Comments on: Cops Gone Wild: Vehicular Manslaughter edition

By: Update II on Cops Gone Wild: Manslaughter Edition « Adventures In Frickintardistan

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:44:19 +0000

[...] 30, 2008 by elfninosmom I previously covered this story, back when it first broke, and updated readers again when the cops were trying to blame it on the [...]

By: Len

Len — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:23:50 +0000

“The police say they are waiting to find out if Mr. Thomas was dead before he was hit by the police car.”

Just one of a number of items about this story I find distressing. You’re dead-on-balls-accurate in saying “does that really matter…?”

Absolutely no way that I could ever imagine the officer did not feel the impact, hear something or find that his cruiser was behaving sluggishly. I feel even the small potholes and road imperfections when driving over them - regardless of what vehicle I am driving.

Has the officer been drug tested, let alone lie-tested?

I am just too astounded by reading this to even begin to comprehend the officers actions, let alone the major fuck up that the police department made by not immediately acknowledging the dead man’s family. So very sad on a number of levels.

By: Update on Cops Gone Wild: Manslaughter Edition « Adventures In Frickintardistan

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:13:25 +0000

[...] 11, 2008 by elfninosmom Here’s an update on the investigation into the death of a man who was hit by a cop car and dragged for over half a mile before the cop allegedly noticed it: The body has been taken to the Franklin County Coroner’s [...]

By: Boyfriends Gone Wild: Mike Tyson Edition « Adventures In Frickintardistan

Boyfriends Gone Wild: Mike Tyson Edition « Adventures In Frickintardistan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:06:13 +0000

[...] 12, 2008 by elfninosmom While looking for an update on the scheduled autopsy of Guy Thomas, who was dragged underneath a police cruiser for over half a mile, I’ve run across some very strange stuff. Of course, I was already aware of some very strange [...]

By: TheDeeZone

TheDeeZone — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:03:58 +0000

My husband’s grandfather was relieved of traffic duty because he gave everyone a ticket. No excuses. He strictly enforced traffic laws.

By: elfninosmom

elfninosmom — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:55:49 +0000

I think they’re already setting the stage to blame it on the victim in this case too, Dee.

I agree, the speed of the car has nothing to do with walking. I’m glad the insurance company proved the cop was lying in your dad’s case. The bottom line is that if there is a car in the intersection, you can’t go whether you have a stop sign or not. It seems like those cops were not above twisting common sense as well as reality when it suited their purposes to do so.

Cops always take up for other cops, no matter what the other cop does. It’s really very sickening. Worse, they are only very rarely held accountable for their actions, even when they falsify reports in covering for each other.

Yet, cops still wonder why they are not respected by the general public.

By: TheDeeZone

TheDeeZone — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:40:38 +0000

I’m sure they will somehow rule it was the victim’s fault.

That is what happened to my parents. My dad was disabled (walked on crutches). The cop actually said that because my dad moved slow when walking it was his fault for his car being in the intersection, even if the off duty cop ran a stop sign.

Gee, the speed of the car has nothing to do with walking. In fact because he used hand controls the car actually accelerated faster.

Interested in seeing how the state handle’s the officer.

By: elfninosmom

elfninosmom — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:24:40 +0000

Excellent point, Gibson.

I understand that the state is doing an autopsy today. I’ll be looking later to see if there are anymore updates.

By: Gibson

Gibson — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:22:54 +0000

It bothers me of the moral compass of some of the people who are entrusted with the obligations of our justice system. Not only are scums like these supposed to be protecting us and keeping order, they are also protecting the ones who are doing the complete opposite. Who’s to say that this man was not killed on impact and dragged alive?

By: What do you see? « Adventures In Frickintardistan

What do you see? « Adventures In Frickintardistan — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:52:59 +0000

[...] 11, 2008 by elfninosmom While again looking for updates on the man who was killed by getting hit by a cop car which then dragged him for over half a mile (that’s been updated this afternoon, incidentally, so if you haven’t seen the update, [...]

By: TheDeeZone

TheDeeZone — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:00:04 +0000

The officer involved should be suspended immediately. Also, the investigation should be done by outsiders

Several years ago my parents were hit by an off-duty officer who ran a stop sign. Of course my dad who was in the middle of the intersection was ruled at fault even after their insurance company proved the cop was lying.

By: Cops Gone Wild: Vehicular Manslaughter edition

Cops Gone Wild: Vehicular Manslaughter edition — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:18:28 +0000

[...] daymore wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIn Ironton, Ohio last night, a pedestrian was hit and killed by a police cruiser, driven by a cop on his way to work. Unbelievably, the cruiser dragged the man for blocks, and the cop allegedly didn’t even realize he was dragging a human underneath his cruiser. In fact, he dragged the man all the way to the police station, over a half a mile away! I don’t buy that “I didn’t know I’d hit someone” story at all. If a driver hit a dog, they’d know it, and they’d know if they were dragging the dog because there would be noise and bumps involved. Given that a human is much bigger than a dog, how much more would someone realize they were dragging a human? I suspect the cop was hoping the guy’s body would disengage from the cruiser, and then he could be the first on […] [...]