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| California Weird: MP Iraq Vet Shot By Deputy For No Reason? -- Video |
| 2006-02-08 |
| LOS ANGELES -- The shooting of Senior Airman, Elio Carrion, on leave from Iraq was caught on videotape. Carrion is recovering from his injuries and has been released from the hospital. His family is demanding answers and calling for the arrest of the deputy involved in the shooting. Amateur video caught the confrontation between San Bernardino Sheriff deputies and Carrion, who was home after serving in Iraq as a military policeman. He was a passenger in a Corvette that was stopped by police after a short pursuit. He was unarmed and in the video seemed to be cooperating with deputies appearing to tell them, 'I'm on your side.' Deputy Ivory Webb is on paid administrative leave while the department and FBI investigates. Carrion's family says the deputy should face criminal charges. Elio is out of the hospital recovering from gunshot wounds to the chest, legs and shoulders. The man who shot the video is now in jail under what police say are unrelated charges from an old warrant. Elio's family say they are thankful to him for recording the shooting that now represent their best hope for justice... |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #4 I haven't seen the video yet (can't at work) but have a question. Is it 100% certain that the cop ordered him up? If the voice came from elsewhere it could go a long way towards *explaining* what happened (not excusing by any measure though). As it is the whole thing is just bizare. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-02-08 15:10 |
| #3 I saw the video, like everyone else, and We should wait out the FBI to find the truth. Being a soldier I want to side with the troop but remember they had finally stopped after a short chase, running from the cops is bad. When you run from a cop and finally stop the first thing his dumb ass should have done is what the cops says and then stay silent. How was that cop supposed to know he an Airman, the Airman should have known better and acticted differently knowing what the procedures were. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-02-08 14:37 |
| #2 Why did they order him to get up? Couldn't they cuff or restrain him on the ground? Elio certainly needs to pick better friends--riding around with idiots who run from the cops is not the smartest thing to do when you're in the military, much less if you're an MP--but he certainly doesn't deserve to get shot for it. |
| Posted by: Dar 2006-02-08 13:43 |
| #1 Bummer of a name, Elio. |
| Posted by: Gronter Elmolugum6351 2006-02-08 13:27 |