Ft. Worth Officer shot...

[Tannerm]

Wow I live under a rock... Just found out about this. God speed Cliff. Glad he's good to go.

[futant]

wow that fucking sucks.

Glad you guys hold down the front lines!

I guess the bullet barely missed his vest, since it go him in the stomach ?

too bad he didn't get the BG and save us all the trouble of paying for this guys jail sentence forever (unless death sentence?).

[KungFuHamster]

As for the shooter, he claims he was scared since he was a felon with a gun.

well thats a reasonable defense.

good luck and speedy recovery to Officer Hankins. my assumption is Texas dont take too kindly to people shooting their officers, so this guy is going away for a long time.

[03trubluGT]

The Tarrant County DA made a press release stating that a Grand Jury has indicted Joe Nathan Hawood of Criminal Attempt Capital Murder and Felon in Possession of Firearm. He is being held on $550,000 bond.

[564826]

^^It serves him right^^

[KBScobravert]

http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/07/31/4141200/fort-worth-officer-there-was-a.html

FORT WORTH — A 17-year Fort Worth police veteran on Tuesday recounted being shot without warning while investigating a suspicious person report last summer.
Officer Clifford Hankins testified during the punishment phase for Joe Nathan Haywood that he attempted to stop Haywood on East Berry Street and that twice the man ignored Hankins' instructions to stop walking and remove his hands from his pockets.
Then Haywood suddenly wheeled around and "there was a big old gun pointed at me," Hankins said.
Haywood, 27, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault on a public servant Monday afternoon. He faces 15 years to life in prison, according to the Tarrant County district attorney's office.
District Attorney Joe Shannon is trying the case with prosecutor Greg Miller in Judge Sharen Wilson's courtroom. Attorney Tim Moore is defending Haywood.
Haywood, in a brown suit jacket, sat with his hands clasped and listened as Hankins described the shooting to the jury. Since age 18, Haywood has been convicted 11 times on burglary, assault and drug charges, Tarrant County court records show.
Hankins, the neighborhood police officer for a stretch of East Berry just east of Interstate 35W, said that shortly before the July 7, 2011, shooting he had received a call on his cell phone from a resident who reported a man walking around in a black-hooded sweatshirt.
The resident, who was active in the neighborhood citizen's patrol and who also testified Tuesday, said he found the man's outfit "out of place" because the temperature was about 105 degrees. The man was walking around a Wells Fargo bank, he said.
Hankins said he drove to the area and the resident directed him toward the suspicious man in front of Robinson's Bar-B-Que, 1028 E. Berry. Hankins said he stopped his patrol car in front of Haywood and twice gave him instructions to stop. He estimated that he was about six to 10 feet from Haywood.
When Haywood pulled his gun, Hankins testified, he turned and lunged behind his patrol car, but the bullet struck his lower back. From behind his car, he pulled his gun from his duty belt but saw that the shooter had already fled. So he radioed for help.
As he waited, the gunshot wound wasn't the only thing causing him pain, he said.
"I was on my hands and knees and that concrete was hot," he testified.
His patrol car engine was still running and blowing heat on him until a passer-by finally turned it off. The owner of Robinson's brought out a rug to shield his skin from the searing pavement.
Haywood was arrested a short time later after officers found him hiding in brush, Shannon said during his opening statement.
After the shooting, Hankins underwent surgery at John Peter Smith Hospital. The bullet had torn through a nerve that extends from his back to the inside of his leg, he said. Surgeons removed part of an intestine.
For a time, he relied on a walker and a cane to get around, he said. He was in physical therapy until May and walked into court without assistance.
Hankins said he now works an office job at the police department and the damaged nerve still causes him leg problems.
"Feels like I'm dragging around a boat anchor," he said.
Under cross-examination, Hankins agreed with Moore that Haywood didn't appear to be doing anything illegal when he tried to stop him. Moore declined to give an opening statement.
Shannon told jurors that the evidence warranted a "lengthy" prison sentence.

[turbostang]

http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/07...ere-was-a.html

"didn't appear to be doing anything illegal" ??


psssht. carrying a small cannon, presumably without a CHL, and 11 priors..

Either way, hopefully he gets closer to the 'life' portion of his sentence.

[ram57ta]

"didn't appear to be doing anything illegal" ??


psssht. carrying a small cannon, presumably without a CHL, and 11 priors..

Either way, hopefully he gets closer to the 'life' portion of his sentence.

Attempted capital murder...yeah thats illegal last time I checked. I wish the courts would man up and start giving out sentences that would end crime like this shit....give him the fucking needle and rid us of these bottom feeders once and for all.

[Big A]

"didn't appear to be doing anything illegal" ??


psssht. carrying a small cannon, presumably without a CHL, and 11 priors..

Either way, hopefully he gets closer to the 'life' portion of his sentence.

Attempted capital murder...yeah thats illegal last time I checked. I wish the courts would man up and start giving out sentences that would end crime like this shit....give him the fucking needle and rid us of these bottom feeders once and for all.

Read it again guys... He agreed that the guy didn't appear to be doing anything illegal when he tried to stop him, as in there was no evidence of wrong-doing until AFTER he tried to stop him.

Aggravated assault on a public servant seems like a much lesser charge than deserved imo.