Another off-duty Chicago cop kills an unarmed man

[YankeeFan]

Two armed security guards -- one, an off-duty cop -- are unable to subdue one unarmed man.

The guard from a private security company found a man sleeping in the building's lobby about 6:30 a.m. as she was making her rounds. She told the man to leave, but when the man got to the building's parking lot, he urinated on a parked truck, authorities said.

An off-duty Chicago Police officer, who was working security at the front desk, went out to talk to the man. The officer told the man to move along and identified himself as a police officer, to which the man said, "'Why, what are you gonna do about it? ...Kill me?'" Camden said.

The two continued to argue, and the officer tried to put the man under arrest. The man became combative, and pushed the officer to the ground, authorities said.

The security guard rushed outside to help, and the man attacked her, "literally pull[ed] about 18 braids out of her hair," Camden said.

"It's a vicious fight that's taking place," Camden said.

The off-duty officer feared the man would get the security guard's gun, so he drew his own weapon and ordered the man to put his hands in the air. The man, who Camden described as a "good-sized guy," 6-feet tall and 180 to 200 pounds, lunged at the officer.

The officer, fearing for his life, fired his gun. The man was hit and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130907/near-west-side/man-killed-by-off-duty-cop-after-attacking-security-guard-at-cha-complex

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Maybe the guy should have shown some personal responsibility and looked for a Porta-Potty.

 

[heyabbott]

And that is how you end homelessness

 

[old_tony]

My question is ... how did they find an unarmed person in Chicago?

 

[Vombatus]

Maybe he only had one arm?

Reminds me of a favorite headline:
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/07/springfield_police_charge_one-.html

 

[YankeeFan]

Dead guy identified:

The man was identified as Marion Horton, 28, of the 400 block of West Division Street, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. He was pronounced dead at 7:12 a.m. at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to a medical examiner's office spokesman.

http://trib.in/157QVc8

Chicago media still unable, or unwilling, to name the cop who shot and killed an unarmed man -- again.

 

[Starman]

So are we going to just start a new one of these every day?

 

[LongTimeListener]

I am absolutely convinced there is a point to YF's series.

I have no idea what it is, but I'm certain there is one.

 

[cyclingwriter]

Dude ripped out her braids...completely justified killing.

 

[Joe Williams]

My question is ... how did they find an unarmed person in Chicago?

Well-played, in spite of the oh-so-strict and obviously ineffectual gun laws in that city.

An unarmed man who is an aggressor in the face of firearms shows truly irrational judgment that creates the real possibility he will take control of one of those firearms. Shooting a guy who was walking or running away, or even just screaming at the security guards, would be a far different thing.

 

[YankeeFan]

So are we going to just start a new one of these every day?

Are we expecting unarmed men to be killed by off-duty Chicago cops every day?

 

[britwrit]

Without guns, how will moonlighting cops ever win pointless arguments with homeless guys?

 

[Joe Williams]

Without guns, how will moonlighting cops ever win pointless arguments with homeless guys?

They can go **** in the homeless guys' pants cuffs, which is universal sign language among the bums and hobos.