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malaise

(269,022 posts) Tue Oct 10, 2017, 10:05 AM Oct 2017

Texas Tech police officer fatally shot, freshman student in custody

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/09/us/texas-tech-police-officer-fatally-shot/index.html
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A Texas Tech University police officer was shot and killed at the campus police station in Lubbock Monday night, university officials said.
The suspect was identified as Hollis Daniels, a 19-year-old freshman from Seguin, Texas, according to university spokesman Chris Cook.

Police say Daniels was apprehended after he fled on foot. The campus was on lockdown after the shooting until the suspect was taken into custody, and the lockdown was lifted.
In a statement, the school said the incident began when campus police were sent to check on a student's welfare.
"Earlier this evening, Texas Tech Police made a student welfare check," the statement said. "Upon entering the room, officers found evidence of drugs and drug paraphernalia. Officers brought the suspect to the police station for standard debriefing. During this time, the suspect pulled a gun and shot an officer in the head. The officer is deceased."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/us/texas-tech-shooting.html
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If Hollis Daniels were African-American, he would either have been in handcuffs or lying flat on the ground following a search.
Another classic display of entitlement.

Haven't seen this on cable yet.

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Texas Tech police officer fatally shot, freshman student in custody (Original Post) malaise Oct 2017 OP

if he wasn't a white "kid" lapfog_1 Oct 2017 #1

+1,000 malaise Oct 2017 #4

And thank God the republicans have made it easier for students to carry guns on campus. Botany Oct 2017 #2

The shooter is too young to carry legally on campus. hack89 Oct 2017 #3

The existence of the law means exboyfil Oct 2017 #5

It also presumes that the cop would have asked him his age malaise Oct 2017 #6

Except the cops would have know before hand if he had a permit. hack89 Oct 2017 #7

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)

1. if he wasn't a white "kid"

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Oct 10, 2017, 10:10 AM

Oct 2017

he either would have been shot at his "drug den" dorm room/apartment

OR he would have been handcuffed and thrown into jail on a multitude of drug trafficking charges... and a university rent-a-cop would be alive this morning.

malaise

(269,022 posts)

4. +1,000

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 10, 2017, 10:19 AM

Oct 2017

Sick

Botany

(70,510 posts)

2. And thank God the republicans have made it easier for students to carry guns on campus.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Oct 10, 2017, 10:11 AM

Oct 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/us/texas-lawmakers-approve-bill-allowing-guns-on-campus.html

NY Times Texas Lawmakers Pass a Bill Allowing Guns at Colleges

HOUSTON — Students and faculty members at public and private universities in Texas could be allowed to carry concealed handguns into classrooms, dormitories and other buildings under a bill passed over the weekend by the Republican-dominated Legislature. The measure is being hailed as a victory by gun rights advocates and criticized by many students and professors as irresponsible and unnecessary.

The so-called campus-carry bill is expected to be signed into law by the Republican governor, Greg Abbott. It would take effect in August 2016 at universities and August 2017 at community colleges.

Supporters say it will make college campuses safer by not preventing licensed gun owners from defending themselves and possibly saving lives should a mass shooting occur, such as the one that unfolded at Virginia Tech University in 2007.

hack89

(39,171 posts)

3. The shooter is too young to carry legally on campus.

Reply to Botany (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 10, 2017, 10:15 AM

Oct 2017

that law had nothing to do with this shooting - the gun was illegal.

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)

5. The existence of the law means

Reply to hack89 (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 10, 2017, 10:42 AM

Oct 2017

That the presence of a gun is less likely to be questioned. It is like a guy with 29 legal semiautomatics and one automatic that looks the same as the others.

malaise

(269,022 posts)

6. It also presumes that the cop would have asked him his age

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 10, 2017, 10:50 AM

Oct 2017

before deciding to search him. The fact that guns are allowed on campus is the problem.

I'd like to know if universities are taking money from the NRA.
I read in the Guardian that a major PR firm in Britain was taking big money from the NRA while pretending to oppose guns.

hack89

(39,171 posts)

7. Except the cops would have know before hand if he had a permit.

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 10, 2017, 11:08 AM

Oct 2017

it would have popped up the instant they put his name in their computer. So they would not have been expecting a gun and any gun found on him would have raised instant suspicion.

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