3mo ago

Florida man armed with garden shears survives gator attack before shot, killed by deputies

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3mo ago

Florida man armed with garden shears survives gator attack before shot, killed by deputies

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This is a wild story about
how running with scissors is a bad idea
alligator bites can’t even stop a dude on meth
cops continue to have no clue what de-escalation tactics are
- It's kind of like Florida in a nutshell lol
This is a prime example of when we just need to net gun a dude.
A witness told detectives they saw the suspect run at deputies with the shears. He was tased twice, but it didn't stop him.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he climbed into the passenger side of a PCSO patrol vehicle, trying to get a deputy’s rifle.
That’s when two deputies, identified as a trainee and his trainer, opened fire on the suspect, killing him.
- If you look up "failing up" in the dictionary, there is a picture of Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd staring back at you with his dead, dead eyes.
- Well I guess it's accurate training.
- Gotta train them to kill young. Or when their brain is fully developed they'll think about it. Someone would have died anyway. If not this guy then some poor black kid probably.
GTA VI live action promotion is wild.
- We get GTA6 LARPing before GTA6
The epitome of FloridaMan is now deceased. There will never be another like him.
- FloridaMan is like the Slayer. When one dies, another is called.
  
  I would say killing a Florida Man is like cutting the head off a hydra.
  
  Dread Pirate Roberts!
- There's 12 more in the same trailer drug den he crawled out of thankfully!
Can some copy/paste article please. Site is blocked in my country
- A man in Polk County was shot and killed by deputies on Monday after they say he was armed with garden shears and acting erratically after surviving an apparent gator attack.
  Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies began searching for Timothy Schultz, 42, just before 6 a.m. after a convenience store clerk reported he was acting "bizarre."
  Deputies spend about 40 minutes looking for the man, WFLA says.
  Schultz then began swimming in an alligator-infested lake, nearby residents told officials.
  A witness tried to throw Schultz a life preserver and another witness said Schultz growled at them when they tried to help, PCSO said.
  Witnesses told deputies an alligator was spotted close to him as he swam across the lake.
  Schultz emerged from the lake with an apparent alligator bite and began walking between houses while holding a pair of garden shears.
  PCSO said he then used a brick to attempt to break into a resident’s truck.
  A witness told detectives they saw the suspect run at deputies with the shears. He was tased twice, but it didn't stop him.
  Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he climbed into the passenger side of a PCSO patrol vehicle, trying to get a deputy’s rifle.
  That’s when two deputies, identified as a trainee and his trainer, opened fire on the suspect, killing him.
  Judd said Schultz had a lengthy criminal history that included several arrests for methamphetamine.
  This is a developing story and will be updated
- Why is it blocked?
  You might try using Tor
  
  GDPR most likely.
  It's less effort to geoblock europe than to make sure their site complies. Also their website isn't for europeans, so they have no reason to put in any effort to make it work.
ACAB
- RTFA. PCSO said he then used a brick to attempt to break into a resident’s truck.
  A witness told detectives they saw the suspect run at deputies with the shears. He was tased twice, but it didn't stop him.
  Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he climbed into the passenger side of a PCSO patrol vehicle, trying to get a deputy’s rifle.
  That’s when two deputies, identified as a trainee and his trainer, opened fire on the suspect, killing him.
  Judd said Schultz had a lengthy criminal history that included several arrests for methamphetamine.
  
  If the story is accurate, I have to say the cops were justified in this case.
That headline was a better story arc than Last of Us season 2.
Assuming what is said in the article is true, this is a rare case where I think the lethal force is justifiable. The dude was probably on meth and their tasers where doing nothing as he attempted to take one of their rifles.
Classic cop shit. Show up after all the drama is over. Makes it worse.
There is only one bigger waste of money than cops. And that's the Military. We have nukes. Fuckin' try it. Go 'head. I'll pull the fuckin' temple down on all of us.
Indeed, one whacked out MAGAt.
The ACAB brainrot is so pervasive that people are defaulting to reflexive posts that mean jack shit, and pay no attention to the actual context anymore.
- Dude clearly needed mental health assistance not the cops. How about you take the boot out of your mouth and go back to X with this shit?
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