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Saturday, September 4, 2010

News Morning News

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 9:18 AM

Posted by News Intern John Friis

Fourth Police Shooting in Past Week: Three police officers in West Seattle shot a 59 year old man who had been described as suicidal after the man allegedly pointed an AK-47 at the officers. The man was taken to Harborview Medical center, but his condition is unknown.

Alleged Park Flasher Caught: A 70 year old Bothell man with a history of indecent exposure was arrested and is being held in King County jail. The man was found thanks to the quick thinking of one of his victims, who snapped a cell phone picture of the dirty deed.

Body of Mountain Climber Found: After a five day search, the body of experienced mountain climber and son of boxing promoter Bob Arum was found on Storm King Mountain.

Earthquake in New Zealand: A 7.1 magnitude quake strikes Canterbury early Saturday morning. Significant property damage is reported, but casualties appear to be minimal.

About That War We Just Wrapped Up: The New York Times reports that Blackwater Worldwide created over 30 shell companies to soak up lucrative government contracts.

You're Not Helping: As talks between Israelis and Palestinians continue, Hamas vows to attack more settlers. According to a Hamas spokesman, settlers are a "legitimate target" and the peace talks are a "media circus."

UPS Plane Crashes: First fatal accident for the package delivery company. Still no word on the whereabouts of Tom Hanks.

Miami Airport Reopened, Plague Smuggling Doctor Questioned and Released: Dr. Thomas C. Butler was returning from Saudi Arabia when a suspicious item in his luggage caused authorities to evacuate four airport terminals for nearly seven hours. Dr. Butler was arrested in 2003 and charged with smuggling and improperly transporting plague samples.

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Umm -- Tom Hanks worked for FedEx, not UPS. Get your movie allusions right, please.

Posted by spudbeach on September 4, 2010 at 9:31 AM

Weird that cops can't kill a guy with an AK-47, but wield a 3" knife and you're a goner.

Posted by DOUG.

on September 4, 2010 at 9:52 AM

Is was a stupid allusion and not very funny either.

Posted by Hey, someone died on September 4, 2010 at 10:02 AM

While "settlers" sounds all nice, quaint & peaceful, it is an act of war, a final act, of taking the land of the people they're trying to conquer. Naturally, those people are fighting back because, well, what else are they going to do? There's not much right & wrong in this, it's just the tired old human drama of war-- killing, brutalizing, cruel and dominating war. What sickens me is how one side is glorified in American politics & media as being above reproach, moral and true. Then it becomes chic for those in the 'alternative' communities to glorify the other side.

Of course 'peace talks' are a media circus, because the politicians, whether Israeli or Palestinian, have no interest in peace.

Posted by Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on September 4, 2010 at 10:02 AM

I just wondered why, if someone has a knife and the officer tells him to drop it and he doesn't, why wouldn't the officer shoot him in the knees? It just seems to me this would stop the knife wielder and save a life.

Posted by Vince on September 4, 2010 at 11:23 AM

Vince, have you ever tried to shoot a moving target three inches wide with a handgun?

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on September 4, 2010 at 11:47 AM

If you shoot at someone, you shoot to kill. Period. The only reason you're shooting at someone is to completely disable them from doing whatever made you want to shoot them.

In other news, Snohomish police just killed a guy by tasing him. Cops just can't catch a break.

Posted by prompt on September 4, 2010 at 12:10 PM

"Vince, have you ever tried to shoot a moving target three inches wide with a handgun?"

Vince doesn't sound like he's ever fired a pistol. But I'm sure he's watched a lot of movies.

Posted by Your pecker ain't a pistol Vince on September 4, 2010 at 2:14 PM

@6 I see your point.

Posted by Vince on September 4, 2010 at 2:26 PM

Indeed. Now add a whole shit-ton of adrenaline into the equation on top of that.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on September 4, 2010 at 2:58 PM

I thought cops were only supposed to shoot to kill, according to their training. Seriously.

Posted by tiktok on September 4, 2010 at 6:05 PM

That's not exactly the case, tiktok. You're taught to shoot for the center of body mass, and to continue shooting until the target is neutralized. ("Neutralized," by the way, doesn't mean "kill;" it means a cessation of hostilities.)

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on September 4, 2010 at 6:20 PM

Zach Morris, 27, who was attending a party across the street from the shooting scene, said he was looking out a window, waiting for friends to arrive when he saw a police car.

In Seattle, it's required that at least one bystander be named Zach.

This is the Law.

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