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From:Glenn
Date: Oct 5, 2006 5:19 PM
Hi Julz, looks like we got things a bit stirred up at BARF!
Here’s my reply to Brash, please post it – I don’t want to go to the trouble of enrolling for just this one post.
Thanks.
Glenn
Hello Brash,
I’m the person who typed the original email that was subsequently forwarded to BARF by R6Chick.
In answer to a few of your statements:
“I would actually like to see the actual communication between the liason officer and the guy who ‘told what he heard’ from the officer.”
Sorry to disappoint you, Brash, but you’re outta luck, this will never happen - the communication was verbal, by way of a phone call, and therefore unseeable – as stated in my email.
Regarding your statement “Based upon the wording in the original post up top, I can say for certain, it has been colored and misquoted. I will bet alot of money on the fact that the CHP officer never once said....” you are correct, Lieutenant Johnson never used precisely those words; if you read my email reasonably carefully, you would come to the realization the words were mine, not Johnson’s – there are no quotes in my email.
Now, did Johnson inform me of those particular items that I stated he did? Yes, absolutely. Has it been colored a bit? Perhaps, as justifiable outrage on the part of the person speaking will tend to “color” the commentary. In particular did Johnson use the word “kill?” No, he did not, that’s my word; though, in my understanding of the incident, attempted murder may be more appropriate.
As for me being full of crap and passing on bunk information, you are entirely mistaken, and in fact you are guilty of what you accuse me of – biased statements. Regarding having a “hard-on for cops,” some of my best friends have been cops, one still is, and I at one time thought seriously about becoming one. I am a staunch supporter of the rule of law and a member of the NRA. And a motorcyclist.
Now, having answered in full Brash’s brash comments, I will restate in concise terms the reason for my outrage at the CHP officer’s actions on Hwy 80. The cop was standing in the lane of traffic (not on the shoulder of the roadway – no articles I have read stated the cop was on the shoulder) according to Johnson, waving down the approaching motorcyclist. Whether or not the bike was aimed at the cop is based on the cop’s retelling of events – the motorcyclist may have intended to share the lane with the cop. If this cop had the time to draw his firearm and aim at the approaching bike, he had time to run off the roadway and out of danger. Instead, he opted to fire upon the approaching motorcyclist, thereby putting the innocent passenger at risk of death.
This business of firing on operators of vehicles has so incensed the public in Los Angeles, New York and other cities that police commissions have created limits on when officers can shoot at an occupied vehicle; under the revised policies, officers cannot fire at a moving vehicle unless someone is threatened with deadly force other than the vehicle or cannot evade the vehicle.
In reply to my assertion that the officer was wrong to endanger the innocent passenger, and to justify his previous statement that anything that happens is the fault of and responsibility of the motorcyclist, Johnson gave me the example of two thieves holding up a store: one thief gets shot dead by the cops, the surviving thief gets charged with involuntary manslaughter (or some such) – which I previously know to be true, as they both were engaged in a criminal conspiracy. And so, says Johnson, there’s the reason for laying all the blame for the dead girl on the dead motorcyclist, and absolving the officer of all culpability. I am absolutely NOT making this up!
This is laughable bullshit! He’s just equated a presumed innocent passenger with a hardened criminal, and created a criminal conspiracy out of thin air! In his imagination, the female passenger was no doubt whipping the pilot’s back to spur him on to greater speed.
As for Beauregard’s recommendation to “don’t get on the back of a bike driven by an asshole,” that is good advice, but does Beauregard really feel making that bad choice is worth a young woman’s life? How about your sister’s life? Your mother’s life? Try putting a face on the passenger, then make your decision as to the appropriateness of the cop’s response.
My original statements are based entirely on fact and reasonable interpretation.
I’ve added the original news article at the bottom of this email.
Glenn
Arrest made in connection with police shooting
By J.M. BROWN, Times-Herald staff writer
With an informant's help, authorities have arrested a young Vallejo motorcyclist in connection with a weekend high-speed chase that led to a police shooting.
Ricky M. Aton, 20, who has a history of fleeing police, was arrested Tuesday night after California Highway Patrol officers surrounded his residence, Lt. Scott Reese said Wednesday. More than three dozen marijuana plants were recovered in his home but were not attributed to him.
Aton was booked into Solano County Jail on felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and evading police. He posted bail and was released, but is scheduled to be arraigned July 5, a jail official said.
Aton could not be reached for comment.
The CHP said Aton, who was carrying a female passenger, allegedly fled a motorcycle officer who tried to stop him and another bike for speeding Sunday on eastbound Interstate 80 near the American Canyon Road exit. Aton reached 100 mph before exiting at Red Top Road and the other bike got away, the CHP said.
Aton immediately entered westbound lanes before exiting at Columbus Parkway , the CHP said. A second officer who had gotten off his motorcycle in the area saw Aton exit and flagged him to stop, the CHP said.
Believing the suspect intended to strike the officer with his motorcycle, the CHP said the officer fired a single round. The bullet missed Aton and the Kawasaki he was riding, the CHP said.
The second officer chased Aton on Columbus Parkway , but lost sight of him.
On Tuesday, a confidential informant contacted Vallejo police with information about Aton's identity,
which they turned over to the CHP, Reese said. Investigators determined Aton matched the physical description of the fleeing suspect and had recently registered a motorcycle in his name.
When officers tracked Aton to a Vallejo home Tuesday night, "he initially tried to run but saw the house was surrounded," Reese said.
Officers found the bike in the garage. They also recovered 39 marijuana plants in the home, but a roommate took responsibility for the drugs and was arrested.
Investigators interviewed the woman riding with Aton during the chase, but let her go after determining she was only "along for the scary ride," Reese said.
The CHP is not trying to locate the rider of the other bike because he initially followed the officer's command to pull over, then left the scene after the pursuit started, and did not seem to be evading police, Reese said.
Aton pleaded guilty to a felony in April after he fled from Vallejo police, a court official said. He was sentenced to six months in county jail, which he was serving part-time, followed by three years' probation.
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Or how about a Redman sustained resistance scenario?
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[/Armchair QB Mode](I keed- I keed!)
We were just talking about that yesterday (the TJ Hooker method).
