Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:19:48 -0600
From: kvc@compuserve.com ("Kent Van Cleave")
Subject: Re: [lpaz-discuss] Eric Boudette
To: lpaz-discuss@yahoogroups.com
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From: auvenj@mailcity.com <auvenj@mailcity.com>
[snip]
>This is the way my brother tells the story: Officer stops Eric.
>Eric gets out of his car and proceeds toward the officer with a
>visible (but not drawn) weapon. Officer tells Eric to stop and get
>back in his car. Eric continues to advance, so the officer pulls his
>gun. Eric then pulls his gun and fires at the officer.
>
>Is this factually correct?
>
>Were there any other important factors left out?
Ask your brother what kind of pistol Boudette was carrying. Then ask him
what Deputy Dawg was carrying. Then ask him whether the holes in Deputy
Dawg's patrol car were made by Colt 1911 .45 auto rounds.
From my distant understanding of the case, those answers tell the tale.
Another pertinent factor, according to what Eric himself told me, was that
the cop was so agitated that his shouts were completely unintelligible.
After the first drawn gun, I have SERIOUS doubts about the "advancing" bit.
Eric's not stupid, and that kind of body language is pretty unmistakable. He
also knows that a closer target is easier to hit.
My take is that this is a cop who was completely unprepared for meeting a
peaceably and openly armed citizen, and that he was incompetent in the
handling of firearms (even given the notorious propensity for the 1911 to
AD).
I think it's very interesting that your brother is in a position to perhaps
parse the difference between the two stories for himself!
Kent
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