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Dad Calls Cops on Son to Teach Him a Lesson, Cops Shoot Son Dead
http://gawker.com/dad-calls-cops-on-...oot-1460159897
A father's attempt to teach his son a lesson for taking his truck without permission ended in tragedy Monday after a local police officer shot the teenager dead. James Comstock told the Des Moines Register he called the police on his son Tyler after the latter took the former's truck in retaliation for refusing to buy him cigarettes. Ames Police Officer Adam McPherson reportedly spotted the lawn care company vehicle and pursued it onto the Iowa State University campus, where a brief standoff ensued after Tyler allegedly refused orders to turn off the engine. McPherson eventually fired six shots into the truck, two of which struck Tyler who was later pronounced dead. The official report claims the action was necessary in order "to stop the ongoing threat to the public and the officers." Tyler's dad says he was unarmed at the time. "So he didn't shut the damn truck off, so let's fire six rounds at him?" exclaimed Gary Shepley, Tyler's step-grandfather. "We're confused, and we don't understand." James said his son had his fair share of minor troubles with the law, and was distraught over a recent breakup with his girlfriend, but was in the process of turning his life around, and was working on obtaining his GED at Des Moines Area Community College. "He was a smart kid. He made his own computers. He was interested in IT," James told the Register. The family's demands for answers got even louder following the revelation that a member of the Ames police department suggested twice that officers call off the chase. "He took off with my truck. I call the police, and they kill him," James said. ""It was over a damn pack of cigarettes." McPherson is currently on paid leave pending the results of his department's investigation. |
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Hey, if some of you can't appreciate the job LE does on a daily basis and don't understand the risks they take every time they go out on patrol, that's fine. Everyone has their own bias and agenda, I guess.
But I'm also guessing most of you will be calling them for assistance when the shit does hit the fan. I pray they don't hesitate to act when your life or that of your family's is hanging in the balance. Last edited by TomBarndtsTwin; 11-08-2013 at 03:07 PM.. |
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If you are still wailing over this, even after watching the video, then you are purposefully being a miserable dumbass. The car chase and shooting were justifiable.
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I've said all along that the kid definitely deserved his fate. I just think they could have done better in avoiding endangering innocents by picking this guy up at home later. I don't think these particular cops are the billy badass types, I think they just needed to weigh the danger to civilians a little higher than catching the car thief. |
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And that is the very sad and unfortunate thing about this situation. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on the other stuff. |
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It was pure luck that he didn't kill an innocent going through that red light at that speed in that traffic. By continuing to chase him, they risked him doing that possibly several more times. And I don't think that was worth the risk. Fortunately it worked out in this case, but it could have gone a lot worse. |
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No not really.
Watch the video from the cop car. http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iow...z/-/index.html |
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