Cop Allegedly Said ‘We Don’t Have Time For This’ Before Shooting Schizophrenic Teen To Death

[warrior1]

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/01/07/3126391/north-carolina-police-shoot-schizophrenic-teen/



Keith Vidal

Schizophrenic 18-year-old Keith Vidal was having an episode on Sunday when his parents called the police for assistance. Instead, an officer shot and killed their son right in front of them.

During Sunday’s incident, Vidal had apparently picked up a small screwdriver — small enough that it couldn’t have caused serious harm, his family says, but enough that they sought law enforcement assistance. Three different police departments’ officers arrived at the scene. The first two were able to restrain Vidal and calm him down, according to Vidal’s father. But then a third entered, and that’s when he says things went sour.

He says the third officer tased Vidal, knocking the 90-pound teenager to the ground. The officer then allegedly stepped forward with a firearm and said, “we don’t have time for this,” before shooting the teen dead.

Southport Police Department, one of the three North Carolina agencies that responded to the call, has put one of its detectives on administrative leave in relation to the case, reports WECT. The department did not say whether the officer was the one who had fired the weapon. The other departments, Boiling Spring Lakes PD and the Brunswick County Sheriff’s office, said that they have not put their responding officers on leave. The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the incident.

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[hueymahl]

1. If true, it is first degree murder

2nd at a minimum. Disgusting.

[Shoulders of Giants]

10. Absolutely, they need to start gathering the evidence NOW!

I won't hold my breath though. Cops tend to get 30 day paid leaves or similiar in cases like this.

[Ilsa]

2. Good God.

If he didn't have time for it, he should have left. I'm tired of angry cops murdering sick people over domestic disputes. I hope he goes to prison for a long time.

[Walk away]

3. it's not that I don't think it could happen...

but all of this is coming from the young man's father. It sounds pretty one sided and unlikely. Also, it is common to take any officer involved in a shooting off duty pending an investigation. Especially one involving a death.

[Comrade Grumpy]

4. We need a national commission on law enforcement standards and practices.

There is too much of this stuff.

[ryan_cats]

5. 90 pound teenager?

Once again, the jack booted thugs kill someone. This time it's a schizophrenic 90 pound teenager. Charges need to be filed and we'll see that this thug gets all the time he needs, in prison.
When the boot-lickers arrive, I'm sure they'll say that the cops only want to get home alive. You know what, I'd like to get home alive, are these thug's lives more important than ours? Wasn't there a dog to shoot too?

The police need training on how to deal with people of all types and medical conditions. Now that they have a supposedly non lethal device in the tazer, they taze people instead of just talking to them while they scream their commands to someone who can't even understand what they're saying.
If you're that worried about getting home at night, maybe you need a different job. I don't remember there being a police draft of citizens, they chose this and I don't want to hear about how they just want to help people. These days, they just want power.

I'm glad people are videoing these thugs, maybe that's the only way to curb this police tyranny and it sure is funny how they don't like to be recorded.

[warrior1]

6. Sickening

[etherealtruth]

7. I can't even fathom this

My god! (just an expression folks) ... That poor SICK kid, that poor family ... I don't even have the proper words to express my horror.

[Egalitarian Thug]

8. .

[malaise]

9. Do not call the cops for anything related to mental health

That is all