Checkpoint Charlie

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Land of the "free at gunpoint"

With the yellow tape in the background I'm assuming there is much more to the story. Anyone know the details behind this pic?

Fuck... at least he has his finger off the trigger. God damn.

locked and loaded

ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The gunman in a violent confrontation that wounded a federal immigration officer and three local police officers surrendered early Saturday after an hours-long standoff in a Sacramento suburb, authorities said.

The suspect, 32-year-old Samuel Nathan Duran, would be booked in Roseville's jail and then taken to Placer County jail, according to city officials. He surrendered at 12:30 a.m. Saturday.

The shootings happened Friday before the standoff occurred.

The federal immigration officer was shot in the leg as he and other officers made initial contact at about 3 p.m. with Duran, a wanted parolee, Roseville police Lt. Cal Walstad said.

During a later exchange of gunfire, after Duran fled, two Roseville police officers were hit by gunshots — one in the jaw and the other in the shoulder — and a third officer sustained shrapnel wounds from rounds that hit near them, Walstad said.

Two of the officers were listed in stable condition at Sutter Roseville Medical Center, and a third was in serious condition.

As officers attempted to capture the suspect before his surrender, helicopters were circling overhead and armored vehicles and other police cars flocked to the area Friday night. Roseville is about 20 miles northeast of the state capital.

In anticipation of the standoff lasting through the night, some local residents were bused to a community center to spend the night.

Police Chief Daniel Hahn said the Roseville officers were all male and veteran members of the force. Hahn said none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening. No civilian injuries have been reported.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Virginia Kice said that agency's officer was stable and alert after being taken to Sutter Roseville Medical Center.

Deborah Hoffman, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, confirmed that Duran is a parolee and that she has been asked not to provide any more information about why he had been imprisoned or when he was released.

The incident created scenes of panic and chaos in a typically quiet middle class suburb of about 120,000. Walstad described multiple shooting sites as the suspect tried to escape a swarm of descending law enforcement agents, and reporters on the scene described hearing several volleys of gunfire.

Walstad said Duran was believed to be carrying an "assault-type weapon."

Law enforcement officers had been looking for Duran in the area for at least 10 days before finding him on Friday afternoon, Walstad said. When they found him, Walstad added, he opened fire, wounding the federal immigration officer, who was on the scene to provide support for the Roseville police.

Walstad said the house the suspect was in is on the corner of Sixth Street and Hampton Drive; when Duran first entered the home, the residents called 911, and police advised them to escape through a sliding glass door in the back.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/oc...ff-surrenders/

Roseville is the next town over. This happened a few miles from me.

With that image captured and the fact that the cop put the muzzle right in his face, If I were him I would be on the phone with an attorney.

I see that afew times in Brazil. That is how they come into bars looking for drugs and they know what people to point the gun at. First time a was standing next to a guy that got the machine gun on his head. They also order the people to stand on one leg so they are out of balance and can not make sudden moves.

you would have taken your hand off the wheel, reached down into a compartment, and grabbed your phone?

Why...there isn't anything to charge the officer with.

improper use of a fire arm?

Is that a special-ed policeman wearing the helmet?

ive had three glasses of wine...and this made me chuckle

He does look slightly retarded.

Reminded me of this guy:

it's clear to me the officer is in the act of moving. the rifle isn't pointed at the driver, the officer is moving his weapon, the instant the image was photographed is taken out of context of the event.

also, by the look on his face, the driver is not the least bit concerned.


stand down gfyers.

The driver does seem kind of amused by it

and say what exactly?

turns out, you and your bros can't do whatever you want, for whatever justification you come up with

actually i thought that it was screenshot from "heat" movie (that from 1995)

It's a strange angle and to me looks like the gun is pointed towards the back tire, in other words, not at the driver at all.

In the USA as you can see from many of the comments on this thread (and others) the acceptance of government intrusion into one's life is widely accepted as routine.

The war on terror was/is a mental war against the people of the United States and it is clear who the winner is.

This has nothing to do with the war on terror. This was a shooting in a residential area where cops were shot.

The problem is anyone can post a picture to social media and suddenly it's become something that it isn't. Half of the people will jump up and down and scream about something that isn't true or didn't happen.

Feel free to mark me down in the following camp: if an armed fugitive is running around my neighborhood, bring the police in with bigger guns.

Looks like John Candy.

Shoot first and ask questions later