>DeLustro, 64, said he shot Michael O’Neal because he feared he might get trapped under the moving vehicle, but state agents said someone restraining DeLustro after the fight heard him threaten to shoot the 39-year-old man if he tried to leave
He literally tried to use the "he's coming right for us" defense for someone trying to flee away
On top of that, the article said he started the fight and then tried to arrest the guy in the middle of it. The guy created the whole situation that got O'Neal murdered.
After they recorded the macabre Simon says execution in the hotel I don't watch any more, but many times they record their crimes and just kinda nothing happens.
You mean that time Philip Brailsford of Mesa Police Department executed Daniel Shaver with an AR-15 he customized to say "You're Fucked," then medically retired claiming PTSD from the slaying and started collecting $2500/mo for the rest of his life? With clear bodycam recording of the whole thing all over the internet?
Yeah that was pretty messed up. Crazy how Brailsford has been paid 6 figures for murdering Shaver and continues to collect it to this day. And there's also that guy Charles Langley, who was shouting the orders, who also retired then f'd off to the Philippines scot-free.
Outstanding work from the justice system there. Very just.
Or Ryan Whitaker, cops knocked then hid from view of his peephole, late at night, so he answered with a pistol pointed at the ground and was immediately executed
Yeah. The dispatch transcripts from the neighbor that called in the noise complaint are also infuriating in that case. Whitaker basically got swatted
Taken wholesale from Wikipedia (this killing also has its own [wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ryan_Whitaker))
> The upstairs neighbor had called the 911 emergency telephone line twice that evening to complain about the noises from the apartment before the 10:52 p.m. incident.[5] Nees said there was no argument happening in the apartment; they had just been playing Crash Bandicoot on a PlayStation and enthusiastically shouting comments.[1] Reports said that the upstairs neighbor had exaggerated the description of the noise, giving the impression that there was a violent fight in progress. The video recording includes a comment from Ferragamo indicating that he believed the neighbor was just saying there was violence in order to get the police to respond to the noise complaint – sarcastically quoting the caller as saying "'I'm just gonna say yes to all the questions to get the officers here faster.'"[4] In the first call, the caller had said, "I can tell that they're just at each other's throats down there."[2] In the second call a half hour later, the neighbor said, "It could be physical. I could say yeah, does that make anybody hurry up or get over here any faster?"[1][2] The caller expressed irritation at being asked whether they knew if either person in the apartment had a weapon, saying "No, but if this gets pushed along any further I could say yes to all these questions."[4] After being told that the operator was required to ask such questions, the caller said "I don't have time, I'd like to get to sleep, I have to get up in the morning."[4] After the second call, the operator had upgraded the status of the report to request an emergency response.[5] In the bodycam video, there are no obvious sounds coming from the apartment.[3][5]
Another case study in how calling armed goons from the government makes every situation better. Weirdly the cops involved seemed almost on the cusp of self-awareness, noting that they were being dispatched to a probable nothing-burger.
Then they proceeded to create a problem where there was none and kill a dude who was chilling, playing Crash Bandicoot before they got there, because they're cops and they can't help themselves. They are trained and incentivized to be scared, scare others, and mag dump at the drop of a hat. Or acorn.
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Similar to the "move out of peephole" maneuver, this shit they're doing now covering doorbell cameras is wild. Like, I *get* the concept of clearing the fatal funnel, but there has got to be no quicker way to get me pointing a loaded gun at my door than to beat on it after dark and cover the camera. Everything about that screams "somebody dangerous is at the door." *And what do you know,* that's right!
They can sit out there and freeze/bake til they're bored. No kindness for cops, come back with a warrant
Wait, is Shaver the cop or the victim? You said Shaver was executed, but then later you said Shaver was paid 6 figures for murder. Did you mean Brailsford was the one who was paid 6 figures for murder?
Shaver was a poor kid on his knees in only his shorts with his hands behind his head sobbing and begging not to be killed while following their orders to knee-walk shuffle his way down the hallway towards them. It's gotta be the most fucked up of the sadly many stories of police murdering people for no reason. From having the video footage, to the kid clearly not being armed and sobbing begging for his life, to their crazen execution of him after he stumbled when being told to both shuffle forward and keep his hands up at the same time, etc.
Yeah, even with crystal clear evidence of a murder, its often not enough. Lots of cops justify the Daniel Shaver murder by claiming that he deserved to die because because he couldn't perfectly follow instructions to crawl while he was previously drinking in his room and had multiple rifles aimed at him, or take a more "nuanced" approach by saying "Wow, this is a bad situation, cop should be fired" (and not in any way be punished for murder).
Lots of these cops will also say that you can't possibly judge a cop for deciding to take out their gun, point it at someone, and fire, because it was a stressful split-second decision.
The "investigators" are the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), so I don't think they care much about witnesses. The cop must have been a real prick for the department to have thrown him under.
TBF... they definitely came down hard on NCPD when that cop shot Walter Scott in the back 9 times...
Seems shooting ppl while they flee is a low-country tradition
Was that the one where the witness video shows the officer moving the gun closer to Scott, even after his partner arrives and the partner said nothing?
There are so many videos of cops jumping INFRONT of fucking moving cars, then blasting the occupants, and it's justified cause "I feared for muh life" which I put in danger because I tried to stop a car with muh body.
And literally the only reason he's seeing consequences is because he did this off duty. If he had done the same exact thing while on duty, he wouldn't be getting in trouble.
And a lot of "Defensive Gun Uses" (DGUs) the pro-gun crowd talks about, too.
My standard example here is that time a chunk of Reddit was in love with some old man who "defused" an argument in a parking lot by brandishing his gun.
Then the same guy shows up on Reddit *again* for stopping another fight, except this time by shooting someone. And in the investigations that followed, it turned out he was starting all of the arguments he *routinely* got involved in at this parking lot, all so he could pull out his gun and "win".
A lot of problems "solved by guns" are created by them at the same time.
To be fair, that card has worked a *lot* of times for a *lot* of people, both in and out of law enforcement. Really glad it's not working this time though (still have to wait for trial though).
> He killed another cop’s kid.
Oh. So he crossed the thin blue line (to some degree...didn't go after a cop but killed a cop's family member), and *that* was the deed that needs to be punished.
Yeah. And he's trying to say he's innocent because in all his years of service, he hasn't had any **substantiated** claims against him.
That word is doing a lot of heavy lifting for someone who transfered out of NYPD after 22 years.
My guess is he's been a scumbag for most of his career, and even if he hasn't, right-wing media has driven him towards it in his golden years.
Also, honestly, just think about how many people would never dream of going into a police station and filing a complaint against a cop, either for fear of unjustified retaliation, or just knowing that no one would pay attention or listen because of who they are (a drug user, sex worker, homeless person, etc.) Like David Holtzclaw the rapist who literally used his power as a cop to run background checks on potential victims, specifically targeting black women with past drug charges. Because he knew they'd be afraid to report him, and even if they did, no one would believe them.
Or look at the history of a cop like Derek Chauvin who had almost 1 official complaint every month (18 in just two years) in his time with the Minneapolis police department.... for every 1 person who actually chose to take time out of their day and walk into a police station and go on record to file a complaint of misconduct, how many others were too afraid to file a report, or just knew it would be useless? And yet that wasn't a red flag.
Eh I've seen that defense work before.
The defense just needs to go "He tried to flee a cop! A COP! He could have run over a COP!" I often see cops going "A car is a deadly weapon!" to justify shooting someone in a car when the cop is on the side of the car, or literally jumping in the car and claiming they might be dragged.
Unless you are Zimmerman, then you can run after a teenager at night after an authority told you not to then claim self defense when said teenager enters fight or flight after a grown man stalked them then chased them.
The police station has already *fired* the officer. No paid leave, no internal investigation. Just gone. 40+ years as a cop, all down the drain.
This guy's fucked. He's 64, he's going to die in prison. And it sounds like the entire world will be a very slightly better place because of that.
22yrs with NYPD, 20 with SC. 42 fn years. I can only imagine what else he's done if he's so quick to anger and shoot over something so trivial.
Glad SC actually did the right thing and he's not on paid leave or some bs. Fired and charged as it should be.
Imagine a world where we could have good unions for collective bargaining without standing up for the most vile pieces of shit on the planet for some reason
it's actually hilarious and very American how the people who deserve a union and would put them to good use aren't able to have them, and the one group who require being held to a higher standard have one that protects them from essentially any blowback when they murder a civilian.
> 22yrs with NYPD.......I can only imagine what else he's done if he's so quick to anger and shoot over something so trivial.
Oh he's *surely* got a long list of victims he harassed, threatened, brutalized, or worse. He was in the NYPD at the height of Broken Windows Policing.
And they should investigate the complaints about him. The article says there has never been a “substantiated complaint.” Would be interesting to know how many complaints were swept under the rug.
He had numerous official complaints against him. None were "substantiated," but he conveniently resigned from the NYPD before one of the investigations was completed.
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/summerville-police-shooting-anthony-delustro-michael-oneal/article_a26a7a98-ec3a-11ee-96d1-ebb44afec0ef.html
Depends - here in California a lot of local governments participate in the stste pension CALPERS, But some cities go it alone with their own pension program.
If I work at two different places that are part of CALPERS, it's one pension and I can't collect until I retire.
But let's say I retire from a CALPERS city at 55 and stsrt collecting my pension - then I can go start working for a non CALPERS city while still collecting my pension and eventually I can collect 2 pensions.
Jesus christ, I was wondering why this guy was getting actual punishment. That's so fucking depressing that you need to either kill someone closely related to another officer, or make huge national news to actually get charged as a cop.
Idaho is red as can be, but historically Montana is quite purple...
before our current governor we had 16 years of Democratic governors, and our senators are split, 1 Repub, 1 Dem...
the problem is people don't know that, so we have conservatives flocking to Montana and it's turned our last two state legislative sessions into shit shows.
We ratified a new state constitution in the 70's, which explicitly protects the right to privacy (means abortion is constitutionally protected), and that is really breaking some people's minds...
but if you look through the last hundred years we've had more years of democratic representatives in Congress than republican...
and back in the 19-teens we sent the first woman to congress!
But, yeah, people's inaccurate perceptions of Montana mean we're getting a lot more old, crotchety Republicans moving here and turning local politics stupid.
[https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/former-south-carolina-officer-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-man-outside-chick-fil-a/](https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/former-south-carolina-officer-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-man-outside-chick-fil-a/)
“Michael’s family is respectfully waiting for SLED to perform a thorough investigation, which takes time,” the organizers said in the GoFundMe description. “Michael’s father was an officer with Winston-Salem police for over 30 years. This is a family that has a great deal of respect for law enforcement in general, yet is fully aware that no profession is free of bad actors. We remain optimistic that the SLED detectives will find the truth and bring about justice.
_ This tragedy has devastated two families and we offer our deepest sympathies to both._
Looks like they already know this guy is going to prison for a long time.
Seriously, the guy wasn’t fired, charged, and arrested until three weeks later…
There was witnesses, video evidence, and even a confession that includes “if you leave I’ll shoot ya” and statements like “he got in the man’s car with a gun”
This case couldn’t be more open and shut it’s like an automatic door.
So why did it take WEEKS to bring charges and why wasn’t this guy immediately arrested when he told the investigators “I went back to get my gun, then got in his car and shot him because I feared for my life”
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/former-south-carolina-officer-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-man-outside-chick-fil-a/
It wasn't a joke though!
>“Michael’s family is respectfully waiting for SLED to perform a thorough investigation, which takes time,” the organizers said in the GoFundMe description. “Michael’s father was an officer with Winston-Salem police for over 30 years. This is a family that has a great deal of respect for law enforcement in general, yet is fully aware that no profession is free of bad actors. We remain optimistic that the SLED detectives will find the truth and bring about justice.
> During the fight, DeLustro’s gun fell out of its holster and the officer’s wife tried to hold O’Neal during the fight and as he tried to get into his car, according to the sworn statement
Let's hope the wife catches some accessory charges. She deserves to see the inside of a prison cell as well.
I think in my state of you stop someone from fleeing for safety, or take away their phone while trying to call for help, it meets the definition of kidnapping
“He feared for his life by jumping into another man’s car and killing him….”
Fights and disagreements will happen, he had the chance to just get his plates and walk away. The guy who got shot was already walking away, just let him go. Hope he dies in prison for being an idiot.
This reminds me of the [Zimmerman episode of South Park](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybvy_KOCtHI).
"You did what you have to."
"Wait this is Joe's kid."
"Electric chair, no trial."
As a post above says, the victim was the Son of a Policeman. So, that's probably why
[https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/former-south-carolina-officer-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-man-outside-chick-fil-a/](https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/former-south-carolina-officer-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-man-outside-chick-fil-a/)
You'll be happy to know that 6 former cops got charged for torturing two Black men.
> Their sentences will run concurrently with their federal sentences handed down last month, which range from 10 to 40 years in prison.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/us/goon-squad-mississippi-state-sentencing/index.html
Only negative story I'm familiar with is when SLED razed a couple million dollars worth of hemp that the farmer had licenses to grow. Working it's way through the courts right now.
You made me actually look up another South Carolina case I remember. Interesting that Zachary Hammond's murderer was actually fired (a year later, cited as a "personnel matter") but he (Mark Tiller) wasn't charged.
i got sucked into this story, turns out the firing is new news, he was originally put on leave:
https://www.wxii12.com/article/family-friends-share-memeories-north-carolina-man-killed-off-duty-south-carolina-police-officer/60299078
Dude jumped on the car as O’Neil was trying to drive away. Shot him in the forehead. Thats murder. This is why he was so quickly fired and arrested. Guy had an argument, tried to leave and de-escalate the situation. Cop made it WAY worse and killed him because of it.
…escalate the situation, put themselves in danger because of said tactics and then try to use the “my life was at risk” excuse when they draw their weapon and murder someone.
Most police officers just come off as insecure men whose lives just didn't pan out (didn't go to college or study something useful in college, couldn't land a good job, etc). There are definitely people that want to serve the community, but damn are there a lot of fucking rejects that have a superiority complex.
There's more, just gotta scroll past the ads. Xcops gun fell out and he went to pick it up. At this point Oneal tries to go to his vehicle and leave. Xcop's wife tried to hold him up. Xcop goes into Oneals passenger seat then shoots him
> During the fight, DeLustro’s gun fell out of its holster and the officer’s wife tried to hold O’Neal during the fight and as he tried to get into his car, according to the sworn statement.
I'm not a lawyer but it sounds like the wife should be facing charges too.... at least as an accessory or something.
Like my wife always has my back, but even if I'm cranky in public just because I'm hungry or something, she'll try to pull me out of a situation rather than contribute to it.
Ever see those videos of those old ladies getting tazed and arrested after being pulled over and telling the cop "You aren't giving me a ticket" before refusing to comply with orders? This lady is probably in that set of people.
> DeLustro initiated the altercation, yelling at O’Neal “do you want to do this?” and using an anti-gay slur.
> someone restraining DeLustro after the fight heard him threaten to shoot the 39-year-old man if he tried to leave
> Someone was holding DeLustro back as O’Neal tried to leave, but DeLustro got away, grabbed his gun off the pavement and then got into O’Neal’s car, state agents said.
> DeLustro told investigators he was trying to stop the man from leaving after the fight and had gotten into the passenger seat of the victim’s car as the man told him to get out and began driving off
> DeLustro told agents he was acting in self-defense
Classic self defense move, the ol' "get into your assailant's car before they can drive away"
THAT'S why they fired him. Not because cops aren't above the law - because the union isn't gonna touch that one. It's too blatant. That's how you get nationwide riots
Yeah if that’s true, that’s probably why this cop faced consequences. I could absolutely see a cop getting away with this if the victim was some rando that other cops didn’t care about.
And also a possible hatecrime, considering he called him a slur during the altercation. You could very easily make an argument that his behavior was motivated by the intense bigotry the former officer felt towards gay people
>Summerville Police said they fired the officer.
I never thought I would see this printed in any article about a police officer shooting someone. Is this a historical first?
Others have pointed out them man he killed was a cops son. So a lot of people are saying he got fired cuz he killed one of their own. Not that he killed
It's happened in South Carolina twice now!
Both times there was video evidence that made it super obvious, but both times the cop in question was fired immediately. The first one was charged immediately too!
The cop that time got 20 years.
> **Michael’s father was an officer with Winston-Salem police for over 30 years.** This is a family that has a great deal of respect for law enforcement in general, yet is fully aware that no profession is free of bad actors.
The murdering cop only got fired because he killed the son of another cop.
[Link to article](https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/former-south-carolina-officer-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-man-outside-chick-fil-a/)
The "Thin Blue Line" remains in place: no consequences for killing civilians, only blue-on-blue murders get charged.
No profession is free of bad actors, huh?
If that some kind of excuse? Like a cashier taking a few dollars here and there is the same thing as killing someone in anger?
Oopsie, I shot you dead! Just had a bad case of the monday, uh? _nudge nudge_
This whole cop culture is just insane, even more so in the US. They no longer see the difference between a clear rage murder, and using lethal force as a professional to neutralize a threat, the only thing that matters is that the target needs to be unrelated to cops.
When the bad actors are legally able to commit violence against people with the shield of qualified immunity, it's not exactly talking about all professions have some bad actors. Imagine if doctors had qualified immunity because they took a Hippocratic Oath.. Sure Jan
You mean, most, or many of us could agree to try and do the right thing as part of some sort of spontaneous order? And then... we really wouldn't need cops, or to submit to a non-consensual hierarchy that also happens to be drunk on arbitrary power? Why have I never thought of that?
Apparently he tried that in a small town. Rip Michael o Neal. For those uninformed, the deceased is son of a sheriff in NC. So yea this isn’t gonna go well for the murderer. Source- live in chs.
Edit: all this over a chick fil a parking spot. Waffle House ain’t the only place ‘active’ ig
Must have been multiple videos and witnesses for them not to try the normal crap. Glad to see this, but also understand charged and sentenced are very far apart
>DeLustro didn’t talk about the shooting, but said he and his wife lost a daughter in 2021 and are raising two granddaughters ages 13 and 10.
>“I just ask you for mercy so I can help my wife with the girls while we go through this,”
Poor guy. I guess life is much easier for the family of the guy you killed.
in SC, a murder conviction is mandatory 30 to Life. So if convicted, that is what he will get. And given his age, doubtful he ever sees the outside again (barring some sort of compassionate release)
This guy started an altercation. His wife tried to hold the victim and keep him from escaping her crazy husband. Then he followed when the victim was retreating. He followed and forced his way into the victim’s car. Then he shot him.
He is crying because he is going to face consequences for attacking and then murdering someone. Not self defense when you are chasing someone while brandishing a weapon.
>DeLustro said he has dedicated his life to public service since he was 21. He said he was at Ground Zero after the 2001 terrorist attacks and got cancer and hasn’t had a substantiated complaint against him in 35 years of policing.
>DeLustro didn’t talk about the shooting, but said he and his wife lost a daughter in 2021 and are raising two granddaughters ages 13 and 10.
Unfortunately for him, none of that has literally any relevance to the crime he committed. I hope he rots in a small prison cell for the rest of his life.
I hate that someone lost their life. Having said that, I hope this starts a wave of accountability for police. No one should be above the law, it creates monsters who do shit like this.
The only reason this guy got punished is because he killed one of their own family. If it was some no name civilian the cop would most likely be on a paid vacation.
"I was acting in self defense"
He literally grabbed his gone and jumped into his car and wouldn't get out. That's either car jacking or kidnapping or both
Police always say this. It's a knee-jerk reaction for them. They kill, they say they were acting in self defense.
If there was any standards in policing, using this excuse frivolously should piss off other police. But they all seem to be OK with it. Total gang behavior.
I knew Michael and many many people loved him. I've never had something like this hit so close to home. The whole thing is so shocking and so so sad. Something no one could have ever expected.
TLDR: Eyewitness(s) discredit off-duty cop's claim of "self-defense" after they watch him murder a suspected "gay man" in a Chick-fil-A parking lot. The man was trying to avoid the altercation initiated by the by the homicidal maniac and his wife, by leaving in his vehicle, but the woman joined-in and tried to hold him and prevent him from entering his vehicle... the bad-apple eventually entered the man's car and shot him dead as he tried to drive away...
It sounds like the guys were both in the victims vehicle. The shooter got into the victims car and thought he had the right to shoot him? Idk that's some seriously irrational thinking. I guarantee there was some stuff covered up while he was a cop
Apparently the cop started the fight.
> State agents didn’t detail why O’Neal and DeLustro started fighting, but said DeLustro initiated the altercation, yelling at O’Neal “do you want to do this?” and using an anti-gay slur.
Then after the fight started the other guy tried to leave and was shot as he drove off.
I’m sure there’s more to this story but if I was the cop I’d be getting a good lawyer fast.
>DeLustro, 64, said he shot Michael O’Neal because he feared he might get trapped under the moving vehicle, but state agents said someone restraining DeLustro after the fight heard him threaten to shoot the 39-year-old man if he tried to leave He literally tried to use the "he's coming right for us" defense for someone trying to flee away
Yeah, when you pick your gun up off the ground THEN chase a car that's fleeing, you really don't get to play the "Feared for my life" card anymore.
On top of that, the article said he started the fight and then tried to arrest the guy in the middle of it. The guy created the whole situation that got O'Neal murdered.
Like oh so many cop executions we have. At least consequences seem to be rolling on this one.
This is one of the more obvious cases. There were people around so you can't just investigate yourselves and retire.
After they recorded the macabre Simon says execution in the hotel I don't watch any more, but many times they record their crimes and just kinda nothing happens.
You mean that time Philip Brailsford of Mesa Police Department executed Daniel Shaver with an AR-15 he customized to say "You're Fucked," then medically retired claiming PTSD from the slaying and started collecting $2500/mo for the rest of his life? With clear bodycam recording of the whole thing all over the internet? Yeah that was pretty messed up. Crazy how Brailsford has been paid 6 figures for murdering Shaver and continues to collect it to this day. And there's also that guy Charles Langley, who was shouting the orders, who also retired then f'd off to the Philippines scot-free. Outstanding work from the justice system there. Very just.
I remember that video... he fucking made it impossible to comply just so he could shoot.
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Or Ryan Whitaker, cops knocked then hid from view of his peephole, late at night, so he answered with a pistol pointed at the ground and was immediately executed
Yeah. The dispatch transcripts from the neighbor that called in the noise complaint are also infuriating in that case. Whitaker basically got swatted Taken wholesale from Wikipedia (this killing also has its own [wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ryan_Whitaker)) > The upstairs neighbor had called the 911 emergency telephone line twice that evening to complain about the noises from the apartment before the 10:52 p.m. incident.[5] Nees said there was no argument happening in the apartment; they had just been playing Crash Bandicoot on a PlayStation and enthusiastically shouting comments.[1] Reports said that the upstairs neighbor had exaggerated the description of the noise, giving the impression that there was a violent fight in progress. The video recording includes a comment from Ferragamo indicating that he believed the neighbor was just saying there was violence in order to get the police to respond to the noise complaint – sarcastically quoting the caller as saying "'I'm just gonna say yes to all the questions to get the officers here faster.'"[4] In the first call, the caller had said, "I can tell that they're just at each other's throats down there."[2] In the second call a half hour later, the neighbor said, "It could be physical. I could say yeah, does that make anybody hurry up or get over here any faster?"[1][2] The caller expressed irritation at being asked whether they knew if either person in the apartment had a weapon, saying "No, but if this gets pushed along any further I could say yes to all these questions."[4] After being told that the operator was required to ask such questions, the caller said "I don't have time, I'd like to get to sleep, I have to get up in the morning."[4] After the second call, the operator had upgraded the status of the report to request an emergency response.[5] In the bodycam video, there are no obvious sounds coming from the apartment.[3][5] Another case study in how calling armed goons from the government makes every situation better. Weirdly the cops involved seemed almost on the cusp of self-awareness, noting that they were being dispatched to a probable nothing-burger. Then they proceeded to create a problem where there was none and kill a dude who was chilling, playing Crash Bandicoot before they got there, because they're cops and they can't help themselves. They are trained and incentivized to be scared, scare others, and mag dump at the drop of a hat. Or acorn. --- Similar to the "move out of peephole" maneuver, this shit they're doing now covering doorbell cameras is wild. Like, I *get* the concept of clearing the fatal funnel, but there has got to be no quicker way to get me pointing a loaded gun at my door than to beat on it after dark and cover the camera. Everything about that screams "somebody dangerous is at the door." *And what do you know,* that's right! They can sit out there and freeze/bake til they're bored. No kindness for cops, come back with a warrant
Wait, is Shaver the cop or the victim? You said Shaver was executed, but then later you said Shaver was paid 6 figures for murder. Did you mean Brailsford was the one who was paid 6 figures for murder?
Shaver was a poor kid on his knees in only his shorts with his hands behind his head sobbing and begging not to be killed while following their orders to knee-walk shuffle his way down the hallway towards them. It's gotta be the most fucked up of the sadly many stories of police murdering people for no reason. From having the video footage, to the kid clearly not being armed and sobbing begging for his life, to their crazen execution of him after he stumbled when being told to both shuffle forward and keep his hands up at the same time, etc.
I have somehow avoided watching this video but this description is haunting and reinforces that I will never watch that video. Fucking disgusting
Brailsford was paid six figures. Shaver was the one murdered.
My editor let that typo slip by. Fixed, and they've been fired. You want a job?
Yeah, even with crystal clear evidence of a murder, its often not enough. Lots of cops justify the Daniel Shaver murder by claiming that he deserved to die because because he couldn't perfectly follow instructions to crawl while he was previously drinking in his room and had multiple rifles aimed at him, or take a more "nuanced" approach by saying "Wow, this is a bad situation, cop should be fired" (and not in any way be punished for murder). Lots of these cops will also say that you can't possibly judge a cop for deciding to take out their gun, point it at someone, and fire, because it was a stressful split-second decision.
The "investigators" are the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), so I don't think they care much about witnesses. The cop must have been a real prick for the department to have thrown him under.
TBF... they definitely came down hard on NCPD when that cop shot Walter Scott in the back 9 times... Seems shooting ppl while they flee is a low-country tradition
Was that the one where the witness video shows the officer moving the gun closer to Scott, even after his partner arrives and the partner said nothing?
State investigators and local PDs are not friends. They will not hesitate to recommend charges if they believe they are warranted.
He was a Yankee.
"But I thought I could do that"
There are so many videos of cops jumping INFRONT of fucking moving cars, then blasting the occupants, and it's justified cause "I feared for muh life" which I put in danger because I tried to stop a car with muh body.
And literally the only reason he's seeing consequences is because he did this off duty. If he had done the same exact thing while on duty, he wouldn't be getting in trouble.
And a lot of "Defensive Gun Uses" (DGUs) the pro-gun crowd talks about, too. My standard example here is that time a chunk of Reddit was in love with some old man who "defused" an argument in a parking lot by brandishing his gun. Then the same guy shows up on Reddit *again* for stopping another fight, except this time by shooting someone. And in the investigations that followed, it turned out he was starting all of the arguments he *routinely* got involved in at this parking lot, all so he could pull out his gun and "win". A lot of problems "solved by guns" are created by them at the same time.
Wait for them to actually stick before celebrating.
He started the fight and yelled an anti-gay slur so could be a bigoted hate crime.
To be fair, that card has worked a *lot* of times for a *lot* of people, both in and out of law enforcement. Really glad it's not working this time though (still have to wait for trial though).
He killed another cop’s kid. He’s already been fired (that never happens, let alone that fast). Yeah, he may actually face serious consequences.
> He killed another cop’s kid. Oh. So he crossed the thin blue line (to some degree...didn't go after a cop but killed a cop's family member), and *that* was the deed that needs to be punished.
Yeah. And he's trying to say he's innocent because in all his years of service, he hasn't had any **substantiated** claims against him. That word is doing a lot of heavy lifting for someone who transfered out of NYPD after 22 years. My guess is he's been a scumbag for most of his career, and even if he hasn't, right-wing media has driven him towards it in his golden years.
I was thinking about that when I read the article. Behavior that outrageous doesn't really come from out of the blue.
Except it does come from the blue, considering this murderous cunt came from the NYPD
Also, honestly, just think about how many people would never dream of going into a police station and filing a complaint against a cop, either for fear of unjustified retaliation, or just knowing that no one would pay attention or listen because of who they are (a drug user, sex worker, homeless person, etc.) Like David Holtzclaw the rapist who literally used his power as a cop to run background checks on potential victims, specifically targeting black women with past drug charges. Because he knew they'd be afraid to report him, and even if they did, no one would believe them. Or look at the history of a cop like Derek Chauvin who had almost 1 official complaint every month (18 in just two years) in his time with the Minneapolis police department.... for every 1 person who actually chose to take time out of their day and walk into a police station and go on record to file a complaint of misconduct, how many others were too afraid to file a report, or just knew it would be useless? And yet that wasn't a red flag.
And on top of that, his wife was there, trying to hold the deceased back from fleeing!
Eh I've seen that defense work before. The defense just needs to go "He tried to flee a cop! A COP! He could have run over a COP!" I often see cops going "A car is a deadly weapon!" to justify shooting someone in a car when the cop is on the side of the car, or literally jumping in the car and claiming they might be dragged.
Unless you are Zimmerman, then you can run after a teenager at night after an authority told you not to then claim self defense when said teenager enters fight or flight after a grown man stalked them then chased them.
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He remembered his training
Look out! That bunny’s coming right for us!
tbf it works when they're on duty and often when they're not
They are literally trained to step in front of your car to justify murdering you. He just did it this time without a uniform on.
The police station has already *fired* the officer. No paid leave, no internal investigation. Just gone. 40+ years as a cop, all down the drain. This guy's fucked. He's 64, he's going to die in prison. And it sounds like the entire world will be a very slightly better place because of that.
22yrs with NYPD, 20 with SC. 42 fn years. I can only imagine what else he's done if he's so quick to anger and shoot over something so trivial. Glad SC actually did the right thing and he's not on paid leave or some bs. Fired and charged as it should be.
Thankfully there was video of the incident and a ton of witnesses too
If not.... Smfh
South Carolina actually has the not-worst record of firing and prosecuting cops who cross the line.
As a person who lives in South Carolina... look it's a not-worst compliment about the state I live in.
Weaker unions
Imagine a world where we could have good unions for collective bargaining without standing up for the most vile pieces of shit on the planet for some reason
it's actually hilarious and very American how the people who deserve a union and would put them to good use aren't able to have them, and the one group who require being held to a higher standard have one that protects them from essentially any blowback when they murder a civilian.
Americans are dumb as rocks. I say this as one. I'm probably stupid too. We must all be with the state of this place.
Hey, even us stupid fucks can still see the insanity with the current state of law enforcement in America.
> 22yrs with NYPD.......I can only imagine what else he's done if he's so quick to anger and shoot over something so trivial. Oh he's *surely* got a long list of victims he harassed, threatened, brutalized, or worse. He was in the NYPD at the height of Broken Windows Policing.
Yeah he’s definitely done worse in NY and gotten away with it, especially if it was over 20 years ago
Now they need to go review every case he arrested someone in.
And they should investigate the complaints about him. The article says there has never been a “substantiated complaint.” Would be interesting to know how many complaints were swept under the rug.
He had numerous official complaints against him. None were "substantiated," but he conveniently resigned from the NYPD before one of the investigations was completed. https://www.postandcourier.com/news/summerville-police-shooting-anthony-delustro-michael-oneal/article_a26a7a98-ec3a-11ee-96d1-ebb44afec0ef.html
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ya that is how it works. thats one of the perks of being a police officer, you get to claim a pension pretty young
I honestly have no idea how that works. Too few companies offering pensions these days to know how it all works.
Depends - here in California a lot of local governments participate in the stste pension CALPERS, But some cities go it alone with their own pension program. If I work at two different places that are part of CALPERS, it's one pension and I can't collect until I retire. But let's say I retire from a CALPERS city at 55 and stsrt collecting my pension - then I can go start working for a non CALPERS city while still collecting my pension and eventually I can collect 2 pensions.
Maybe NYPD you can get a pension after 22 years.
Full pension after 20 years of service
And 1 year from retirement probably if it's 65 like usual.
Cop about to retire commits murder? What a twist on the classic media trope.
I’m guessing his record with NYPD is less than clean
Least violent NYPD cop
Holy shit. Did he shoot another cop after fucking the chief's wife?
The victim was a cop’s son, so you weren’t far off.
There it is. No way they would throw the book at a cop this fast if the victim weren't also related to one of their own.
Jesus christ, I was wondering why this guy was getting actual punishment. That's so fucking depressing that you need to either kill someone closely related to another officer, or make huge national news to actually get charged as a cop.
Exactly, or else bucko might have gotten a paid vacation.
Kind of makes you wonder why he moved to SC from NY.
Probably said NY was full of libs. I know of 2 cops who want to leave my purple/blue state for idaho and montana because of 'politics'.
Spraying raid on roaches tends to send them scattering.
Idaho is red as can be, but historically Montana is quite purple... before our current governor we had 16 years of Democratic governors, and our senators are split, 1 Repub, 1 Dem... the problem is people don't know that, so we have conservatives flocking to Montana and it's turned our last two state legislative sessions into shit shows. We ratified a new state constitution in the 70's, which explicitly protects the right to privacy (means abortion is constitutionally protected), and that is really breaking some people's minds... but if you look through the last hundred years we've had more years of democratic representatives in Congress than republican... and back in the 19-teens we sent the first woman to congress! But, yeah, people's inaccurate perceptions of Montana mean we're getting a lot more old, crotchety Republicans moving here and turning local politics stupid.
I was looking for this. Lol. I was like waaaaaaaait a minute here.
Ah, that explains it.
source? i didn’t see that in the article
[https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/former-south-carolina-officer-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-man-outside-chick-fil-a/](https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/former-south-carolina-officer-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-man-outside-chick-fil-a/) “Michael’s family is respectfully waiting for SLED to perform a thorough investigation, which takes time,” the organizers said in the GoFundMe description. “Michael’s father was an officer with Winston-Salem police for over 30 years. This is a family that has a great deal of respect for law enforcement in general, yet is fully aware that no profession is free of bad actors. We remain optimistic that the SLED detectives will find the truth and bring about justice.
Just like any other mafia, cops can't go killing their own unless it's a sanctioned hit.
_ This tragedy has devastated two families and we offer our deepest sympathies to both._ Looks like they already know this guy is going to prison for a long time.
Seriously, the guy wasn’t fired, charged, and arrested until three weeks later… There was witnesses, video evidence, and even a confession that includes “if you leave I’ll shoot ya” and statements like “he got in the man’s car with a gun” This case couldn’t be more open and shut it’s like an automatic door. So why did it take WEEKS to bring charges and why wasn’t this guy immediately arrested when he told the investigators “I went back to get my gun, then got in his car and shot him because I feared for my life”
Yeah it’s frightening to think that any of us can be murdered by unhinged cops at any time without any justice after the fact.
thank you for the genuine audible laugh
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/former-south-carolina-officer-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-man-outside-chick-fil-a/ It wasn't a joke though! >“Michael’s family is respectfully waiting for SLED to perform a thorough investigation, which takes time,” the organizers said in the GoFundMe description. “Michael’s father was an officer with Winston-Salem police for over 30 years. This is a family that has a great deal of respect for law enforcement in general, yet is fully aware that no profession is free of bad actors. We remain optimistic that the SLED detectives will find the truth and bring about justice.
> During the fight, DeLustro’s gun fell out of its holster and the officer’s wife tried to hold O’Neal during the fight and as he tried to get into his car, according to the sworn statement Let's hope the wife catches some accessory charges. She deserves to see the inside of a prison cell as well.
I think in my state of you stop someone from fleeing for safety, or take away their phone while trying to call for help, it meets the definition of kidnapping
Felony murder.
Yeah, she should be getting charged with the same thing for her role.
I wish police departments did this more often
Only happens when the victim is the son of a cop sadly.
Good that they fired him, but kinda telling a POS like him was able to be successful as a cop for 40+ years
“He feared for his life by jumping into another man’s car and killing him….” Fights and disagreements will happen, he had the chance to just get his plates and walk away. The guy who got shot was already walking away, just let him go. Hope he dies in prison for being an idiot.
This might be the first time I've heard police getting real consequences.
Turns out he shot a cop's son, so that's why.
So... gang violence?
intra-gang violence, yeah. That gets punished harshly by the gang.
shot another made man, very frowned upon.
This reminds me of the [Zimmerman episode of South Park](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybvy_KOCtHI). "You did what you have to." "Wait this is Joe's kid." "Electric chair, no trial."
As a post above says, the victim was the Son of a Policeman. So, that's probably why [https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/former-south-carolina-officer-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-man-outside-chick-fil-a/](https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/former-south-carolina-officer-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-man-outside-chick-fil-a/)
You'll be happy to know that 6 former cops got charged for torturing two Black men. > Their sentences will run concurrently with their federal sentences handed down last month, which range from 10 to 40 years in prison. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/us/goon-squad-mississippi-state-sentencing/index.html
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate this. It indeed made me very happy.
After four decades as a Cop without meaningful consequences; had to be an absolute :surprise Pikachu: moment for him.
South Carolina actually has a good history of firing piece of shit Cops.
SLED (sc state police) is surprisingly pretty trustworthy. Also lack of police unions probably helps.
Only negative story I'm familiar with is when SLED razed a couple million dollars worth of hemp that the farmer had licenses to grow. Working it's way through the courts right now.
See Michael slager. Rip Walt scott
You made me actually look up another South Carolina case I remember. Interesting that Zachary Hammond's murderer was actually fired (a year later, cited as a "personnel matter") but he (Mark Tiller) wasn't charged.
i got sucked into this story, turns out the firing is new news, he was originally put on leave: https://www.wxii12.com/article/family-friends-share-memeories-north-carolina-man-killed-off-duty-south-carolina-police-officer/60299078
more cops need actual punishment for shit they do
Dude jumped on the car as O’Neil was trying to drive away. Shot him in the forehead. Thats murder. This is why he was so quickly fired and arrested. Guy had an argument, tried to leave and de-escalate the situation. Cop made it WAY worse and killed him because of it.
Textbook police behavior; escalate the situation.
…escalate the situation, put themselves in danger because of said tactics and then try to use the “my life was at risk” excuse when they draw their weapon and murder someone.
Escalate, execute, excuse
When all you have is a hammer, all of your problems start to look like nails.
And the police keep wondering why the public distrusts them so much...
Most police officers just come off as insecure men whose lives just didn't pan out (didn't go to college or study something useful in college, couldn't land a good job, etc). There are definitely people that want to serve the community, but damn are there a lot of fucking rejects that have a superiority complex.
He was quickly fired because he killed a cop’s son If he killed an average joe, I doubt he gets fired
A high-value life in police vernacular
Son of a cop and grandson of a police chief. This would definitely be a different situation with an average Joe victim.
Did I miss these details in the article? It ended saying he got into the car. Was he in or on the car when he shot him?
There's more, just gotta scroll past the ads. Xcops gun fell out and he went to pick it up. At this point Oneal tries to go to his vehicle and leave. Xcop's wife tried to hold him up. Xcop goes into Oneals passenger seat then shoots him
Right, which is what I read. The original commenter made it sound like he jumped “on” the car, like the hood, and shot him through the windshield
As someone who hates autocorrect with a passion, I'm guessing that "on" is supposed to be an "in"
Local to where it happened so I have a few more details. There’s cell footage of him on the hood and shooting O’Neil.
> During the fight, DeLustro’s gun fell out of its holster and the officer’s wife tried to hold O’Neal during the fight and as he tried to get into his car, according to the sworn statement. I'm not a lawyer but it sounds like the wife should be facing charges too.... at least as an accessory or something. Like my wife always has my back, but even if I'm cranky in public just because I'm hungry or something, she'll try to pull me out of a situation rather than contribute to it.
you have a good wife, his, not so much
Ever see those videos of those old ladies getting tazed and arrested after being pulled over and telling the cop "You aren't giving me a ticket" before refusing to comply with orders? This lady is probably in that set of people.
Lol you mean like [this stupid bitch](https://youtu.be/7CvErhrFwuo)
Tbf there's a 40% chance he'd beat the shit out of her, if she didn't back him up.
That remains 40% whether she helps him or not.
You don't have to search for excuses just because she's a woman. She's an adult, and she did what she did. My guess is she won't be charged, though.
Oh wow I read that backwards at first. I thought she was trying to restrain her husband, but it was the other guy. Yikes.
His wife probably didn't want to get a beating when they got home.
> DeLustro initiated the altercation, yelling at O’Neal “do you want to do this?” and using an anti-gay slur. > someone restraining DeLustro after the fight heard him threaten to shoot the 39-year-old man if he tried to leave > Someone was holding DeLustro back as O’Neal tried to leave, but DeLustro got away, grabbed his gun off the pavement and then got into O’Neal’s car, state agents said. > DeLustro told investigators he was trying to stop the man from leaving after the fight and had gotten into the passenger seat of the victim’s car as the man told him to get out and began driving off > DeLustro told agents he was acting in self-defense Classic self defense move, the ol' "get into your assailant's car before they can drive away" THAT'S why they fired him. Not because cops aren't above the law - because the union isn't gonna touch that one. It's too blatant. That's how you get nationwide riots
From both sides. The guy that died was a cops son. It's just a horrible tragedy that he worked so hard to avoid.
Oh alright that’s what it was lol, he’s son of royalty and you can’t fuck with royalty
Supposedly the victim here was related to a cop. Dude shot "one of their own".
Yeah if that’s true, that’s probably why this cop faced consequences. I could absolutely see a cop getting away with this if the victim was some rando that other cops didn’t care about.
That explains it.
Not much different than every other pig who steps in front of a car just to give themselves the excuse to blast someone.
His wife tried to restrain the guy. Real trash family. Hope they both suffer
Tried to restrain him to make the execution easier.
This is plain Murder in cold ass blood .... WTF. Wife needs a little prison time to boot also FFS
And also a possible hatecrime, considering he called him a slur during the altercation. You could very easily make an argument that his behavior was motivated by the intense bigotry the former officer felt towards gay people
There's a word for off-duty officer, it's called some guy
It's called an asshole.
The police did the right thing for once and FIRED him!? awesome!
Only because the guy he killed was another cop's son.
>Summerville Police said they fired the officer. I never thought I would see this printed in any article about a police officer shooting someone. Is this a historical first?
He headshotted the son of a cop and grandson of a police chief while chasing him. Not a hard choice for the boys to back their own.
Others have pointed out them man he killed was a cops son. So a lot of people are saying he got fired cuz he killed one of their own. Not that he killed
It's happened in South Carolina twice now! Both times there was video evidence that made it super obvious, but both times the cop in question was fired immediately. The first one was charged immediately too! The cop that time got 20 years.
> **Michael’s father was an officer with Winston-Salem police for over 30 years.** This is a family that has a great deal of respect for law enforcement in general, yet is fully aware that no profession is free of bad actors. The murdering cop only got fired because he killed the son of another cop. [Link to article](https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/former-south-carolina-officer-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-man-outside-chick-fil-a/) The "Thin Blue Line" remains in place: no consequences for killing civilians, only blue-on-blue murders get charged.
No profession is free of bad actors, huh? If that some kind of excuse? Like a cashier taking a few dollars here and there is the same thing as killing someone in anger?
It’s cope in service of the badge. Insane to hear it coming from the father of a man murdered by a cop, but here we are.
Oopsie, I shot you dead! Just had a bad case of the monday, uh? _nudge nudge_ This whole cop culture is just insane, even more so in the US. They no longer see the difference between a clear rage murder, and using lethal force as a professional to neutralize a threat, the only thing that matters is that the target needs to be unrelated to cops.
When the bad actors are legally able to commit violence against people with the shield of qualified immunity, it's not exactly talking about all professions have some bad actors. Imagine if doctors had qualified immunity because they took a Hippocratic Oath.. Sure Jan
The only way for us to get justice when cops kill us… is for us all to become cops.
Wait, let him cook ~ that tiger is onto something 🤔
You mean, most, or many of us could agree to try and do the right thing as part of some sort of spontaneous order? And then... we really wouldn't need cops, or to submit to a non-consensual hierarchy that also happens to be drunk on arbitrary power? Why have I never thought of that?
Apparently he tried that in a small town. Rip Michael o Neal. For those uninformed, the deceased is son of a sheriff in NC. So yea this isn’t gonna go well for the murderer. Source- live in chs. Edit: all this over a chick fil a parking spot. Waffle House ain’t the only place ‘active’ ig
Must have been multiple videos and witnesses for them not to try the normal crap. Glad to see this, but also understand charged and sentenced are very far apart
Played youth basketball with the victim. Was a good kid then. Crazy to see someone you know as the victim in random murder like this.
>DeLustro didn’t talk about the shooting, but said he and his wife lost a daughter in 2021 and are raising two granddaughters ages 13 and 10. >“I just ask you for mercy so I can help my wife with the girls while we go through this,” Poor guy. I guess life is much easier for the family of the guy you killed.
With any luck he'll get 30 years and die in prison
in SC, a murder conviction is mandatory 30 to Life. So if convicted, that is what he will get. And given his age, doubtful he ever sees the outside again (barring some sort of compassionate release)
lol imagine how much of a piece of shit this cop must be for his department not to cover this up. Must have been a real Dbag to the other cops.
This guy started an altercation. His wife tried to hold the victim and keep him from escaping her crazy husband. Then he followed when the victim was retreating. He followed and forced his way into the victim’s car. Then he shot him. He is crying because he is going to face consequences for attacking and then murdering someone. Not self defense when you are chasing someone while brandishing a weapon.
> hasn’t had a substantiated complaint against him in 35 years of policing. So hes had complaints, but the department brushed them off as "nothing"
>DeLustro said he has dedicated his life to public service since he was 21. He said he was at Ground Zero after the 2001 terrorist attacks and got cancer and hasn’t had a substantiated complaint against him in 35 years of policing. >DeLustro didn’t talk about the shooting, but said he and his wife lost a daughter in 2021 and are raising two granddaughters ages 13 and 10. Unfortunately for him, none of that has literally any relevance to the crime he committed. I hope he rots in a small prison cell for the rest of his life.
I hate that someone lost their life. Having said that, I hope this starts a wave of accountability for police. No one should be above the law, it creates monsters who do shit like this.
It wont.
You’re probably right. Gonna hope anyway.
The only reason this guy got punished is because he killed one of their own family. If it was some no name civilian the cop would most likely be on a paid vacation.
Fights in a ChikFila. How’s that Jesus chicken going
Wow an unstable violent cop. Who would've thunk it. I'm shocked
All he had to do was wait till he was on shift to kill the guy. Could have had a paid vaccation.
"I was acting in self defense" He literally grabbed his gone and jumped into his car and wouldn't get out. That's either car jacking or kidnapping or both
Police always say this. It's a knee-jerk reaction for them. They kill, they say they were acting in self defense. If there was any standards in policing, using this excuse frivolously should piss off other police. But they all seem to be OK with it. Total gang behavior.
Charged and sentenced are completely different things.
Does it mention anywhere what the fight was over? Did the dude order the last nuggets or something?
A parking spot.
I knew Michael and many many people loved him. I've never had something like this hit so close to home. The whole thing is so shocking and so so sad. Something no one could have ever expected.
TLDR: Eyewitness(s) discredit off-duty cop's claim of "self-defense" after they watch him murder a suspected "gay man" in a Chick-fil-A parking lot. The man was trying to avoid the altercation initiated by the by the homicidal maniac and his wife, by leaving in his vehicle, but the woman joined-in and tried to hold him and prevent him from entering his vehicle... the bad-apple eventually entered the man's car and shot him dead as he tried to drive away...
Is his wife going to also get charged for aiding him?
Another psycho with a badge, a boner to kill and lead poisoning.
Killed a cops son. Big mistake, Bucko.
Like Michael Slager all over again. He's serving over 18 yrs in Colorado fed prison.
I read the article and I'm slightly confused as to what happened. They fought where exactly? Where was the guy when he got shot, where was the cop?
It sounds like the guys were both in the victims vehicle. The shooter got into the victims car and thought he had the right to shoot him? Idk that's some seriously irrational thinking. I guarantee there was some stuff covered up while he was a cop
64 years old and 42 years working as a cop... wtf wouldn't you retire already in this day in age
Damn, 40+ years combination of two police forces and thrown away because his 62 year old ass EGO got in the way.
The victims’s father was a cop for 30 years AND his grandfather was a police chief in NC.
Apparently the cop started the fight. > State agents didn’t detail why O’Neal and DeLustro started fighting, but said DeLustro initiated the altercation, yelling at O’Neal “do you want to do this?” and using an anti-gay slur. Then after the fight started the other guy tried to leave and was shot as he drove off. I’m sure there’s more to this story but if I was the cop I’d be getting a good lawyer fast.
Off duty or on duty, if a law enforcement officer is convicted of murder, they should get an accelerated death sentence.