Alito supported police shooting & killing unarmed 15-yr-old who stole $10

StefanX

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Sat Dec-03-05 08:23 PM
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Alito supported police shooting & killing unarmed 15-yr-old who stole $10

Edited on Sat Dec-03-05 08:25 PM by StefanX

Alito is a freak. He supported the police shooting a 15-year-old kid in the head and killing him. The kid was unarmed and he was fleeing -- after having stolen ten whole dollars.

As an assistant to the Solicitor General, Judge Alito weighed in on a case involving an officer who was investigating a possible burglary. The officer heard a door slam, then went to the backyard where he �shined his flashlight on a youth who appeared to be unarmed and who was trying to climb a six-foot-high chain link fence to escape.� The officer �seized� the kid by shooting him in the head.

"I think the shooting {in this case} can be justified as reasonable," Alito wrote in a 1984 memo to Justice Department officials. Because the officer could not know for sure why a suspect was fleeing, the courts should not set a rule forbidding the use of deadly force, he said.

When in doubt, blow their brains out. That's the kind of thoughtful, deliberate analysis we need on the Supreme Court.

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Digby at Digbysblog.blogspot.com

Hello, Dems in Congress -- do you think any of you could bother mentioning this little incident from Alito's past while you have the floor sometime? Think of it as a way of preventing some of your constituents from getting shot in the head.

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greiner3

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Sat Dec-03-05 08:31 PM
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1. On the bright side;

Alito will only be on the court for 20-30 years.
:cry: :sarcasm:

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AX10

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Sat Dec-03-05 09:46 PM
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2. Alito is a facsist. Just like Rudy Giulianni.

:argh:

Both are bastards, just horrible things.

Roe v. Wade is the least of my concerns. Civil Liberties are much more important.

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Czolgosz

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Sat Dec-03-05 09:49 PM
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3. Alito is 1,000 times further on the right than Giuliani

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newyawker99

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Sun Dec-04-05 08:45 AM
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4. This guy is a wacko. I hope he doesn't get confirmed.

:thumbsdown:

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