February 6, 2007, 09:31 PM | #1 |
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Anyone just see cops on Court TV. Anyway cops responded to a robbery in progress arrive and find the dead BG behind a condo complex shot. Home owner at first denies shooting the BG, then later tells detectives he shot him when he was confronted with him in his dwelling. Pretty good self defense case IMO, wish cops gave more into the stories, such as aftermath, for ones which are interesting like this... Esp since when they found the dead BG he was face down with a hand gun next to him with no Mag inside it... until the homeowner owned up to shooting him they thought another guy was involved in it... Pretty crazy
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February 6, 2007, 09:55 PM | #2 |
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I don't mean to sound anti-LEO here, but the COPS show is so freaking fake. There is so much editing they do. I know a friend who has an older friend who was on COPS before. No, he's not a BG. He was a cop. He told us both that they edit the show a lot and that in some cases the BG actually gets paid to "resist" arrest. I am NOT lying here. Just telling what I was told.
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February 6, 2007, 10:04 PM | #3 |
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Why would anyone expect to be taken seriously if they going to change their story to the police when involved in a fatal shooting?
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February 7, 2007, 08:32 AM | #4 |
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It's not too surprising that the homeowner denied shooting the burglar at first. He had taken a human life, an act that most people, no matter how justified, find a bit overwhelming. Yes it does hurt his credibility, but in this case the physical evidence and other facts uncovered in the investigation may verify his final account.
While I have no doubt that editing is done to the COPS episodes (gotta eliminate the 98% of boring material) I would need more than a "friend of a friend of a friend" account of suspects being paid to fight.
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February 7, 2007, 08:42 AM | #5 |
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I know they do editing, it's TV, and I know they have to tell everyone about the camera man before hand, and have them sign a waiver after taping, it's TV.
But they don't pay people to resist. It's not Jerry Springer. "An older friend of a friend's cousin's second uncle in law told me" is not good enough, try again. |
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I hope I don't come off sounding anti-LEO or pro-BG. Just stating my oppinion and what I been told. |
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February 7, 2007, 08:50 AM | #7 |
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You can tell when the LEO's are concious of the camera. They turn on their politeness to the law-breaker a little bit too much. He he he
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February 7, 2007, 12:52 PM | #8 |
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Sorry folks; Hollywood or not, it's a TV show and has little bearing on us in tactics and training.
Off topic & closed.
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