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News: Kansas Police Officers Shot Naked Woman Dead in her Bed
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Kansas Police Officers Shot Naked Woman Dead in her Bed
Kansas police officers 'shot naked woman dead in her bed after asking to see her gun'
- Michele Choate is suing Gardner, Kansas and three police officers for 2015 death of her 53-year-old mother Deanne Choate
- Choate was fatally shot on last March after officers received a call she had been drinking alcohol, was suicidal and had a gun, lawsuits says
- Now her family alleges city prefers 'shoot-first-ask-questions-later' policy and discourages its police from using deescalation tactics
- Her daughter is seeking punitive damages for wrongful death, municipal liability and failure to train and supervise
Kansas police awoke naked Deanne Choate, 53, in her bed and then shot her to death when she complied with orders to show them where she kept her gun, according to a lawsuit filed by her daughter, Michele Choate
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Kansas police awoke a naked woman in her bed and then shot her to death when she complied with orders to show them where she kept her gun, according to a lawsuit filed by the woman's daughter.
In a wrongful death lawsuit, Michele Choate has sued Gardner, Kansas and three police officers for the 2015 death of her 53-year-old mother Deanne Choate, which sparked protests and rallies.
Michele Choate claims the city prefers a 'shoot-first-ask-questions-later' policy, discouraging its police from using deescalation tactics with suspects, according to Courthouse News Service.
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Deanne Choate's son, Michael Weddington, 37, (pictured above) who has a summary of the autopsy said in an interview that his mother was struck twice in the chest and once in the abdomen
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She also alleges that the city erected a 'veil of secrecy surrounding the shooting' and that the 'city's efforts were to cast doubt on the investigation into the shootings.'
Last March, Gardner police received a 911 call from Deanne Choate's boyfriend, Andrew Musto, who said she had been drinking alcohol, was suicidal and had a gun, the complaint states.
When Officers Robert Huff, Justin Mohney and Jeff Breneman arrived at the scene on March 26, 2015, they handcuffed and arrested Musto, before removing him from the house.
The officers then found Deanne Choate, who was sleeping naked in her bed under the covers, before waking her and questioning her, according to the February 25 complaint.
'Where is the gun?' they repeatedly asked her before looking under the sheets of the bed, the lawsuit states.
They remained in the room with her, eventually giving her a sweatshirt to put on, as they continued to demand, 'Where is the gun?' and 'We know you have a gun,' according to the complaint.
Deanne Choate eventually produced a handgun, stating, 'Oh, here it is,' before officers fatally shot her, Courthouse News Service reported.
'She goes to lift her blanket and get up and the cop says 'Drop the gun. Drop the f****** gun'… Boom-boom-boom-boom,' Deanne Choate's 37-year-old son told The Daily Beast, referring to body camera footage the family reviewed of the fatal shooting.
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz41xvjeb4s
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Why would they ask her to show them and then shoot when she tried to? Trash 
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this thread would be 10x bigger if she wasn't white  and what the police did is completely wrong, in what world you shoot to death a person who's harmless in that moment?
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She has contemplating suicide so they shot her? What kinda logic?
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Whyyyy? 
That poor woman she looked so sweet 
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Originally posted by Jackson
She has contemplating suicide so they shot her? What kinda logic? |
My thoughts exactly. Not to mention she followed their instructions as well?
Basically "Show us where your gun is" *shows where gun is* "SHE HAS A GUN SHOOT HER!"
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some polices are literally ****ing idiots poor her
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
this thread would be 10x bigger if she wasn't white and what the police did is completely wrong, in what world you shoot to death a person who's harmless in that moment? |
This.
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
this thread would be 10x bigger if she wasn't white and what the police did is completely wrong, in what world you shoot to death a person who's harmless in that moment? |
tea?
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When will the white-on-white crime stop? 
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These are how policeman are trained, immediately shoot at the slightest, tiniest threat and don't ask questions. She might have pulled the gun out in a way that made the officer freak out. It's disgusting. The entire system needs to be changed. Cops have been naturalized to shoot on sight as easily as they breathe,
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RIP to her 
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this is f***ing bizarre. you can't tell me that officer or officers don't need to be behind bars
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
this thread would be 10x bigger if she wasn't white and what the police did is completely wrong, in what world you shoot to death a person who's harmless in that moment? |
Please don't down play the injustice black people face when it comes to the police, it makes you look extremely insensitive
Police shoot black people at a much higher rate than white people, that's just a fact.
At the end of the day, the entire police culture is terrible and that's what the focus should be.
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WTF?! Police are out of control. We need to take their ability to kill away from them.
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crooked cops should get the death penalty
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the police need to be stopped 
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Disgusting. But how come this story is not big on the news and 20 pages long on ATRL?? This one seems like on of those legit Police abuse of power. 
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
this thread would be 10x bigger if she wasn't white and what the police did is completely wrong, in what world you shoot to death a person who's harmless in that moment? |
#Whitelivesdon'tmatter
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