週一在湖郡，佛羅里達警方意外開槍打死了一個他們以為是殺人未遂的嫌疑犯。
星期一清晨，湖郡警局的幾名警員敲了Andrew Lee Scott位於藍莓丘公寓的門。他們並沒有表明警察的身份，而26岁的受害人Andrew Lee Scott手上拿著一把槍來應門。
根據Lieutenant John Herrell警官描述，Scott的槍當時瞄準了其中一位警員，導致他被警方槍殺。
警方表示他們沒有表明身份是為了安全理由；但像這樣的意外事件可能導致當地居民的報復。最大的問題是：即使因為生命威脅而必須開槍，是否有必要"殺死"對方？然後另一個問題是，人們可能會問：在拿槍應門時，只有警察可以拿槍對著別人？
可以說這是一個陰謀，或是說這是在錯誤的時間錯誤的地方的意外，無論哪種說法，它是一個嚴重的錯誤。
警方表示當時其實是在尋找Jonathan Brown，一名被控犯有謀殺未遂的男子。Brown曾被人看到他的摩托車停在Scott公寓門口的對面。顯然，這些跡象足以讓人認為Brown在這間公寓裡。
Lieutenant Herrell替他的警員解釋說，“底線是，你如果拿槍指著一名警員，你就會被槍擊。”
但槍擊致死？跟槍擊一個人，是兩個完全不同的事情。Scott的朋友跟其他公民，相信警方的反應太快、太過度，尤其是當他們沒有證據顯示，他們面對的是真正的嫌疑犯Brown。他們冒險的做了一個決定，而且是錯誤的。
Brown後來在附近很快被警方逮捕，連同Anthony Rodriguez，另一個原將要去湖郡監獄服刑的嫌疑犯。
佛羅里達州的執法部門正在調查這一事件。開槍打死Scott的警員跟在場的另兩名警員現在正在停職。
不幸的是，這一事件只會給公民更多的理由害怕跟躲避執法單位。遇到犯罪，警方保護我們，但遇到警察，誰保護我們？
原文
Police in Lake County, Florida accidentally shot and killed a man they assumed was an attempted murder suspect.
Early Monday morning, several deputies from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office knocked on Andrew Lee Scott’s apartment door in the Blueberry Hills Apartment complex. They did not identify themselves as police and the 26-year-old answered the door with a gun in hand.
According to the Lt. John Herrell, Scott’s gun was aimed at one of the deputies and therefore shot and killed.
The deputies have not been identified because of safety reasons, since incidents like this could result in retaliation from local citizens. The biggest question most have is: Even if you must shoot at the man because of a threat, did you have to kill him? Then again, conversely, one might ask: Who answers the door pointing a weapon at anyone, let alone police?
Call it a conspiracy or call it just being in the wrong place at the wrong time; either way, it’s a nasty mix-up.
Deputies were actually looking for Jonathan Brown, a man accused of attempted murder. Brown had been seen at the Blueberry Hills complex and his motorcycle was parked across from Scott’s front door. Apparently, those signs were enough to assume Brown was in that apartment.
Quoted by www.wesh.com, Herrell is standing by his deputies, explaining, “The bottom line is, you point a gun at a deputy sheriff or plice officer, you’re going to get shot.”
But killed? Shooting and killing a man are two very different things. Friends of Scott and other citizens believe the police reacted too quickly and too intensely, especially when they had no proof that they were confronting Brown. They made a risky decision and it was the wrong one.
Brown was arrested soon after in a nearby location and, along with another suspect, Anthony Rodriguez, was booked into Lake County Jail.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the incident. The deputy who shot Scott and the other two deputies who were with him are all on administrative leave.
Unfortunately, this incident will only give citizens more reasons to fear and avoid law enforcement. The police may be protecting us from criminals, but who’s protecting us from the police?起来，不愿做奴隶的人们！ 希望国警察敲门不喊查水表嘛？倒霉的时候,不好说啊我爱天朝！ 拿着枪去应门。。。水深火热啊
Post by jinmaple (2012-07-18 23:45)去美国的时候别忘了挂两颗手榴弹，这种情况杀死警察也无罪吧..改个标题吧，这样标题没人看的这很悲剧。 Post by 无辜的小狐狸 (2012-07-18 23:51)
放开枪禁所需付出的代价而已
当私人领地神圣不可侵犯有权拿枪保卫和警察办案的权力矛盾时....希望国好可怕 Post by Victuz (2012-07-18 23:49)
不要以为美国可以乱开枪的哦，城堡条例就几个州还有。
现在对付入侵者很坑爹，以宾州为例，要警告三次以后，然后再鸣枪警告，如果这个人还不走，你就可以开枪了，
注意是让他失去行动能力，如果你打伤他了，他已经失去侵害你的可能了，你上去补一枪，你妥妥的要坐牢了。操，误杀就误杀，拿枪去开门，这样能是什么好人？据说不可能回“哦也”。
那么回一句：愿死者下辈子托生在我天朝吧。 Post by 能起什么名字呢 (2012-07-19 00:00)
在希望国强闯民宅挨枪子又不是天方夜谭。。
Post by Victuz (2012-07-18 23:49)
哦，这样好一些了。
希望国警察敲门不喊查水表嘛？
武装到牙齿的希望国警察是不需要敲门的 那像土鳖土啦吧唧的还要敲门
操，误杀就误杀，拿枪去开门，这样能是什么好人？
从美国电影中可以看出，半夜的时候有人敲门，他们拿枪开门也没啥奇怪的吧？ Post by 我怎能不流氓 (2012-07-19 00:05)
美国黑人区拉丁裔聚集区虽然很乱，但是到这个程度随时把枪放在手边的家庭也还是少之又少。能随手拿出枪来的人不会是什么太好的人。