Houston police chief asks for FBI's help in shooting case

[alp227]

Last edited Mon Sep 24, 2012, 08:08 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: CNN

The chief of Houston's police department has asked the FBI to help investigate why an officer shot and killed a disabled man Saturday.

Over the weekend, police said that the wheelchair-bound man was acting aggressively and had tried to stab an officer with a pen.

"The Houston Police Department places the highest value on human life and events like these are tragic and unfortunate for everyone involved," Chief Charles A. McClelland said in a press release Monday afternoon. "All Houston Police Officers receive mandatory crisis intervention training specifically dealing with persons experiencing mental crisis. As we do in all instances of this nature, the Houston Police Department's Homicide and Internal Affairs Divisions, and the Harris County District Attorneys Office, Civil Rights Division, are investigating this incident."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/24/us/houston-disabled-man-shooting/index.html

[Enrique]

1. they can't shoot him themselves?

sorry.

[Nostradammit]

2. Ba-dump Tish!

[99th_Monkey]

3. Apparently that disabled man was quite a handful.

There's really nothing funny about this tragic but all too familiar
story, but just to know, I read that headline the same way you did.

[jberryhill]

4. Death Panels

[jsr]

5. "The Houston Police Department places the highest value on human life"

Who are they talking about?

[W T F]

6. I don't understand how anyone could find a one arm man in a wheelchair, Life threatening, but....

I guess that's what happens when you give a insecure little pussy with a tiny penis, a gun and a badge.

[obamanut2012]

9. Could you please edit your post

Re: the derogatory use of "pussy"? Thank you.

[DollarBillHines]

10. Try downtown San Francisco after dark.

You will find quite a few crazy-scary mofos in 'chairs. And a bunch of them will be missing body parts. They definitely have the potential to do serious harm to a healthy person.

That guy had the cop trapped in a dark corner and slashing at him with a pointed silver object (a pen, as it turned out).

From earlier articles, it seems the guy had gone berserk.

[sendero]

11. These sorts of shootings..

... NEVER HAPPENED 20 years ago and now there is one every time you turn around. But no, it's not the out of control police's fault.

[heaven05]

7. he

had one arm, one leg, sounds like a really dangerous and threatening individual. he had no bullet firing weapon, yet still shot down like a dog in the street. way to go peace officer. You should get policeman of the year, there

[FlaGranny]

8. Stupid headlines. Sigh! n/t

[greiner3]

12. "Houston police chief asks for FBI's help in shooting of disabled man"

Uhhh, do did the Houston police dept. ask the FBI to help them shoot the disabled man?

[alp227]

13. CNN has fixed the title.