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Fla. Deputies Shoot and Kill Man After Knocking On Wrong Door. ‎

Every time a cop has knocked on my door they didnt just knock. They slammed on it. Very, very hard. He'll they slam the door so hard you can hear them pound-knocking on neighbors doors. EVERY time they have announced "POLICE! Open up! We hear you in there open up now!" or something to that effect. Every single time.
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Then those cops were about to enter.


Now you are telling me its not ok to answer your door armed when someone just pounds on your door at 1 in the morning like a crackhead? They weren't knocking to ask a question because they had their guns drawn. So you know they where slamming that damn door. If they had done their job right it would have went 1 of 2 ways.

Having a gun in your hand and pointing it are two completely separate things. You point a gun because you intend to shoot or make something think you are about to shoot. Whichever of those two things was his intention the police had the right to defend themselves.


They slam on the door with guns and shout POLICE! Dude unwieldy the gun because he knows its the PoPo and opens up. No one dies.

Police have protocols to follow and these guys did. It is illegal to point a gun at someone for knocking on your door. This man had absolutely no right to aim his gun at another person, let alone a group of cops.

They slam on the door to ask around, guns holstered. Because they are just investigating. Dude answers with a gun because of the time + awkwardness of the knock. Dude sees its cops. Dude puts the gun down. Surprised cops draw their gun and disarm the man. Explanations ensue.

He did not put the gun down he pointed it.

This is obviously a case of overeager trigger happy cops that want to catch the bad guy so much they possibly sacrifice some innocent good dudes. Which goes against the whole point of being a cop.

This is a terrible statement. They were overeager to make it home that night. What innocent good dude died? The point of being a cop is protect and serve. This includes themselves.
 

IF true police should not have inflated charges to make anything more justified and that is wrong

as per the cops that did the shooting, and the current FACTS, at hand my original statement still stands

cops who did the shooting did nothing wrong

we'll see if that changes per more FACTS
 
please do not lie and make stuff up, who said its not ok to answer your door armed? thats right NOBODY lmao

Ill believe your fantasy story when you provide one single shred of evidence to it :shrug:

untill then its nothing more than an illogical GUESS, thats the issue

hell you story could be 100% right, though theres no reason o think so but the FACT remains theres nothing to support it.

so until more details come out and something changed, per the story the cops were not at fault LMAO no amount of fantasy will change that.
Logic and commen sense would dictate corrective action needs to be taken immediatly. My theory and speculation is the most logical and probably truth of the situation. Not saying im right. But im pretty sure i probably am. The cops words cant be trusted because a person is dead and their whole life depends on them saying "He pointed it at us." Because they didn't announce themselves and the way the this situation unfolded they don't deserve to protect citizens. Sure maybe this was all an accident. It could have been avoided with stricter scruples. Just because a suspects vehicle is ditched, parked, stored in front of someone's place doesn't give the cops a right to knock unanounced and "just see what pops out of the door" while they have their guns trained and ready. Either they anounce themselves because they have weapons ready or they dont have weapons ready and just want to ask a question. One of the other. Not both ways.

(Ohh.. Hello! I just want to ask you some question with this gun pointed right at your damn face) No...
 
WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said it appeared authorities inflated the charges to justify what happened.
"From the minute this case was reported, it's been a constant attempt to shift the blame, shift the focus away from the sheriff's office," said Sheaffer.
 
He woke up to banging and crashing and hollering, the police DID NOT ANNOUNCE themselves. So here's a guy woken up in the middle of the night, hears a commotion, doesn't know what is going on, grabs his gun and goes to investigate. What about that is unreasonable? He opens the door, cops claim they saw a gun and shoot him dead.

Now, who has to prove the point? Only an ignorant statist would say that the State is assumed correct over the individual. In the Republic, the individual is assumed INNOCENT, the State is not. Burden of proof is on the State. The Cops, whom are agents of the State, must then demonstrate the necessity for being there, why they did not announce their presence, the reasons for acting in the manner that they did. The State is restricted, not the Individual. The cops did EVERYTHING wrong, no warrant, no announcement, nothing. Scare the **** out of some dude in the middle of the night, he grabs his gun, and the cops open fire on him. That's what happened.

You have no understanding of the law. The cops do not have to wait to react to a threat on their lives while on duty until after a trial. You point a gun at a cop they shoot you. Nothing illegal there. The cops do not need a warrant to knock on a door when there is reason to believe a suspect is inside.

Scare the **** out of some dude in the middle of the night, he grabs his gun, and the cops open fire on him. That's what happened.

To an unreasonable person who tends to blame the cops simply because they are cops and who wants to see people thrown in jail or who believes that people should be found guilty without evidence maybe. But to the rational person who beleives that when all the evidence in a case points to a person not being guilty and no evidence to the contrary, even when they are police, they are innocent. Just because you have an irrational hatred of authority figures does not mean these men did anything wrong.
 
WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said it appeared authorities inflated the charges to justify what happened.
"From the minute this case was reported, it's been a constant attempt to shift the blame, shift the focus away from the sheriff's office," said Sheaffer.

The charges dont matter. He pointed a gun at police officers. He deserved to be shot.

YOU CANNOT POINT A GUN AT ANYONE FOR KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR. THAT IS ILLEGAL.
 
You have no understanding of the law. The cops do not have to wait to react to a threat on their lives while on duty until after a trial. You point a gun at a cop they shoot you. Nothing illegal there. The cops do not need a warrant to knock on a door when there is reason to believe a suspect is inside.



To an unreasonable person who tends to blame the cops simply because they are cops and who wants to see people thrown in jail or who believes that people should be found guilty without evidence maybe. But to the rational person who beleives that when all the evidence in a case points to a person not being guilty and no evidence to the contrary, even when they are police, they are innocent. Just because you have an irrational hatred of authority figures does not mean these men did anything wrong.

The cops statement that he pointed the gun at them is invalid as evidence because if he didnt then the cops would have their lives stripped from them via the law. How would you expect someone to awnser the door armed? Most people would imagine with the gun ready but not pointed at anything in general. maybe even pointed up into the air but ready to aim with a flick of the wrist right? Chances are the dude had a gun in his hands, NOT pointed at whatever was banging on his door. Cops saw it and INSTANTLY fired at the sight of a gun regardless if it was pointed at them or not. The cops statements cant be taken as proof when said statement judges them harshly.

Its not a case of "Don't point a gun at someone knocking on your door." Because the cops had guns pointed at him before the door was even open. They weren't knocking on the door just to ask a casual question if they had their guns ready. They were in a violent stance and hence probably even knocked violently. Its obvious the guy never intended to threaten a cop because they never got shot at. These cops thought they had "their guy" and ****ed up bad.
 
Logic and commen sense would dictate corrective action needs to be taken immediatly. My theory and speculation is the most logical and probably truth of the situation. Not saying im right. But im pretty sure i probably am. The cops words cant be trusted because a person is dead and their whole life depends on them saying "He pointed it at us." Because they didn't announce themselves and the way the this situation unfolded they don't deserve to protect citizens. Sure maybe this was all an accident. It could have been avoided with stricter scruples. Just because a suspects vehicle is ditched, parked, stored in front of someone's place doesn't give the cops a right to knock unanounced and "just see what pops out of the door" while they have their guns trained and ready. Either they anounce themselves because they have weapons ready or they dont have weapons ready and just want to ask a question. One of the other. Not both ways.

(Ohh.. Hello! I just want to ask you some question with this gun pointed right at your damn face) No...

what logic?
what common sense?

you mena you guess and opinion LMAO


how is your theory most logical? based on WHAT FACTS AND EVIDENCE

why cant the cops words be trusted? MOST cops can be trusted lol

they do NOT have to announce themselves when knocking no matter how many times you say it lol

also they can knock if looking for a perp and they can have their guns ready if they want

who said they had

again you are welcom to your opinion but at best thats all it is, nothing in the stories support it yet
 
The cops statement that he pointed the gun at them is invalid as evidence because if he didnt then the cops would have their lives stripped from them via the law. How would you expect someone to awnser the door armed? Most people would imagine with the gun ready but not pointed at anything in general. maybe even pointed up into the air but ready to aim with a flick of the wrist right? Chances are the dude had a gun in his hands, NOT pointed at whatever was banging on his door. Cops saw it and INSTANTLY fired at the sight of a gun regardless if it was pointed at them or not. The cops statements cant be taken as proof when said statement judges them harshly.

Its not a case of "Don't point a gun at someone knocking on your door." Because the cops had guns pointed at him before the door was even open. They weren't knocking on the door just to ask a casual question if they had their guns ready. They were in a violent stance and hence probably even knocked violently. Its obvious the guy never intended to threaten a cop because they never got shot at. These cops thought they had "their guy" and ****ed up bad.

more random guesses :shrug:
 
You have no understanding of the law. The cops do not have to wait to react to a threat on their lives while on duty until after a trial. You point a gun at a cop they shoot you. Nothing illegal there. The cops do not need a warrant to knock on a door when there is reason to believe a suspect is inside.

So somebody reacting reasonably and being shot for it is a sign of good training and good cops, huh?

To an unreasonable person who tends to blame the cops simply because they are cops and who wants to see people thrown in jail or who believes that people should be found guilty without evidence maybe. But to the rational person who beleives that when all the evidence in a case points to a person not being guilty and no evidence to the contrary, even when they are police, they are innocent. Just because you have an irrational hatred of authority figures does not mean these men did anything wrong.

Please try a more intellectually honest argument that does not revolve around ad hom and hyperbole.
 
The charges dont matter. He pointed a gun at police officers. He deserved to be shot.

YOU CANNOT POINT A GUN AT ANYONE FOR KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR. THAT IS ILLEGAL.

So how much of this holds water?

Lake County Sheriff's Lt. John Herrell said deputies never identified themselves when they knocked on Andrew Scott's apartment, thinking he was an attempted homicide suspect. Herrell said the deputies did not identify themselves as law enforcement because they believed Scott to be armed and dangerous. However, in reality, they said he was just a man opening the door at 1:30 a.m. with a gun in his hands.
Scott was shot several times when he opened the door armed.

Deputies said Scott answered the door armed with a gun. One of the deputies then opened fire, killing Scott.

So at what point was he POINTING A GUN AT ANYONE? All information says he simply had a gun, which would be a reasonable reaction to the disturbance experienced. But no, this is well trained and good policing, yes? Shooting someone for reasonable reactions. :roll:
 
The cops statement that he pointed the gun at them is invalid as evidence because if he didnt then the cops would have their lives stripped from them via the law.


Uhhh. No. Him pointing the gun at them is not invalid. That is the main point.

How would you expect someone to awnser the door armed?

I dont. You dont point guns at people. If someone is pointing a gun at you it is because they intend to shoot you. Cops had two choices, get shot, or shoot.

Chances are the dude had a gun in his hands, NOT pointed at whatever was banging on his door. Cops saw it and INSTANTLY fired at the sight of a gun regardless if it was pointed at them or not. The cops statements cant be taken as proof when said statement judges them harshly.

How exactly are you determining these chances you are referring to? Can I see the data you have collected?

Its not a case of "Don't point a gun at someone knocking on your door." Because the cops had guns pointed at him before the door was even open.

Cops have every right to have their guns drawn.

Because the cops had guns pointed at him before the door was even open. They weren't knocking on the door just to ask a casual question if they had their guns ready.

They were knocking and had their guns drawn because they felt a dangerous suspect may have been inside. When looking for a violent suspect the cops should be prepared. That is common sense. You are irrationally attacking these police for no reason other than your hatred of authority figures.

Its obvious the guy never intended to threaten a cop because they never got shot at.

Can you please share the evidence of how you know his intent? Did he text you as he was opening the door? Or are you condemning police officers just because they are cops and you can imagine some scenario? And didnt intended to threaten? When you point a gun at a person what do you think the intent is? Comedy? Love?

These cops thought they had "their guy" and ****ed up bad.

Can you support this with something other than imagination?
 
YOu didnt even try to reply. let me know when you can.

I did reply. I asked if being shot for a reasonable reaction is a sign of good training and good cops. Please try a bit of honesty in your arguments.
 
So at what point was he POINTING A GUN AT ANYONE? All information says he simply had a gun, which would be a reasonable reaction to the disturbance experienced. But no, this is well trained and good policing, yes? Shooting someone for reasonable reactions. :roll:

I guess when you half ass read something and ignore the parts that dont fit your irrational hatred of authority the above is the garbage you would spew forth. However since you asked at what point he was pointing the gun I will refer you the article you should have read before inputting this nonsense into the thread.

"When we knocked on the door, the door opened and the occupant of that apartment was pointing a gun at deputies, and that's when we opened fire and killed him," Lt. John Herrell said.
 
So somebody reacting reasonably and being shot for it is a sign of good training and good cops, huh?

just to clarify

if he opened the door with the gun pointed at the cops like it says that is NOT acting reasonable
 
I did reply. I asked if being shot for a reasonable reaction is a sign of good training and good cops. Please try a bit of honesty in your arguments.

There was no reasonable reaction on his part. he was shot for pointing a gun at cops. There is no reasonable reaction that involves attempting to murder people for knocking on your door. Your attempt to lie and twist things is pathetic as is your attempt to put me on the spot for lying. Read the article and try replying with actual facts of the case not imagined conpsiracy theories that might have happened.
 
There was no reasonable reaction on his part. he was shot for pointing a gun at cops. There is no reasonable reaction that involves attempting to murder people for knocking on your door. Your attempt to lie and twist things is pathetic as is your attempt to put me on the spot for lying. Read the article and try replying with actual facts of the case not imagined conpsiracy theories that might have happened.

It is reasonable to arm yourself against late night intrusions upon your home and have a weapon in hand or readily available.
 
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just to clarify

if he opened the door with the gun pointed at the cops like it says that is NOT acting reasonable

Yes, likely you shouldn't open a door while pointing the gun at anyone. Though just having the gun in hand is not that.

I guess the real moral of this story is to not open the door and just shoot through it, just in case cops are on the other side looking to gun your ass down.
 
Evidence? or is all y ou need is a hatred of cops?

I need evidence. What we have is government force applied against the most fundamental of rights. The government is not assumed innocent, the government must PROVE it acted properly. If they cannot offer up the evidence, then actions must be taken against them.
 
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