XPost: alt.law-enforcement, alt.true-crime, alt.thebird.copwatch
From: ghost_of_morphy@killfile.com
What I really enjoy about reading this post from this particular
idiot is the fact that he thinks that we can reliably and safely take
down single handededly a 300lb ex-con weilding a knife who has the
jump on us. Obviously, he is confusing the "Dirty Harry" movies with
real life.
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:21:08 GMT, Jack wrote:
>Another case of "Ive eaten too many donuts and I cant defend myself". If
>a stupid sorry PIG cannot disarm a single knife wielding assailant, then
>he should not be a soryy PIG in the first place.
>
>I guess he must of sat self defense classes out at Dunkin Donuts.
>
>Atrocities R U.S. wrote:
>> Cop Shoots Man Dead in SI Struggle
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>> WB11: A Deadly Struggle (WB11)
>> Nov 6, 2003 (RealVideo)
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>> By Bryan Virasami and Rocco Parascandola
>> STAFF WRITERS
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>> November 7, 2003
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>> A Staten Island police officer shot and killed a knife-wielding
>> ex-convict yesterday during a struggle inside the home of the dead
>> man's estranged girlfriend, police said.
>>
>> Russell Wimbush, 43, who stood 6-foot-1 and weighed 300 pounds, rushed
>> Officer Edward Barrett, knocked him atop a glass table that shattered
>> and attacked him with a knife, police said.
>>
>> As Wimbush's estranged girlfriend and her two teenage sons ran out of
>> the apartment, Barrett grabbed his gun and fired, striking Wimbush
>> once in the chest. Wimbush was taken to Staten Island University
>> Hospital, North Site, where he died.
>>
>> Based on a preliminary probe, Barrett acted within department
>> guidelines, police sources said.
>>
>> Barrett, a two-year veteran assigned to the Housing Bureau, was
>> stabbed in the shoulder and suffered numerous facial cuts. He was
>> treated at St. Vincent's Hospital and later released. The girlfriend
>> and her two children were not hurt.
>>
>> Police said the incident started at 7:40 a.m. when Barrett, assigned
>> to a foot post at Grasmere's South Beach Houses, was sent to the
>> Kramer Street apartment of the estranged girlfriend, whose name was
>> not released.
>>
>> Once Barrett was inside, the woman told him that Wimbush had been
>> milling about her building, apparently in an attempt to reconcile with
>> her.
>>
>> While the two were talking, Wimbush showed up and started banging on
>> the door.
>>
>> "The officer opened the door," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
>> "This individual pushes past the officer and pushes into the room."
>>
>> Wimbush then rushed Barrett, police said. During the struggle, Wimbush
>> pulled out a 7 1/2-inch folding knife, which also included a 3
>> 1/2-inch blade, and stabbed Barrett, police said. That's when Barrett
>> fired.
>>
>> Police said Wimbush served 3 years in prison for a 1992 robbery and 1
>> year probation for a menacing conviction stemming from a 1979 rape. He
>> also had convictions for assault, criminal trespass and disorderly
>> conduct but did not serve time in prison.
>>
>> Police and neighbors said the woman and Wimbush had a tense
>> relationship, arguing often. There were no orders of protection in
>> place, but some neighbors said police had responded at least once in
>> the past to quell a violent argument between the two.
>>
>> Neighbors said Wimbush and the woman knew each other about 7 years,
>> and that in the past two years she had broken up with him more than
>> once.
>>
>> Jackie Greene, who has two children with Wimbush's oldest son,
>> Richard, 21, said it matters little why Wimbush snapped.
>>
>> "I don't know why he did it, but he's gone," she said. "He's gone.
>> That's all I know. It's very upsetting because I have two young
>> daughters with Richard. That's their grandfather."
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