Las Vegas police shoot man in front of his pregnant fiancé during marijuana warrant
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[release]In a shocking series of events that is still under investigation, Las Vegas police on Friday shot and killed Trevon Cole, 21, while serving a warrant that claimed Cole was selling marijuana. According to reports, Cole’s 20-year-old fiancé, Sequioa Pearce—who is 9 months pregnant—was forced to kneel and held at gunpoint in the moments just before Cole was shot.
A police spokesman told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that undercover officers had bought marijuana from Cole three times before the warrant was served, and investigators reportedly took an unknown amount of marijuana and digital scales from his home. Pearce, his fiancé, says Cole, who has no criminal record, “did smoke marijuana from time to time,” but was not a drug dealer.
The officer who shot Cole is a 10-year veteran who the Review-Journal reports has been involved in other questionable shootings. Police said he fired his weapon on Cole after Cole made a “furtive movement,” which Pearce denies.
While police investigate the incident, Cole’s family remains shocked and in desperate need of an explanation. Writes the Review-Journal, “They had been preparing for a birth, not a death.”[/release]
[quote=Family of the deceased]“We were mentally prepped to know in June we were coming to Vegas to see the baby, to be here for the birth of the baby. Not for this.”[/quote]
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What is it with cops and killing black people?
Source 1 - [url]http://www.lvrj.com/news/police-detective-who-shot--killed-man-friday-identified-96304914.html[/url]
Source 2 - [url]http://blog.mpp.org/prohibition/las-vegas-police-kill-21-year-old-father-to-be-while-serving-marijuana-warrant/06162010/[/url]
More reliable sources may or may not be added later, depending on if I bother to go looking for them.
My aunt works in the vegas police department, it's known fuckup stories like this rarely get out to the public.
[QUOTE]The officer who shot Cole is a 10-year veteran who the Review-Journal reports has been involved in other questionable shootings[/QUOTE]You'd think after the first few he would get fired or something, but apparently the standards aren't too high for being a cop in Vegas.
"To Serve and Protect White People"
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;22980019]You'd think after the first few he would get fired or something, but apparently the standards aren't too high for being a cop in Vegas.[/QUOTE]
As long as you shoot black people, you're a-ok.
I wonder how many people become cops to actually protect and serve the people.
Not too many, I guess.
what the fuck police
[QUOTE=Lambeth;22980113]what the fuck police[/QUOTE]
las vegas police
"Alright sir, very good. I just have one last question for your interview.."
"Go ahead"
"What is it that makes you want to be a police officer? What is your drive, your motive?"
"I want to have a license to shoot black people."
"Welcome aboard!"
[QUOTE=Doriol;22980139][QUOTE=Lambeth;22980113]what the fuck police[/QUOTE]
las vegas police[/QUOTE]
I know that
Why'd they shoot him in the first place?
-Snip, Massive Grammatical Error-
Lol a man died because of weed.
Weed.
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They shot a man over WEED.
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;22980203]Even If he did make a "furtive movement", it would be completely justified, you don't go around holding people at gunpoint for no reason.[/QUOTE]
Having a reason does not justify this sort of thing, especially when it's a really dumb reason.
and who says marijuana is harmless LOL
[QUOTE=Kalibos;22980369]and who says marijuana is harmless LOL[/QUOTE]
I hope you're trolling.
[QUOTE=B_oE_AN;22980352]Having a reason does not justify this sort of thing, especially when it's a really dumb reason.[/QUOTE]
I think he's saying the guy had all the reason in the world to be making "furtive movements", cause he was being randomly held at gunpoint.
What kind of dumbass mom smokes weed why she is pregnant? EDIT: Misread the op, thought it said the wife smoked a "little pot"
Why is everyone talking about how cops shoot black people, cops should all different people of all different colors all the time for many different reasons. You weren't there, you don't know if the man was reaching into his pocket for something or not. Another example of facepunch getting pissed off about something they don't have the full story of.
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[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;22980326]Lol a man died because of weed.
Weed.
[editline]11:37AM[/editline]
They shot a man over WEED.[/QUOTE]
They shot a man because he made a "furtive movement"
Read the fucking op
[QUOTE=Oecleus;22980425]What kind of dumbass mom smokes weed why she is pregnant?[/QUOTE]
It doesn't say anywhere in there that she was smoking too.
[QUOTE=Oecleus;22980425]What kind of dumbass mom smokes weed why she is pregnant?
Why is everyone talking about how cops shoot black people, cops should all different people of all different colors all the time for many different reasons. You weren't there, you don't know if the man was reaching into his pocket for something or not. Another example of facepunch getting pissed off about something they don't have the full story of.
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They shot a man because he made a "furtive movement"
Read the fucking op[/QUOTE]
Seriously? I mean really, come on. You think this is justified? Yea, ok let's say he was making an obvious move for his pocket. You know what the cop could have done? Not killed him, shot him in the arm or some other area to incapacitate him. Or even better yet, he could have held him at taser-point, there was seemingly no reason to have a gun pointed at him.
[QUOTE=Overwatch 7;22980476]It doesn't say anywhere in there that she was smoking too.[/QUOTE]
My apologies misread the op.
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;22980485]Seriously? I mean really, come on. You think this is justified? Yea, ok let's say he was making an obvious move for his pocket. You know what the cop could have done? Not killed him, shot him in the arm or some other area to incapacitate him. Or even better yet, he could have held him at taser-point, there was seemingly no reason to have a gun pointed at him.[/QUOTE]
He's serving a warrant because of suspected drug use. If you served warrants and you didn't have your gun drawn, you wouldn't get far in the police force.
As an officer, you don't shoot to wound, you always shoot to kill, and only if you feel your life or someone elses is threatened. He obviously did so he killed him.
[QUOTE=Oecleus;22980425]What kind of dumbass mom smokes weed why she is pregnant?
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Smoking weed while pregnant has a very little chance of effecting your child.
[QUOTE=Oecleus;22980541]
As an officer, you don't shoot to wound, you always shoot to kill, and only if you feel your life or someone elses is threatened. He obviously did so he killed him.[/QUOTE]
Maybe in Bumfucknowhere, Tennessee. Police officers are supposed to shoot to incapacitate. They are also supposed to use escalated force, not just shoot somebody who poses no active threat.
[QUOTE=Oecleus;22980425]What kind of dumbass mom smokes weed why she is pregnant?
Why is everyone talking about how cops (truncated)[/QUOTE]
Neither article made any mention of the girl's drug habits.
The police stormed his house with guns drawn despite knowing that he was a small-time dealer at best and had no criminal record, and he was shot by an officer who has been involved in other questionable shootings.
[QUOTE=Doriol;22980548]Smoking weed while pregnant has a very little chance of effecting your child.
Maybe in Bumfucknowhere, Tennessee. Police officers are supposed to shoot to incapacitate. They are also supposed to use escalated force, not just shoot somebody who poses no active threat.[/QUOTE]
If you are pregnant, you shouldn't smoke weed. If you loved your future baby then you wouldn't even risk it. It has been shown to cause birth complications.
Two shots in the chest from a 9 normally kills people, and according to the officer there was an "active threat", he was making a movement that could have been drawing a weapon.
Cop: I swear it looked like he was going for a weapon!
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[QUOTE=Oecleus;22980636][b]If you are pregnant, you shouldn't smoke weed. If you loved your future baby then you wouldn't even risk it. It has been shown to cause birth complications.[/b]
Two shots in the chest from a 9 normally kills people, and according to the officer there was an "active threat", he was making a movement that could have been drawing a weapon.[/QUOTE]
Well you shouldn't huff paint. Really. Stop it. Wait I have no reason to think you were huffing paint? You have no reason thinking she was smoking pot.
wtf.. is there ANYTHING police do thats not shooting people?
shitheads.
[QUOTE=Oecleus;22980425]What kind of dumbass mom smokes weed why she is pregnant?
Why is everyone talking about how cops shoot black people, cops should all different people of all different colors all the time for many different reasons. You weren't there, you don't know if the man was reaching into his pocket for something or not. Another example of facepunch getting pissed off about something they don't have the full story of.
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They shot a man because he made a "furtive movement"
Read the fucking op[/b][/QUOTE]
Look at the slightly bigger picture here. They wouldn't have been there in the first place if pot was legal.
[QUOTE=Kybalt;22980641]Well you shouldn't huff paint. Really. Stop it. Wait I have no reason to think you were huffing paint? You have no reason thinking she was smoking pot.[/QUOTE]
Already responded to this, please shut the hell up.
[QUOTE=B_oE_AN;22980620]Neither article made any mention of the girls drug habits.
The police stormed his house with guns drawn despite knowing that he was a small-time dealer at best and had no criminal record, and he was shot by an officer who has been involved in other questionable shootings.[/QUOTE]
I already said "my apologies i misread the op"
Blame the lawmakers, not the people enforcing the law.
Once again, drug dealers often have weapons of some kind, so for self preservation of course they are going to have their guns drawn. You people act like that's a huge problem but it is standard policy for raiding a home in which you don't know who or what is inside necessarily.
[QUOTE=Oecleus;22980541]My apologies misread the op.
He's serving a warrant because of suspected drug use. If you served warrants and you didn't have your gun drawn, you wouldn't get far in the police force.
As an officer, you don't shoot to wound, you always shoot to kill, and only if you feel your life or someone elses is threatened. He obviously did so he killed him.[/QUOTE]
I'm gonna go with Doriol and say you're from Redneckville, USA. What kind of shitty cop always shoots to kill? There's a fucking justice system for a reason, cops aren't at free to gun down anyone they think is a minor threat. There's a reason cops are equipped with less-than-lethal weaponry.
[QUOTE=KmScMT;22980688]wtf.. is there ANYTHING police do thats not shooting people?
shitheads.[/QUOTE]
Yes there is. The cops do a lot, and prevent a lot of crime, and deal with a lot of shit that no one ever hears of because it isn't fucking news worthy. Then some one dumb ass cop out of the hundreds of thousands of cops does something bad and instantly the entire police force get's demonized by someone on an internet forum who doesn't know shit.
[QUOTE=KmScMT;22980688]wtf.. is there ANYTHING police do thats not shooting people?
shitheads.[/QUOTE]
God your dumb. You are worse than the people that generalize religious people and people of different color.
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;22980708]I'm gonna go with Doriol and say you're from Redneckville, USA. What kind of shitty cop always shoots to kill? There's a fucking justice system for a reason, cops aren't at free to gun down anyone they think is a minor threat. There's a reason cops are equipped with less-than-lethal weaponry.[/QUOTE]
Yes but sometimes "lethal weaponry" is required. Especially when the other person may or may not have a gun. You keep down playing his alleged movements as if they are nothing. You don't know what he is doing, he could be pulling out a gun, so it's no "minor threat", especially when your heart is beating 200 bpm and you have enough adrenaline in you to lift a car.
FYI im from maryland, hardly "redneck, usa"
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