Mark Eric Henderson Jr. saw his opportunity to escape from the Woodbury motel room where he and seven other people were being held hostage early Friday, and he took it.
When the gunman who had been tormenting the group told Henderson to go to the window to see if any police were outside, Henderson took his chance and made a beeline for the door. The kidnapper opened fire at him in response but missed. As Henderson bolted out the door toward them, Woodbury police opened fire and cut him down.
The 19-year-old St. Paul man died later that day at Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
"He tried to get out to save his life," said his mother, Tawana Henderson. "When he opened the hotel door to run out, the police opened fire and killed him."
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Several things here....
ReplyDelete1. Identify your target before you pull the trigger.
2. See above.
3. Your firearm is your last resort... not your first. (Other options do and did exist)
4. When did LEO academics begin teaching "shoot first, investigate later"??
This is another in a deadly string of leo's shoiting (and killing) innocent civilians.
Piss poor training, lowered hiring standards, survive at any cost "only ones". mentality. The adage "to protect and serve" sadly hasn't been in play for years now!
Forgive typos,.... (rented fingers)
DeleteThis another in a deadly string of leo's shoiting (and killing) innocent civilians.
ReplyDeletePiss poor training, lowered hiring standards, survive at any cost "only ones". mentality. The adage "to protect and serve" sadly hasn't been in play for years now!
Agreed.
Hear, Hear! Thats what i've been screeming for months now. Now so you can see how bad this isue is, below is a list of other people who were shot by cops. My point hear is to show you all that this is going on ever week (not once a year)and no one is being held to acount.
ReplyDeleteGeraldo Pineda, Kelly Thomas, Patricia Cook, Andrew Lee Scott, Nick Christie, Seth Adams, Wendell Allen, Ramarley Graham, Kyle Miller, Todd Blair, Aaron Rosas, Julia Davis, Antonio Buehler, Robert Leone, Chavis Carter, Kuldip Singh Nag, Lorenzo Oliver, Roberto Franco vs the St. Paul Police Dept. drug unit, Leila Tarantino, Milton Hall, Kathryn Johnston, Brandon Raub, Manuel Diaz, Jennifer Orey, Caesar Cruz, Ron Weekley Jr, Jose Guerena, Eric Hightower, Michelle Jordan, Oscar Grant, Aiyana Stanley Jones, Mark Eric Henderson Jr., Ryan Dorm, John Hesselbein, Reynaldo Cuevas and Calvin Kyle.
Jose Guerena
ReplyDeleteAppalling.