Man Suspected Of Shooting Officer Released

[JamisJockey]

I'm just north of where this happened and am very familiar with backed-up traffic in that area.
Two points :
1.) You & I both know that it takes two to tango. I've NEVER been involved in any road rage as long as I don't get pissed off at all of the idiots who cut me off, drive with high beams right behind me, honk at me when I don't see the green light for a nono-second or the miriad other "good" reasons to escalate the situation. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED in road rage when I've given in to my urge to use a warhead-tipped, heat-seeking, guided missle on one of the aforementioned idiots! (Kidding!) I'll honk back, flip the bird or flip on MY high beams - and guess what?! - that's all that is usually needed to get the already-pissed-off other driver to escalate the situation even further.
That's why I believe BOTH parties are at fault.
2.) A cop should NEVER EVER EVER be drawn into such a stupid, juvenile situation. Did I mention NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER EVER EVER?!? No matter what the legal ramifications will be, the under-cover cop should be reprimanded and suspended for a short period of time.
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Both parties are NOT AT FAULT! You can honk, swear, flip the bird, and yell all you want. I DO NOT have a right to pull a weapon on you if you're not a threat to me and my family! I don't care if I tell you that your mother did illegal sex acts with farm animals in Mexico and I saw it!!!!! It may take two to tango, but it takes one irresponsible ass to escalate a situation.

 

[divemedic]

I wonder what happened with this case?

 

[jaholder1971]

Still ongoing.

http://abcnewspapers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5680&Itemid=28

 

[armoredman]

The charges against the officer were dismissed, and the citizen is going to be hung.

 

[zminer]

Did some searching on the web and found that the court calendars and documents for Anoka County do not appear to be published on the web, so unless there's a subsequent news story about this, there probably isn't much more information to be had. Supposedly the trial started March 23rd, but it could have gotten pushed back again, who knows?

 

[akodo]

http://twincitiescarry.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6499&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

topic devoted to this is 22 pages long, you have been warned

 

[cassandrasdaddy]

continued till 7-13-09 i did learn something in the 22 pages. apparently there were 3 in this dance treptows wife was raging too. at least verbally and it may have been in defense of her that he shot the cop. currently cop has no charges and treptow has the criminal case as well as a civil case haunting him. i had a mouthy girlfriend for a while and got in a few extra beefs as a result