{"id":28755,"date":"2012-02-15T13:18:20","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T17:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28755"},"modified":"2012-02-15T13:20:26","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T17:20:26","slug":"deputy-kills-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28755","title":{"rendered":"Deputy kills Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"

The LA Times reports<\/a> that an Orange County deputy shot and killed Sgt. Manuel Loggins Jr., when the deputy saw Loggins getting into his SUV with his two daughters<\/p>\n

Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the department, said the deputy was fearful that Loggins — who he said appeared to be acting irrationally — was about to drive off with the girls.<\/p>\n

“The real threat that was perceived was the safety of the children,” Amormino said.<\/p>\n

“The deputy formed an opinion that he had a deep concern for the children, that he would not allow Mr. Loggins to drive away with the kids,” Amormino said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nice call, deputy. The Times says that Loggins regularly took his daughters to school early in the morning and walked the school’s track while reading his Bible. That’s pretty irrational.<\/p>\n

In another article<\/a>, the union blames Loggins; <\/p>\n

When Loggins abruptly returned to his SUV, he ignored orders not to start the car and instead put it in gear, preparing to drive “and further endanger the children.”<\/p>\n

The union said the deputy, positioned by the driver’s window, fatally shot Loggins as he began to pull the vehicle forward.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

People who know Loggins doubt the union’s side of the story;<\/p>\n

Loggins’ friends and fellow Marines, who said they were baffled by the incident, described him as a deeply devout Christian who had received good-conduct medals for his military service. Aaron Banks, who served with Loggins and saw him as a mentor, said he didn’t believe the union.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I, honestly don’t see a reason to shoot someone dead because they’re driving away from an officer. If it’s true, the Marine wasn’t armed with a weapon and presented no danger to the officer, who probably already had enough information on him to arrest Loggins later.<\/p>\n

But then, I wasn’t there and I’ve never been a cop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The LA Times reports that an Orange County deputy shot and killed Sgt. Manuel Loggins Jr., when the deputy saw Loggins getting into his SUV with his two daughters Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the department, said the deputy was fearful that Loggins — who he said appeared to be acting irrationally — was about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-7tN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}