whatever.
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  • PJPOWERPJPOWER In Yo Face Posts: 6,499
    mickeyrat said:
    am aware , of course, of false slang terms.

    While my experience with weapons was limited to boot camp for USN, the correct term that applies is magazine.
    Yep, the real enthusiast's hate the term "clip" and forget that the OG magazine was called a "clip"... as in stripper clip.
    Let’s settle this for good, ha:
    https://writingexplained.org/clip-vs-magazine-difference
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 38,850
    OnWis97 said:
    mickeyrat said:
    Ohhhh I know. Tie clips. weird...
    Hair clips you savage.

    Why is a "clip" so foreign to people?  If you ever listened to a 90's rap song you know the term or are completely under a rock.

    "15 in the clip and 1 in the hole"
    It's 16 in the clip. This is as close as I'll ever get to out-arguing someone about guns (and it's probably out-arguing about lyrics, as I suppose both 15 or 16 in the clip is possible).

    All that said, I am not a gun person and I know what a "clip" is, be it from pop culture or whatever.
    OMG he actually says that?  Every 9mm I owned had a 15 round and none 16.  I will google that. 
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 38,850
    PJPOWER said:
    mickeyrat said:
    am aware , of course, of false slang terms.

    While my experience with weapons was limited to boot camp for USN, the correct term that applies is magazine.
    Yep, the real enthusiast's hate the term "clip" and forget that the OG magazine was called a "clip"... as in stripper clip.
    Let’s settle this for good, ha:
    https://writingexplained.org/clip-vs-magazine-difference
    The guy is correct and says what I did. I still call it a clip though.  I don't mind being called ignorant.
  • FiveBelowFiveBelow Lubbock, TX Posts: 1,167
    I think the term you guys are looking for is "bullet holding thingy"
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