Comments on: Shooting Involving Two Deputies Injures One Suspect

By: Maybe Morgan wanted the cigarette back?

Maybe Morgan wanted the cigarette back? — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 03:54:22 +0000

Yeah the innocent victim will get paid, but everything happens for a reason… …. Maybe before u believe a neighbor’s report you should make sure you have a victim first!!!! Can’t arrest someone in a car if you can’t prove they aren’t supposed to be there,

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:08:49 +0000

Do not worry.
The FDLE “investigation” will (99.9% of the time) find that the deputies action is justified.
There is no point in debating what is what.

By: Sick & Tired

Sick & Tired — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:58:10 +0000

Frank: I agree.Glad to know the LEO’s who did an unjustified shooting is ok. the first thing people need to read in this article is “injured one suspect.” Hell he was in his yard and his car so WHAT THE BLEEP makes him a SUSPECT.
BLACK MALE, 230 AM , DECENT CAR that obviously someone went to work and paid for but apparently Black does make you a SUSPECT IN FLORIDA, luckily he survived because we can be assured they would have only been standing their ground.
LEO: administrative paid leave
Innocent Man in his own yard: 20,000 hospital bill.
3 hrs in the ER will get you 5000 an admit will get you an application for part time employment to cover the portion insurance doesn’t.

By: billybob

billybob — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:54:58 +0000

Why does not jthe media ust get a copy of the 911 tapes. They are public record.

By: lucy

lucy — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 04:28:22 +0000

So, Avalon, what should he learn? I appreciate what deputies do but they are not always justified in their actions just because they have a gun and a badge. Be careful about pulling in your driveway or leaning into your car. Oh, that’s right, you know not to do that.

By: Confused

Confused — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 22:18:52 +0000

“At 2:42 a.m., deputies responded to an address in the 200 block of Shadow Lawn Lane of West Navy Boulevard in reference to a possible vehicle burglary.”

“Neighbors said deputies had followed the man home perhaps thinking the car was stolen, but the car belonged to the victim’s mother and he had permission to drive it.”

Is anyone else not confused about the story as it was reported? Were deputies responding to a possible vehicle burglary? Or were they following him home thinking the car was stolen? They could not have done both. And if they did follow him home thinking the car may have been stolen, why wouldn’t they just run the license plate?? Doesn’t add up.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 21:38:42 +0000

REGARDING:
“Maybe They Should Learn To Be Sure Before Shooting.”

They should, but the problem is that if you always wait to be sure, some of the time, you are dead before you are dead sure.

My grandfather was a US Deputy Marshal along with being a Game Warden. He told me whenever he approached a suspect at night he had his flashlight away from his body in case they shot at the light. Further he had the light in their eyes so they couldn’t see their target if they decided to shoot and kill him.

None of them ever tried their shot because they couldn’t see well enough to make it. (Daytime was another matter.) They never saw he also had his 38 drawn, cocked and pointed in case they decided to shoot. He thumbed the hammer down while pointing it elsewhere after they had yielded and holstered it ere they knew how close they had come.

Of course, he’s dead now going on 32 years and other officers do things other ways.

David for better ways

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 21:26:02 +0000

REGARDING:
“Even I, who has had very little experience with LEOs, know NOT to reach into a vehicle once an officer has approached/made contact. Is a cigarette really worth reaching for once an officer is on the scene?”

People who smoke have already shown they are ready to die horribly as so many smokers do, but in this case there is nothing saying he reached into the vehicle AFTER the officers approached him.

David for snuff over cigarettes
(less fire, easier to reach cancers)

By: Jann

Jann — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 20:55:11 +0000

Waiting for the other side of the story…

By: woerner

woerner — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:42:09 +0000

Sounds like a humdinger here. Probably was a rookie that shot an unarmed man . Morgan trained. They can’t chase a suspect, but they sure can blow your head off if they feel threatened.