Answering Call About Armed Intruders, Police Kill Resident Holding a Gun

[SecularMotion]

Updated, 10:07 p.m. | Two police officers shined a searchlight behind the single-family home in East New York, Brooklyn, on Thursday night, authorities said, and found a “highly anxious” woman flailing her arms inside a Chevrolet Tahoe.

It was the same woman whose rapid-fire calls to 911 had reported a home invasion. Her boyfriend, Dale Ogarro, had been grabbed by two armed men wearing hoods, masks and latex gloves and led — gun to his head — into his residence in the basement of the home, on Schenck Avenue.

“Where’s the money?” they shouted at Mr. Ogarro, according to officials’ account of the woman’s 911 calls.

Moments later, the officers saw a man who they later learned was Mr. Ogarro, 41, emerging from the back entrance with his hands up. He said there was not a problem.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/questions-remain-after-police-kill-brooklyn-man/

[cantbeserious]

1. That Gun Ownership, Self Defense Thing Is Going Really, Really Well

eom

[AtheistCrusader]

15. Gun ownership by drug dealers that had no legal permission to possess that firearm?

Yeah, that already went bad, before the guy got shot.

[cantbeserious]

16. And Likewise The Resident Did Not Fare Well Either

eom

[AtheistCrusader]

17. The resident WAS the drug dealing felon.

[raidert05]

2. Thats....

What happens when you deal in drugs and carry a gun, people come after you, seems to me that none of them wanted to get busted by the cops, he could have easily just left the gun in the apartment after he showed the would-be robbers to the door.

[GreenStormCloud]

3. One notes that the dead guy is black.

The police answered a 911 call about an armed home invasion and saw a black guy with a gun and jumped to conclusions. Regretfully, holding a gun while black and around police on a call is extremely dangerous. Even for white guys it is dangerous but much more so for black guys. The police claim that they told him to freeze and he didn't.

Sometimes police do kill the good guy. Nothing is 100%. I will still continue to be armed, and careful around police. And I don't deal in drugs.

[gejohnston]

4. It is a safe bet the gun wasn't legal

That is always a pretty safe bet in NYC especially when they have that much pot. That said, videos like this should be mandatory in any training class.

[GreenStormCloud]

5. You win the bet.

The article says the gun was illegal and not his.

[raidert05]

7. illegal

The gun was illegal it wasn't registered to him, weird how it was a revolver and they said it had one "in the chamber"...

[gejohnston]

9. That's what I get for skimming

which chamber? Were the other five empty? If so, were they re enacting a scene from the Deer Hunter? Oh wait, these are the same people who think they are qualified to dictate school security policy.

[Straw Man]

6. A drug dealer with an illegal gun is shot ...

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... by cops after failing to comply with their orders. Drug dealers robbing drug dealers. Is this an RKBA issue? I think not.

If anything, we might want to discuss whether NYPD are quicker on the trigger in certain neighborhoods than in others: something Bloomie might want to address along with stop-and-frisk. There's really not enough information here to determine whether or not this shooting was warranted.

[pipoman]

8. FFS legalize it already

enough people have died because of reefer prohibition..enough..

[gejohnston]

10. but, but, think of Mary's death and Bill being framed for her murder

Oh, just in case


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness

[holdencaufield]

13. This version ...

... is better ...

[ileus]

11. Accidents happen, LEO's mistakenly shoot citizens all the time.

Anyone should know when the police arrive on site it's time to clear your hand.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

12. Especially the NYPD, it would appear.

[AtheistCrusader]

14. Police kill resident illegally holding a gun.