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Judi Lynn

(160,593 posts)
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 02:17 AM Apr 2016

APNewsBreak: Officer in fatal shooting was disciplined twice

Source: Associated Press

APNewsBreak: Officer in fatal shooting was disciplined twice

Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press

Updated 7:59 pm, Friday, April 8, 2016

WINSLOW, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona police officer involved in a deadly shooting that sparked protests by members of the Navajo Nation has been disciplined twice in his three years in law enforcement, including for calling a girl a disparaging word and unnecessarily using his stun gun on a teenager.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety is investigating the March 27 shooting of Loreal Tsingine in Winslow, which borders the reservation. Police say she struggled with officer Austin Shipley when he tried to arrest her and threatened him with scissors before he fired five shots. Critics, including Navajos, have called the shooting excessive and asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate race relations in the town.

. . .

His first discipline came in 2013 when the mother of a 15-year-old girl complained that Shipley slammed her daughter against a squad car and made a "rude, ugly comment," records show. Shipley acknowledged responding harshly and was suspended, but the department didn't find evidence of excessive force.

He received another one-day suspension and was put on six months' probation this year for using his stun gun on a teenage girl, striking her in the back. Shipley wrote in his report that she repeatedly ignored his commands. Shipley said she possibly had a weapon, but police found no indication of that after reviewing body camera video.



Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/APNewsBreak-Reports-detail-discipline-of-Winslow-7237551.php



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APNewsBreak: Officer in fatal shooting was disciplined twice (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2016 OP
Austin Shipley Officially Named as Killer of 27-Year-Old Navajo Woman on Easter Judi Lynn Apr 2016 #1
was it scissors or finger nail clippers Fred Drum Apr 2016 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2016 #2
The victim was coyote Apr 2016 #4
I have no idea about the facts and circumstances of this particular case. branford Apr 2016 #11
What is ludricous is this uniquely American problem of cops killing people coyote Apr 2016 #12
I think almost anyone would also stand by your comment, coyote! This guy's nothing but a bully. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2016 #13
Baloney...bologna. It a difficult to "get all the facts" libdem4life Apr 2016 #20
Sounds like this simple murdering ass had a problem with young women. marble falls Apr 2016 #5
That's exactly my thought. Third Doctor Apr 2016 #6
If he gets away with basically unloading his weapon into the back of a fleeing woman ...... marble falls Apr 2016 #7
photo of the murdered woman: marble falls Apr 2016 #8
She surely doesn't look like someone born to be shot to death by a policeman. Judi Lynn Apr 2016 #9
He should be FIRED... SkyDaddy7 Apr 2016 #10
Thanks I did not know that about his shirt and the symbol on it Person 2713 Apr 2016 #15
Yeah, anytime you see... SkyDaddy7 Apr 2016 #18
Is that 3% thing a religious prophecy deal? -nt Bradical79 Apr 2016 #16
It comes from the idea that... SkyDaddy7 Apr 2016 #19
Sociopath with a badge. nt King_Klonopin Apr 2016 #14
I want this pig out of my face and into the general population, thanks. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #17

Judi Lynn

(160,593 posts)
1. Austin Shipley Officially Named as Killer of 27-Year-Old Navajo Woman on Easter
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 02:22 AM
Apr 2016

Austin Shipley Officially Named as Killer of 27-Year-Old Navajo Woman on Easter

by Levi Rickert / Currents / 04 Apr 2016

Published April 4, 2016

WINSLOW, ARIZONA – The Winslow Police Department asked the Arizona Department of Public Safety to release the name of their police officer that killed Loreal Juan Tsingine on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016. Austin Shipley was officially named on Monday, April 4, as the officer who killed Tsingine.

The police are sticking by its story that Tsingine physically resisted and threatened officers with scissors.

Officer Austin Shipley is a three-year veteran of the Winslow Police Department. He fired five shots during the physical altercation, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s release.

Criminal investigators have spent much of the last week in Winslow interviewing leads and conducting follow-up. The investigation is on-going.

More:
http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/austin-shipley-officially-named-killer-27-year-old-navajo-woman-easter/

Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)

 

coyote

(1,561 posts)
4. The victim was
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 08:20 AM
Apr 2016

5 feet tall and 100 pounds. If an officer cannot handle her without using a gun, then he should not be a police officer.

 

branford

(4,462 posts)
11. I have no idea about the facts and circumstances of this particular case.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:28 AM
Apr 2016

However, your universal comment is ludicrous and represents a lack of understanding of what people are physically capable of and the nature of law enforcement and its procedures.

Every incident must be evaluated on its own merits, and such blanket statements demonstrably hurt the credibility of people trying to improve law enforcement tactics, procedures, training and hiring practices, and help ensure these types of situations can be avoided.

I assure you that small, young women can indeed engage in very serious and deadly violence, and to a dead or seriously injured officer or bystander and their families, it matters not at all whether an assailant was a small women or large man. In fact, underestimating a suspect can prove quite terminal.

It's distinctly possible, even probable, that this officer did not follow proper procedures or otherwise used grossly excessive force. Claiming that the type of force employed by the officer in this instance can never be warranted just because a suspect is a small woman is not helpful at all and certainly not evidence when seeking an indictment, no less at trial.

 

coyote

(1,561 posts)
12. What is ludricous is this uniquely American problem of cops killing people
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:50 AM
Apr 2016

Compared to the rest of the civilized world. Somehow police around the world can somehow can accost their arrests without pulling out their guns, but in America you shoot first and ask questions later. I stand by my comment, not to mention his history of complaints from other women....as "ludicrous" as they may be to you.

Judi Lynn

(160,593 posts)
13. I think almost anyone would also stand by your comment, coyote! This guy's nothing but a bully. n/t
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:56 AM
Apr 2016
 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
20. Baloney...bologna. It a difficult to "get all the facts"
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 01:19 PM
Apr 2016

Police want before they proceed with the only other eye witness in the morgue.

That usually works out in favor of the police.

marble falls

(57,145 posts)
7. If he gets away with basically unloading his weapon into the back of a fleeing woman ......
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 11:31 AM
Apr 2016

there just plain is no justice.

Judi Lynn

(160,593 posts)
9. She surely doesn't look like someone born to be shot to death by a policeman.
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 04:46 PM
Apr 2016

May she rest in peace.'

Thank you for posting the photograph.

SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
10. He should be FIRED...
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 11:38 PM
Apr 2016

Last edited Sun Apr 10, 2016, 07:20 PM - Edit history (1)

For that shirt he has on alone!!! That is the so-called "3 Percenters"...Dumbass militia fools who think they will be part of only 3% of the population who stands up & fight the Federal Government! These are the same FOOLS who were with the Bundy's!!

SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
18. Yeah, anytime you see...
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 07:12 PM
Apr 2016

An American Flag or t-shirt or whatever with the roman numeral "III" that is what it represents. They're NUTS!

Usually GUN NUT FREAKS (I'm a gun owner) thinking the Federal Government is going to launch some big operation to take everyone's guns & only 3% will be brave enough to stand up & fight! LOL!!!!! They're mostly militia types.

SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
19. It comes from the idea that...
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 07:17 PM
Apr 2016

Only 3% of the population fought in the American Revolution vs the British...So in their PARANOID minds when the Federal Government comes to take everyone's guns, lock folks up in FEMA Camps or do whatever it is these GUN NUT militia freaks think is going to happen they will be the part of the 3% that will be brave enough to defend the nation vs the Federal Government! LOL!!!

...But they're almost ALL WHITE Christian NUT JOBS!!! Like the Bundys!!

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