W.O.T.

Houston officer kills double amputee in wheelchair

By The Associated Press
Associated Press – Sept 23, 2012

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston police officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair Saturday inside a group home after police say the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen.

Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said the man cornered the officer in his wheelchair and was making threats while trying to stab the officer with the pen. At the time, the officer did not know what the metal object was that the man was waving, Silva said.

She said the man came "within inches to a foot" of the officer and did not follow instructions to calm down and remain still.

"Fearing for his partner's safety and his own safety, he discharged his weapon," Silva told The Associated Press.

"It was close quarters in the area of the house," Silva said. "The officer was forced into an area where he had no way to get out."

The officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair… the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen … a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair waving a pen?

“Fearing for his partner’s safety and his own safety…”?

So, there were two cops threatened by this one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair waving a pen  in a group home. Group home? Were there more of these wheelchair bound double amputees? All waving pens? Obviously, the cops were surrounded by a group of one-armed, one-legged men in wheelchairs waving pens inside the group home and had to shoot their way out.