By: Armani Blackburn

Armani Blackburn — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:59:15 +0000

hay how are you doing??? how can watch the show on the computer see you latter alyssa

By: Frank Fuller

Frank Fuller — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:35:24 +0000

The Truth hurts.Taylor can

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:27:41 +0000

what the hell you people talking bad about protesters. people need to protest. there is alot to protest against right now.

By: Anarchist

Anarchist — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:19:44 +0000

Then they would say it was an angry anarchist or some kind of provocateur.

By: flintlock

flintlock — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:58:15 +0000

why does everybody insist that every group who yells a little louder and dosent have cameras in their face giving thank yous and mellow (nonincindiary) speeches about solidarity, are anarchists, I want limited constitutional based government, and removal of this sess system of fear and violence for all brothers and sisters of humanity, but I am fucking pissed, every day my nuckles get tighter and tighter every day another Oscar Grant, does anybody remember the boston massacre……its time to yell and kick and scream and slap the shit out of some authority, its like a abused pittbull, sometimes a baseballbat is what is best for it when it turns on you and threatens your family. Maybe when the cops see their neighbors turning on them and rage being displayed in their face, they will surrender to their humanity and just give up the role playing. Anarchists thats a severe generality, many people there many different views of many different things, try again idiots! or stay painting with one color and by numbers all of your life

By: Tyranny Police

Tyranny Police — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:56:02 +0000

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Published: 1/6/06 Section: Page: A1
Suspect killed in arrest attempt
By: Andrew Sirocchi
Herald staff writer
A recently released convict with a lengthy record of felonies was shot and killed by Kennewick police officers
Thursday morning after he reportedly tried to run over an officer.
Andrew Lee Shane, 27, was apparently shot in the neck and head and died at the scene in a cul de sac on the
3700 block of West 15th Avenue in south Kennewick. Police said Shane, who had no current listed address, had
an outstanding arrest warrant for failing to see his probation officer.
Kennewick Police Chief Ken Hohenberg said during an afternoon news conference that the officers “reacted to
an incident that was really dictated by the suspect.”
“All reports are that the officers fired at the suspect after he tried to run them over,” he said.
The incident began at about 8:30 a.m., when police received a report of a suspicious person on West 15th
Avenue, a dead-end road in a middle-class neighborhood of duplexes and homes. According to a 911 record
typed by dispatchers, the caller told police an unidentified man was taking water from a faucet at a vacant duplex
and washing a turquoise Ford Thunderbird.
The caller also said pillows and blankets were visible when the man opened his trunk, but it was unclear if he had
been sleeping in the duplex, which has been unoccupied for months.
Hohenberg said Officer Chris Bennett arrived within 10 minutes of the call but decided to wait for backup before
confronting the suspect. Officers Juan Dorame and Kenny Melone arrived simultaneously about a minute later.
After blocking the cul de sac with their cars, the officers approached Shane, who had locked himself in the car.
A 911 report from the officers indicated Bennett and Melone fired at Shane after he attempted to run Melone
over with the car. Dorame did not shoot, Hohenberg said. It was unclear how many rounds were fired by the two
officers, who carry Glock 22s, a .40-caliber pistol that holds 15 rounds.
Mike Schmidt, who lives in a duplex adjacent to the scene, said he was on the computer when he heard the shots
but thought the noise was made by a nearby work crew. It was only after he saw police cars that he realized he’d
heard gunshots.
“I thought I heard five shots,” Schmidt said, standing astride yellow police tape that roped off the street to his
duplex. “We’ve lived here four years and it’s a pretty peaceful neighborhood.”
Vincent Leffler, of Spokane, was part of a work crew digging to replace electric cable for the Benton PUD and was
just a few hundred feet from the shooting.
He said his view of the incident was blocked but he heard it.
“(The officers) were yelling at him the whole time,” Leffler said. “They were telling him to get out of the car and,
‘Put your hands up!’”
Leffler said the entire incident occurred in a few minutes. When the crew went to see what had happened, he
said, he saw a 1990s Ford Thunderbird with its back windshield blown out and several bullet holes near the
driver’s side door.
Leffler said he also saw the officers drag the man out of the car and give him first aid until paramedics arrived.
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Officers discovered later that Shane had a warrant for his arrest for failing to report to a probation officer in Pasco. He had nine
felonies on his Washington record, including convictions for two robberies, two assaults, theft and forgery. He also had six
felonies from other states and was released from prison in August, police said.
According to court records, Shane was scheduled for trial in Benton County Superior Court Jan. 23 on charges of possession
of methamphetamine and second-degree attempted vehicle prowl. He also was scheduled for a court date next Thursday for
failing to pay fines on 2004 charges of attempting to elude, 2001 charges of third-degree assault, possession of cocaine and hit
and run, a 1999 charge of first-degree theft and a 1997 forgery charge.
Kennewick police spokesman Sgt. Ken Lattin said the officers involved in the shooting were immediately taken to department
headquarters to receive assistance from the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team. All three have been placed on paid
administrative leave while the shooting is investigated by the Benton County Sheriff’s Office.
Bennett was hired by Kennewick police in January 2004. Melone has been with the department since November 2003 and
Dorame was hired in July 2002.
Hohenberg expressed confidence in his officers and said based on the information he had, he believed they acted properly. He
said police had interviewed seven witnesses who confirmed officers fired after Shane’s car appeared to be heading toward one
officer.
“When confronted with a deadly threat, it doesn’t matter if it’s a gun or a knife,” Hohenberg said. “In this case, it was a
3,500-pound deadly weapon.
“These officers were in danger,” he said.
At the scene Thursday morning, Benton County Sheriff Larry Taylor said Kennewick police had asked his deputies to
investigate the incident. It’s standard practice to have a separate agency investigate a shooting in which police are involved. The
Kennewick department also will conduct an internal investigation.
The fatal shooting was the first in Kennewick since 1982, when Taylor, then a Benton County sheriff’s deputy, shot and killed a
26-year-old woman involved in an armed robbery. The last shooting that involved an officer in Kennewick was in October 2003
at the Money Tree, but no one was injured.
* Reporter Andrew Sirocchi can be reached at 582-1521 or via e-mail at asirocchi@tri-cityherald.com.
Fatal shooting justified, sheri
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Published: 2/22/06 Section: Page: B1
Fatal shooting justified, sheriff says
By: Nathan Isaacs
Herald staff writer
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Benton County Sheriff Larry Taylor said Tuesday that two Kennewick police officers were justified in using deadly
force when they shot and killed a 27-year-old man before he could run over one of the officers.
Andrew Shane was high on a cocktail of illegal drugs the morning of Jan. 5, according to a toxicology report that
found methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana in his blood.
The repeated felon reportedly had told his newlywed wife and family during the weeks leading up to the shooting
that he wasn’t going back to jail and that police would have to shoot him, according to the report.
That included a cell phone conversation with his wife just seconds before his death, Taylor said during a Tuesday
news conference.
Shane ignored repeated orders by the officers, say witnesses, and instead locked himself in his blue
Thunderbird, turned on the car, put it into reverse and began driving rapidly toward Kennewick Officer Kenny
Melone.
Believing he was about to be run over by Shane, Melone began to fire his gun at Shane, Taylor said.
At the same time, Kennewick Officer Chris Bennett, who was standing outside Shane’s driver-side door, also
began shooting at Shane, Taylor said.
“In a matter of only a few seconds, the shooting stopped, as well as the threat of being run over,” Taylor said.
“My conclusion is that the officers had no other options left to them,” he said.
Benton County Prosecutor Andy Miller agreed with Taylor’s findings that the officers did not break any laws.
Kennewick Police Chief Ken Hohenberg said an internal investigation also concluded the officers, including a
third officer, John Dorame, had acted properly.
All of the officers have since returned to duty.
A statement from Shane’s family said they were withholding any judgment on the investigation or the shooting
until they complete their own investigation.
The family has hired Kennewick attorney Salvador Mendoza to represent them.
“We have a number of concerns, including whether the police acted negligently by using deadly force and wish
to investigate before making any final decisions,” the statement reads.
Mendoza expects to have the family’s independent investigation completed within a month.
The family is seeking any witnesses who may have something new to add. Anyone with information is asked to
call Mendoza at 374-1554. Witnesses also can call sheriff’s detectives at 628-0333.
In an interview with the Herald after the shooting, Shane’s wife, Julie, described her husband of six weeks as “a
lost soul.”
She said he recently had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and hoped treatment would help him give up
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methamphetamine for good.
Detectives found 25 shell casings after the shooting. Bennett fired 11 shots and Melone fired 14 shots. The officers carry Glock
22s, a .40-caliber pistol that holds 16 rounds, including one in the chamber.
Benton County Coroner Floyd Johnson said an autopsy the day after the shooting showed Shane had been shot 15 times, four
of which were lethal.
Two of those shots, one to the head and another in the spine close to the head, would have stopped Shane in his tracks,
Johnson said.
However, he said, there is no way to know when in the sequence those two shots were fired.
The incident began at 8:40 a.m., when police received a report of a suspicious person on West 15th Avenue.
On their way to the house, officers were told the man was suspected to be Shane, who had an outstanding arrest warrant for
failing to see his probation officer and who had been flagged for being violent with police.
Shane had nine felonies on his Washington record, including convictions for two robberies, two assaults, theft and forgery. He
also had six felonies from other states and was released from prison in August.
He also was facing new criminal charges of possessing methamphetamine and second-degree attempted vehicle prowl.
Shane was sitting half in the car with his feet outside the passenger door when police arrived. He was holding a utility knife that
he refused to drop, Taylor said.
Shane then pulled himself inside the car and locked the doors and slid to the driver’s side, Taylor said.
All the while, the three officers were yelling to Shane to surrender. Instead, Shane lowered the driver’s window about 2 inches
and reportedly asked the officers, “Do you guys want a high-speed chase?”
Dorame then went back to his patrol car and blocked the street. Melone had moved to stand behind the car. Bennett was on the
driver’s side. When Shane started the car, Bennett unsuccessfully attempted to smash the window and stop him.
Shane then put the car into reverse.
It was over in less than three minutes after police arrived.
“This is a tragic event that has occurred,” Taylor said. “There is pain and suffering from friends and relatives of Andrew’s for their
loss. But do not forget about the pain and suffering of these fine officers and their families.”
* Reporter Nathan Isaacs can be reached at 582-1556 or via e-mail at nisaacs@tricityherald.com.

By: David Strokeafeller

David Strokeafeller — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:49:14 +0000

Steal money!

By: David Duke

David Duke — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:44:12 +0000

He’s the mayors son.

By: Dale

Dale — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:36:26 +0000

Why was’nt the shooter arrested?

By: agentbluescreen

agentbluescreen — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:10:47 +0000

The reasoning behind Posse Comitatus (no military at home) is that within the ‘homeland’ realm of The Constitution THERE MUST BUT BUT ONE SYSTEM OF JUSTICE FOR ALL !!(including presidents!)

A standing army is not simply a tool of tyranny, it is a tyranny by definition!

NO JUSTICE = NO PEACE!!

TRY THE DOMESTIC 911 CRIMINALS!

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