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Police Officer Shootings
Oh jesus christ. You people made me sign up for a Reader account. Thanks. First, gokart: We don't delete web comments unless they fit the legal definition of libel. As for the rest of ya, here's what I sent The Comma Mangler, er, Party Crasher. (I replaced all the naughty swear words lest god smite me for soiling Jim Holman's holy website): Josh, Have you read through all the police records on Jacob Faust's death? No, you haven't. Don't assume to know what happened until you've done that. Have I? Yep. I've spent hours reviewing police investigative files, witness statements, talking to family members, talking to police, reading the autopsy report, looking at photographs. You've done none of that. So shut your pie hole. You saying that Jake deserved to die was disgusting and pathetic. As far as Mr. Zavala is concerned, get your facts straight: * He did not have a knife; he had picked up a shard of glass. * He was locked inside the home where he lived with his nephew. No one else was inside. * The landlord did not call the police. His caretaker asked a neighbor to call the police after she'd locked him in the house. He threatened her with a stove burner because she wouldn't give him a cigarette. * This happened in San Ysidro, not Chula Vista. * He had been diagnosed with dementia and had been out of the hospital for two days when this happened. If you have any experience with someone with Alzheimers, dementia, or a traumatic brain injury, you'd know that a request for something as simple as a cigarette can escalate. The solution is not to aggress on the person or try to reason with them. You give in to their simple request. I know this from personal experience. You obviously don't. * Police experts agree that you DO NOT shoot tasers at elderly people. The SDPD shot a taser at Mr. Zavala. You do not shoot bean bags at close range because of the chance that they'll pierce a person's skin. A beanbag penetrated Mr. Zavala's groin area. Nice, huh? He was wearing a diaper, too. If you knew anything about police practices in dealing with mentally ill individuals, you'd know that TIME and DISTANCE are key. Take your time (Mr. Zavala was given less than 17 minutes to comply) and keep your distance while you try to figure out what's driving the person to do what they're doing. The police could have safely stayed outside the home, which had bars on the windows, while waiting for professional help to arrive. This is about the failure of a health care system under which a critically ill 87-year-old man cannot afford proper long-term care. The least you can do is check your facts, idiot. And, while you're at it, learn how to frackin' spell (L-O-U-I-S-I-A-N-A) and learn how to use punctuation. Now, go crawl back in your hole. xoxo, Kelly Davis Associate Editor San Diego CityBeat— April 19, 2009 9:42 p.m.