Fired Florida officer defends use of 'Trayvon Martin' targets

[joeybee12]

The Florida police sergeant fired for possessing shooting targets resembling Trayvon Martin defended himself Sunday and said the targets were meant to be used as training aids for "no-shoot" situations.

Sgt. Ron King was fired from his job as a firearms instructor for the Port Canaveral Police Department on Friday after an internal review determined he possessed the paper targets and offered them to fellow officers for use during a firearms training session earlier this month.

"When informed of the basic facts, (I) found the entire situation unacceptable," John Walsh, the interim chief executive of the Canaveral Port Authority, told reporters Saturday. "It is not the type of behavior that I want a police officer to have on both a personal and professional level. I find his conduct intolerable and I demanded that the chief immediately start procedures to terminate this employee."

The paper targets show a faceless black hooded sweatshirt with a bull's-eye on the chest. In one hand is a can of iced tea and in the pocket is a pack of Skittles candy, the same items Martin was carrying when he was shot and killed last year in a case that has drawn national attention.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/14/us/florida-trayvon-martin-targets/index.html

[OriginalGeek]

1. "no-shoot.." Lol, a laughable lie

And before we get too far down the "what a dumbfuck state Florida is for having this guy as a cop" I would like to point out that yes, we had a dumbfuck cop. But we also fired him.

[arcane1]

2. Is "no-shoot" like when you have targets popping in and out, some are bad guys, others aren't?

If this was just a shooting range with a single target, then he's full of shit.

I notice CNN is still pushing the "neighborhood watch captain" crap.

[MADem]

3. What unmitigated horse shit. The guy is a racist.

Why put a bulls eye on a "no shoot" training aid that looks exactly like a target? He's peeing on our collective leg and pleading with us to believe that it is raining.

The Skittles/Iced Tea removed any possible doubt, not that there was any in the first place.

It's more than racism, it inflicts emotional distress upon the survivors of that murdered teen ager.

[Zoeisright]

4. Fucking bigoted asshole.

Rot in hell, you prick.

[Aristus]

5. Yeah, right...

Enjoy unemployment, scumbag...

[Initech]

6. That's not helping the case even slightly.

[Rex]

7. If they are for no-shoot targets, then why a bullseye on them?

You don't put a bullseye on any of them (shoot or no-shoot) is the answer!

Racist shitbag got caught imo.

[Scuba]

8. Really, Ron? Trust me: "I was wrong" isn't that hard to say.

Of course it takes a man with self-confidence to say that.

[lpbk2713]

9. This clown is sooo full of shit.

Just because he's a Sgt he has gotten too used to people believing anything he says.

It all stops here. In fact I honestly beleive he really needs a psychiatric evaluation.