Officer shoots double amputee in wheelchair.

[deemus]

Just food for thought. Guy who got shot had one arm. Was in a wheelchair. Probably a powered wheelchair, since a regular one usually takes two hands to operate.

Power chairs take one hand to operate. How can he advance AND menace at the same time?

Seems like a kick would have sufficed at any rate...

Do cops carry pepper spray anymore? The "slapper" comment made me chuckle. I got one stuck away somewhere. Had not thought of that in years.

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

This was posted on the Lubbock KCBD Facebook page.

FBI to investigate officer shooting double-amputee - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock

By JUAN A. LOZANO
Associated PressHOUSTON (AP) - Houston's police chief says he has asked the FBI to help investigate the fatal shooting of a wheelchair-bound double amputee by an officer at a group home.
Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland also asked the community Monday to "reserve judgment" after the weekend shooting. McClelland called it "tragic and unfortunate for everyone involved."
Officer Matthew Marin shot Brian Claunch early Saturday after responding to a call that the double amputee was causing a disturbance inside the home.
Police have said Claunch cornered Marin, threatened him and was waving an object. Marin reportedly told investigators he didn't know the object in Claunch's hand was a pen.
Marin has been placed on administrative leave.

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

One wrist and one ankle and carry him like a 6 pack.

Hahahaha.

 

[Big country]

I'm just going to throw this out there, so take it where yall will... But just because he only has one arm and is confined to a wheel chair doesn't me mean he is not a threat.

tap talked from a phone yeah im on my phone! it's crazy!

 

[texas skeeter]

Meh.....another POS Pshyco is dead!! I congratulate that officer!! You don't want to get shot?.....then Continue to take yer meds AND don't fight with COPS!!!!!!!!! I'm sick and F....... tired of the age old excuse "Oh that poor dead so-n-so was bi-polar, off their meds" etc blah blah blah!! If you cannot act in a normal sane rational manner for any reason, STAY THE "F" OUT OF THE PUBLIC/SOCIETY!!!! The lames in this country need to be held accountable the same as anyone!! a Guy in a wheelchair shouldn't have been waving anything violently at a cop!! Act stupid ya get DEAD!! works for me.......

 

[CZ guy]

Seems like a kick would have sufficed at any rate...

You are willing to bet your life on that huh? Guess the officer valued HIS life or the life of his partner too much to risk it.

Maybe we could ask a guy I worked with what his opinion is. He can explain what it feels like to have a wood pencil stuck in your elbow by a idjit....

.....and just a quick comment on pepper spray. It does NOT incapacitate a person. Just like every officer, I had to be sprayed straight-on to "experience the experience" before being issued the stuff. It didn't make me fall to the ground like a baby or the reaction of what happens in the movies.
DPS sprays their cadets and then makes them fight off 2 or 3 attackers! Remember also, pepper spray in a small room gets in everyone's eyes. NOT a wise move to use it indoors.

In the end, the cop went home and the bad-guy is no longer a burden. Happy day!

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

Meh.....another POS Pshyco is dead!! I congratulate that officer!! You don't want to get shot?.....then Continue to take yer meds AND don't fight with COPS!!!!!!!!! I'm sick and F....... tired of the age old excuse "Oh that poor dead so-n-so was bi-polar, off their meds" etc blah blah blah!! If you cannot act in a normal sane rational manner for any reason, STAY THE "F" OUT OF THE PUBLIC/SOCIETY!!!! The lames in this country need to be held accountable the same as anyone!! a Guy in a wheelchair shouldn't have been waving anything violently at a cop!! Act stupid ya get DEAD!! works for me.......

Does this include veterans suffering from PTSD?

You're the one being irrational, maybe an officer should come shoot you. I don't understand how having a diagnosed mental disorder makes someone a POS "Pshyco"(it's psycho by the way).

I don't know the whole story, I wasn't there - so I'll keep my opinion to myself.

 

[deemus]

Meh.....another POS Pshyco is dead!! I congratulate that officer!! You don't want to get shot?.....then Continue to take yer meds AND don't fight with COPS!!!!!!!!! I'm sick and F....... tired of the age old excuse "Oh that poor dead so-n-so was bi-polar, off their meds" etc blah blah blah!! If you cannot act in a normal sane rational manner for any reason, STAY THE "F" OUT OF THE PUBLIC/SOCIETY!!!! The lames in this country need to be held accountable the same as anyone!! a Guy in a wheelchair shouldn't have been waving anything violently at a cop!! Act stupid ya get DEAD!! works for me.......

Well, congratulations. That was one of the most insensitive posts I've read on here. And, by the way, he was in a "group home" and not roaming around in public. May I suggest a little reading comprehension?

 

[Big country]

Yeah.... I don't think genocide is the answer folks are looking for.

tap talked from a phone yeah im on my phone! it's crazy!

 

[ChunkyMonkey]

Well, congratulations. That was one of the most insensitive posts I've read on here. And, by the way, he was in a "group home" and not roaming around in public. May I suggest a little reading comprehension?

Agreed

 

[texas skeeter]

Yeah.... I don't think genocide is the answer folks are looking for.

tap talked from a phone yeah im on my phone! it's crazy!

who said anything about genocide? I simply stated if the those with any kind of problems out there in this world act a fool and put an officers life in danger, they should reap the concequence the same as anyone. even the slightest insignificant danger they get what ever the outcome is. Oh the poor soul was in a wheelchair don't hurt him.......He could have hurt the officer just the same as a 6ft 280# healthy guy looking to do harm.....Insensitive maybe, but in this day and age society has changed for the worse. so if ya act a fool and get dead by the police, maybe just maybe you shouldn't have acted a fool!! I could give 2 ..... he was in a wheelchair!! the whimpification of the country just seems to get worse.......

 

[Big country]

I understand the basic idea You're throwing out there just the delivery needs a little work. It's just the way it was worded is all.

tap talked from a phone yeah im on my phone! it's crazy!

 

[texas skeeter]

Sorry Big Country, broke my Sensativity button and P.C. Delivery button yrs ago....

 

[Big country]

LOL. I don't think mine will last much longer.

tap talked from a phone yeah im on my phone! it's crazy!

 

[Dawico]

I get what you are saying Skeeter. I am not gonna shed a tear for him. He went after a cop. His mental issues get him no sympathy.

I don't think the cop did wrong but he could have handled it better also. I wasn't in his shoes so he did what he felt was necessary. It is what it is.

 

[JColumbus]

Meh.....another POS Pshyco is dead!! I congratulate that officer!! You don't want to get shot?.....then Continue to take yer meds AND don't fight with COPS!!!!!!!!! I'm sick and F....... tired of the age old excuse "Oh that poor dead so-n-so was bi-polar, off their meds" etc blah blah blah!! If you cannot act in a normal sane rational manner for any reason, STAY THE "F" OUT OF THE PUBLIC/SOCIETY!!!! The lames in this country need to be held accountable the same as anyone!! a Guy in a wheelchair shouldn't have been waving anything violently at a cop!! Act stupid ya get DEAD!! works for me.......

Go take your meds.

 

[M. Sage]

You are willing to bet your life on that huh? Guess the officer valued HIS life or the life of his partner too much to risk it.

Maybe we could ask a guy I worked with what his opinion is. He can explain what it feels like to have a wood pencil stuck in your elbow by a idjit....

.....and just a quick comment on pepper spray. It does NOT incapacitate a person. Just like every officer, I had to be sprayed straight-on to "experience the experience" before being issued the stuff. It didn't make me fall to the ground like a baby or the reaction of what happens in the movies.
DPS sprays their cadets and then makes them fight off 2 or 3 attackers! Remember also, pepper spray in a small room gets in everyone's eyes. NOT a wise move to use it indoors.

In the end, the cop went home and the bad-guy is no longer a burden. Happy day!

You'd be shocked at what I bet my life on. Most of the times I've done it just for the adrenaline.

Pepper spray? Pain just pisses me off. When I bust a knuckle at work, I have to get control of myself real fast before I punch the car I just accidentally punched and do real damage to myself.

 

[texas skeeter]

I don't think the cop did wrong but he could have handled it better also.

I also think there could have possibly been a chance to have handled it different. but the cop did what he felt was needed and the "Bleeding Hearts" are crying about it!! too bad the 1950's are gone, as the way cops did the job back then sure made some think twice. not to mention the longer tougher sentances handed out. Except for the whole racist aspect which we could have done without. The movie "Muholland Falls" comes to mind!!

 

[ChunkyMonkey]

The sad part is, anytime something like this happens, receives such responses, it could cause that one officer just one split second to second guess his proper training.......that's what pisses me off about it so much. He made the call based on what he saw which NOBODY else can speak of except his partner. Yet, people line up with ropes to hang him and bring up the past where he shot someone who actually came at him with a knife. Quick, someone get Obama to say "If I had a double amp white son, he'd look like him."

 

[GaryH]

and the "Bleeding Hearts" are crying about it

I don't think they're bleeding hearts, and those with differing opinions aren't saying "shoot first and then think". I think some people are questioning the cop's judgement. None or us were there. Those investigating will sort it all out and decide what to do.

Something nobody's mentioned is whether or not this might have been someone wanting to die. Suicide by cop?