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Prisoner in hospital grabs gun, shoots deputy

By adamg on Wed, 07/31/2013 - 12:17pm


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By jmeltzer on Wed, 07/31/2013 - 12:51pm.

But he swore it was in self defense ...

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By anon on Wed, 07/31/2013 - 1:22pm.

It was possibly in self defense, though no judge would ever allow a jury instruction to that effect.

When you are being kept as a slave and you have a chance to take down one of your taskmasters, I think that is justifiable.

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By anon on Wed, 07/31/2013 - 3:04pm.

Smoke a few more!

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By adamg on Wed, 07/31/2013 - 3:13pm.

This might help. Or this.

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By anon on Wed, 07/31/2013 - 1:28pm.

No, he swears he didn't shoot the deputy.

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By jdrinboston on Wed, 07/31/2013 - 1:33pm.

but they say it is a capital offense.

(May be true in real life)

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By TheVanJones on Wed, 07/31/2013 - 2:18pm.

Shouldn't the question be: why wasn't the deputy paying attention?

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By anon on Wed, 07/31/2013 - 2:36pm.

... one of them was paying attention ...

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By mdecast on Wed, 07/31/2013 - 4:16pm.

Shouldn't we wait until all of the facts are released before we judge that he wasn't paying attention.

If the information released is correct, then it sounds like the struggle began when the restraints were being removed. I'm sure the officer was at a tactical disadvantage when removing the restraints, I'm sure his hands were both busy, while the con had a free hand available to make a move.

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By bostnkid on Thu, 08/01/2013 - 7:56am.

I'm sure his hands were both busy, while the con had a free hand available to make a move. By mdecast - 7/31/13 - 4:16 pm

dont they train these guys on how to keep the prisoner they are uncuffing from getting a hold of the officers gun? i would think this kind of training would have been covered at the academy. seeing that they do have to put handcuffs on and remove them quite a bit. it would probably be helpful to figure out a way to keep the prisoner from getting your gun and shooting you in an emergency room full of innocent bystanders waiting to receive medical attention.

also, was this officers gun in one of the lock holsters that kept terrorists #1 and #2 from getting the late officer collier's gun free from his holster?

im guesssing they are discussing the further training of their officers over at middlesex sherif's dept this morning.

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By urban RN on Wed, 07/31/2013 - 7:11pm.

the general public cannot understand how dangerous day-to-day work is for health care providers. i have worked in a boston hospital for over a decade and have witnessed many assaults on staff and patients by other patients. the police, under pressure to not prosecute the mentally ill who commint crimes, bring all sorts of violent individuals to our emergency rooms and we have to treat them. it is always scary to me when 4 or more boston police officers (equipt with guns, clubs and handcuffs) bring in patients to us and one or 2 female staff are supposed to treat them with just just TLC. the police leave and we are left to subdue and treat these frightening individuals. it is scary. as a city we need to figure out how to deal with folks who are criminally minded, violent and sick before there are other incidents such as the one in this article.

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By anon on Wed, 07/31/2013 - 7:31pm.

http://www.salemnews.com/local/x1664874546/Salem-m...

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By JohnAKeith on Wed, 07/31/2013 - 7:30pm.

"I see nothing! I hear nothing!"

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