Sparta

Imagine a world where cops did whatever they wanted.

MIAMI - A fugitive gunman accused of killing a Florida sheriff’s deputy was shot 68 times by SWAT team officers who found him hiding in the woods, according to autopsy results.

Police fired 110 shots at Angilo Freeland, 27, the target of a massive manhunt in central Florida following the shooting death of Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Matt Williams Thursday.

“That’s all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper

Judd said Williams was “executed” after Freeland was pulled over in a routine traffic stop on Thursday. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed.

Williams, 39, was shot eight times—one bullet fired at close range behind the deputy’s right ear and another in his right temple, according to autopsy results released on Saturday by the sheriff’s office.

Sheriff’s officials said SWAT team members found Freeland on Friday hiding under a fallen oak tree in a wooded area near where the deputies were shot, and began firing when they saw a gun in his hand.

Accused cop-killer shot 68 times - Crime & Punishment - MSNBC.com

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Freedom for All

Yeah, that sounds like cops. Too bad they didn't have the guts to go into the Columbine High School...

ilikeGW

Now that's SWAT for ya!!

ilikeGW

Umm, I don't think any cops are regretting not walking into that school and shooting children to death. Yes, yes, the two killers were cold blooded, but I don't any cop wanted to be the one to bring them down. Besides, weren't the shootins and their suicides over by the time cops got in there?

Freedom for All

Those brave men! Standing there outside the school while two foxes were loose in the hen-house, just because they were afraid that the foxes looked like the hens and thus they might make a mistake and kill a hen...so instead the let the foxes kill as many hens as they wanted to.

If they're not staying awake at night regretting their cowardice, they should be.

Yeah, the suicides were done and the shooting was over...HOURS before the cops found the balls to go in and look.

Back to this case, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department a couple of years ago had a shootout in a city intersection in which they expended over 150 rounds and didn't hit the suspect once. Fortunately, they didn't hit anyone else, either.

Why are those people allowed to have guns if they can't shoot them straight, or even know the first basic rule of shooting, which is to see the target?

Sparta

Ever see on one of those cop shows when some jackass bails during a traffic stop and the cop unloads a clip at the tire and misses with every shot?

That's real conversation for your ass.

Maritxu

WTF?

And I remeber that conversation about cops being heros....

"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."
Thomas Paine

"When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist."
Archbishop Helder Camara

Sparta

That's the quote I was waiting for someone to comment on. Theres something very wrong about what that guy said.

That's real conversation for your ass.

Maritxu

Very wrong?
That quote can only be said by a cold blooded murderer. I'd be really really scared to have people like that in the police department.

"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."
Thomas Paine

"When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist."
Archbishop Helder Camara

Roach

Can't believe that quote came from a Police officer.. I don't really know the story but I hope he loses his job over that one!
Thank god Police in the UK don't carry guns!