Attorney: Teen was shot for having Wii controller in hand

[geomon666]

Source: WSB-TV Atlanta

Christopher Roupe, 17, was in the ROTC at Woodland High School and wanted to join the Marines. His friends said he looked after them.

Roupe's young life ended Friday night when Euharlee police officers showed up at the door of his home in the Eagle View Mobile Home Park to serve a probation violation warrant for his father.

A female police officer told GBI investigators that Roupe pointed a gun at her when he opened the door.

“It just doesn't add up,” said Cole Law who is representing the Roupe family.

Read more: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/attorney-teen-was-shot-having-wii-controller-hand/ndSrL/

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Pigs will be pigs.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. That cop is probably in deep shit.

The kid was white.

It sickens me to say that, and I'm by no means making an anti-Southern comment here. The racial bias is as strong in New York, Los Angeles and Milwaukee as it is anywhere in the south.

[geomon666]

3. Yeah

Something tells me she's not going to get the typical paid leave.

[FreakinDJ]

8. $100 says they call it justified shooting

"I was in Fear" is all she was to say

[rocktivity]

10. The victim is white

But if the controller wasn't, the cop is in REALLY deep shit.




rocktivity

[jsr]

19. She'll get a slap on the wrist, and taxpayers will pay for the settlement

[TBF]

2. Add it to the list -

Shot while eating skittles
Shot while drinking ice tea
Shot for playing music
Shot for sending a text
Shot for being a dog ...

the list goes on and on.

[ManiacJoe]

4. From watching the linked video

you can tell there are multiple versions of the story going around.

[nomorenomore08]

5. And it's usually the "There are two sides to the story!" and "We don't have all the facts!"

sort of stuff that helps the cops in these cases get off scot free. I wish it weren't so...

[ManiacJoe]

7. It also helps to sensationalize the headlines.

[Blue Diadem]

12. Someone said a BB gun, I'm thinking a Wii gun

A quick google search & I found them in black with no colored tip.

http://www.amazon.com/Wii-Motion-Plus-Pistol-Gun-Nintendo/dp/B003D3ML30/ref=pd_sim_sbs_vg_11?ie=UTF8&refRID=1ZWWKJAEVK6NQR27H2F3

[ManiacJoe]

14. That gun controller could easily get you shot by the police.

[groundloop]

6. Geez, that's just a few miles from me.... IMO small town cops just aren't trained well enough

Obviously there are multiple versions of the story. I can see that a police officer is going to be on heightened alert when they're serving a warrant. But my God, they should have enough training to avoid doing this to innocent unarmed people.

[clandestiny]

9. If I were to knock on this teens door and shoot him because he answered the door with something

that may or may not have looked like a gun I'd go to prison. Why has Americas police force become so militarized that they don't think twice about murdering children? This isn't an isolated incident. It's happening more often everyday and more often than not the police are getting paid vacation and then it's back to work like nothing ever happened.

[jsr]

11. He must have opened the door with a "sudden movement" which merited summary execution.

[madrchsod]

13. just another day in paradise.....

[DRoseDARs]

15. If it's of any consolation, the officer was witnessed by neighbors sobbing immediately after.

Clearly, she knew immediately what she had just done. She made a tragic mistake, didn't assess the situation properly, and will have to live with the consequences for the rest of her life.

[JoeyT]

16. It's totally cool you guys.

She was sad, so everything is ok!

If there was a gun, where the fuck is it? Was it the kind of gun that was pointed at Dunn? The kind that's pointed at you until you shoot the owner, then it magically disappears without a trace?

[Th1onein]

17. Hey, you have that pic of the cop with the milk jugs? I think this would be an appropriate

time for it, you know?

Cops are pigs. Sorry, they've earned the name.

[YOHABLO]

18. Poorly trained police officers are rampant in this country .. we're all in harms way.