Officer kills man who beat child to death (1 Viewer)

[veloc1ty]

This is so senseless.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25179632/

TURLOCK, Calif. - Police killed a 27-year-old man as he kicked, punched and stomped a toddler to death despite other people's attempts to stop him on a dark, country road, authorities said.

Investigators on Sunday were trying to establish the relationship between the suspect and the child they say he killed Saturday night. The Stanislaus County coroner said the boy appeared to be between 1 and 2 years old based on his size, according to county sheriff's deputy Royjindar Singh.


"It's been a long night of wondering, 'Why?' — not only for the officers and the passers-by who stopped and tried to help out, but for anyone. Why would somebody do this?" Singh said.

Singh said the coroner does not plan to confirm the identities of the suspect and victim until Monday. Because his injuries were so severe, the child will have to be identified through a blood or DNA test, he said.


The suspect had a child's car seat in the back of his four-door pickup truck. The truck caught the attention of an elderly couple at 10:13 p.m. Saturday because it was stopped in the two-lane road facing the wrong direction, Singh said.


Man pushed off efforts to stop him
As they got closer, the couple saw the man brutally beating the toddler behind his truck and throwing the child on the ground, according to Singh. Two or three other cars stopped, an unusual number to be passing through the remote area surrounded by a dairy, a cow pasture, a cornfield and a farmhouse, he said.


"What we got from witnesses is he was punching, slapping, kicking, stomping, shaking," Singh said. "They tried to intervene and get involved, but their efforts really didn't have an effect. The suspect was engaged in what he was doing. He just pushed them off and went back to it."


A sheriff's helicopter responding to emergency calls from the area landed in a cow pasture at 10:19 p.m. carrying a Modesto police officer who shot the man to death after he refused an order to stop beating the child, Singh said.


Paramedics tried to resuscitate the toddler, who was not breathing when they arrived. The boy was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
No children within the dead boy's age range have been reported kidnapped or missing in Stanislaus County, Singh said.


The incident happened on Bradbury Road about 10 miles west of Turlock, a city located about halfway between Sacramento and Fresno.

 

[Ennaybur]

why don't they ever shoot in the leg?

 

[Zrap]

Oi talk about road rage.

 

[Ms. BRIGHTSIDE]

He didn't deserve to be shot in the leg.

 

[Ubik]

He didn't deserve to be shot in the leg.

He acted in self-defence, the toddler was asking for it.

 

[boris]

why don't they ever shoot in the leg?

what the fuck for.

i would have emptied my fucking magazine into the cunt

 

[Ennaybur]

what the fuck for.

i would have emptied my fucking magazine into the cunt

I would have wanted to, but they shouldn't.

 

[Ennaybur]

Police shouldn't have guns.

KIDS shouldn't have guns.

 

[banco55]

why don't they ever shoot in the leg?

I wish they did shoot him in the leg. Then he would have survived and gone to jail. I'm sure his fellow prisoners would have taken an interest in him.

 

[Skeeter]

POLICE shouldn't have guns you twat.

THey don't in England and it works out alright.

No. The Police should be equipped with feather swords like the one Captain Feathersword of The Wiggles has, huh?

 

[jb_nc]

why don't they ever shoot in the leg?

You always shoot to kill or don't shoot at all.

 

[Ms. BRIGHTSIDE]

What: They should have truncheons and pepper spray, not guns.

Bobbies in England are great.

I personally would feel much safer if the police in Australia wore Bobby helmets.

 

[Serius]

why don't they ever shoot in the leg?

Because a gun is a serious weapon, all officers are trained so that if they ever have to draw their weapon and fire it, they are shooting to kill.

What i wonder is why all the other passersby didnt stop this lunatic, i would have taken my club lock to his head....maybe then the kid would still be alive. It wouldnt even matter if i could take the guy or not, if he starts beating on me at least he isnt hitting the kid anymore. I am a grown man, i can take a few punches, a kid cant.

 

[boris]

i would have shot him and then curb stomped his carcass

 

[shannonm]

Umm so what was all that shit about tasers before? Wasn't the whole point of giving cops tasers to prevent this?

 

[justanotherposter]

He didn't deserve to be shot in the leg.

yeah i agree, the police officer did nothing wrong imo.