"Officer in college shooting also had baton, spray" by Jay Reeves | Associated Press, October 13, 2012
A University of South Alabama campus police officer was carrying not just his gun but also pepper spray and a baton the night he shot and killed an unarmed freshman student, the school said Friday.
University spokesman Keith Ayers said officer Trevis Austin, a four-year veteran of the department in his first police job, was armed with all three weapons when he walked outside the police station with his gun drawn to confront Gil Collar. Collar, 18, was naked when he banged on police department windows in the pre-dawn hours last Saturday.
It’s unclear why the officer went for his gun first, but the sheriff has said the decision was proper.
Not to me it isn't. The police in this country now feel they can kill anyone and get away with it, and they usually do.
Authorities said Collar, a 5-foot-7, 140-pound high school wrestler in his first semester of college, was on LSD when he moved aggressively toward the officer in an athletic stance to prompt the shooting. But surveillance video showed the student never tried to grab the officer’s weapon or got within 4 or 5 feet of Austin....
Oh, the AUTHORITIES LIED here in AmeriKa?
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Related: Police say slain student was on LSD
What are they putting in that stuff these days?
Friends baffled by killing of Ala. college student
Also see: Alabama Slammer
While we are on campus we might as well post these:
"Suspect in shooting had school worried; Ala. university rejected Holmes" by P. Solomon Banda | Associated Press, September 07, 2012
DENVER — Professors at an Alabama university described James Holmes as an excellent candidate for their neuroscience program in February 2011 but rejected him anyway after his behavior raised concerns.
Professors described him as a top-notch student and shy. One professor doubted whether he wanted Holmes in his lab, saying that ‘‘he may be extremely smart, but difficult to engage.’’
Another wrote: ‘‘His personality may not be as engaging as some applicants, but he is going to be a leader.’’
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What I won't be posting is any more AmeriKan media bullshit on that matter. The articles are only there to support the agenda-pushing narrative and I simply do not have the time anymore. I suppose that is why I'm rarely reading the Globe these days. Just sick of the never-ending bullshit.
Another Alabam reject that picked up a gun:
Amy Bishop trial in Alabama campus killings delayed
Amy Bishop pleads guilty to Ala. killings
Also see: Checkmated by the Boston Globe
Amy Bishop’s lawyers to get pay for work
Do you think they will pay for Siegelman's?
"Former Alabama governor ordered back to prison" by Bob Johnson | Associated Press, August 04, 2012
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — After years of appeals and a vocal campaign by supporters, former governor Don Siegelman of Alabama is heading back to prison after being sentenced Friday to more than six years for bribery and other convictions.
Siegelman, 66, and former HealthSouth chief Richard Scrushy were convicted in 2006. They arranged $500,000 in contributions to Siegelman’s campaign for a state lottery in exchange for the governor appointing Scrushy to an important hospital regulatory board.Before his sentencing, which his lawyer called cruel and unusual, Siegelman told a judge that he deeply regrets the things he has done.
‘‘I apologize to people for the embarrassment my actions have caused,’’ Siegelman said.
US District Judge Mark Fuller said the case has been hard on everyone, including Siegelman’s family. He acknowledged the good things Siegelman had accomplished in his years of public service, but said they did not justify the crimes for which he was convicted. He allowed Siegelman to remain free and turn himself in by Sept. 11.
‘‘It’s been a long seven years,’’ Fuller said. ‘‘Good luck to you.’’
Siegelman, who served one term from 1999 to 2003, was originally sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Fuller sentenced him to 6½ on Friday. He served about nine months before being released pending his appeals. Fuller knocked those months off Siegelman’s sentence. He was also ordered to serve two years on probation and pay a $50,000 fine.
His sentence is about equal to that of Scrushy, who recently finished his nearly five-year prison sentence in Houston.
‘‘I never expected my career of public service to end in a federal courtroom,’’ Siegelman told reporters outside the courthouse after Friday’s sentencing.
Asked if it was the worst day of his life, Siegelman said: ‘‘I can’t think of one that would be closer to the top.’’
Siegelman and his lawyer, Susan James, said no decision had been made on whether to appeal the sentence, but James said she took steps in court Friday to lay the groundwork. She said she was disappointed Siegelman’s sentence was not reduced more.
During Friday’s sentencing, several character witnesses took the stand on Siegelman’s behalf, including his adult daughter, Dana Siegelman.
She called her father a wonderful man and said he felt guilty when he had to go to prison the first time.
‘‘He was devastated that he had let us down,’’ she said referring to herself, her mother, Lori, and her brother, Joseph.
Grant Woods, a former Arizona attorney general, also testified on Siegelman’s behalf.
Siegelman served as Alabama’s attorney general before he was governor, and 90 or so of his former colleagues had filed court briefs urging that he not be sent back to jail. They did so because they know and like their former colleague and many questioned whether campaign contributions constitute bribes.
Woods said it would serve no good purpose for Siegelman to be back in jail and that the public would be better off if he served community service.
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Related: The Boston Sunday Globe's Other Omissions: Democrats Don't Fight
Notice no mention of Rove in the latest piece?
Maybe Siegelman should have made a run for it.
"Real-life Walter White not on run
TUSCALOOSA — It turns out the real-life Walter White, wanted in Alabama for a meth-related charge, wasn’t running from the law. The Tuscaloosa News reported that the man who shares a name with the fictional meth dealer from the AMC television show ‘‘Breaking Bad’’ was found in an inpatient treatment facility. Tuscaloosa County sheriff’s Sergeant Andy Norris said deputies confirmed a tip that White, 55, had a court order from another jurisdiction to get treatment (AP)."
