FL deputy barged into home, shot man who only had a stick of wood.

This actually happened in January, but everytime it comes up in the paper it just makes me sick inside. Basically the man argued with him, refused to go outside, and he killed him.

The man was not even wanted, had done no wrong. The deputy wanted to talk to him about his nephew. He crossed the deputy, held up part of a table leg or clothes tree, and he died for it.

The deputy was in no danger at all. He just felt too powerful. This was at least his second offense. He was cleared, he is still working as a deputy.

This is what our country is becoming. This should be on the national news, but it won't.

Killing of Willie Belcher Unjustified
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2003308160326

SNIP...."Willie died for nothing." Trigger-happy law enforcement has taken another life in Polk County. This killing is, in my opinion, the most unjustified we have seen.

A Polk County deputy sheriff stood in front of the home of Willie Belcher and demanded that he come out. He had no arrest warrant, no search warrant, no other official documentation. The deputy was quoted as saying to a messenger, "You tell him to get out here or I'll put his ass in jail." Belcher refused. A short time later. the deputy entered the home and killed Willie Belcher in his living room. "A man's home is his castle," but perhaps not in Polk County...."END SNIP

Willie Belcher was 41 years old, and he worked hard as a roofer. He did not deserve to die that way. This deputy is still working.

:-(

the essence of what has gone wrong in this country.

If he hadn't done anything wrong, why didn't he just cooperate.

Well, he threatened a cop with a deadly weapon.

Well, you're supposed to cooperate when the police are investigating a crime.

Well there's probably more to it.

Well if his nephew was in trouble, they probably weren't really a good family anyway.

Those people will do anything to avoid following the law.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

this a civil rights case and not stop until justice is served.

There was a picture in one story, which I can't find right now. He was white. I notice that the powers that be are trying to make it go away quietly, but I don't think it will.

This op ed from today's paper pleased me, as I think this group is still pursuing it.

If a deputy came to my door and starting ordering me around, it would scare me to death. If he came into my home without my permission, I would probably panic.

They say people who haven't broken the law react more suspiciously than those who have. I think that may be true. Hubby and I are so proper, and obey every law. We would be panicked more quickly than a criminal would.

What in the goddamn mother fucking hell does being an African American have to do with being killed for no goddamn reason?

This man's civil rights were violated no matter what color he is and race shouldn't even come into anybody's mind over it. That's why we get labelled as the party who only cares about pandering to minorities.

Aaaggh!

The cop should be fired and charged.
To allow him to stay proves they don't give a flip about ordinary people.