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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts) Thu Oct 17, 2013, 08:34 PM Oct 2013

Video shows Dallas officer shooting man standing with arms at his side

The family and friends of a mentally ill Rylie man are demanding answers after a Dallas police officer shot him for no apparent reason Monday as he stood in the street outside his home.

A police report says that Officer Cardan Spencer fired on Gerald Bennett, 52, after Bennett walked toward him and his partner, Christopher Watson, with a “knife raised in an aggressive manner.”

But a neighbor’s video surveillance camera recording obtained by WFAA-TV (Channel 8) shows something different: It shows Bennett, who was seated in a chair, initially rolling back from officers as they advance on him. Then Bennett stands up but does not move. His hands remain at his side and he is standing still when officer Cardan opens fire on him.

Bennett is in the intensive care unit of a Dallas hospital after being shot in the abdomen.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20131017-video-shows-dallas-officer-shooting-man-standing-with-arms-at-his-side.ece?nclick_check=1

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Video shows Dallas officer shooting man standing with arms at his side (Original Post) The Straight Story Oct 2013 OP

Story here also, not behind paywall. CurtEastPoint Oct 2013 #1

So they decided to use lethal force? TheMightyFavog Oct 2013 #2

watch the video-- this was attempted murder, and may yet be murder... mike_c Oct 2013 #3

Yay cops! Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #4

Pigs. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2013 #5

OMG, really horrible bastards... really really horrible bastards!! uponit7771 Oct 2013 #6

office Spencer didn't know about the camera recording his attempted murder act Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #7

this TeamPooka Oct 2013 #10

neighbor sums it up Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #8

Post removed Post removed Oct 2013 #9

using a psychotic murderer and copkiller as your example = bad first post TeamPooka Oct 2013 #11

Badge sniffer, defend this! Nanjing to Seoul Oct 2013 #12

Prediction: cops will not get punished! nt Logical Oct 2013 #13

They're just killing us indiscriminately. Th1onein Oct 2013 #14

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” ~George Orwell DeSwiss Oct 2013 #15

The victim is charged with aggravated assault Elwood P Dowd Oct 2013 #16

Hope Officer Spencer enjoys isolation because he'll be spending a long time in solitary. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #17

We need a national commission on law enforcement standards and practices. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2013 #18

Well, he has ARMS! jsr Oct 2013 #19

CurtEastPoint

(18,650 posts)

1. Story here also, not behind paywall.

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 08:36 PM

Oct 2013

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/surveillance-footage-disputes-dallas-police-affidavit-officer-involved-shooting--mentally-ill-228252551.html

TheMightyFavog

(13,770 posts)

2. So they decided to use lethal force?

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 08:37 PM

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They reached for their pistols instead of their tasers? These cops should be fired and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, or murder if the guy dies.

mike_c

(36,281 posts)

3. watch the video-- this was attempted murder, and may yet be murder...

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 08:44 PM

Oct 2013

...if the victim dies.

Pigs.

Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)

4. Yay cops!

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 08:44 PM

Oct 2013

Why, oh why, won't these people just accept the damned milk!?!

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,330 posts)

5. Pigs.

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 08:45 PM

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uponit7771

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6. OMG, really horrible bastards... really really horrible bastards!!

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 08:49 PM

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Liberal_in_LA

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7. office Spencer didn't know about the camera recording his attempted murder act

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 09:15 PM

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TeamPooka

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10. this

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 09:28 PM

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Liberal_in_LA

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8. neighbor sums it up

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2013, 09:17 PM

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“They just waited for about four or five seconds and they just opened fire on him,” Bunch said, adding that he did not see the knife in Bennett’s hand.

An officer did kick an object away from Bennett after he was shot. Police said in the affidavit that they recovered a knife from the scene.

But Bunch said Bennett definitely never told the officers that they would need more police at the scene.

“That’s a lie,” he said. “They were trying to kill him.”