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Title: Mother Calls 9-1-1 to Get Intruders Out of Her Home, Cops Show Up, Shoot and Kill Her
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/in ... lled-9-1-1-cops-showed-killed/
Published: Feb 19, 2015
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2015-02-19 20:44:15 by Deckard
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Views: 1482
Comments: 6
Gastonia, NC — A tragic story of police negligence emerges out of Gastonia, North Carolina this week. A mother of two was killed by cops after she called 9-1-1 for help. Police say Betty Sexton called them for help so police could remove two intruders from her home that she shared with her boyfriend. The audio from the 9-1-1 call indicates that Sexton knew the two intruders and simply wanted police to help get these unwanted guests out of her house. Waiting for police to arrive, Sexton grabbed an old musket gun to protect herself from the intruders. When they arrived, police saw Sexton holding the antique gun. “My sister would not hurt anyone,” said Debra Kennedy. According to Kennedy, her boyfriend told police that the gun was not loaded or functioning, and when the cops ordered her to put the weapon down, she cooperated. Despite complying with the officers’ orders, Officer LaDoniqua Neely shot Sexton, killing her. “That officer still shot my sister dead in the chest,” said Kennedy. Sexton was then taken to a nearby hospital but died on arrival. “All she wanted was someone removed from her house,” said Kennedy. Officer Neely has been placed on administrative leave while an investigation is conducted by the State Bureau of Investigations, at the request of the Gastonia Police Department. Gastonia Police have already shot and killed three people so far this year. “We haven’t had this many officer-involved shootings this close together since I started working here in 1994,” a spokeswoman with the Department told reporters. Calling 9-1-1 for help and then being victimized or killed by police happens far too often. Earlier this month we reported on the story of Kevin Davis, who called 9-1-1 to report that his girlfriend had been stabbed. When cops got to his apartment, they killed him. In December, we reported the story of a decorated Army veteran who called 9-1-1 for help with a cut foot. When police showed up at his house, they killed him. In November, a man called 9-1-1 to report a wanted gunman. When police showed up they shot the man who called them instead of the gunman. Sadly, more often than not, this is what happens when you call the cops.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
""They were preparing to leave the home when miss Sexton went to a back bedroom," says State Bureau of Investigation special agent Tony Underwood. "She was in there only a matter of seconds when she came out of the bedroom carrying a long gun." The police officer, LaDoniqua Neely, said she told Sexton to drop the gun. She didn't. Neely fired one shot. Sexton was hit and killed. Neely is now on paid leave."
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
OK. Let's charge her with murder and a hate crime. She's a racist. Hands up, don't shoot.
Looks like the cops lied, as usual. Waiting for police to arrive, Sexton grabbed an old musket gun to protect herself from the intruders. When they arrived, police saw Sexton holding the antique gun. “My sister would not hurt anyone,” said Debra Kennedy. According to Kennedy, her boyfriend told police that the gun was not loaded or functioning, and when the cops ordered her to put the weapon down, she cooperated. Despite complying with the officers’ orders, Officer LaDoniqua Neely shot Sexton, killing her.
Only a bias thinker would draw such a definitive conclusion, without having WITNESSED the incident, and prior to a jury decision. I'd tell you if you were wrong or right... but I can't find my crystal ball. lol
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
This just doesn't make any sense. Why would anyone do that?
I don't know. I wasn't there. Domestics or calls dealing with mentally ill people IN THEIR HOMES are difficult. An officer must weigh his safety along with a persons constitutional right towards free movement inside their own home. Many times a person of interest (not enough PC to arrest) will run off to another location in the house or (my favorite) lock themselves in a room or bathroom... and the officer doesn't really know what weapons are now at that persons reach. I'm very glad I don't have to make split decisions, get second guessed by the public, your supervisor, your peers... get spit on, hurt and of course... unappreciated. All for that 45K a year. I'm liking retirement. Now I only serve my wife and family. People that appreciate what I do for them... and don't create an unsolvable dysfuntional situation, and expect me to solve it in a way EVERYONE is happy. Now, don't take this post wrong. I signed up on the dotted line... knowing perfectly well that I might have to deal with all that stuff above... I can only say now, after retirement, after my 3,200.00 a month pension... it's not worth it.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#2. To: Deckard (#0)
"Despite complying with the officers’ orders, Officer LaDoniqua Neely shot Sexton, killing her."
Officer LaDoniqua Neely
#3. To: GrandIsland (#1)
""They were preparing to leave the home when miss Sexton went to a back bedroom," says State Bureau of Investigation special agent Tony Underwood. "She was in there only a matter of seconds when she came out of the bedroom carrying a long gun."
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#4. To: Deckard (#3)
Looks like the cops lied, as usual.
#5. To: GrandIsland (#4)
""They were preparing to leave the home when miss Sexton went to a back bedroom," says State Bureau of Investigation special agent Tony Underwood. "She was in there only a matter of seconds when she came out of the bedroom carrying a long gun."
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#6. To: Deckard (#5)
(Edited)
This just doesn't make any sense. Why would anyone do that?
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