Better not mess with Texas then, huh?

*eyeroll*

Being shot by a guy in a wheelchair hurts as much as being shot by a guy not in a wheelchair. OTOH, how does a guy in a wheelchair get his hands on one of the deputies' guns?

/wheelchair

It was Sean Avery, wasn't it?

Didn't read the article.

that's what he gets for trying to pull that mask off

Anyone remember that stupid movie from the 80's. Where these people were trapped in this ghetto apartment building. They encountered one of the residents, some burnt out vietnam vet in a wheel chair. He was played by the guy from Air Wolf. He rigged his wheel chair with a hidden gun/knife launcher. If I ever become wheel chaired bound, I'm going to make something like that and put those blades you see on war chariots on the side of the wheels and mow people down.

oldmildog: Being shot by a guy in a wheelchair hurts as much as being shot by a guy not in a wheelchair. OTOH, how does a guy in a wheelchair get his hands on one of the deputies' guns?

/wheelchair

I assume they were trying to manhandle him or were in otherwise in close proximity to him and he just grabbed it.

I guess it wasn't Walker Texas ranger?

mighty morphin' power rangers?

Satanic_Hamster: oldmildog: Being shot by a guy in a wheelchair hurts as much as being shot by a guy not in a wheelchair. OTOH, how does a guy in a wheelchair get his hands on one of the deputies' guns?

/wheelchair

I assume they were trying to manhandle him or were in otherwise in close proximity to him and he just grabbed it.

oooh.
Yeah, that makes a lot more sense than my assumption that he was telekinetic

I've seen migthier.

Sticky Hands: Satanic_Hamster: oldmildog: Being shot by a guy in a wheelchair hurts as much as being shot by a guy not in a wheelchair. OTOH, how does a guy in a wheelchair get his hands on one of the deputies' guns?

/wheelchair

I assume they were trying to manhandle him or were in otherwise in close proximity to him and he just grabbed it.

oooh.
Yeah, that makes a lot more sense than my assumption that he was telekinetic

Dr. Xavier does not need a gun. He has mind powers.

A Texas Ranger shooting entertainment figures. I see win here.

/please pick up the white courtesy phone.

Rangers lead the way!

/MW2 FTW

And the Texas Rangers are investigating it themselves. They'll no doubt find that it was totally justified, and that the guy in the wheelchair was a secret muslin and a member of the Wheelchair Mafia.

as long as it wasn't the astros

"Reid graduated with a masters in addiction counseling from Hazelden Graduate School in Minnesota"

wat

Yeah, okay, lots of sympathy for the cripple.
But how about this little gem - the chances of getting shot by a Texas Ranger drop dramatically when you don't steal their sidearms.

Just sayin'.

I can't wait for people who didn't RTFA to comment on this. Hell, I bet people won't even read the second comment here, before acting stupid.

NTidd: "Reid graduated with a masters in addiction counseling from Hazelden Graduate School in Minnesota"

wat

The functional equivalent of a GED in law.

No charges are expected to be laid against a Texas Ranger who reportedly shot and killed a popular New Brunswick singer-songwriter in his wheelchair in Fort Stockton, Texas, on Friday.

According to local reports, Thomas Reid, 38, a native of Frederickton, N.B., was arrested in Fort Stockton for a case of apparent road rage. When he was released from jail Friday, he was put up in an area hotel to await family to pick him up.

Police say they were called back to the hotel three hours later for a disturbance, and Reid ended up getting in a scuffle with two Texas Ranger deputies in the hotel parking lot. During the fight, Reid allegedly managed to get a hold of one of the deputies' guns and fired a shot into a nearby wall. Police say when he turned the gun on them, he was shot and killed by the other deputy.

I might be going out on a limb here, but I'm going to guess that he was a country singer.

"It used to be that one Ranger could roundhouse kick an entire drug cartel in the face."

What about Cavalier and Acrobat?

News investigation FAIL.

He was shot by a Pecos County Deputy, not a Texas Ranger. The Texas Rangers are the investigating body.

Well, if the guy in the wheelchair has a gun and he shoots it by breathing...

Click Click D'oh: News investigation FAIL.

He was shot by a Pecos County Deputy, not a Texas Ranger. The Texas Rangers are the investigating body.

This.

Correct article here: Link (new window)

One riot. One Ranger. Ah, for the good old days.

LectertheChef: And the Texas Rangers are investigating it themselves. They'll no doubt find that it was totally justified, and that the guy in the wheelchair was a secret muslin and a member of the Wheelchair Mafia.

Secret muslin? Is that something like Mormon sacred underwear?

wheresourfish: Secret muslin? Is that something like Mormon sacred underwear?

please take internet memes and phenomena 101

Chuck Norris frowns on their shenanigans, they should kill themselves before he decides they are worth his effort. Of course he'll just command god to bring them back to life and kick their asses all the harder for it, but it will be entertaining for the rest of us...

He should be lucky the ranger didn't call on a direwolf to attack him.

Or even worse, the most deadly of all the woodland creatures...

One riot wheelchair one two rangers.

`Depities' underestimated the nuisance value of the `handicapped' wheel chair bound bozo. Got too close `he won't be any trouble, he's in a wheelchair'.

The smart move would have been to use a couple of pairs of handcuffs, or chain, through the spokes of the chair, then back off to the cruiser and have a couple donuts until the guy calmed down or tried to crawl away.

/fire 'em

?

and here I am wondering if one of them shouted "we have lost the lead!" afterwards

Obligatory: ...and Damn me for bringing you into this world! (Walker Ranger wheelchair scene @ Youtube).

/not a high-quality version
//the lady's laughing makes it even better

Wait, isn't there a form of martial arts for people in wheelchairs?

FTFA: "That's totally out of character for Andrew."

Um, okay... but what about for Thomas Reid?

gopher321: Better not mess with Texas then, huh?

*eyeroll*

RTFA much?

What would your solution be to somebody taking a firearm and fire off shots then pointing it at the officers?

Ask him politely to stop? Offer him some Poutine?

Approves

Link (new window)

BTW, last link contains NSFW language.

frogjelly: gopher321: Better not mess with Texas then, huh?

*eyeroll*

RTFA much?

What would your solution be to somebody taking a firearm and fire off shots then pointing it at the officers?

Ask him politely to stop? Offer him some Poutine?

It is those damn feds keeping him down!

There's nothing "independent" about the proposed investigation.
It might very well have been a justified shooting, but any ruling that comes will be like the call of a hometown ref.

they called the wrong ones , they should have called . . .

Major points lost by Ranger for being disarmed.
That said, when you fire one shot, then point the gun at another man with a gun, expect to kill or die.
Looks like the song writer chose die.
Was probably planning to write song about being gunned down by Ranger....logic fail=song writer.

SeamusFerrell: R.I.P. Thomas Reid

Beat me to it.

And he's a wheelchaired CANADIAN at that. How'd they lose? "No, technically you did nothing wrong, but a handicapped Canadian took your gun. You can not be a police officer any more in Texas. Not yours."

/Canada. America's Hat