YASECT:Unarmed/shot dead.

[highland145]

Naked too.

Classmates and friends are questioning why a police officer fatally shot a University of South Alabama freshman who was naked and had been banging on a window at police headquarters.Campus officials didn't give any indication that Gil Collar, 18, of Wetumpka had a weapon when he was shot. A university spokesman said he was fatally wounded about 1:30 a.m. Saturday after an officer heard a bang on a window and went outside to investigate.
A statement issued by university spokesman Keith Ayers said Collar, who wrestled at Wetumpka High School before enrolling at South Alabama, assumed a "fighting stance" and chased an officer before being shot. The officer tried to retreat numerous times to defuse the situation before opening fire, the school said.
But sophomore Tyler Kendrick said campus authorities haven't provided any satisfying answers about why Collar was killed.
"Really, it just upsets me that there's no other way to apprehend an unarmed student rather than shooting him. I don't understand that," Kendrick said.
Student Joshua Frye said it seemed the officer could have used something other than a firearm to stop Collar.
"What I feel is that a cop has more than a gun," he said.
The officer was placed on paid leave, and an autopsy will determine if drugs or alcohol were involved.
Campus officials said the confrontation was recorded by security cameras. The video and other information has been turned over to the district attorney and the Mobile County Sheriff's Office, which will review the shooting.

http://www.clarionledger.com/viewar...ent-Gil-Collar-shot-by-police-friends-baffled

 

[surfsatwerk]

*assumes a "fighting stance"*

 

[highland145]

*assumes a "fighting stance"*

He was a h.s. wrestler but since he was naked, could have been trying his hand at fencing.

 

[surfsatwerk]

 

[SandEagle]

misleading title. :thumbsup:

they couldn't just tase him in the balls? :\

 

[highland145]

misleading title. :thumbsup:

they couldn't just tase him in the balls? :\

Just helping you out. Now if the guy had been black.....

 

[Exterous]

*assumes a "fighting stance"*

I can't help but wonder if assuming the stance of dominance would have worked better

 

[highland145]

I can't help but wonder if assuming the stance of dominance would have worked better

Maybe that was why he got shot, penis envy from the rent a cop.

 

[clamum]

Ridiculous. He was probably drunk and being an idiot, but did the stupid pig really have to shoot the guy? OH MY GOD, A FUCKING FIGHTING STANCE! SHOOT HIM!

 

[highland145]

Ridiculous. He was probably drunk and being an idiot, but did the stupid pig really have to shoot the guy? OH MY GOD, A FUCKING FIGHTING STANCE! SHOOT HIM!

Waiting on the security video. Maybe it'll make the situation clearer.

 

[Exterous]

Waiting on the security video. Maybe it'll make the situation clearer.

I'll bet he had a lethal weapon in his hands and then tried to helicopter the cop

 

[z1ggy]

Waiting on the security video. Maybe it'll make the situation clearer.

If he was totally unarmed though, what could he have been doing that warrants a bullet to the head? Shooting magic lightning out of his hands? Cops have tasers and pepper spray, no need to blow the kid away.

 

[PokerGuy]

You act aggressively towards an officer, even chasing him when he tries to retreat "numerous times" to defuse the situation, I don't have a lot of sympathy for you when you get capped. Darwin award candidate.

 

[SandEagle]

Waiting on the security video. Maybe it'll make the situation clearer.

waiting on video of naked man in fighting stance!? :hmm: doubts cleared.

 

[highland145]

waiting on video of naked man in fighting stance!? :hmm: doubts cleared.

You may be right.

 

[LTC8K6]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AvjMd-u79E

They were unarmed, and they deserved being shot.

 

[Perknose]

That's "schwanz" not "schwarz."

 

[rasczak]

You act aggressively towards an officer, even chasing him when he tries to retreat "numerous times" to defuse the situation, I don't have a lot of sympathy for you when you get capped. Darwin award candidate.

I could have sworn cops carried other weapons such as a BATON or a TASER. If the suspect had no weapons, the cop should have used those instead. What this appears to be is a lack of situational training. It's ridiculous to accept that level of violence against and unarmed suspect.

 

[Printer Bandit]

i saw spaceballs before star stars and didn't understand the parody.

 

[LTC8K6]

I could have sworn cops carried other weapons such as a BATON or a TASER. If the suspect had no weapons, the cop should have used those instead. What this appears to be is a lack of situational training. It's ridiculous to accept that level of violence against and unarmed suspect.

Tasers and mace occasionally have little effect on a person for various reasons.

It's also important to remember how a taser works. It only shocks for a few seconds, then turns off. It then has to be triggered again. It does not shock continuously. So, there is a period of time where an aggressive person can recover and become aggressive again.

A taser isn't necessarily the solution to an aggressive person.

 

[LTC8K6]

He was apparently shot center mass, not in the head.

An officer is under no obligation to allow a crazy man to rush him and possibly end up in a struggle for his own gun.

 

[pelov]

That's "schwanz" not "schwarz."

How do you know those aren't condoms on black schwanz?

 

[highland145]

He was apparently shot center mass, not in the head.

An officer is under no obligation to allow a crazy man to rush him and possibly end up in a struggle for his own gun.

Looks like 2 in the chest. Don't know where I got the head shot.

 

[olds]

You act aggressively towards an officer, even chasing him when he tries to retreat "numerous times" to defuse the situation, I don't have a lot of sympathy for you when you get capped. Darwin award candidate.

Waiting for the video but pretty much this.

 

[amdhunter]

I'm 100% sure justice will be served in this case. Anyone want to guess why?