Houston cops shoot and kill double amputee in wheelchair
 

Real tough guys these cops are.


HOUSTON ? A Houston police officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair Saturday inside a group home after police say the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen.

Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said the man cornered the officer in his wheelchair and was making threats while trying to stab the officer with the pen. At the time, the officer did not know what the metal object was that the man was waving, Silva said.

She said the man came "within inches to a foot" of the officer and did not follow instructions to calm down and remain still.

"Fearing for his partner's safety and his own safety, he discharged his weapon," Silva told The Associated Press.

Police did not immediately release the name of the man who was killed. They had been called to the home after a caretaker there called and reported that the man in wheelchair was causing a disturbance.

The owner of the group home, John Garcia, told the Houston Chronicle that the man had a history of mental illness and had been living at the house about 18 months. Garcia said the man had told him that he lost a leg above the knee and all of one arm when he was hit by a train.

"He sometimes would go off a bit, but you just ignore it," Garcia told the newspaper.

Silva identified the officer as Matthew Jacob Marin, a five-year veteran of the department. He was immediately placed on three-day administrative leave, which is standard in all shootings involving officers.

Houston police records indicate that Marin also fatally shot a suspect in 2009. Investigators at the time said Marin came upon a man stabbing his neighbor to death at an apartment complex and opened fired when the suspect refused to drop the knife.


http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/23/us/tex...ing/index.html

Sounds just about right.

Wild West.

Never understand how such a scum (that's not a first murder for that "policeman") sleeps at night. I also have no idea why the killer is not in jail. Is that ok for the USA to be a police officer and kill the people left and right?

Crazy stuff, officer could have thought the pen was a remote device that was going to set off an explosive that would level half the planet, hence officer is now a hero (in their mind atleast).

Always be wary of the wheelchair-bound, they are crafty buggers.

Of course it is. Just take a look any random of police brutality videos available online. It is crazy what kind of pressure and repression is that.

Countdown until the usual suspects come in and say, "He waved an object that could have been a weapon at the police, he got shot. Case closed."

many cops are scared of their own shadow -- that's why this silly shit keeps happening.

In addition to all of the basic police training, there should be some kind of mental test to determine if a trainee is a little bitch. Weed out the suckers at the beginning stages and this shit would happen a lot less.

What should a cop do if they enter a group home where a mentally ill person is threatening you with an unidentified object?
Add to it that this person already lost 2 body parts and is stuck to a wheel chair (he probably does not have much left to loose ? )

if i thought someone was going to stab me i would shoot them

Um why didn't they taze him instead of use spray? Makes no sence but we were not there to know the whole story

So you would be scared of a one arm and one legged man in a wheelchair waiving a pen in the air stabbing you?

What is he going to do? Throw it at you? LOL

Shit! Watch out! You might get ink stains on your clothes. KILL HIM!

He's a threat to National Stupidity.. Sorry, National Security..

Didn't mean to quote myself. That was meant to be an edit.

Bet you're scared of 90 year old ladies with canes too.

:1orglaugh

non of you were there how do you know the circumstances you dont know how light or dark it was you dont know if the cop had seen it was a pen. god forbid i should not take everyone else's option.

They forgot to grab the tazer :1orglaugh

There was a lot more leading up to it but I could never be a cop simply because my brain can't process fast enough in those instances of whether to pull the trigger.

i.e. he kills me or perhaps the person is innocent and it screws over the rest of my life with the decision just made.

My mom was s deputy sheriff in the 1970's. I have a stepbrother and two cousins who are city cops.

I think it has nothing to do with cops being "scared" and a lot more to do with them having the ability to pretty much do anything they want to you these days.

I was around the sheriffs dept. every day growing up as a kid. Rode with deputies, watched them work, etc.

As a teenager I had my share of being a young hoodlum and having run-ins with city cops.

As a young man in the 1980's living down in Ft. Lauderdale/Miami palying in bands at every bar in Southern Fla. I had plenty of interactions with cops.

Things were a LOT different back then.
I can remember being pulled over by the cops and arguing with them and even getting into heated arguments. Same with cops on foot patrol on the Ft. Lauderdale strip during spring break in the 1980's.

Back then they weren't allowed to just search you, you didn't have to "obey" their "commands", they couldn't search your car or your girlfriend's purse, etc.

Fast forward to 2012: I wouldn't DARE even ask a cop "why am I being pulled over"

And yeah, they shoot people all the time and never face any consequences.

Here in Vegas there have been an all time record of cops shooting and killing people in 2012. Not one cop has been charged with anything.

Over the years the govt. has given them more and more power as part of the failed "drug war". They really are a bit out of control.

I remember when you could literally tell a cop "no" when they "ordered" you around (not talking about a situation where you are being arrested, but just a normal interaction on the street or at a concert event).

Try that now and you'll get your ass beat, handcuffed, and thrown in the back of the police car and off to jail. :(

Most cops are criminals with a badge.

I completely agree, scary to think what its going to be like in another 20 years.

are you fucking higher than bob marley fool ?

there is no reason you shoot an unarmed amputee in a wheelchair

the guys fucking dead now. game fucking over.

You can warn the future generations all you want. They are trained to be so stupid now it doesn't make a difference.

It will only change in reaction to the painful economic situations that oppression inevitably creates.

hahahaha :thumbsup

We never know the true story but is well known cops act like idiot gods.

So in the article you have the two schools of thought on how to handle him.

The group home owner:
"He sometimes would go off a bit, but you just ignore it," Garcia told the newspaper.


The police:
"Fearing for his partner's safety and his own safety, he discharged his weapon," Silva told The Associated Press.

We never believe the news, unless it's something that we want to believe.

About as high as another Aussie looser

fucking pigs!

one kick to the chair in a pushing motion would have sent the guy back to a comfortable distance. Lesson learned: Don't mess with the Crips. They are worse than the Bloods.
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