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According to police, they contacted Rutland Probation and Parole, which conducted a home visit and discovered marijuana in the home. Police said troopers confiscated a substantial amount of marijuana that Delpezzo was accused of cultivating in his home.
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Tomb Raider debuts at Microsoft press conference
Crystal Dynamics popped up at the Microsoft press conference this morning in LA to premiere the next outing in the Tomb Raider saga.
The game is a reboot of the series telling the story of a 21-year-old Lara Croft as she begins her life as a tomb raider.
The new footage is quite a visceral and intimate experience using a lot of close camera-work to bring the players closer to the action. There's lots of attractive fire and water effects and there's a lot of talking from a clearly very green Lara Croft as she figures out how to escape the tomb she's fallen into.
The environments seem far more dynamic than in previous games in the series and it does feel like they have been working very hard to really bring the series back to life, with more than a little influence from Nathan Drake.
Tomb Raider will launch in the autumn of 2012.
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Sun Hung Kai Says H.K. Builders Face China-Led Cost Pressure
Hong Kong builders face increases of more than 10 percent a year in construction costs because of competition for workers and materials from projects in China, according to Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd., the world's biggest developer by value.
"We're seeing double-digit increases every year and we'll be seeing this for quite some time," Victor Lui, deputy managing director at Hong Kong-based Sun Hung Kai, said in an interview. "There're a lot of projects going on in mainland China and we are competing with them for everything: materials, workers, even architects, designers and surveyors."
The city is the world's most expensive place to buy a home after prices rose more than 90 percent since early 2009 on a lack of new supply, an influx of buyers from other Chinese cities and record low mortgage rates. Rising construction costs may further drive up prices, which have now surpassed the level in 1997 on the eve of the city's last major property crash.
Construction costs for most housing developments in Hong Kong range from HK$3,000 ($387) to HK$4,000 per square foot, with luxury projects costing more, said Lui, who joined the developer as a trainee in 1977.
"When homebuyers see costs going up at this pace, they would expect prices to rise in the future," said Lui.
Sun Hung Kai reported staff costs rose 13 percent to HK$5.05 billion in the 12 months ended June 30 from a year earlier, according to its annual report published in September.
Gross Margin
Sun Hung Kai has an estimated gross margin, a measure of profitability, of 41.6 percent for the current fiscal year, compared with 31.8 percent average margin for developers in mainland China.
The developer's shares fell 0.6 percent to HK$111.80 at the close of trading in Hong Kong today. They have risen 15 percent this year, the least among the nine builders in the Hang Seng Property Index, which has gained 27 percent over the same period.
Lui, 57, was promoted to his current position in July to assist Thomas and Raymond Kwok, the company's co-chairmen charged by Hong Kong's anti-graft agency for conspiring to provide the city's former No. 2 official with payments and loans for unspecified favors. Their case will be mentioned in court again on Oct. 12.
Lui declined to comment on the case and has previously said operations of the developer won't be affected.
Accelerating Sales
Sun Hung Kai, which generated the most new home sales among Hong Kong developers last year, is accelerating its pace of offerings again, according to Centaline Property Agency Ltd. Sales from the developer accounted for 22 percent market share in the first half of 2012, down from 35 percent in the full year of 2011, figures compiled by Centaline show.
The company aims to complete sales of 95 percent of the 1,075 units at its Century Gateway project in the city's northwestern Tuen Mun district by Oct. 15, Lui said.
As many as 20 percent of the buyers of the project are "permanent Hong Kong residents with businesses in neighboring Shenzhen," a city across the border between Hong Kong and mainland China within a 15 minute drive from Tuen Mun, he said.
Mainland Chinese buyers -- major purchasers of Hong Kong properties since the Chinese government began relaxing travel visas for its citizens to the city in 2004 -- accounted for only about 5 percent of the project, Lui said.
Buyers from other Chinese cities accounted for 17 percent of all Hong Kong home sales by value in the second quarter, the lowest since the first quarter of 2011, according to Centaline.
Upcoming Sales
"We're seeing a lot more wealthy Hong Kong families coming back to the market," said Lui. "Many of them are shifting more of their assets from stocks to properties because of the volatility in the global financial market and also because of the low interest rate environment."
Sun Hung Kai plans to start selling homes in at least six new residential projects and two office projects before the end of its current financial year in June, he said.
The developer last month reported underlying profit was little changed in the full fiscal year ended June.
Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Standard Chartered Plc, HSBC Holdings Plc, Macquarie Securities and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have since raised their price targets for Sun Hung Kai, citing management's confidence that home sales will pick up.
Sun Hung Kai sold 479 residential units for HK$10.5 billion in the first half of 2012, behind Sino Land Co. and Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd., according to Centaline.


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HC Grants Divorce on Apostasy Ground, Says Faith is above Law
By Express News Service - NEW DELHI
Published: 13th May 2014 08:06 AM
Last Updated: 13th May 2014 08:06 AM
One's religious faith is above any law, the Delhi High Court has ruled while granting divorce to a girl who converted to Islam for marriage and then reconverted to her original religion.
Granting divorce under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 to Zainab (name changed), a Division Bench of Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Najmi Waziri also clarified that there was no requirement in such circumstances for a woman leaving Islam to prove her act in a trial. The mere act of apostasy dissolves the marriage if she so desires, it said.
"Were a woman married under Muslim personal law to apostatise, the marriage stands dissolved. In such circumstances, the woman is entitled to seek a decree of declaration that the marriage stands dissolved from the date of her apostatising," the Bench said.
The Bench went into the circumstances under which the law was passed in 1939 to emphasise that if people come or are brought to Islam from a different religion, they should be permitted to go back for which there should be no bar.
The court was hearing an appeal by the husband, Aarif (name changed), challenging the grant of divorce by a Saket family court to Zainab. Aarif contested her reconversion to Hinduism and alleged that she had done it under parental pressure. He also cited Section 4 of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act to contend that it prohibited dissolution of marriage on the sole ground of apostasy. The court agreed with the trial court verdict and ruled that Section 4 had not altered the rule of Muslim personal law that apostasy dissolved a marriage.
"In the opinion of this court, all that Section 4 has done is to introduce an intervening mechanism, but to reach the same conclusion, that apostasy would not by itself dissolve the marriage and some further substantive act would be required to be done in this regard," the court said. The estranged wife averred that her mere statement 'ipso facto' amounted to abjuration of Islam and its tenets. She also filed an affidavit admitting to her apostasy along with fatwas from two muftis.
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James Mirtle at the Toronto Globe & Mail reports that Wojtek Wolski is participating in the BioSteel camp, a week of hard training done in Toronto by 30 or so top level players with trainers Matt Nichol and Gary Roberts.
Other players who are participating include Steven Stamkos, Stephen Weiss, Jeff Skinner, Mike Cammalleri, Tyler Seguin, PK Subban and Paul Bissonnette. Former Rangers prospect Ethan Werek is also in attendance.
Earlier this summer Wolski trained with Barbara Underhill and hockey guru Jari Byrski.
Here's video of Wolski at BioSteel camp courtesy of TheNYRBlog reader @jordanschoem…
…have I mentioned that Wolski is going to fit perfectly on a line with Richards and Gaborik? Really impressed with his commitment this summer.
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Police were investigating after a body was found in Oklahoma City on Saturday.
Investigators said the body was found during a trash pickup at 6900 North Morgan Road about 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Officials said a group called Friends of Overholser were completing an Earth Day project near Lake Overholser when a volunteer found the body near the Kilpatrick Turnpike.
Police conducted a search on foot and with the help of a helicopter.
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Don Lee Stroud (born 1 September 1943) is an American actor and surfer who appeared in many films in the 1960s, '70s and '80s, and has starred in over 100 movies and 175 television shows to date.
Stroud was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he grew up, the son of comedian and vaudevillien Clarence Stroud (of the Stroud Twins), and singer Ann Livermore (née McCormack), who toured the world with Frank Sinatra. Stroud's mother and stepfather owned and operated the popular "Embers Steak House" and nightclub where Ann performed nightly. Don thrived on the beach in Waikiki under the watchful eyes of such mentors as Blackout, Mud, Buckshot, Rabbit and Steamboat.He learned much from these famous beach boys and in 1960, at the age of 17, he placed fourth in the "Duke Kahanamoku World Surfing Championship" at Makaha, Hawaii.
Stroud was surfing at Waikiki when he was discovered by actor Troy Donahue who was filming "Hawaiian Eye" (1959) and needed a stunt double for his surfing scenes. Don, at 18, 6...
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The Roller Blade Seven is a 1991 martial arts, cult film directed by Donald G. Jackson and starring Scott Shaw.
The Roller Blade Seven follows the lead character, Hawk Goodman, who is played by Scott Shaw. Hawk is sent on a mission by Reverend Donald, played by Donald G. Jackson, to rescue Sister Sparrow from the clutches of the evil overlord Pharaoh, played by William Smith, in the apocalyptic world of the future.
Sister Sparrow was abducted from the Master of Light Institute by the evil Saint Offender Joe Estevez and taken into the Wheelzone from whence Hawk must rescue her. But before Hawk can complete his task, he must take pyschedelic mushrooms with cult movie actress Karen Black and learn to rollerblade. Armed only with his samurai sword, Hawk does battle with the Black Knight (played by Frank Stallone, some rollerblading ninjas, and various gangs that inhabit the Wheelzone. Joining him on this mission are such oddities as a Kabuki mime with a wiffle bat, a rollerblading banjo...,
The King of the Kickboxers (also known as Karate Tiger 4 and No Retreat, No Surrender 4) is a 1991 film directed by Lucas Lowe and starring Loren Avedon as Jake Donahue and Billy Blanks as Khan.Jake Donahue and his older brother Schot are in Thailand. Jake's brother is fighting for the kickboxing championship of Thailand and wins his bout. Jake and Schot leave the arena victorious and are soon attacked by Khan and his henchmen. Khan takes Schot on in a fight and subsequently kills him. He then attacks Jake and leaves him scarred for life.Ten years later, Jake is a police officer, fighting crime in New York city. Jake is given a special assignment by his commanding officer Captain O'Day (played by Richard Jaeckal). His Captain tells him that there are filmmakers in Thailand who kill the actors on the set of their films. Jake is to travel to Thailand to stop them. Jake refuses but changes his mind when he later finds out that Khan is involved.Jake travels to Thailand and meets a...
Sweet Sixteen is a 1983 horror film directed by Jim Sotos. The movie starred Bo Hopkins, Susan Strasberg and Patrick Macnee.
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia is a 1981 film, starring Kristy McNichol, Dennis Quaid, Mark Hamill, and Don Stroud, directed by Ronald F. Maxwell. It was very loosely inspired by the Vicki Lawrence song of the same name (it shares almost no plot elements with the original song). New lyrics related to the plot of the film were written for the film version.
The movie was filmed on location in Dade County, Georgia.
A young singer and his sister/manager travel to Nashville in search of stardom. As they journey from one grimy hotel to another, it becomes increasingly obvious that only one of them has what it takes to become a star.
Dennis Quaid plays Travis Child, a country singer who had one hit song and then faded from the scene. Kristy McNichol is his ambitious younger sister, Amanda Child, who is determined to get them to Nashville where Travis can once again become a star. Her plans are derailed by Travis's lack of ambition and easy distraction by women and booze.
The two...,
The Amityville Horror is the first film in the Amityville Horror saga. It was released on July 27, 1979 and is based on the 1977 novel The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson. The film was a box office success despite being given poor reviews by critics such as Leonard Maltin and Roger Ebert, who described it as "dreary and terminally depressing." A remake was released in 2005, The Amityville Horror (2005 film). The story is ostensibly based on real life events that have been the subject of much controversy.
After buying and moving in to 112 Ocean Avenue, a house where a mass murder has been committed, George and Kathy Lutz and their children experience a frightening series of paranormal events, causing them to flee the house only twenty-eight days after moving in.
The Buddy Holly Story is a 1978 biographical film which tells the life story of rock musician Buddy Holly. It stars Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis, William Jordan, and Maria Richwine, who played Maria Elena Holly.
The movie was adapted by Robert Gittler from the biography of Holly by John Goldrosen. It was directed by Steve Rash.
It won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Gary Busey) and Best Sound.
The film opens with Buddy Holly's beginnings as a teenager in Lubbock, Texas and his emergence into the world of rock and roll with his fictional good friends and bandmates, drummer Jesse Charles (Don Stroud) and bass player Ray Bob Simmons (Charles Martin Smith), soon to be known as The Crickets. Their first break comes when they are brought to Nashville, Tennessee to record, but Buddy's vision soon clashes with the producers' rigid ideas of how...,
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Good afternoon. Coming off a unique weekend for us. It was awesome to have some time off and rest up this time of year and spend the holidays with our families. With that we get back to business in preparation for our regular-season finale against the Cleveland Browns.
Looking at us from an injury standpoint coming out of Thursday night's game, (it is) normal bumps and bruises.
• Bryant McFadden has a hip pointer that may limit him in the early part of the week.
• LaMarr Woodley has some swelling on his left knee; same thing there.
• Jason Worilds has some swelling on his knee. It may limit him during the early portions of the week and, particularly with a young guy who's limited from a practice standpoint, that would put his participation in question.
• Mewelde Moore has a right knee sprain. He could be characterized as questionable at this point.
• Troy Polamalu's improving. We're going to look at him and watch him move here a little bit this week. It's not out of the realm of possibility that he could play this weekend, and if he's healthy he will.
• Aaron Smith's a week better. We scanned him and he's healing nicely. Again, he's pushing and lifting weights and so forth and is inching closer to practice participation, and of course hopefully game participation, here at some point.
We're excited about the opportunity to end our season against an AFC North team in the Cleveland Browns, one that we respect. We understand what's at stake here. What better way to have to go about winning the division than to go on the road and have to do it in a rival's home.
When you look at them offensively, it starts with Colt McCoy. This young man debuted against us the first time we played them and represented himself extremely well in that football game. He threw for over 280 yards against us, had a touchdown to Ben Watson, showed awareness and savvy beyond his years, and he continues to do those things. We've got to do a better job against him than we did last time, to be quite frank with you. He spread the ball around; looked like he had a pretty comfortable time digesting the things that we threw at them. He's helped in his effort by what Peyton Hillis does for him, not only rushing the football … but equally important is this guy has 60 catches. A lot of football goes through Peyton Hills offensively for the Cleveland Browns, whether he's running it or receiving it. Their leading receiver happens to be Ben Watson, who's an athletic vertical threat at tight end, veteran player, former New England Patriot, is doing some really nice things for them. Brian Robiskie, a young wideout, has done some nice things for them recently. He scored a touchdown the last two games. He's catching fire. We need to contend with him. Up front of course they're anchored by [Eric] Steinbach and Joe Thomas on the left side.
Defensively, I think the biggest thing you look at when you look at them is the number of people they're playing. They've got a deep rotation of people, particularly in their front seven. It makes them a fresher unit. They play with energy. Their nose guard Ahtyba Rubin is highly productive. I can't imagine a defensive lineman having more tackles in the NFL than him. It shows up on tape. He makes a bunch of plays for them. They've got bunch of guys at the linebacker level with position flexibility, particularly in their sub-packages. Those guys do a variety of things. It's a tough time locating Matt Roth and getting a bead on what he does and where he plays. David Bowens does similar things. He plays inside; he plays outside. He's a rushman some in sub-package football. Eric Barton, their linebackers are very versatile. Marcus Bernard, he's got 8.5 sacks on the season. He moves around quite a bit, plays some inside linebacker, plays some end in rush situations. Just locating these men and particularly identifying the number of people they play will be extremely taxing for us. And then of course they have Shaun Rogers. We know what kind of game-changer he is from a talent standpoint. What's going on in the secondary has to be pretty pleasing to them. They've got two young players who are playing really well for them. At the safety position, T.J. Ward is their leading tackler. He's consistently aggressive and aware. He's a really good football player. And their No. 1 pick at corner, Joe Haden, has six interceptions on the year. He picked us off in the red zone early in the first quarter the last time we played them. He continues to make play after play, not only in the passing game but he's a consistent run-support man. He's just playing the game extremely well. He's playing off; he's playing on the line of scrimmage. He's a good player, like a lot of guys who came out of that Florida program last year. We went down there and watched their Pro Day. It's not surprising what many of those guys are doing.
From a special-teams standpoint, and also offensively, you know we always have to deal with Joshua Cribbs, whether as a kick returner, a punt returner, as a wide receiver, as a wildcat quarterback. When he's got the ball in his hands he's capable of doing damage to a defense or a special-teams unit, and of course he has a history of big-time success against us, one we hope don't continue in the stadium this weekend.
With an older team, how big has this break been?
I think this break is beneficial to any team. When you've got 15 games in your rearview mirror, anybody would take advantage of a 10-day window.
How do you see the rivalry?
It is what it is. Any time in the National Football League you're getting on the bus to go play a game, man, that's a pretty heated rivalry. Not many bus trips in the National Football League. Just from proximity's standpoint it's unique. History is what it is: two storied franchises, the fans. I think the close proximity and history makes it what it is.
With Troy, will you wait until Friday?
Yes. We're going to practice him on Friday and see where that takes us.
Has the rivalry heated up?
I'd like to have a rivalry with everybody that we play. That's just the nature of it. We have a rivalry versus the Ravens, versus the Bengals, and the Browns as far as I'm concerned. That's the nature of AFC North football. Their perceptions of the rivalry I can't control.
Will last year's loss at Cleveland have an impact on the team's approach?
I think what's at stake right now and right here is enough motivation. We're trying to secure an AFC North title. In order to do that, we have to go into an AFC North city and do the job, and I'm sure they're not for us doing it so it's going to make it interesting and exciting.
McCoy struggled last week. What have you seen from him since you played him last?
He really didn't struggle. Playing against Ed Reed is something that all quarterbacks gotta learn how to do. There's no manual for playing against Ed Reed and I'm sure it's a lesson well-learned. Other than the plays made by Ed Reed, I thought he played pretty well in the football game and pretty consistent with how he's represented himself all year, starting with when he debuted against us. This guy has got good pocket presence. He distributes the ball to a number of people. He's elusive and mobile. He creates plays with his legs. He doesn't panic. Situational football is not too big for him. There's a lot of reasons to be optimistic about what this guy brings to the table, and I'm sure they are.
Is he improving?
I imagine he is improving. They're probably the best evaluator of that, but I saw enough the first time we played them that I'm not surprised by anything he's done to this point.
Did they use the sub-package without defensive linemen in the first meeting? And how much of a problem was that?
They used some of it. They're using more of it. I think it's made increasingly difficult simply by the number of people they're playing and the variety of positions that they're asking them to play. It's situational. It's third-down oriented. It's red-zone oriented. It's in line with the personality coach [Eric] Mangini and coach [Rob] Ryan have displayed since they've been together there.
Because of the Ryan brothers, are there similarities to what the Browns and Jets do?
No, not specifically defensively. I think if you coach football, particularly defensive football, you do what your guys are capable of doing and doing well. They're working with two different units and outfits and I think they cater their assault to fit their people.
Are you contemplating change at left tackle?
Has Maurkice Pouncey hit the rookie wall?
No. As a matter of fact, I think he, along with some others, have been getting better. That's a good sign. Obviously we need contributions from our younger people and we've been getting it. Young people like Maurkice and Emmanuel Sanders and Antonio Brown, Jason Worilds, Stevenson Sylvester, they've been improving of late, which has been encouraging.
If Moore can't play, will you dress Jonathan Dwyer?
Yeah, that's a possibility. I'm not ready to count Mewelde out yet.
Are teams allowing the rookies room by paying extra attention to Hines Ward?
I think that's a fair assessment, but also the attention earned by Mike Wallace as well. When you've got guys like Mike and Hines on the field along with Heath Miller, I think it provides opportunities for other eligibles. In the cases of those two young men, they're taking advantage of those opportunities and maybe getting a little attention of their own.
Are teams coming in with the purpose of taking Ward away?
Situationally, and I think that's always been the case. Hines' reputation is what it is and it's well-deserved. He's a big red-zone threat. You see that people are willing to put multiple people on him in those instances and some third-down instances, but it's probably more situational than anything else. And that might be one of the reasons you see a guy like Emmanuel Sanders catch three or four passes on third down like he was able to do a week ago.
Do you still need to keep Mike Wallace's confidence in check?
I'm not trying to keep his confidence in check. I want him to be a better football player. Whatever I do with him from a coaching standpoint is geared toward him being the very best player that he can be. He's capable of being a better player. He needs to grow in some areas. We've been pretty upfront about that.
What are the areas he needs to grow?
Detail and route-running and coverage recognition; playing without the ball in his hand – blocking and so forth; a lot of the things that young receivers need to grow and develop at doing.
The hot route last week? Did he run it right?
Touchdown. I liked what I saw.
Get everything you want for Christmas?
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We've already seen the Lenovo IdeaTab S2, which has many of the same specs, but the successor to the IdeaPad K1 looks like it will be the more business oriented tablet model from Lenovo...
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Do you mean this IdeaTab S2?
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Hmmmm. I've not been so excited for a Lenovo since I saw a IdeaPad K1 on Craigslist for $250. I just might trade my Galaxy Tab 10.1 for the IdeaTab K2 with keyboard....
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I've always hated the term "PK." All my life, people have felt total license to use it with my siblings and me—a knowing glance, a faked camaraderie. "You're a PK, too? Isn't it the worst/best?"
Well, yes. And no. And why are we having this conversation in the first place? We never, after all, refer to a dentist's child as a DK or the child of a homemaker as an HK. Why do the children of clergy get such special designations—and such a specific template into which they must fit?
We PKs have two choices, according to television and popular belief. Either we grow up sanctimonious, carrying the mantle of our fathers—in the mold of Martin Luther King Jr., Reinhold and H. Richard Niebuhr, and Franklin Graham—or, we are Katy Perry or pre-conversion Jay Bakker, tattooed and seductive and rebellious and raising hell in ways specifically contrived to reject our parents' beliefs (call it the Pastor's Kids Gone Wild trend, as Jon Acuff recently did).
We have on our hands a Christian celebrity culture that runs counter to the gospel: that elevates the gifted communicators, teachers, and leaders and devalues the gifts of the volunteers: those who welcome people into their homes, the administrative assistants, and the janitors. A 2004 Biola Magazine cover story on pastor's kids noted, "When your dad is a famous Christian, there's a sense that people aren't putting him or you on the same level as themselves. It's this weird, super-Christian mentality," said one of the interviewees. And this sentiment is true, and it is sad, and it is wrong, and it is against everything that Jesus tells us and lived out about the crux of his gospel being located in service.
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We three children easily could have grown up with "pastor's kids" as our primary identifier. For the better part of our growing-up years, my mom and dad worked in one of the biggest churches in the country, a church prone to certain kinds of Christian celebrity worship. To be clear, that is part of its junk, and every church has junk, and the congregation is also an incredible place of service and community. People talked to us frequently about how our parents' gifts impacted their lives. And we all, I think, loved to hear that.
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June 2, 2005, 08:54 AM
Interesting situation, I don't think he's helping himself posing for that picture holding his gun in a wife beater t-shirt. The problem is in public with so many innocent bystanders around its not a good idea for him to shoot, if its our daughter or son being hit, god forbid, how horrible would that be? If it was a more isolated area he wouldn't be charged, but the police don't want to condone these things and inspire more shootings in public.
June 2, 2005, 08:58 AM
That a 380 auto, technically a 9x17mm but clearly not what the story implied.
I personally beleive that it is better to shoot at people than at objects. Either you are justified in applying deadly force or you arent. Still, he was justified in applying deadly force to protect the people in the parking lot, so I think a halfassed application of deadly force was ok.
June 2, 2005, 09:00 AM
Sounds like the guy has a pretty good handle on the situation, actually. He recognized that the shoplifting offense wasn't worth a response other than calling the cops, but when the guy used the car to threaten others, something had to be done.
Hard to say since we weren't right there, but giving the guy the benefit of the doubt re: backstop, bystanders locations etc. it looks OK to me. One guy hanging out the door and another one run over, car turning back around towards more people. Got to stop that thing somehow. I'd go as far to say that he'd have been justified taking a shot at the driver, assuming his line of fire was clear.
Frankly, I also agree with him that it if the employees hadn't gotten involved, his hand would not have been forced. Once their lives were at risk, the door opens for using the gun to stop it.
- Gabe
PS: I'm with python on the t-shirt pose...bad PR move :)
June 2, 2005, 09:11 AM
How is flattening the guys tires going to make him LESS dangerous on the road? Seriously, popping one tire will do NOTHING to stop the car, it WILL make it 100 times more difficult to control and dangerous to bystanders. Lets not forget the potential for people getting hurt by deflected/missed shots, clearly this was a possibility since the guy DID miss.
His actions certainly sound irresponsible, and his demeanor and appearance do nothing to dissuade one from this conclusion. Im having a hard time picturing how this went down. The shoplifter stays in the parking lot long enough to do the damage described by the shooter, and AFTER THAT is still close enough for him to take a shot at the tires?
My rule of thumb is this: If deadly force is necessary, shoot the driver. Thats the biggest target, and the easiest way to stop the situation. If deadly force ISNT necessary, keep the gun where it is.
R.H. Lee
June 2, 2005, 09:21 AM
How does he think 'shooting out the tires' will stop the truck? His motive may have been noble, but his judgement is not so good.
June 2, 2005, 09:28 AM
I think he was justified even though his hand was forced by the stupidity of others. The suspect had the ability, opportunity and had taken a substantial step towards using deadly force on victims. He would have been justified in using deadly force to stop the assault on the victims. What he should have done is fired at the suspect, not the tires. Hollywood bullets hit and puncture tires, real ones don't. I'm not going to get on his case too much though. The bottom line is this; He witnesses an act of deadly force against another person, and he tries to protect another life. He is justified.
This line is just stupid;
"When you take matters into your own hands, whether with physical force or firearms, there's no way can you ensure ... that it goes the way you want it to," Baker said. "You want to do the right thing, and that's admirable, but it's a liability issue. You could be wrong. We would rather not people take that approach."
If you're not guaranteed success, don't even try? Call 911 and stand by with a loaded gun and watch a store clerk get dragged around a parking lot by a driver? I wonder if that's what Mr. Baker wants us to do if his family member is being assaulted?
"Shoot somebody for stealing groceries? Not in my line of business," Biggs said. "The Publix employees shouldn't have gotten involved. They should have just observed, taken the license plate numbers and called the police. They would have picked him up and we wouldn't have had this mess."
Proof he knows what he's doing. Publix needs to send this guy on a tour of all their stores training their people on what not to do. Then they need to hire a pit bull defense lawyer to keep the local blissninnies off his back. They should also require the two clerks to apologize for putting him in this situation because they were jackasses. My first high school job it was made clear by my boss; If someone wants the money, give it to them!
Highland Ranger
June 2, 2005, 09:28 AM
Your question is backwards . . . .
June 2, 2005, 09:45 AM
I say shooting was a bad idea.
Somebody is being dragged by the vehicle, and he is SHOOTING at it? Sounds like a violation of "be sure of your target." With that little pea shooter (decent for social work at close range, not for anti-materiel at any range, especially if it is moving), he was more likely to cause harm to bystanders than actually hit a tire (rather small target area, constantly moving).
Plus, the guy was stealing groceries, not children. The supermarket employees were being stupid in trying to stop the crook, but this yutz goes and makes it more dangerous for anybody within a couple hundred yards.
Sounds like somebody with a Rambo complex.
June 2, 2005, 09:52 AM
It's a gray area, police say. An event that involved a misdemeanor shoplifting crime shouldn't have escalated into the use of a deadly weapon.
Oh please. Cops have riddled suspects with bullets for even suggesting that they might ram them with a vehicle. This guy is running over people and putting lives in danger and we're just calling it a 'shoplifting crime' and ignoring what he's doing with a deadly weapon (the vehicle)? Funny how cops kill people for the exact same thing.
June 2, 2005, 10:03 AM
Your poll question and answers are really confusing. You ask: Will he get charged?" and then, I think, offer confusing choices:
YES , He was Justified in trying to shoot out tires - (Yes seems to indicate yes they will charge him. Why charge him if he was justified?)
NO, He was not Justified in trying to shoot out tires (N seems to indicate no they will not charge him. If not justified why wouldn't they charge him?)
As for whether or not he was actually legally justified to use deadly force when he intervened, based upon the info supplied in the article I definitely believe that he was legally justified. As to whether or not that was a shoot or don't shoot situation it is hardto second guess with as little information as was supplied. As to whether he should have attempted to shoot the tires, I think that was a poor judgemnent call on his part probably from watching too many movies where they shoot out tires. Bear in mind that poor judgement about what he shot at does not, in a case as described, lessen his justification to use deadly force in the firct place.
Regarding that picture in the article: His appearance in the photograph says absolutely nothing about: the facts surrounding this shooting, whether or not he was justified to shoot, his frame of mind at the time or, his level of responsibility. To bring up such utter nonsense is only to push the weakest of arguments like grasping at straws. In my opinion, anyone who is suggesting, implying or even thinking that said photo reveals something of merit with regard to the shooting is really stretching things. Sure it would LOOK better if he had been drerssed in a nice three piece Armani suit with a really expensive necktie, or even if had had been wearing a button down shirt BUT; my guess is the media was on him like stink on manure once he was released by the police. He was probably pretty frazzled after such an event, and maybe did not think to grab his shirt before they started snapping away.
His real sign of poor judgement was regarding at what he shot. Poor choice of target. As for his judgement on if it was a situation that justified deadly force, I would gladly testify that in my professional and personal opinion I believe it was justified.
One thing about what the policen said and what they usually say in situations like this. I am referring to their comments that Mr. Briggs and the store employees should not have been involved in this. Isn't it amazing how they throw blame on the victims and on the person who attempted to help without saying: you know the bad guy should have tried to steal this stuff. Think about it. Do you own a firearm, do you carry a firearm, so that when someone threatens your life or the life of another innocent you will just not get involved other than to comply with the bad guy and, then you will call 911? Not me if I can help it.
All the best,
Glenn B
June 2, 2005, 10:58 AM
Keltec P11 in 9mm. 380 has no slide stop. Guess the gun fits his hands just right since it looks like he only has three fingers.
Clearly he was justified in using deadly force. Remember that this is Florida, which has been in the national news lately for its legislation allowing upstanding citizens to defend themselves against criminals.
"He said the magic words, words to the effect the guy was coming around again, trying to run somebody over," said felony Supervisor Scott Cupp with the state attorney's office, which will be reviewing the case.
I would think it a dicey shot at best to shoot at the tires. Even if he had flattened both rear tires as he said he was trying to do, I don't know that it would have stopped the threat of an out of control truck. That said, thank you Mr. Biggs for stepping up to the bad guy. Hope that I could do as well.
Maj. Doug Baker of the Fort Myers Fuzz: :rolleyes:
Always dial 911 to ensure your safety, your family's safety and others around you.
June 2, 2005, 11:12 AM
He should have shot the driver if he had a clear shot.
June 2, 2005, 11:26 AM
He was justified in shooting. As soon as the suspect started using his vehicle as a weapon to commit aggravated assault/attempted murder he could have shot the suspect. I can only reason that he shot the tires because he didn't want to take the chance on shooting the employee hanging out the window or risk hitting a bystander.
As a cop I'm glad to see someone taking action instead of standing there watching and waiting to see what happens next.
June 2, 2005, 11:46 AM
Having not been there I can't really say how iminent the possibility of someone getting severely injured was (remember we are relying on the "Press" on this one). Obviously the store employees definately escalated the situation alot further than it should have gone over some "groceries". I am not sure that the situation required discharging a weapon in a location as public as a shopping complex, as any ricochet could injure someone worse than the driver could have. Should he be charged? not sure, he was within the grey area of the law, however they are in a tough position in that if they don't charge him you run the risk of people brandishing and discharging they're weapons for what could be insufficient cause, and people getting hurt. Yet with him being technically within the law you don't want to discourage someone from using a weapon when it is necasary,out of fear that they will be charged for it!. It is a very tough call, I will be interested to see how it turns out.
June 2, 2005, 11:55 AM
Justified in shooting.
Deadly nature of the scenario.
As to legality, local laws apply. But since when do legality and justice necessarily have anything to do with each other?
You are justified in shooting a non-violent thief caught in your house too. Doesn't necessarily mean it's legal either...
June 2, 2005, 12:04 PM
It's a gray area, police say. An event that involved a misdemeanor shoplifting crime shouldn't have escalated into the use of a deadly weapon.
How convienently they forget that he hit a guy and was dragging another, and sounds like trying to hit another.
The biggest mistake was shooting at the tires, not the guy.
Sergeant Sabre
June 2, 2005, 12:08 PM
"Always dial 911 to ensure your safety..." Baker said
Just like the plaintiffs in the case Warren v. District of Columbia?
(Look it up if you don't know. If you don't know already, you'll be shocked)
June 2, 2005, 12:12 PM
Link to Warren vs DoC.
June 2, 2005, 12:20 PM
in my opinion, he shouldn't have charges pressed, and was probably technically justified but i think it was a poor choice. shooting the tires of a speeding vehicle can cause the driver to lose control and become even more dangerous to the public, especially in a crowded parking lot. i have a hunch he was trying to play hero. if he was really in fear for his life and the lives of others, i think he would have gone for the driver and not just the tires. i think if it was me, i would just try to get the plate # and get the heck out of his way.
June 2, 2005, 12:23 PM
Although I agree, generally speaking the discipline is shoot to kill. Not shoot to "wound", even if they are tires. But there was a store employee hanging out of the car, fighting with the perpetrator.
June 2, 2005, 12:28 PM
Glenn, thanks for your reasoned response. I don't always agree with you but this time I do.
Just out of curiosity, what would be the expected action of a LEO (on foot) in the same situation?
June 2, 2005, 12:47 PM
I don't think he was justified in attempting to use his weapon as a "spike strip" but I also do not think he should be charged with any crime.
I certainly did not like the tone of this statement:
"He said the magic words, words to the effect the guy was coming around again, trying to run somebody over," said felony Supervisor Scott Cupp with the state attorney's office, which will be reviewing the case.
Almost seems like a jab at the law so some antis will say, "see, all a gun-toting thug has to say is the magic words and then they can shoot anybody/thing!"
June 2, 2005, 12:52 PM
I'm thinking that he had no chance of blowing out the tires with that tiny little pistol. :uhoh:
Dave P
June 2, 2005, 12:54 PM
"Always dial 911 to ensure your safety, your family's safety and others around you. Get the information: a suspect description, a vehicle description and let the police handle it," Baker said.
Sure - will do.
June 2, 2005, 06:22 PM
Your question is backwards . . . .
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I do not think he will be charged.. but I also do not think he should of went for the tires, If justified, he should of went for the driver.
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June 2, 2005, 06:45 PM
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June 3, 2005, 10:18 AM
Tall Pine,
Just out of curiosity, what would be the expected action of a LEO (on foot) in the same situation? I guess there would be many different expectations depending on the different views of many departments. In my former agency, US Customs, we were forbidden to shoot at a vehicle in order to stop it (note I did not say forbidden to shoot the driver) even when the vehicle posed a threat to us UNLESS the benefit of shooting to stop a vehicle outweighed the threat to the public. Sounds crazy and my guess is while the intent was good it was poorly written. What I believe that meant was you could shoot a vehicle to try to stop it only if doing so did not cause a greater threat to the public than the one already being posed by the vehicle (as opposed to caused a greater benefit to the public than it did a threat). Then again I don't know if that is absolutely correct because some head up where the sun never shines attorney probably wrote it. That word benefit could be construed as anything or nothing depending on who was making the call. You had to wonder, if a bad guy in a vehicle was trying to run you down, and had just hit 5 other people and, there was a crowd around, if you shot at the tires or at the engine block hopefully through the radiator, then the vehicle went off course from you and hit someone else - what would be the result - would you go to jail or would you be supported by your own agency with such a vague regulation. I would think the benefit of stoppping him from killing another 5 people and the benefit of not having him kill me had outweighed the threat of my shots possibly causing some innocent to be harmed because I shot his vehicle - but that is very subjective of me.
They certainly have not trained me to shoot at vehicles throughout my career. So in any case it would pretty much have been up to me if I decided to do so. In this particular case, I do not think I would have tried to shoot out the tires. I have seen police videos of it being done during chases when the bad guy car is in the middle of nowhere. Very different than this with a guy hanging off the side of the truck and many people all around in the parking lot. This shooter took a big chance of hitting someone else. if I had done the same, there is a chance my agency would come down on me; almost a definite if I had wounded an innocent bystander.
In a case like this for an off duty officer I think maybe the best thing to do would be to have someone call 911 but; there are also things the officer could try to do. An officer could get in his own car, or commandeer a car and try to drive in front of the truck, then slow down, in hope of making it slow down. This of course is putting oneself in harm's way - this is not required of any officer - but some would maybe do it to protect others. The hope would be to help get the guy free, that really scared guy who is hanging on the side of the truck being dragged around. Again this could do more good than bad, or it may work very well.
Or if the truck was moving slowly enough, you may want to try to unhook the guy hanging on. This would also be very tricky and potentially dangerous.
Of course, while doing anything, it would be a good idea to have your badge out and be calling out in a loud voice that you are the police with a command to stop. This may sound preposterously stupid and ineffective to some but, it is amazing how many bad guys will obey that command when given by someone they believe to be an LEO. Even if he only stopped for a moment that allowed the guy to free himself, it could have made all the difference. Of course many guys would just as soon try to run over the cop too.
It is a very tough call to make without actually being there - and when there it has to be made pretty darned fast because at least one person's life is in immediate danger. These things are always more easily jockeyed after the fact than while the race is actually ongoing. Still though, based only on what I have read, I think it was a poor judgment call for that guy to have fired off rounds in that crowded parking lot and with the other guy hanging onto the truck for dear life.
All the best,
Glenn B
El Rojo
June 3, 2005, 01:01 PM
Legally this guy is going to be fine. He was in fear for those people's lives and he used force to stop the situation. What puzzles me is how many people here are second guessing the guy. We can hypothetical this one to death, but really the only thing that should be judged is what happened. The store employees were hanging out the window and being dragged, he can't make a clean shot at the suspect. He made two clean shots on the wheels, in the sense that his bullets hit the wheels and went no further. His shooting at the suspect quite possibly scared the bad guy enough that he decided to get the heck out of there. No one was shot, no one died, the employees made it out ok. So why would you even question this guy? There is always potential for something to go wrong in a shooting, always. I think shooting should be judged solely on their outcome. Was there potential for him to hit a bistander? Sure. Did he? No. So cut the guy some slack. You don't know how far away from the tires he was. He might have been running along side the vehicle. There is no point in arguing about it because he didn't have any stray shots endanger others.
I say if he shot, hit something safe to hit, and didn't injure an innocent person, he is fine. Otherwise, no one should ever shoot at any time because there is always a chance something bad might happen. Always just call 911 right? If you want to learn something from this and you would have acted differently, I respect that. I also respect that this guy did things right and no matter what the potential might have been, things turned out fine.
And the point about cops lighting people up for things like this is certainly valid. You would think we would be praising this guy for shooting twice safely instead of the LASO 120 rounds with 4 hits and a friendly fire hit.
Fred Fuller
June 3, 2005, 01:36 PM
IANAL, don't know FL law etc. No way I can say what will happen, no matter what jurisdiction he is in- absolutely NO TELLING what will happen in any situation like this. No way to predict, too many variables. I'd hate to have my own legal future hanging on the decision a LEO/DA might make in this case.
Here in NC, it would be a very poor decision and would likely result in the shooter netting a whole mess of legal troubles no matter what his good intentions. I for sure wouldn't do it myself in the same circumstance, and Biggs' own comment ("Shoot somebody for stealing groceries? Not in my line of business," Biggs said.) indicates he didn't feel justified in shooting at the _driver_. If he wasn't justified in shooting at the driver then IMHO he wasn't justified in shooting at all- no "warning shots," no shots at tires or radiators or anything else. But no telling what will happen once the review of his actions is over. If he walks away from it without getting charged, that would seem to me to encourage ill considered gunfire in FL among those who are watching the situation.
Good post, be interesting to see what happens with this one.
June 3, 2005, 02:47 PM
Uhhm, I think a 9x19 round will punch through a passenger tire like a hot knife through butter, IF you can hit it, no?
June 3, 2005, 04:29 PM
I might have been compelled to shoot as well. Judging by the facts given it sounds like he was doing the best he could to stop an escalating situation. I personally believe that shooting out the tires is never a good idea, but I don't fault him for trying.
One thing I do give him credit for is acting on the situation. All too often, people stand around and watch as horrible thing happen to people right in front of them. I once heard a good analogy as to why this is, I would like to share it with the group. Sorry I can not give credit where credit is due.
"People respond to situations the way they have been trained. The general population are presented and exposed to crisis situations on television. They have trained themselves to sit an watch as the crisis unfolds, doing nothing to intervene. Why would they, it's on TV. This develops an automatic psychological response - sit and watch."
If all else, I would like to shake his hand for just doing something, anything to prevent the situation.
This is also why training (or un-training) is so important.
June 3, 2005, 04:53 PM
Had to vote no because it wasn't the cars fault. Now if he'd put a slug in the punk driving that'd been ok in my book.
June 3, 2005, 06:02 PM
El Rojo,
The reason that shootings like this are Monday morning quarterbacked is in order for other people to learn from a situation that already took place - so they can do the same right things and, so they can avoid the same bad things, in future encounters.
I think shooting should be judged solely on their outcome.As for this, man I disagree 110% and then some! If someone does everything wrong during a shooting but just happens not to hurt anyone and scares away the bad guy does that make it a good shooting or good tactics? No it does not, it simply makes it a good result from poor practice. Just because the outcome is not bad does not mean necessarily that the method was not bad!
Of course if the guy was a police officer, you can bet his methods would have been critiqued by the brass and his range/tactical officers (and fellow officers, and the press, and most of us, and so on ). Happens all the time even when a guy does virtually everything right. It is just like having the winning team watch film clips of a football game after the game is over - its a critique. They won the game but still watch the clips and still get critiqued. Without such critical review, people would simply not learn by mistakes they or others have made. Instead they would repeat those mistakes again and again in the future thinking they had done it right.
A good result is no excuse for bad method, sooner or latter using bad practices will wind up in a bad result; maybe a very bad result if with firearms. So if we can avoid bad methods by learning from our own or others mistakes, we are more likely to avoid those same mistakes in the future. I think that is one of the major reasons we discuss/critique things like this shooting here.
Best regards,
Glenn B
June 3, 2005, 06:05 PM
Shoot somebody for stealing groceries?This is not why he shot, he shot because he believed the guy was threatening life and limb of others and the threat was immediate. This is why he was very likely legally justified to have used deadly force at the time he did so.
June 3, 2005, 06:08 PM
"People respond to situations the way they have been trained. The general population are presented and exposed to crisis situations on television. They have trained themselves to sit an watch as the crisis unfolds, doing nothing to intervene. Why would they, it's on TV. This develops an automatic psychological response - sit and watch."The sit and watch response was ingrained into the psyche of the human mind long before television was around. The main reason that people sit and watch is because of a normal human response to traumatic events whiuch is: I do not believe this is happening, followed by an overwhelming feeling of helplessness. It has little if anything to do with television.
June 3, 2005, 06:09 PM
The bottom line is shooting out the tires would have done nothing to make the situation any better. As has been pointed out, modern vehicles can still drive around on the rims at high speeds. You'd be better off getting people away from the vehicle. If the driver was actively trying to run someone down, the proper response would be to kill the driver.
June 3, 2005, 07:05 PM
Reckless endangerment with a firearm! I'd have his butt in jail so fast his head would swim. This guy needs a life AND a brain. He's been watching too many TV shows. Having used "stop sticks" I can tell you that there is a definite risk that the vehicle will go out of control immediately following the sudden, violent deflation of its tires even at lower speeds. DA: "So, only one person had been injured by the truck UNTIL you fired your weapon, hitting the guy hanging out the window, the woman with two small children, finally blowing out the tires which caused the truck to go out of control hitting three bystanders. Would you like to plea bargain now or later?"
- Mike
June 4, 2005, 10:37 AM
I think you are out of line to call Mr. Briggs an idiot. He may have used some poor judgement but he did judge the situation before he resorted to use of a firearm. Yet you seem to brand his intelligence and his actions based upon flight of fancy. In other words you have skewed the situation to fit your point. You do not even present it as hypothetical, you base your claim that he in your words: is an idiot and, in your words needs a brain and, that he should be charged with reckless endangerment on results that you guess at. It does not matter as much that there may be a definite risk that the vehicle may go out of control if a tire is shot out; potential risk to an innocent is inherent everytime you shoot a firearm in any on the street situation. What matters much more is if the shooter reasonably believed the threat caused by that vehicle, which was already being driven in a manical manner and which was at the moment threatening life and limb, outweighed a potential threat caused by shooting out the tires. If that is what he believed, and if that is what a reasonable man could be led to believe after reviewing all of the evidence that Briggs was able to see - no charges.
Reckless endangerment with a firearm! I'd have his butt in jail so fast his head would swim. This guy needs a life AND a brain. He's been watching too many TV shows. Having used "stop sticks" I can tell you that there is a definite risk that the vehicle will go out of control immediately following the sudden, violent deflation of its tires even at lower speeds. DA: "So, only one person had been injured by the truck UNTIL you fired your weapon, hitting the guy hanging out the window, the woman with two small children, finally blowing out the tires which caused the truck to go out of control hitting three bystanders. Would you like to plea bargain now or later?"
The problem with your concept is, I think, that you are allowing emotions to control your reply. "So, only one person had been injured by the truck UNTIL you fired your weapon, hitting the guy hanging out the window, the woman with two small children, finally blowing out the tires which caused the truck to go out of control hitting three bystanders. Would you like to plea bargain now or later?" As far as any DA ever saying this regarding this situation, such is preposterous. It is preposterous because it did not happen. You guess to the outcome: had he shot out the tires and; you wind up with the conclusion not only that he would have caused the tires to violently and rapidly deflate (have a blowout?) but you also guess that had he actually hit the tires instead of the wheels, then he would have also shot the guy hanging out of the truck and some woman who was nearby with children. Just how on earth did you wind up with Mr. Briggs shooting the guy hanging onto the truck or shooting a woman with children. This did not happen yet he definitely did shoot and apparently took pretty careful aim at a moving target and hit the wheels. Are you saying that if he had better aim and actually hit the tires, that would have some way caused him to shoot a woman and the guy on the truck?
As I said, you are guessing at the outcome and, are coming up with definite conclusions. In fact, you guess not only that Mr. Briggs would have hit innocents had his shots actually hit the tires (which would have indicated even better shooting skill) but, you also seem to be guessing as to the outcome of what would have happened to the tires (had he actually hit them) based upon your use of Stop Sticks. The effects of a Stop Stick as opposed to those of a .9mm pistol bullet hitting a tire are sometimes quite different. I do not know how many inflated tires you have shot at with any type of round, or how many demonstrations you have seen of such happening. I have seen it a few times and I have used Stop Sticks too. Few tires are subject to blow out type deflation if hit by a single pistol round. I think this is because in today's world tires are built to prevent blowouts even when pierced by objects of greater diameter than a 9mm round and at high speed and with great force. Yes some will deflate rather rapidly while others will take quite a while if hit by only one projectile. Yet there are others (I have seen this on a filmed demonstration) that deflect the bullet. This was on a moving vehicle, it was obvious the bullet had hit the tire, but yet it did not penetrate.
I think you just cannot base a charge of reckless endangerment upon flight of fancy supposition; then again let me correct myself: you can base a charge upon flight of fancy but you would be very likely to lose the case if in even a moderate political area.
As far as reckless endangerment goes based on anything else, you would really need more information about this event. It is possible and, we do not know at all, if the shooter considered who was in the path of the shots when he fired. Bear in mind the truck was going in circles at the time, he could have fired at the tires when the truck was in the clear of bystanders. While I think he still made a bad call, I base this on what I read and on my thoughts on how I may have reacted. This though is just supposition on my part right now. Maybe if I had more information, I might think he made a good call but I lean still toward poor judgement but certainly not reckless endangerment. Sometimes even a cop has to endanger others in order to stop a bad situation from escalating, yet it might not be considered reckless endangerment. This was a very tough decision to make under extremely short time requirements, yet it is obvious that this guy thought out his options before firing. I do not see it elevated to reckless endangerment, at least not without more information; just don't know enough facts.
By the way two people had already been injured not one and; it was evident that many others were facing the threat of imminent serious bodily harm or death and there was not only opportunity, motive and intent - there was an actual attempt being made at the moment.
Best regards,
Glenn B
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