Police Overkill Leaves a Trail of Death
Friday, 8 December 2006 4:10 P GMT-05
Last but not least, police tasered and gunned to death Derek Hale, a decorated 25-year-old U.S. Marine who had served two tours of duty in Iraq, as he sat talking to a woman and two children in front of a house in a Delaware neighborhood. Police swarmed Hale in front of the suspected home of a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang that is notorious for violence and drug offenses. Upon engaging Hale, who was sitting with his hands in his sweatshirt, the officers insisted he place his hands in view. Immediately after that, according to independent witnesses, the police tasered him three times and fired three .40-caliber rounds into his chest, ultimately leading to his death. Hale had no criminal or arrest record in Delaware, and witnesses to the shooting insist that he was no threat to the police. In fact, after police tasered Hale the second time, one of the independent witnesses yelled at the police that what they were doing was “overkill,” to which one of the officers responded, “Shut…up or we’ll show you overkill.”
1 comment:
Boris,
I agree with much of what you say. Law enforcement is out of control. They are public servants not public masters. It's time that they are held responsible for their actions criminally and civilly
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