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The Town of Poughkeepsie (separate from the city of Poughkeepsie) in Dutchess County's new Ford Police Interceptor. Unaware of any of the specifications. Photographed at Marist College.

The Town of Poughkeepsie (separate from the city of Poughkeepsie) in Dutchess County's new Ford Police Interceptor. Unaware of any of the specifications. Photographed at Marist College.

The Town of Poughkeepsie (separate from the city of Poughkeepsie) in Dutchess County's new Ford Police Interceptor. Unaware of any of the specifications. Photographed at Marist College.

The Town of Poughkeepsie (separate from the city of Poughkeepsie) in Dutchess County's new Ford Police Interceptor. Unaware of any of the specifications. Photographed at Marist College.

The Town of Poughkeepsie (separate from the city of Poughkeepsie) in Dutchess County's new Ford Police Interceptor. Unaware of any of the specifications. Photographed at Marist College.

The Town of Poughkeepsie (separate from the city of Poughkeepsie) in Dutchess County's new Ford Police Interceptor. Unaware of any of the specifications. Photographed at Marist College.

The Town of Poughkeepsie (separate from the city of Poughkeepsie) in Dutchess County's new Ford Police Interceptor. Unaware of any of the specifications. Photographed at Marist College.

The Town of Poughkeepsie (separate from the city of Poughkeepsie) in Dutchess County's new Ford Police Interceptor. Unaware of any of the specifications. Photographed at Marist College.

If it was even once, it's once too many. Guns are inanimate objects and therefore require human interaction. The case may be different with Taser's though, as they are marketed as "non- or less than lethal force", thus if someone "proves" a death was the result of the Taser this would differ from the firearms which are known lethal force devices.

AS soon as this shooting came out in the news I was sure that the family involved would follow the " skell shot by police " handbook.
These guidelines include :
1. no matter what you thought about the victim, go to the hospital, wait until you see someone with a news camera and then flop on the floor like a fish crying like the victim was your best friend.
2. Make threats toward the police that you will get them for shooting your friend, etc...
3. call for a special prosecutor
4. get t- shirts made with the perps face on it and some catchy slogan like " rest in peace my dude, see you when i get there."
5. no matter how old the perp was, release his communion photo or the picture from his first day of 1st grade to the media and tell them how he was a good person and was ABOUT to get his life back together and go back to school etc... oh i almost forgot, and tell them that he was an aspiring rapper that was about to be signed
6. get a 40 oz. beer box, cut it in half, light candles , put them in the box, put half full 40 oz. beers on the sidewalk around the box for effect.
7. No matter how much of a criminal your family member was, deny it even in the face of overwhelming evidence.
8. when the grand jury returns a decision of No True Bill against the police officers and they are cleared of any wrong doing, repeat flopping on the floor like a fish, then hire some slick attorney that will tell the media that you knew from the begining that you couldn't get a fair and impartial investigation.
9. file a lawsuit against the officers and the city of newburgh.
If I missed any please feel free to add to this list.
This list is obviously an attempt to make a little light of my frustration with the situation. I'm frustrated wih the fact that everything cops do is wrong to society, WE CAN'T WIN. I'm tired of nobody standing up to these families and saying " It was your family membes fault that this happened not the cops, end of story." God Bless my brothers from the Newburgh P.D. They did what they had to do the other night in the face of a deadly threat. The fault for this shooting lies completely with the perp, he shouldn't have committed a crime in the first place, second if he had a warrant ( that he obviously knew about because he ran) then he should have turned himself in. Third, if a team of cops approach you, don't run and fourth, when you are cornered by the cops, don't produce a knife and charge at them. Those are 4 ways this perp could have saved his own life but instead of looking at it rationally, his family would rather blame the cops. I watched that side show that was supposed to be a press conference. Having a public press conference was a mistake, if the chief wanted to give info to the media then you do that, not invite all of liberty street. If he wanted to meet with the family then he should have done it privatly not in a public forum.
Sorry for the long post guys, some things just get to me.