Not until towards the end of the article do we read this line. It is almost a throwaway line, as there is no context, nothing to tie it in with the suspect at all, merely a line to fill the copy. No one seems to have looked at this piece of information with anything remotely critical, which means the true motives of the suspect will be ignored and shuffled off into the cornfield, never to be revisited because, of course it would be Islamophobic to do so.
The fact that he was killed should not deter a thorough investigation into the motives and beliefs of Brooks Papineau. I doubt law enforcment will do the right thing; to bring religion up as a motivational factor is not done, unless it is against Christians or Jews. Muslims and Islam always get a free pass.
From KIRO TV June 16
Man Police Shot During Traffic Stop Was Armed With Armor-Piercing Bullets
KEY PENINSULA, Wash. -- A man who was fatally shot by Tacoma police during a traffic stop early Wednesday morning pointed a gun loaded with armor-piercing bullets at the officer who stopped him and was carrying a large amount of ammunition in his truck, the Tacoma Police Department said.
Wednesday afternoon, the Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as Brooks Papineau of Gig Harbor. He died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
"The driver exited his vehicle armed with a gun, and the officer opened fire, striking the subject," said Mark Fulghum of the Tacoma Police Department.
When police searched Papineau's truck, they found a large amount of ammunition and additional ammunition magazines.They also said they found a Koran and several books on converting to Islam.
Nothing to see here people...move along.
Police said Papineau went home sick from his job at the U.S. Postal Service at about 8 p.m. Tuesday.
The Tacoma officer who shot Papineau was on her way home from work when she pulled him over on State Route 302 near 97th Avenue Northwest just after 2 a.m. Police said the officer suspected Papineau had been drinking and driving.
Fulghum said the man's intention with the gun is unknown and the situation "went down quickly."
"Just bang bang, bang, bang -- it was really loud," said Charlotte Clark, who lives nearby.
Clark said she is nine months pregnant and doesn't get much sleep. She was up in the middle of the night when she heard trouble on the road outside her house.
"I heard those gunshots and then you correlate with what happened, I'm, like, 'I heard those. I wasn't asleep; I heard them," Clark said.
Police said Papineau was hit at least once in the stomach. He was taken to St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor and was later pronounced dead.
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The fact that he was killed should not deter a thorough investigation into the motives and beliefs of Brooks Papineau. I doubt law enforcment will do the right thing; to bring religion up as a motivational factor is not done, unless it is against Christians or Jews. Muslims and Islam always get a free pass.
From KIRO TV June 16
Man Police Shot During Traffic Stop Was Armed With Armor-Piercing Bullets
KEY PENINSULA, Wash. -- A man who was fatally shot by Tacoma police during a traffic stop early Wednesday morning pointed a gun loaded with armor-piercing bullets at the officer who stopped him and was carrying a large amount of ammunition in his truck, the Tacoma Police Department said.
Wednesday afternoon, the Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as Brooks Papineau of Gig Harbor. He died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
"The driver exited his vehicle armed with a gun, and the officer opened fire, striking the subject," said Mark Fulghum of the Tacoma Police Department.
When police searched Papineau's truck, they found a large amount of ammunition and additional ammunition magazines.They also said they found a Koran and several books on converting to Islam.
Nothing to see here people...move along.
Police said Papineau went home sick from his job at the U.S. Postal Service at about 8 p.m. Tuesday.
The Tacoma officer who shot Papineau was on her way home from work when she pulled him over on State Route 302 near 97th Avenue Northwest just after 2 a.m. Police said the officer suspected Papineau had been drinking and driving.
Fulghum said the man's intention with the gun is unknown and the situation "went down quickly."
"Just bang bang, bang, bang -- it was really loud," said Charlotte Clark, who lives nearby.
Clark said she is nine months pregnant and doesn't get much sleep. She was up in the middle of the night when she heard trouble on the road outside her house.
"I heard those gunshots and then you correlate with what happened, I'm, like, 'I heard those. I wasn't asleep; I heard them," Clark said.
Police said Papineau was hit at least once in the stomach. He was taken to St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor and was later pronounced dead.
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