Comments on: Henderson Police Address Fatal Officer Involved Shooting

By: Mr Johnson

Mr Johnson — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:36:44 +0000

Chief Perkins is retiring September and most likely runnung scared pending the family Civil Law suit. Now the community needs to remove Morrison before he kills again. He executed the poor lady in front of her children and that demands he be held accountable.

This murder by police is wrong in so many way.

The questions are, why hasn’t the City of Henderson taken any action to remove those officers involved.

This terrorism cannot be allowed to be swept under the rug. The police must pay for what they did.

By: JOHN

JOHN — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:33:29 +0000

let’s say that a person that had little too much to drink approched me in a parking lot and had a knive in hand and i have a gun with a permit and i tell him or her to stop and did not and saying thing’s i could not understand because he had few drink’s so i shoot the person and kill him would i recive the same treatment this officer got or would my ass be in jail and charge with murder this would mean that everybody could just go about and shoot anydoby are our police not well trained for this incident so why is area police getting away with all this shooting’s one law for them and one for us wher else but in (AMERICA)

By: audrey shiflett

audrey shiflett — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:33:12 +0000

I have always given full and caring respect for all persons in law enforcement. I have donated when and a amount which I could afford but after this horrific event, I will no longer donate to the Union or pension funds. I still respect the police officers with the exception of the radical and uncompassionate way the Henderson officers acted. My father came from Norway in 1930 and spoke broken english everyday of his life. These people appear to have been targeted to the point of desperation. I intend to avoid the city of Henderson as much as possible. Im afraid I would see a police car and become sad and sick again.

By: Concerned

Concerned — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:50:05 +0000

Look up “Face to Face Conflicting Evidence?” and watch the half hour show, it’s on the web, from channel 8 affiliate Las Vegas 1, and then see if you should have questions about this unfortunate incident. They talk about the police departments changing stories that they can’t even keep the same amongst themselves. They also talk about how their independent autopsy will prove that Mrs. Selimaj was on the ground when she was shot and how civilian eyewitness accounts differ from the police version. SAD.

By: SS

SS — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:00:50 +0000

Has anyone on here ever heard of spell check??? It is homicide, not homocide, and wield not weild. I could go on and on. People that complain about the cops on here show the extent of their education by their horrible grammar, spelling and punctuation. Educate yourselves and you might actually learn and understand that the police are not the enemy. If you are breaking the law then you must be willing to suffer the consequences including being shot by the police for your stupidity. I feel horrible for the children to have witnessed that but cops are not trained to shoot in the leg, they are trained to stop the threat and to always hit the target center mass…I guess you all think its a shame she didn’t get shot by an officer who is a bad aim…she might have lived, however, the officer did what he had to do not only to protect himself but the children, her husband and the other officers too. I heard she was holding one of the kids against her at one point with the knife to the kids throat…what a great role model for those kids. She was whacked out on something to freak out on the officers and pull a knife on the police. It is her fault plain and simple and the cop was just doing his JOB.

By: notown69

notown69 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:41:19 +0000

my homeboy wus tha one who wus shot in tha bacc by police here dis is not justified jus lik dat wuznt my homeboy wus shot whil he had handcuffs on he woodnt of got far now tha police killa a motha in 2006 thur wuz 36 OIS by metro alone makez ya think huh

By: dwc

dwc — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:26:06 +0000

I really love how people try to rationalize and justify abhorrent behavior because somebody has a tough job.
A 22-year old is the perfect killing machine in a war zone, but they lack the maturity to make quick decisions that will affect a civilian forever, because they lack experience. Sure, there’s scum of the earth out there, but guess what? There’s A LOT MORE normal FREE CITIZENS out there that have the probability of having overwhelming power excercised over them at a whim because some mook can’t handle their emotions on the job.

Ever watch a raid on one of those TV shows that glorify the police state? Imagine it’s YOU in YOUR HOME getting mistakenly raided because of bad police terror tactics. A dozen different armed thugs barking a dozen DIFFERENT instructions at you and your terrified loved ones.

Don’t you wonder what it is about a person that actually WANTS to weild so much power over another human being?

By: Liss

Liss — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:02:18 +0000

Honestly, being a young woman and having a small child… I would hope I wouldn’t have to grab body armor-not only for myself but maybe even my child. This is no longer a “safe city” maybe back in the day. Probably before my time, when the police were actually respected and NOT FEARED. I agree w/ both Robert and drr, to be “professionally trained” there were so many other alternatives to this situation, instead of killing this woman. Then the children wouldn’t be with out a mother in its entirety, maybe it could have been only for a couple of months or so.

By: Barry

Barry — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:26:02 +0000

I never realized until I read some of these coments that I live among such idiots. None of you were present at the scene, but suudenly everyone seems to be an expert. Here is what I do know: an armed and trained Police Officer should never have to shoot and kill anyone unless his/her life is definately in danger. In DANGER!I think we can all agree that some middle aged woman with a pen knife ( if she even had one at all ) is no REAL threat. If an officer can’t back away ( apparently not in their f***ing training manual!! ) and get out of the path of a middle aged woman with a knife, then maybe they need to find another line of work, say Domino’s Pizza Delivery?

How hard can it be to crack someone like this woman upside her head or take away the knife if necessary. Why shoot to kill her? Why?

The shooting was obviously done by some pumped up, young and inexperienced Police officer. No excuse, we are not buying it. I say the Officer needs to lose his job and be prosecuted for unjustified Homocide. The People
of Henderson want Justice, not lies and cover up.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:03:52 +0000

I have lived in henderson for 15 years now. I see cops all the time drive by my subdivision. They are all young and might be out of Iraq. Crewcuts and all. I support our troops over seas but when they come back home and become a police officer, i think they take the law above and beyond because in Iraq, your are trained to shoot and kill to survive. I have had a brush of the law and the cop lied right on the stand. Good thing i had witnesses. Mom always taught me never to lie. I am not sure about being in the police academy. Seems like they all seem to lie to save there neck and make that good arrest or kill some one and then cover it up becasue they are the police. im sure they are some good cops out there but i would be afraid to be pulled over anywhere in Las Vegas area by a young cop. I hope this cop goes down because if she was on the ground, that is Murder. Wonder what ever happened to Offiver Friendly when i was in school. People might be smart to by body armor to drive around town now. People might have a chance to live in a traffic stop. I hate the police. They tried to ruin my life but when you lie you usually get caught.