73 y.o. reserve deputy shoots and kills subdued suspect

[midnight rambler]

WTF is a 73 y.o. doing playing cops and robbers?!?!?!

http://abc7.com/news/oklahoma-sheriff-says-reserve-deputy-mistakes-gun-for-taser;-shoots-kills-suspect/652178/

[Cebu_4_2]

That's sick all over the place.

[Spectrism]

big ooops. Lawsuit against the individual and his force/town/state.

They had the guy far outnumbered and under control. Even pulling out a tazer would have been extreme. Until these thugs start paying for their crimes, they will continue.

[madfranks]

Oklahoma sheriff says reserve deputy mistakes gun for Taser; shoots, kills suspect

He mistook his gun for a tazer? Hard to believe, they are nothing like each other.

[midnight rambler]

He mistook his gun for a tazer? Hard to believe, they are nothing like each other.

The part-timer* is 73, I suspect the early onset of dementia.

*playing reserve deputy was probably his 'fun' thing to go do to get out of the house and away from the old lady

[osoab]

The part-timer* is 73, I suspect the early onset of dementia.

*playing reserve deputy was probably his 'fun' thing to go do to get out of the house and away from the old lady

Or he gave kickbacks to the sheriff.

[ximmy]

Old man longed to tazer someone and watch them squirm under his control. Oops. Shot him instead. Oh well. Move along...

[midnight rambler]

Or he gave kickbacks to the sheriff.

It appears that your assertion is on target. The old fart wanted to play cops and robbers so he paid to play.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/us/tulsa-police-shooting-eric-harris-deputy-charged/index.html

[ximmy]

see,
Scott Wood, an attorney who represents Bates, said the shooting was an "excusable homicide." move along...
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/us/tul...ged/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/us/tulsa-police-shooting-eric-harris-deputy-charged/index.html)

[osoab]

It appears that your assertion is on target. The old fart wanted to play cops and robbers so he paid to play.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/us/tulsa-police-shooting-eric-harris-deputy-charged/index.html

I hadn't followed this story one bit. Read the headline when it came out 10 days ago. I just pulled the worst case scenario out of my ass.

[midnight rambler]

Followup: Tulsa sheriff knew Bates was a problem SIX years ago and did nothing. Now Bates is taking off for a family vacation in the Bahamas...think he'll ever go to prison for this cold-blooded murder? I'm guessing he won't. Most people are required to surrender their passports when charged with such a crime, but not the privileged.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/04/sheriffs-office-determined-robert-bates-was-a-problem-in-2009-and-did-nothing-about-it/