re: Marksville City Marshals......Breaking two officers charged with murder

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Do you run and try to get your kid out of harms way? Or stay and roll the dice that the marshals will be nice to you, knowing that him staying may put him in danger? You can't really call the police, and you can run, but does that help or hurt?

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Assuming this version of events is true (I don't necessary believe the marshals were out to get the dad anymore than I believe the cops lives were in danger) but no way I take my kid on a high speed chase.

Maybe he thought the marshals wouldn't kill him with the kid around? Still thats too risky for me to keep my son in the car so I would probably push the kid out and make a run for it (if I was inclined to run, which I'm not)

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no excuse for the police actions mind you, but the more witnesses the better.

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What makes you think they wouldn't have smoked her too? The law?

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holy shite please show me these "facts"...that there MAY have been a dispute between one of the marshalls and the father? That leads you to conclude he would have been shot regardless of what he did?

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How about the only real "fact" we know about this case, that they opened fire on a car and killed at least one of the occupants. How stupid are you? Why do you want to give the only people in this case who we know killed someone such a pass? Because they have shiny metal on their chest?

You have to go the British papers to find out what happens here.

"Moments later, she said, as the cars pulled away from the light, she saw two marshals’ cars – marked in black and white – approaching from behind with their lights flashing. She looked into Few’s car as he pulled away, and he was pointing at his son’s head, indicating that he was in the car and he wasn’t sure what to do.

Few was afraid of the marshals, she said, because he and and one of the marshals on the scene had a prior personal conflict."


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Why do you want to give the only people in this case who we know killed someone such a pass?

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you need to go back and read my posts. I clearly said I am leaning towards them being pieces of shite and if it is determined they were wrong that they get punished to the fullest extent of the law....how exactly is that giving them a pass?

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based on this you would conclude the cops would have shot him if he hadn't fled?

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Based on that, I'm inclined to believe there was no "high speed" chase, and he was trying to get his boy to safety.

Look, all I'm saying is that given the facts that have come out, there is no reason to believe him pulling over immediately would have changed things much.

I'm not arguing this guy should be the father of the year, but let's not act like he was having a shootout in an orphanage.

Under no circumstances should "my child being shot by the police" be a legitimate conclusion to not pulling over immediately.

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you would conclude the cops would have shot him if he hadn't fled?

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I don't believe any of us are arguing with any certainty that the cops would have shot him regardless.

However, given the facts thus far, we are trying to say is that it is plausible - at least that is my intention.

ETA: After the recent facts have come to light, there is absolutely no way you can conclude that his son would have been okay had he simply pulled over.

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Given what the state police investigators have released thus far, is there anything to suggest that the marshals using deadly force was justified?

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It is appearing that the cops were pieces of shite and unjustified...but they haven't concluded anything yet or brought charges against them have they?

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From what we know now, were the marshals provoked in any way whatsoever? They also lied about him "jamming" his vehicle into theirs and they lied about a shootout occurring.

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Fleeing is provoking right?

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If you answer both of those questions with a "no", then who's to say how they would have reacted had the father just pulled over.

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Until proven I am not going to be so paranoid to think these two cops were looking to kill him in cold blood. So one of them may have had an issue with the guy...does that make you think his buddy is willing to kill him for that? Why is the father still alive? If they were looking to "execute" him don't you think they would have succeeded?

Feel the need to say this bc I definitely sided more with the cops initially.

It is looking more and more like this was an unjustified shooting. I'm still sickened that he ran with his kid in the truck. That had more to do with his death than anything else IMO. If this guy is worth the air he breathes, he'll spend the rest of his life in morning and start living right.

If it's proven these cops attacked him maliciously, for personal vendetta, I hope they go away for a very long time.

No matter what, this is a horrible situation and I'm praying for everyone involved.