Police kill man accused of PS3 robbery

[Steven W]

I just hate things like this. Perhaps the guy was armed, I don't know, but it's still a tragic story.

Check out the Headline for more info.

[Rack]

what a surprise from the Land of the free-to-shoot-guns

[Allen]

"If this boy would've come to the door, opened the door, we probably wouldn't be talking"

So he's saying they shot him because he didn't open the door to the police...?

[muddyfox470]

that is awful, surely they have to have some proper evidence to act on to go around shooting people?

but as he was only a student living with his room mates that would have been awful for them. i dont know what the lad was like, or the actual motion of the incident (or how the whole thing played out) but still there is going to be a lot of uproar from the local residents.

ian

more here: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5186

[badass]

I just hate things like this. Perhaps the guy was armed, I don't know, but it's still a tragic story.

Check out the Headline for more info.

It may be a tragic story, or it may be some student that terrorised the Community college the whole time he was there.
After all, he was accused both of the armed robbery to get those consoles, and of assault of another student in a different incident.
If he is the kind of person that these incidents siggest, then i'd say the only tragedy is that his dog was also killed.
Note I am not saying he deserved to die if he was guilty - far from it, but simply that if he is guilty of those, I dont think him being shot dead is a tragedy

[dancingtornado]

Wow thats america for you :S love to use there guns.
but if it was armed robbery then he asked for it as cops over there kill suspects instead of disarming them over here.

[TeePee]

Why is anyone so shocked?

Violent criminal shot by police... He probably pulled a knife or gun.

[Rack]

Why is anyone so shocked?

Violent criminal shot by police... He probably pulled a knife or gun.

And the system works...

I'm not shocked, I think it's sad.

[MadduckUK]

USA USA USA!

[TeePee]

The thing about the USA isn't that it has violent criminals, or that the police shoot them occasionally. Britain has violent criminals too, and armed police who shoot them. The thing about the USA is that the poor guy who was attacked and had his PS3s stolen could have legally carried a concealed firearm to defend himself.

Sure, in the UK we have less violent crime per capita, but that's more to do with our society, particularly our welfare state. Violent criminals are going to be violent criminals regardless of if they can get a firearm or only a knife.

The interesting thing is that since 'Shall issue' concealed carry laws started being passed in the US, crimes of violence against people dropped and crimes against property increased. 'More guns, Less Crime'. This shows that criminals are changing the types of crime that are being committed. Many US states (some still restrict firearms ownership) now have very sensible firearms laws which allow law-abiding citizens to protect themselves. Unlike in the UK, where we must either wait an hour for the police or face prosecution for trying to defend our home.

I live in the USA. I own a gun.

[CrazyMonkey]

probly deserved it

[Smokey21]

Typical American police. Shoot first ask questions later. It says there were guns found in the room but none were used? so why shoot him? and why shoot the dog?

[dave87]

Why did they have to kill his dog too?

[MadduckUK]

The thing about the USA is that the poor guy who was attacked and had his PS3s stolen could have legally carried a concealed firearm to defend himself.

yeah because trying to draw a gun on someone already pointing one at you is THE SMART THING TO DO


dave87: yanks shoot dongs for FUN

[dave87]

dave87: yanks shoot dongs for FUN

[MonkeyBum]

Even worse when the other week, they shot a guy when they had supposed intelligence that he had a gun. Turns out, he was driving back from a stag night, was due to get married the next day