Rule 4: Be sure of your target
And what’s behind it:
A Las Vegas Fire Department captain will not face criminal charges for shooting a man through his front door in June, Clark County prosecutors have decided.
“The collective decision by a number of experienced prosecutors was reached after reviewing all of the witness statements, the statements given to law enforcement by the homeowner, the forensic evidence in the case, and meeting with the detectives who investigated the case,” Assistant District Attorney Robert Daskas said.
Shooting through a door is stupid.
February 5th, 2015 at 6:49 pm
It’s OK; our Vice President recommends it.
February 6th, 2015 at 11:43 am
AKA, works with police on a regular basis, may work with the prosecutor’s office on arson investigations, and is a member of an influential public employee union. Not quite an “only one”, but close enough that I bet he got special consideration.
February 6th, 2015 at 12:16 pm
“This decision does not give carte blanche to homeowners to shoot through a closed door at potential intruders,” he said.
No, but it doesn’t exactly discourage it, either, does it dumbasses?
And Jake’s assessment exactly mirrors my own thoughts.
Mr. Theodore Wafer made a similar judgement and was prosecuted and convicted. Not exactly the same circumstances, I understand. But Mr. Wafer went so far as to actually see who was at his door before shooting through his screen door.
I’m not defending his decision, merely pointing out how some are ‘more special’ than others when it comes to shooting through doors and killing someone.
February 6th, 2015 at 8:57 pm
“Shooting through a door is stupid.”
Not always. An incident in Tacoma a few years ago: a guy was beating on the door of a house (middle of the day). Didn’t get let in but was yelling about killing someone. When to his car and came back with a hammer and commenced to beating on the door with it. Shot gun fired through the door put paid to his ass. DRT. The person doing the shooting didn’t even get arrested. This was few doors down from my dad’s house. To my knowledge they had no association with the government at all — in other words, not an only one.
There was a small window in the door and they could see their target and what was behind it so it wasn’t a Rule 4 violation.
February 7th, 2015 at 1:59 pm
There is some “professional courtesy” between the two jobs but it’s also wholly dependent on the location. Some PDs HATE FDs.
Firemen getting a pass on a speeding ticket isn’t the same as getting a pass on a felony. That usually doesn’t happen. There are plenty of fire guys in prison for various felonies.