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Title: Video of Seattle Cop Murdering Homeless Man Released By Court
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Published: Dec 18, 2010
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Post Date: 2010-12-18 18:41:12 by wudidiz
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Poster Comment: The guy was a carver. He was carving a piece of wood. This is so sick.
John Williams was gunned down by a psycho cop on a Seattle street last August
Wood carver John Williams was crossing a street when a police officer spotted him carrying a knife and a piece of wood.
Seattle police say Officer Ian Birk, 27, thought Williams was a threat.
Investigators say Williams had turned to face the officer but would not say if he had made any sort of move toward him.
Williams, 50, had been living in Seattle for 18 years, working as a carver at the Pike Place Market in the city's downtown tourist district, when he was shot Aug. 30.
He died after the officer shot him four times in the chest.
Audio recordings from the patrol car indicate Williams failed to comply with repeated orders to put down his knife, Seattle police said. A local art dealer said Williams was deaf in one ear and likely did not hear the officer.
Birk's lawyer did not agree with the release of the video, but King County District Court Judge Arthur Chapman ruled on Thursday that the footage should be released Friday.
Birk was recently asked to turn in his badge and his gun.
An inquest into the shooting is scheduled for January.
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#1. To: wudidiz (#0)
The guy didn't even have time to react, let alone hear what the cop said to him. He probably didn't even hear the cop. What if he'd had headphones on? The police in the world of today are nothing like the cops that used to patrol some 50 years ago. 50 years ago, a cop KNEW everyone in his area, or knew the ones who were trouble.
It is better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not. - Tommy The Mad Artist.
Dear God. He was carving wood, on his way to try to make an honest living. The punk pig gunned him down in cold blood. Pig needs to be seated in Old Sparky.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
Hard to find the words to describe this atrocity/tragedy. Just so terribly shameful.
The carver had just passed a middle aged woman that wasn't freaked out ... the cop should get 4 in the chest !
"Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were (ever) our countrymen!”".
"...since 9/11, things are different..." We'll see if this alleged woodcarver was really a taliban in disguise who infiltrated America to commit the dastardly act of, of........CARVING A BOMB OUT OF WOOD!!! Thank God For Our First Responders!!! sarc/off
__________________________________________________________ The whole you-will-obey-me-and-do-what-say-this-instant on the part of certain cheese head LF types is generally childish and annoying, and as we see here can also be quite deadly.
After a fair trial of course. The Honorable Judge Roy Bean Presiding.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
I've never been around a shooting where a cop sounded so freaking calm after he shot someone, believing his life was in danger. BS on this. The cop deserves the same fate.
A graduate of the Lon Horiuchi school of law enforcement perhaps?
I take umbrage at that remark sir. Being a Green Bay Packer fan, some of my best friends are Cheeseheads. : )
I'm just wondering? How many of these "psycho cops" who get hired as cops have come from the Army or other branches of the military? In an article posted here recently, that article spoke of the mind altering drugs forced on American soldiers which induce all sorts of bizarre behavior. Were these cops trained in the military to be killing machines? Are police departments currently drugging cops with mind altering drugs today?
Those are a couple of good questions. I would imagine a good percentage but I honestly don't have any solid numbers. I do know ex-military do get preference in hiring. As far as the numbers on psychotropic drugs I have no idea. I do know a lot of cops take 'roids to bulk up and become beefier and I know those can cause bizarre behavior as well.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
Unfortunately all it takes is one.
JT, that was cold blooded murder on a clear day with no obstructions. After the first warning, the four shots fired were within seconds.
"In a free society we're supposed to know the truth," ... "In a society where truth becomes treason, then we're in big trouble. And now, people who are revealing the truth are getting into trouble for it" -- Ron Paul, circa 2010-12-02
Sorry. I was gonna use cheese d***s and I was flailing around for a substitute. My apologies to Cheeseheads everywhere. ;)
News report say that, when he was shot, Williams had closed the little folding knife he was carrying which so offended this lawman. * overview * Target: King County Prosecutor Dan Satterburg On August 30, 2010 a Seattle police officer shot and killed John T. Williams, a Nitinaht member of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Williams was well known in the community as a wood carver. The in-car video camera from the officer's car shows Williams crossing the street in the crosswalk. He held a piece of wood and a 3-inch carving knife in his hand. The officer stopped his car, got out and according to his statement: called out multiple times. It is unclear if Williams heard the officer since he was deaf in one ear, partially deaf in the other and wearing a headset. So far, no evidence has come to light of any aggressive or threatening act by Williams towards the officer or anyone else. According to the autopsy report Williams was not facing the officer when he was shot 4 times. It has been reported that the SPD Firearms Review Board made a preliminary finding that the shooting was not justified and the officer's badge and gun have been surrendered. An inquest is scheduled but the prosecutor may file charges now. In an open letter from the ACLU to Mayor McGinn, Chief of Police John Diaz and the Seattle City Councilmembers, it is noted that "Too often, officers have overreacted or escalated incidents when the subject is an individual of color, disabled, homeless or, otherwise 'different'." Stopping a citizen without cause and engaging in violence on our streets is unacceptable and unlawful. Action must be taken to ensure that the law applies to everyone including the Seattle Police. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Charge-Ian-Birk-with-homicide/ The murderer: "He had it open. He was carving that wood." Other cops at about the 5 minute mark: "Are you okay?" "Good job." "You did the right thing." "Hang in there."
I really think we have developed a fear mentality in cops making them paranoid. They no longer see us as fellow citizens but as a constant and pervasive threat.
Tough women come from New York, sweet women from Texas, prissy women from Southern California, but we NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN have fire & ice in our blood. We can ride 4-wheelers, be a princess, throw a left hook, pack heat, hunt with the men, bake a cake, love with passion, and if we have an opinion, you know you're going to hear it!! LOL
Tough women come from New York, sweet women from Texas, prissy women from Southern California, but we NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN have fire & ice in our blood. We can ride 4-wheelers, be a princess, throw a left hook, pack heat, hunt with the men, bake a cake, love with passion, and if we have an opinion, you know you're going to hear it!! He didn't think he was a threat. He just knows the law well enough to cover his A$$. He saw an opportunity to kill someone thinking he would get away with it and took it.
There, fixed it.
Tough women come from New York, sweet women from Texas, prissy women from Southern California, but we NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN have fire & ice in our blood. We can ride 4-wheelers, be a princess, throw a left hook, pack heat, hunt with the men, bake a cake, love with passion, and if we have an opinion, you know you're going to hear it!! He saw an opportunity to kill someone thinking he would get away with it and took it. That is a possibility. Given the frequency of such events though, we really need to be looking at the training and recruiting practices.
Tough women come from New York, sweet women from Texas, prissy women from Southern California, but we NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN have fire & ice in our blood. We can ride 4-wheelers, be a princess, throw a left hook, pack heat, hunt with the men, bake a cake, love with passion, and if we have an opinion, you know you're going to hear it!! You can thank the jews of the ADL for that. They've indoctrinated & brainwashed virtually every PD in the country. They brag about it on their website. (Warning: the ADL website is LOADED with malware. Enter at your own risk.)
Looks like he shot a man in the back. He'll never live that down. If I were him, I would do the only honorable thing.
- - - - , You signed on December 18, He shot him in the back because he didn't do as he was told.
Out.
"He", this psycho cop was just one member of the biggest street gang in America, The American Police.
I would call it murder. I'd argue there was premeditation on the part of the cop.
When did it become illegal to possess a carving knife? IMHO, the asswipe with a badge didn't even have any cause to stop or question this fellow in the first place. Sick bastard should be tried for murder after shooting him in the back four times.
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
The officer drew his firearm and within a few short seconds blasted the man in the back with four shots in rapid succession where there was no apparent threat to anyone nor any obvious crime in process. That was cold blooded murder.
"In a free society we're supposed to know the truth," ... "In a society where truth becomes treason, then we're in big trouble. And now, people who are revealing the truth are getting into trouble for it" -- Ron Paul, circa 2010-12-02
Just reading between the lines I think his Lordship was incensed that the lowly scumbag serf did not immediately respond to his commands. In other words he went into a rage when the guy didn't hear him and which he interpreted as disrespect for his exalted status of thug with badge and gun and so simply executed the serf for disrespect.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
Or 'roid rage. Either way it was unjustified cold blooded murder.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
I think farmfriend has this nailed. He came upon an opportunity to kill someone, and he did. It's that simple, and that sick.
Legalized mafia. __________________________________________________________ I certainly can't rule it out. One way or another it WAS murder. There was no justification for the shooting other than the thug wanted to shoot him for whatever reason. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that he is a veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan, or both.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
This reminds me of fire fighters who start fires, only to 'accidentally' stumble on to the scene first, and fake some act of heroism. This cop wanted a kill so he could be looked up to by his peers in his sick, upside down working world.
For a second there, that poor, shuffling, woodcarver morphed into a poor hillbilly taliban: PTSD/flashback.
__________________________________________________________ For a second there, that poor, shuffling, woodcarver morphed into a poor hillbilly taliban: PTSD/flashback. Either that or he had learned to enjoy killing and needed a fix. I know that is why the SEALs were disbanded at the end of WWII they became, as my old man put it, "Kill Happy" (my old man was there - Marine Scout-Sniper).
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
Entirely possible - or a combination of that and what I suggested as a possibility above i.e., that he had done so much killing that he had become "Kill Happy".
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
I wasn't the one that came up with that idea. I actually agree with OI on this one. Cops all seem to have a superiority complex.
Tough women come from New York, sweet women from Texas, prissy women from Southern California, but we NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN have fire & ice in our blood. We can ride 4-wheelers, be a princess, throw a left hook, pack heat, hunt with the men, bake a cake, love with passion, and if we have an opinion, you know you're going to hear it!!
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#2. To: wudidiz (#0)
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#3. To: TommyTheMadArtist, Lod (#1)
No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)
#4. To: wudidiz (#0)
#5. To: wudidiz, *Jack-Booted Thugs* (#0)
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#6. To: noone222 (#4)
#7. To: Lod (#2)
Pig needs to be seated in Old Sparky.
#8. To: wudidiz (#0)
#9. To: Lod (#2)
The punk pig gunned him down in cold blood.
#10. To: randge (#6)
The whole you-will-obey-me-and-do-what-say-this-instant on the part of certain cheese head LF types
#11. To: wudidiz, original intent (#0)
psycho cop
#12. To: sizzlerguy, wudidiz (#11)
(Edited)
How many of these "psycho cops" who get hired as cops have come from the Army or other branches of the military?
#13. To: sizzlerguy, Original_Intent, all (#11)
How many of these "psycho cops"....
No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)
#14. To: Jethro Tull (#8)
#15. To: Buzzard (#10)
#16. To: wudidiz (#0)
(Edited)
4 Seconds to Death! Charge Ian Birk in Shooting.
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#17. To: All (#16)
No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)
#18. To: wudidiz, Original_Intent, Lod, Jethro Tull, (#0)
Seattle police say Officer Ian Birk, 27, thought Williams was a threat.
#19. To: Buzzard (#10)
Being a Green Bay Packer fan, some of my best friends are Cheeseheads.
#20. To: farmfriend (#18)
No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)
#21. To: randge, Original_Intent, Lod, Jethro Tull (#16)
"Too often, officers have overreacted or escalated incidents
when the subject is an individual of color, disabled, homeless or, otherwise 'different'."
#22. To: wudidiz (#20)
He didn't think he was a threat. He just knows the law well enough to cover his A$$.
#23. To: farmfriend (#18)
I really think we have developed a fear mentality in cops making them paranoid. They no longer see us as fellow citizens but as a constant and pervasive threat.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#24. To: farmfriend, Original_Intent, Lod, Jethro Tull (#21)
overreacted
#25. To: randge, *Jack-Booted Thugs* (#16)
2010.
Your signature has been delivered to:
King County Prosecutor Dan Satterburg
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#26. To: randge (#24)
No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)
#27. To: All (#26)
No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)
#28. To: wudidiz (#20)
"He"
#29. To: buckeroo (#14)
JT, that was cold blooded murder on a clear day with no obstructions. After the first warning, the four shots fired were within seconds.
#30. To: wudidiz (#0)
#31. To: Jethro Tull (#29)
I'd argue there was premeditation on the part of the cop.
#32. To: randge (#16)
#33. To: Jethro Tull (#29)
I'd argue there was premeditation on the part of the cop.
#34. To: Original_Intent, farmfriend, 4 (#32)
#35. To: sizzlerguy, wudidiz, Jethro Tull, *Jack-Booted Thugs* (#28)
"He", this psycho cop was just one member of the biggest street gang in America, The American Police.
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#36. To: Jethro Tull, farmfriend, 4 (#34)
I think farmfriend has this nailed. He came upon an opportunity to kill someone, and he did. It's that simple, and that sick.
#37. To: Original_Intent, 4 (#36)
(Edited)
#38. To: Original_Intent (#36)
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that he is a veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan, or both.
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#39. To: X-15 (#38)
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that he is a veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan, or both.
#40. To: Jethro Tull (#37)
This reminds me of fire fighters who start fires, only to 'accidentally' stumble on to the scene first, and fake some act of heroism. This cop wanted a kill so he could be looked up to by his peers in his sick, upside down working world.
#41. To: Jethro Tull, Original_Intent, (#34)
I think farmfriend has this nailed. He came upon an opportunity to kill someone, and he did. It's that simple, and that sick.
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