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Texas Tech campus cop killed

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A "fortunate son" (one news account I read yesterday even used the term "scion") has taken a life in an act he calls "illogical" and has ruined his own young life. He had been taken into the campus cop shop after a welfare check on him had discovered drug paraphernalia in his dorm room. The slain officer's gun was still in his holster. I'm trying to wrap my head around the possibility that this "Reid" Daniels wasn't even frisked. Questions remain unanswered in fatal shooting of Texas Tech police officer | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

This seems like too-casual policing to me. He wasn't in handcuffs, the officer was alone with him and doing the paperwork, and somehow Daniels had a gun. I just don't understand how this tragedy happened.
 
A "fortunate son" (one news account I read yesterday even used the term "scion") has taken a life in an act he calls "illogical" and has ruined his own young life. He had been taken into the campus cop shop after a welfare check on him had discovered drug paraphernalia in his dorm room. The slain officer's gun was still in his holster. I'm trying to wrap my head around the possibility that this "Reid" Daniels wasn't even frisked. Questions remain unanswered in fatal shooting of Texas Tech police officer | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

This seems like too-casual policing to me. He wasn't in handcuffs, the officer was alone with him and doing the paperwork, and somehow Daniels had a gun. I just don't understand how this tragedy happened.

Stupid kid went from minor drug charge to capital murder in one evening. He could get put to death.
 
Stupid kid went from minor drug charge to capital murder in one evening. He could get put to death.

It's Texas, so you're probably right.
 
A "fortunate son" (one news account I read yesterday even used the term "scion") has taken a life in an act he calls "illogical" and has ruined his own young life. He had been taken into the campus cop shop after a welfare check on him had discovered drug paraphernalia in his dorm room. The slain officer's gun was still in his holster. I'm trying to wrap my head around the possibility that this "Reid" Daniels wasn't even frisked. Questions remain unanswered in fatal shooting of Texas Tech police officer | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

This seems like too-casual policing to me. He wasn't in handcuffs, the officer was alone with him and doing the paperwork, and somehow Daniels had a gun. I just don't understand how this tragedy happened.

Reminds me of this incident...

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=s...droid-samsung&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
 
Yup, we don't like people killing our cops.

If the offense is as described and his "fortunate son" status doesn't bail him out on a lesser charge, he'll fry.

He has to survive the gauntlet of being held by the cops brethren for a while now...things can happen...
 
A "fortunate son" (one news account I read yesterday even used the term "scion") has taken a life in an act he calls "illogical" and has ruined his own young life. He had been taken into the campus cop shop after a welfare check on him had discovered drug paraphernalia in his dorm room. The slain officer's gun was still in his holster. I'm trying to wrap my head around the possibility that this "Reid" Daniels wasn't even frisked. Questions remain unanswered in fatal shooting of Texas Tech police officer | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

This seems like too-casual policing to me. He wasn't in handcuffs, the officer was alone with him and doing the paperwork, and somehow Daniels had a gun. I just don't understand how this tragedy happened.

I wonder if this is the guy I saw being led to lockup. A young blonde guy. His playing to the cameras was disgusting...
 
And that is what happens when a cop lets his/her guard down at just the wrong time...

I would venture that some procedures were not followed here..

He will probably be a hero in prison...

djl
 
And that is what happens when a cop lets his/her guard down at just the wrong time...

I would venture that some procedures were not followed here..

He will probably be a hero in prison...

djl

Put him down.
 
A "fortunate son" (one news account I read yesterday even used the term "scion") has taken a life in an act he calls "illogical" and has ruined his own young life. He had been taken into the campus cop shop after a welfare check on him had discovered drug paraphernalia in his dorm room. The slain officer's gun was still in his holster. I'm trying to wrap my head around the possibility that this "Reid" Daniels wasn't even frisked. Questions remain unanswered in fatal shooting of Texas Tech police officer | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

This seems like too-casual policing to me. He wasn't in handcuffs, the officer was alone with him and doing the paperwork, and somehow Daniels had a gun. I just don't understand how this tragedy happened.

The shooter was White and on drugs so the cop probably felt that it's ok to just hand over his service weapon to him. Had it been a Black person who was cooperating in every way with the cop's demands then the officer would have been afraid.
 
The shooter was White and on drugs so the cop probably felt that it's ok to just hand over his service weapon to him. Had it been a Black person who was cooperating in every way with the cop's demands then the officer would have been afraid.

You need to read more closely. In my post to which you are responding, I stated that the cop's service weapon was still in its holster.
 
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