[Fredog]

POLK COUNTY FLORIDA SHERIFF GRADY JUDD

An illegal alien in Polk County Florida who got pulled over in a routine

traffic stop ended up 'executing' the deputy who stopped him.

The deputy was shot eight times, including once behind his right ear at

close range. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed.

A state wide manhunt ensued.

The murderer was found hiding in a wooded area with his gun.

After he shot at them, SWAT team officers open fired and hit the guy 68 times.

Naturally, the liberal media went nuts and asked why they shot the

poor undocumented immigrant 68 times.

Sheriff Grady Judd told the Orlando Sentinel:

Talk about an all-time classic answer.

'Because that's all the bullets we had.'

[outkast]

thats funny...if it was true.....

real story is a lil more dull....


updated 10:21 a.m. CT, Fri., Sept . 29, 2006
LAKELAND, Fla. - SWAT team members on Friday fatally shot a man suspected of killing a sheriff’s deputy a day earlier, ending an intensive manhunt that had gripped this rural area, officials said.

The suspect was shot numerous times after he was found in thick brush, just 100 yards away from where Deputy Vernon Matthew Williams was killed in Thursday’s burst of gunfire, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.

The suspect refused to show both of his hands when officers commanded him to, Judd said. He said the officers opened fire after seeing that he appeared to have Williams’ .45-caliber weapon, Judd said. It was unclear if the man also fired the gun.

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Judd still did not know the man’s name, but said it was the same person whose photo was released Thursday.

“I trust God to be the judge and jury better than anyone on earth,” Judd said.

‘Burst of gunfire’
Hundreds of officers had used night-vision scopes, tracking dogs, helicopters and door-to-door searches to try to locate the man, who fled from Williams after another deputy had stopped him for speeding.


Polk County Sheriff's Dept. via AP
Suspect in Florida shootings
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His face was identified by that deputy, Douglas Speirs, who was shot in the leg moments after Williams was killed. Williams, 39, probably died instantly, Judd said.

“He was shot multiple times. I don’t believe he felt a thing,” he said.

Williams’ family had been told of the suspect’s death, Judd said.

Speirs, 39, was treated for a gunshot wound to the leg and released Thursday evening, Judd said. Williams’ police dog, Diogi, was also killed.

Speirs had stopped the gunman for speeding in north Lakeland near Interstate 4 and became suspicious of the man’s identification. The gunman got nervous and bolted into the woods, Judd said.

Speirs pursued him and called for backup. Williams arrived and they began working their way into the woods, Judd said.

As the officers tracked him, there was a “burst of gunfire” that is believed to have killed Williams and his police dog, Judd said. Speirs returned fire and was shot.

Massive manhunt
Sheriff Dept. via Reuters
Polk County Deputy Matt Williams in an undated photo.
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The suspect later exchanged gunfire with a Lakeland police detective who was at a home warning residents to stay inside. No one was hit.

Some officers who helped with the search had driven for hours to get to the scene, about 35 miles east of Tampa.

Judd said 10,000 to 15,000 people live in the area. Officers had gone house to house Thursday in some areas asking people to lock themselves inside. Three schools were locked down for hours, and two had remained closed Friday so officers could continue to search the area.

Williams had been with the sheriff’s office since 1994. He had a wife and three children.

© 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

[outkast]

but snope says its pretty much true....no immigrant, but snopes says the sherrif said it...
I'd still like to see it on video

snopes.com: Sheriff Judd's Comments

[Fredog]

or maybe it IS true
snopes.com: Sheriff Judd's Comments

[outkast]

lol...we posted that at the same time

[Fredog]

Originally Posted by outkast

lol...we posted that at the same time

Great minds think alike!!

[Orangetxguy]

"Criminal Minds" !!! :lol:

[Fredog]

I resemble that remark

[outkast]

Originally Posted by Fredog

I resemble that remark

lol....i hear that

[golfhobo]

According to the news report, Judd said:

“He was shot multiple times. I don’t believe he felt a thing,” he said.

I wonder why he is lying? To save grief for the family?

The snopes article clearly described the wounds to Williams, and other than the fact that the spinal wound might have been "disabling," there was no evidence that he died "instantly" until he was EXECUTED by the POS!

IF he would LIE about this.... maybe he's lying about the way the perp was "clutching" the gun. Could he have been giving up? Holding the gun upside down to show it?

I don't shed a tear for the loss of this scumbag. But, I gotta wonder about the facts here.... and the "execution" of JUSTICE.

I don't say he didn't DESERVE to be blasted into HELL.... but, we have LAWS against this kind of vigilante justice.... EVEN by the police!

Don't go branding me a "coddler!" I'm NOT! I would prefer swifter justice and am FOR the death penalty. But, our laws do not give the right of execution to our police forces. Not even for a cop killer!

I just think there is MORE to this story than is being told. But, it is sad as it is!