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West Virginia officer fired for not shooting man
A police officer in West Virginia is out of a job because he refused to shoot an armed man who demanded police to shoot him, according to a story published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Sunday. On May 6, then Weirton Police Officer Stephen Mader was called out to a domestic dispute where 23-year-old Ronald D. “R.J.” Williams Jr. was holding a gun. According to an account given to the newspaper, Williams told Mader to shoot him.
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Despicable. Citizens are not disposable economic units and this officer recognized that this human being was going throuhg a rough time & wasn't a threat. In the end, the man died anyways & the officer was punished for not having already executed the man.