Two days after a Kansas man was shot to death by a U.S. Forest Service worker near Sedona, authorities have not explained why the officer opened fire on the stranded motorist.
Tyler Miller, 51, had just crashed his pickup truck into a rock after losing control on a curvy road in the Coconino National Forest, according to Matt Bretz, a Kansas lawyer for Miller's family.
The unidentified U.S. Forest Service officer, who was not hurt, shot the Hutchinson, Kan., man after he got out of the truck, officials said.
"The FBI has stated that Ty was not armed," Bretz said. "The FBI has further stated that they are conducting a full investigation and anticipate turning the matter over to the U.S. Attorney’s Office to determine what, if any, charges will be filed against the U.S. Forest Service officer.”
Matt Bretz, a family lawyer for Tyler Miller, says the 51-year-old Hutchinson, KA native was heading to a spiritual retreat in Sedona when the incident happened.
There looks to be some serious damage to that pickup.
(marked politics because some will choose sides before knowing the facts)
Met a guy who ran off the road to Crown King once. He was mad as hell at whoever had anything to do with that road. Maybe the officer met someone like that.
Unarmed means nothing. It isn't hard to kill with your bare hands. I wish people would understand that.
As far as who was in the wrong, I don't know, need a lot more information .
Even if unarmed, If hands will and do move, there's a pretty high risk of being shot to death nowadays.
Investigation is underway with FBI in lead a has said they will release what the officer has divulged in his statements and report. Dead men however, tell no tales.
According to Milnor's (an FBI spokesman) statement, the officer stopped on State Route 89A north of Sedona to help with a traffic accident involving Miller.
Then there was "an altercation between the officer" and Miller, the FBI said. Milnor said that investigators later determined the officer was injured and was treated at the scene.
There are other, unsubstantiated reports that the officer was female.
Although by most accounts, Miller was an upstanding citizen, the fact that he was on his way to a "spiritual retreat in Sedona" could place him somewhere near the lunatic fringe.
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Dumb people in cars seem to always ignore anything cops are telling them to do. They tell you exactly what to do and if you dont comply your asking for trouble. They stopped me once, thinking I might be a reported burglar and I had my gun on me. I followed everything they said and didnt get shot...even though the stop was BS. I complied and didnt argue anything at all even though they were completely in the wrong.
Dont know the full story here, but ill bet maybe he was a bit dazed and wasnt doing what he was told. Even just putting your hand in your pocket can be taken as a threat.
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Although by most accounts, Miller was an upstanding citizen, the fact that he was on his way to a "spiritual retreat in Sedona" could place him somewhere near the lunatic fringe.
Sedona brings to mind harmonic convergence and crystals.
I always use her to clear my mind when I want to do 3 times the posted speed limit.
Helps me concentrate.
.....and here you have it again. Even exaggerated it for effect. When in math did 75x3 equal 140. Its not even 2x. Just be happy i didnt do the full potential out of a 220mph car.
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I have no idea whether or not the shooting was justified, but when I read stories like that I have to remind myself that Travon Martin's friends and family said the same kind of things about him.
I have no idea whether or not the shooting was justified, but when I read stories like that I have to remind myself that Travon Martin's friends and family said the same kind of things about him.
Travon Martin was a repeat criminal, this guy owned 2 businesses. I don't think it is a direct comparison.
Even exaggerated it for effect. When in math did 75x3 equal 140. Its not even 2x. Just be happy i didnt do the full potential out of a 220mph car.
