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Elderly man shot dead by police in drug sting
By Associated press
Published January 29, 2007
JACKSONVILLE - An elderly man was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with undercover narcotics detectives during a neighborhood drug sweep, authorities said. Police declined to release the name of the dead man Sunday. Neighbors described him as an elderly man who may have mistaken the officers for drug dealers. "He didn't do nothing wrong, but they shot him," neighbor Vanessa Johnson said. "He was just trying to protect his yard, and now he's dead." The undercover detectives were posing as drug dealers in a reverse sting operation when the man confronted them with a gun, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Chief of Investigations Dwain Senterfitt said. It is unclear who fired first. The man was pronounced dead at a local hospital. "You don't expect people to come point a gun at you," Senterfitt said. "At that point, it became about officer safety."
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by latrina long
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04/18/07 03:45 PM
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it is so sad how law enforcement can kill and walk like if nothing is wrong but as lon as there is a god they will see it all my god will take care of all of those murderous
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by mitch
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02/13/07 07:51 PM
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thats f***** up. those cops dont know what they doing
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by Valerie
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02/01/07 05:08 PM
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This is my uncle, and I feel as though he should have been aware that they were going be on doing a drug sting on his property. I guess the cops are always right in the eyes of the law.
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by garu
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01/29/07 11:43 PM
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I guess vinnie and george think the cops should have allowed the guy to shoot them.
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by vinnie
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01/29/07 01:59 PM
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just to show the power the cops has . everything they do wrong is justified. and they will be cleared of this ordealalso. the way it is now if I do some thing wrong I go to jail or pay a fine . the cops does something wrong they get a paid vacation
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by mike
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01/29/07 01:08 PM
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What a shame, before we go blaming the police we were not there.Here is what I know,the cops are putting their life on the line in a war against drugs,an inocent man lost his life,the drug dealers won again!cops are human to! no i'm not a cop!!!!
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by Kay
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01/29/07 12:25 PM
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Why are police allowed to create crimes to arrest people? Citizens trying to take back their neighborhood from criminals and end up getting shot. Why not go after the dealers instead of "posing" as them to catch users. My taxes could be better used.
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by Tom
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01/29/07 11:44 AM
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Another win for the Drug War. Time to wake up and start coming up with better solutions to the problem. The current "War" is unproductive in solving the problem, but it sure keeps the police budgets up.
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by George
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01/29/07 09:41 AM
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It's amazing how people complain about the violence around the world, but ignore the fact that in the US cops kill with impunity.
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