thumbtack
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The only person I feel sorry for is the LEO. The guy was 17 and should know better then to try and rob people.
I agree with islander11 there is a negative spin here.
I agree with islander11 there is a negative spin here.
Teen Shot Dead by Detective; Police Say Suspect Was Holding Fake Gun
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Darwin Award Nominee.............
The cops are getting flamed by the press WHY???????
The cops are getting flamed by the press WHY???????
Coltdriver
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There is another thread on this forum where the posters think that the banning of these replica fire arms is an infringement on gun rights.
There are toy recalls every year.
These so called toys should be banned from production, period.
My teen age son brought home one of these that I could not distinguish from a real Beretta 92 from three feet away. I confiscated it immediately.
Children have incomplete judgement (so do many adults of course) but to allow a kid access to a replica is to invite disaster.
There are many examples of kids being killed by police when the police came upon the kid and could not tell the difference between the replica and a toy. I have stated in other threads, these are not cap guns, these are not buzz lightyear ray guns, these are not bright orange squirt guns.
These things look just like a full size version, right down to slide action and magazine.
A toy recall is in order here as you can not instill judgement in a teen ager and these things do not serve the cause of gun rights in any way.
There are toy recalls every year.
These so called toys should be banned from production, period.
My teen age son brought home one of these that I could not distinguish from a real Beretta 92 from three feet away. I confiscated it immediately.
Children have incomplete judgement (so do many adults of course) but to allow a kid access to a replica is to invite disaster.
There are many examples of kids being killed by police when the police came upon the kid and could not tell the difference between the replica and a toy. I have stated in other threads, these are not cap guns, these are not buzz lightyear ray guns, these are not bright orange squirt guns.
These things look just like a full size version, right down to slide action and magazine.
A toy recall is in order here as you can not instill judgement in a teen ager and these things do not serve the cause of gun rights in any way.
cratz2
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The summer between my fifth and sixth grade years, I walked into a convinience store that I had been in 1,000 times. We had been playing some flavor of cowboys and indians (though we tended to play drug dealers and narcs) and had a pretty realistic gun tucked in my belt. The store owner (who, had sold to me literally 300 or 400 times) pulled out the gun with the biggest bore I've EVER seen. Pointed right at me and said in a low and loud voice, 'DROP IT!' Looking back, I probably sounded like Brett from Pulp Fiction... the one that kept responding, 'what?' When I realized what he wanted me to do I threw that gun down so hard it broke into about 8 pieces.
A toy gun is still a gun. These days, the realistic guns are really really realistic. If you have one in your car and esp if you point one at a cop. If you do... bad things are sure to ensue.
A toy gun is still a gun. These days, the realistic guns are really really realistic. If you have one in your car and esp if you point one at a cop. If you do... bad things are sure to ensue.
Ed Brunner
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Fake gun and fake brain too.
Drizzt
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NYPD Officer Fatally Shoots 17-Year-Old
Fake Gun Found At Shooting Scene
POSTED: 4:23 p.m. EST January 2, 2003
UPDATED: 7:38 p.m. EST January 2, 2003
NEW YORK -- An undercover police detective shot and killed a teenage robbery suspect who police say was holding a fake gun to his partner's head this afternoon.
Police say detectives were investigating two recent robberies linked to deliverymen in a Hamilton Heights building at 148th Street.
Police say the boy, 17-year-old Anthony Newsome, held a gun to the head of a detective dressed as a delivery man. The other officer, dressed in plainclothes, then fired three shots at Newsome, striking him once in the chest.
The gun turned out to be a toy pistol.
Newsome was taken to Harlem Hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. The officers were taken to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, where one of the detectives was treated for trauma.
The identities of the officers were not immediately released.
Police said the detectives had gone to the building after a manager of a nearby Wimpie's restaurant called police to report a suspicious order of food.
Restaurant employees say deliverymen had been robbed at least three times in recent days as they delivered orders to the building.
News of Newsome's death provoked anger from neighbors outside the building. Residents shouted at police and the windshield of a police car was smashed. Several people were arrested.
Less than four hours later on Thursday, police shot and killed an unarmed 35-year-old man driving a suspected stolen minivan in Brooklyn. Police said officers briefly chased the Mazda, but called off the pursuit before the van crashed into a private car at 86th Street and Bay Parkway.
As police converged on the crash scene around 5:15 p.m., a struggle ensued in which a male suspect was shot. The man was not immediately identified.
In separate incidents early Wednesday, two men were fatally shot by police in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn after both were seen firing guns, authorities said.
The medical examiner's office said Thursday that both men had died from gunshot wounds to the back.
Anthony Reid, a 21-year-old Brooklynite, died after his aorta, esophagus and lungs were pierced by one of four slugs that hit him in the back and the backs of his legs, said Ellen Borakove, the medical examiner's spokeswoman.
Reid was shot during a chase that took place Wednesday morning after officers heard him shooting at bargoers, police said. The early findings of a police investigation show that officers traded fire with Reid as he ran away from them, said Michael O'Looney, a police spokesman.
Jamal Nixon, 19, also of Brooklyn, died Wednesday after one of two shots to the back perforated his lungs, police said. Officers said they traded fire with Nixon after they spotted him shooting a pistol in the air just after midnight.
O'Looney said he could not provide the preliminary results of the investigation of that shooting, but he said there were no indications of police wrongdoing.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the Wednesday shootings seemed to have been proper.
"It would appear in both cases that police officers were acting according to regulations and using the training that they've received to protect the public," he said.
http://www.wnbc.com/news/1865974/detail.html
.....but, but, he was such a good boy. It was a toy, he wouldn't have never hurt nobody. Why'd they have to shoot him?
puh-leese......
Fake Gun Found At Shooting Scene
POSTED: 4:23 p.m. EST January 2, 2003
UPDATED: 7:38 p.m. EST January 2, 2003
NEW YORK -- An undercover police detective shot and killed a teenage robbery suspect who police say was holding a fake gun to his partner's head this afternoon.
Police say detectives were investigating two recent robberies linked to deliverymen in a Hamilton Heights building at 148th Street.
Police say the boy, 17-year-old Anthony Newsome, held a gun to the head of a detective dressed as a delivery man. The other officer, dressed in plainclothes, then fired three shots at Newsome, striking him once in the chest.
The gun turned out to be a toy pistol.
Newsome was taken to Harlem Hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. The officers were taken to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, where one of the detectives was treated for trauma.
The identities of the officers were not immediately released.
Police said the detectives had gone to the building after a manager of a nearby Wimpie's restaurant called police to report a suspicious order of food.
Restaurant employees say deliverymen had been robbed at least three times in recent days as they delivered orders to the building.
News of Newsome's death provoked anger from neighbors outside the building. Residents shouted at police and the windshield of a police car was smashed. Several people were arrested.
Less than four hours later on Thursday, police shot and killed an unarmed 35-year-old man driving a suspected stolen minivan in Brooklyn. Police said officers briefly chased the Mazda, but called off the pursuit before the van crashed into a private car at 86th Street and Bay Parkway.
As police converged on the crash scene around 5:15 p.m., a struggle ensued in which a male suspect was shot. The man was not immediately identified.
In separate incidents early Wednesday, two men were fatally shot by police in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn after both were seen firing guns, authorities said.
The medical examiner's office said Thursday that both men had died from gunshot wounds to the back.
Anthony Reid, a 21-year-old Brooklynite, died after his aorta, esophagus and lungs were pierced by one of four slugs that hit him in the back and the backs of his legs, said Ellen Borakove, the medical examiner's spokeswoman.
Reid was shot during a chase that took place Wednesday morning after officers heard him shooting at bargoers, police said. The early findings of a police investigation show that officers traded fire with Reid as he ran away from them, said Michael O'Looney, a police spokesman.
Jamal Nixon, 19, also of Brooklyn, died Wednesday after one of two shots to the back perforated his lungs, police said. Officers said they traded fire with Nixon after they spotted him shooting a pistol in the air just after midnight.
O'Looney said he could not provide the preliminary results of the investigation of that shooting, but he said there were no indications of police wrongdoing.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the Wednesday shootings seemed to have been proper.
"It would appear in both cases that police officers were acting according to regulations and using the training that they've received to protect the public," he said.
http://www.wnbc.com/news/1865974/detail.html
.....but, but, he was such a good boy. It was a toy, he wouldn't have never hurt nobody. Why'd they have to shoot him?
puh-leese......
Ala Dan
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"Momma's shouldn't teach their son's to grow up to
be Gang Banger's" - author unknown
It's apparent this perp was acting out, as if he was
in the "real world"! Don't fault the LEO's involved, cuz
I would have done the exact same thing; for the
protection of my partner.
Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
be Gang Banger's" - author unknown
It's apparent this perp was acting out, as if he was
in the "real world"! Don't fault the LEO's involved, cuz
I would have done the exact same thing; for the
protection of my partner.
Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
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