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TheLast Call of a Lifetime/not for faint of heart
Josey1
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The Last Call of a Lifetime...
Mrs. Ruth Price was an elderly woman who lived alone. When she noticed a prowler outside her home, she did what anybody would do... she dialed 911 and asked for immediate assistance.
Sadly, while police were only minutes away, Mrs. Price did not have minutes left to live. Before she could give the police dispatcher her address, the killer entered her room. Although the phone dropped to the floor, her screams were captured on the 911 tape as she was beaten to death before the police could arrive.
I have posted a copy of that recording in three digital audio formats. I cannot overemphasize how disturbing this recording is, it is not a fake, this is not an actress. This is an actual 911 recording of a murder from start to finish. I present this here for those who hold to the idea that police, regardless of their best intent, are capable of providing for your personal protection.
If Mrs. Price had a gun, what you might have heard was the sound of a criminal dying, or running away in fear. But Mrs. Price did not have a gun. She was old and frail and lacking a gun, had no other means of keeping a psychopath away from her. She made the mistake of counting on somebody else to protect her, and in her moment of dire need found herself alone.
If you choose to listen to this, I challenge you to sit through it all and tell me that if in her shoes, that you would not have wanted the biggest gun you could carry.
The Last Call (.wav format, 1.3MB) http://www.themarksman.com/lastcall.wav
The Last Call (.aif format, 1.3MB)
http://www.themarksman.com/lastcall.aif
The Last Call (.mov format, 1.3MB)
http://www.themarksman.com/lastcall.mov
http://www.themarksman.com/911lastcall.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Mrs. Ruth Price was an elderly woman who lived alone. When she noticed a prowler outside her home, she did what anybody would do... she dialed 911 and asked for immediate assistance.
Sadly, while police were only minutes away, Mrs. Price did not have minutes left to live. Before she could give the police dispatcher her address, the killer entered her room. Although the phone dropped to the floor, her screams were captured on the 911 tape as she was beaten to death before the police could arrive.
I have posted a copy of that recording in three digital audio formats. I cannot overemphasize how disturbing this recording is, it is not a fake, this is not an actress. This is an actual 911 recording of a murder from start to finish. I present this here for those who hold to the idea that police, regardless of their best intent, are capable of providing for your personal protection.
If Mrs. Price had a gun, what you might have heard was the sound of a criminal dying, or running away in fear. But Mrs. Price did not have a gun. She was old and frail and lacking a gun, had no other means of keeping a psychopath away from her. She made the mistake of counting on somebody else to protect her, and in her moment of dire need found herself alone.
If you choose to listen to this, I challenge you to sit through it all and tell me that if in her shoes, that you would not have wanted the biggest gun you could carry.
The Last Call (.wav format, 1.3MB) http://www.themarksman.com/lastcall.wav
The Last Call (.aif format, 1.3MB)
http://www.themarksman.com/lastcall.aif
The Last Call (.mov format, 1.3MB)
http://www.themarksman.com/lastcall.mov
http://www.themarksman.com/911lastcall.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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Officers 'in shock' over shooting
Vikram Dodd
Wednesday June 19, 2002
The Guardian
Police officers who shot dead an unarmed man said they would not have done anything differently after discovering they had mistaken a table leg he was carrying for a shotgun, an inquest heard yesterday.
Harry Stanley, 46, was shot twice by police after they had been telephoned from a pub to say an Irishman fitting his description was carrying a gun.
Mr Stanley's family yesterday found out the names of the two officers who killed him 50 yards from his home in Hackney, east London.
Inspector Neil Sharman and PC Kevin Fagan fired at Mr Stanley on September 22, 1999, St Pancras coroner's court heard. The officers, both from the Metropolitan police's SO19 armed response unit, told a colleague they opened fire believing Mr Stanley had pointed a shotgun at them.
Sergeant Michael Meaney, second-in-command of SO19 on the day, told the jury he arrived in Fremont Street after the shooting. He said the officers were taken to a nearby car while he looked inside the blue carrier bag Mr Stanley had been carrying.
Sgt Meaney said: "I had to stare at this piece of wood. I was expecting to see a shotgun. So I ran up the road and got Inspector Sharman and PC Fagan out of the car and told them what I'd seen.
"They both appeared to be stunned and in shock by that. They said they wouldn't have done anything differently in the circumstances."
Sgt Meaney said Insp Sharman told him: "We got information that he had a sawn-off shotgun in a blue plastic bag. He was challenged. He went right into that road [Fremont Street]. He turned and levelled the shotgun at Kev [PC Fagan]. We both fired at him. I think we both hit him."
Inspector Sharman and PC Fagan are scheduled to testify today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,739949,00.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Officer: I shot in self-defense
BY LARRY LEBOWITZ
llebowitz@herald.com
The family of a paraplegic in a wheelchair who was shot four times in the back and killed by a North Miami Beach police officer filed suit Monday on the first anniversary of the fatal shooting.
The survivors of Alphaeus ''Duke'' Dailey said they filed the federal civil-rights and wrongful-death lawsuit because the Miami-Dade state attorney's office cleared police officer Dennis Fogelgren of wrongdoing in the Father's Day 2001 shooting. Fogelgren said he fired in self-defense.
''All we want to do is put the facts on the table,'' said Leon Thomas, Dailey's uncle. ``We can't bring him back, but we want to know why they shot him.''
Police were responding to a report of three shots fired into the air in the vicinity of Northeast 15th Court near 152nd Terrace about 9:30 p.m. on June 17, 2001.
Police say Dailey, 30, a twice-convicted felon with a lengthy arrest record, fired those shots.
Fogelgren was the first officer on the scene. He said he saw Dailey fleeing east on 152nd Terrace in the wheelchair he had used since a June 1994 drive-by shooting.
The officer said Dailey, who was paralyzed from the waist down, reached over his shoulder and pointed a 9mm pistol at him.
Fogelgren fired eight shots from his .40-caliber, laser-sighted pistol, striking Dailey four times in the back from 15 to 20 feet away.
In the lawsuit filed Monday, attorneys H.T. Smith and Jack McLuskey said Dailey was unarmed and his hands were raised in a clear sign of surrender at the time of the shooting.
Family members and black community activists have suggested that the 9mm police found 20 feet from Dailey's body might have been planted or moved from another location.
No fingerprints were found on the weapon or the bullets, Smith said.
After a nine-month investigation, a team of three prosecutors with the Miami-Dade state attorney's office concluded that the shooting was justified because Fogelgren acted in self-defense.
Several witnesses told The Herald that Dailey was unarmed and his hands were up when he was shot, but they were not considered credible by the prosecutors who cleared Fogelgren.
''The family have waited patiently for the system to work,'' Smith said. ``Unfortunately, the system has failed them miserably.''
The lawsuit was filed by Dailey's mother, Lessie Mae Richardson, on behalf of herself and Dailey's four children ranging in ages from 11 to 14.
Fogelgren, 25, is a second-generation police officer who has been with the department four years.
He was the subject of four prior complaints, but was cleared in each case.
The lawsuit accuses city officials and North Miami Police Chief William Berger of fostering a departmentwide attitude in which meaningful complaints from residents are routinely disregarded.
Fogelgren is accused of wrongfully causing Dailey's death.
Without any legitimate accountability or oversight, officers resorted to ''street justice,'' the lawsuit alleges.
North Miami Beach Police say Fogelgren properly followed procedure, said department spokesman Sgt. Warren Hardison.
''We vigorously stand behind this officer,'' Hardison said.
North Miami Beach City Attorney Howard Lenard could not be reached for comment. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/3490402.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Officer: I shot in self-defense
BY LARRY LEBOWITZ
llebowitz@herald.com
The family of a paraplegic in a wheelchair who was shot four times in the back and killed by a North Miami Beach police officer filed suit Monday on the first anniversary of the fatal shooting.
The survivors of Alphaeus ''Duke'' Dailey said they filed the federal civil-rights and wrongful-death lawsuit because the Miami-Dade state attorney's office cleared police officer Dennis Fogelgren of wrongdoing in the Father's Day 2001 shooting. Fogelgren said he fired in self-defense.
''All we want to do is put the facts on the table,'' said Leon Thomas, Dailey's uncle. ``We can't bring him back, but we want to know why they shot him.''
Police were responding to a report of three shots fired into the air in the vicinity of Northeast 15th Court near 152nd Terrace about 9:30 p.m. on June 17, 2001.
Police say Dailey, 30, a twice-convicted felon with a lengthy arrest record, fired those shots.
Fogelgren was the first officer on the scene. He said he saw Dailey fleeing east on 152nd Terrace in the wheelchair he had used since a June 1994 drive-by shooting.
The officer said Dailey, who was paralyzed from the waist down, reached over his shoulder and pointed a 9mm pistol at him.
Fogelgren fired eight shots from his .40-caliber, laser-sighted pistol, striking Dailey four times in the back from 15 to 20 feet away.
In the lawsuit filed Monday, attorneys H.T. Smith and Jack McLuskey said Dailey was unarmed and his hands were raised in a clear sign of surrender at the time of the shooting.
Family members and black community activists have suggested that the 9mm police found 20 feet from Dailey's body might have been planted or moved from another location.
No fingerprints were found on the weapon or the bullets, Smith said.
After a nine-month investigation, a team of three prosecutors with the Miami-Dade state attorney's office concluded that the shooting was justified because Fogelgren acted in self-defense.
Several witnesses told The Herald that Dailey was unarmed and his hands were up when he was shot, but they were not considered credible by the prosecutors who cleared Fogelgren.
''The family have waited patiently for the system to work,'' Smith said. ``Unfortunately, the system has failed them miserably.''
The lawsuit was filed by Dailey's mother, Lessie Mae Richardson, on behalf of herself and Dailey's four children ranging in ages from 11 to 14.
Fogelgren, 25, is a second-generation police officer who has been with the department four years.
He was the subject of four prior complaints, but was cleared in each case.
The lawsuit accuses city officials and North Miami Police Chief William Berger of fostering a departmentwide attitude in which meaningful complaints from residents are routinely disregarded.
Fogelgren is accused of wrongfully causing Dailey's death.
Without any legitimate accountability or oversight, officers resorted to ''street justice,'' the lawsuit alleges.
North Miami Beach Police say Fogelgren properly followed procedure, said department spokesman Sgt. Warren Hardison.
''We vigorously stand behind this officer,'' Hardison said.
North Miami Beach City Attorney Howard Lenard could not be reached for comment. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/3490402.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
By NAOMI KLOUDA-Frontiersman reporter
Most Alaskans aren't locking up their guns. The hunting rifle is generally under the bed or in the closet, right where a thief expects to find it. And it takes mere minutes for experienced burglars to get into a house, go to the predictable spots and take the gun, law enforcement officers say.
New national and local procedures for tracking stolen guns could offer greater protection for owners in the future, but in the meantime, gun owners are being asked to record all serial numbers and lock their guns up. The Valley experienced more than 130 gun thefts throughout the winter, according to a tally of police activity logs and press releases. Lately, though, the number is not inordinate, said Alaska State Trooper Randy McPherron. Two were reported missing in May, and two were also recovered as stolen property.
McPherron said professional criminals like to deal in stolen guns because they can't be traced back to them. This has created a ready market for pilfered guns and the incentive to steal them. Drugs and other factors also tend to be involved, he said.
"It's easier to buy a gun this way than by waiting three days and providing identification. And obviously, they can't get a gun legally if they are felons," McPherron said.
Guns that are reported as stolen can be found relatively faster if a serial number is given to officers as quickly as possible, said Wasilla Police Chief Don Savage. It is then entered into the state's data base, Alaska Public Safety Information Network (ASPIN), and the serial number will turn up as stolen property if the gun is located.
"People are recording their [gun] serial numbers often enough that it makes a difference," Savage said, speaking of local recoveries. Serial numbers can be traced out through purchase receipts, but that takes time and often delays officers' ability to trace a stolen gun, he said.
Last session, the state Legislature considered discussion regarding electronic or non-electronic reporting of stolen property. Currently, pawn shops must log all transactions which officers check against stolen items, but House Bill 472 proposed to change the format of the reporting process. Paper reports aren't very efficient, Savage said.
The bill passed the Senate and stalled in the House, but the topic is likely to surface again next session, said an aide to Rep. Joe Green, R-Anchorage, the bill's sponsor. "There was a great deal of interest in this on the part of officers throughout the state," Laura Achee said. "It stalled because not all pawn shops are able to go online and do an electronic report."
The National Law Enforcement Technology Center is currently looking at a system that would network Alaska law enforcement agencies with those Outside, Savage said. Among other features, this electronic reporting system also would cross reference items reported as stolen in-state with items accepted at pawn shops.
"We hope this system would automate that reporting process so that it can cross-reference on its own. It would flag an item so that even the pawn shop owner would know it is stolen ahead of time and then they wouldn't have to worry about losing the value of their property," Savage said.
Pawn shop owners have agreed to the concept. "Pawn shops and second-hand stores are legitimate business people and they have the same interest in protecting their property," Savage said.
John Minnick, owner of A-1 Pawn Shop, says he completely supports new ideas for automating the check of guns.
His inventory has been computerized since the early 1990s, and officers regularly come to his pawn shop and download his information.
"People have to show me their identification to sell me a gun. I write it all down and it goes into a computer so that we have their ages, names, addresses," Minnick said.
Steve Stewart, owner of Alaska Best Pawn, said guns pose a difficulty because they are "untitled property, like boats, snow machines, canoes and arm chairs."
Only real estate and vehicles are sold with a title that proves ownership, so buying guns is tricky. But Stewart said he seldom receives stolen property because logging transactions holds the sellers accountable for what they pawn. And if he accidentally makes a deal on a stolen gun, he isn't likely to ever be reimbursed, Stewart said.
"Also, criminals wouldn't likely deal with a store or a pawn shop because they would have to go by the same rules here as they would in purchasing guns at Wal-Mart or any other gun store," Stewart said. "They would have to wait three days and provide identification."
McPherron said residents need to go the extra measure to secure their weapons from thieves.
"They can make it a lot harder for him [a burglar]. Keep the gun locked up in a safe or a storage locker. Hiding it under the bed or pillow doesn't work," McPherron said. "The longer it takes them to get at the gun, the greater the chances they will get caught."
The vast majority of gun owners are responsible, yet they need to keep them secure to keep weapons out of the hands of criminals, McPherron said.
It is not unusual for stolen guns to be used in local crimes, he added.
Trooper Capt. Dennis Casanovas said people who have had their guns stolen can best check on whether they have been recovered by coming into the station that investigated the theft.
The serial number can be referenced on ASPIN, to see if the gun remains listed as stolen.
Law enforcement agencies usually do not like to give information over the phone, though that varies from place to place, Casanovas said.
People who have had their guns stolen also need to let officers know if their address or phone number changes so that they can be reached, he said.
http://www.frontiersman.com/display/inn_news/news01.txt
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
By CINDY HORSWELL
Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle
The court fight over whether a Baytown science teacher used a water pistol as a teaching tool or to assault a student has ended with the boy's parents dropping the charges.
Bryan and Dana Adkins agreed to dismiss the misdemeanor assault charges against Maria Ripke after half the students in their 11-year-old son's Baytown Junior School class were interviewed and none would substantiate his story.
"If nobody else would come forward, I didn't want to put my son on the stand to tell his story and then have an older teacher contradict it," said Bryan Adkins, a Baytown patrolman.
But before he filed the charges, he said Ripke "fessed up" during a teacher-parent conference about having squirted his son in the chest and face to discipline him for not paying attention in class.
"I think none of the other children are coming forward now because of peer pressure," Adkins said. "They don't want to get involved in something that does not pertain to them."
Ripke said she was prepared to prove her innocence.
"They only dropped the charge for lack of evidence," she said.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1460593
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
I like it!
Ps. That was the most disturbing thing I've ever heard.
Don't worry about the bullet with your name on it, worry about the fragmentation grenade addressed 'To Occupant'.
Gun Control Disarms Victims, NOT Criminals
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
We used to have a recording around the office from the early days of 911 in our area. Two guys were breaking into a rural farm house and inside was a young woman and her 6 month old baby. The story turned well for the intended victims...
The young lady heard the men break in and retreated to an upstairs bedroom with her child and locked the door. On the 911 tape she is wispering what is going on and you can hear the voices and footsteps of the men in the background. The next sound you hear is the door being kicked open and a scream, then a stern warning from the "victim" and then two gun shots. She missed, but there was the distinct sound of two men beating feet down the stairs and out of the house.
Both were arrested a few days later and charged with Residental Burglary. As I recall, both had long records and were sentenced to 8 years each in prison.
The "victim" used her husband's 1911A1 to end the situation....
Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Liberals....