Raw Story – by Travis GettysPolice shot a 20-year-old airman as he lay on the ground following a traffic accident along Interstate 85 in Alabama, the man’s family said.
Air Force Airman 1st Class Michael Davidson was traveling Thursday evening from Texas to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, near Goldsboro, N.C., in a 2004 GMC Envoy when he changed lanes and clipped a semi-truck with his driver’s side mirror, according to police.
Davidson stopped and got out of his SUV to exchange insurance information with the semi’s driver, the airman’s father told the Opelika-Auburn News.
“He said he didn’t get that far,” said Billy Davidson. “When (he was walking) to the truck, he said he heard something but couldn’t tell what it was. There was a lot of noise, but (he) could see the reflection of the lights off the truck — the police lights. Then he did what I told him to do. I told my boys if you see police lights (to) stop, put your hands up and turn around.”
The elder Davidson said his son held up his arms, holding his wallet in one hand.
“The next thing I know I was on the ground,” Michael Davidson told his father. “That’s when they shot me. I didn’t realize he shot me. I didn’t know what happened. It was so fast. They couldn’t have been there three or four seconds when I was shot.”
Michael Davidson told his father that police immediately searched his vehicle, even before he received medical assistance.
“After being shot, the officer was yelling at Michael, asking where the ‘other person’ was,” his father told the Panola Watchman. “Michael was traveling alone, and has no idea who the ‘other person’ is.”
But police said officers and emergency medical personnel responded “as quickly as possible,” and even discussed sending a medical helicopter to assist.
Billy Davidson said his son nearly bled to death and suffered severe injuries to his stomach and colon, and he may never fully recover from his wounds.
“As a result he’s probably out of the Air Force,” Billy Davidson said.
Officer Phillip Hancock a seven-year veteran of the Opelika police department, has been placed on administrative leave during the investigation.
Billy Davidson said he was not notified of the shooting until about noon Friday – nearly 16 hours later.
“Did you have a son named Michael Davidson?” Billy Davidson said police asked him. “I told him, ‘I hope I have a son named Michael Davidson.”
Billy Davidson said he felt that police had tried to portray his son as a criminal, rather than a recent graduate with high grades from Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.
“When I got here, I found out they hadn’t even been to the hospital to check on Michael,” he said. “They’re trying to make him out to be a criminal or something. One of the nurses came in (Monday), and after talking to Michael a little she mentioned that she was surprised. She said she wasn’t expecting to find a sweet kid when she came in, she was expecting a hardened criminal.”
The cops probably made up an excuse by saying they thought his wallet was a gun or a bomb or something. That’s how they normally cover for their actions. After all, the cops’ “safety” takes first priority over all else. Shoot first and ask questions later. For “safety”, of course. Sick cop bastards.
Te guy submitted to the cops so fast that the cops thought that he was guilty or had something else that was a threat to the cops so they just shot the kid and if nothing else , the cops would have another notch on their gun to brag about. 🙁
that will teach him to try to move freely within the borders of the Republic! How dare he try to be free.
The article is written poorly. It never even gives a lame excuse for why they shot him.
Remember all that when the SHTF to show absolutely NO mercy to any LEO`s no matter what. They will not be on your side.
Remember the past as to how the cops have acted across the country – there is no reason to expect any thing else from them cops.
how about no mercy now..they been killin’ enough of us and our dogs already!
Just what do you think that I meant there Tom. Don`t you know that LEO means Law Enforcement Officer ?
If you think that I was stickin` up for cops then you got another thing a comeing so just what did you mean when you directed that reply to me Tom ?
DO YOU THINK THAT I`M A F`N COP LOVER THEN THINK AGAIN SPORT. If you do think that then you surely do not no anything about me replying to me that way!
You surely have not been here on site very long have ya Tom.
P.S
Ya know what Tom – because You don`t know what you are thinkin` when you said that to me I am gonna forget about that reply to me OK. I am tryin` to hold my temper lately towards replies and comments like you said as most here that know me know that I am holding my temper about as much as I can with ya. OK Tom
Sounded to me like he was agreeing with you digger..as in no mercy for LEO’s. Anyways….just another cop “in fear for his life”. Probably won’t be long before they REALLY need to fear for their lives.
It also sounded to me like he was agreeing with digger too! I understood exactly what he was saying ” how about no mercy now..they been killin’ enough of us and our dogs already! ” What is there to not understand about that statement?
Perhaps icky, and if so a apollogy is in store from me to Tom.
Yea icky, some times I need to be told like you did just now. Thanks icky thanks for the heads up icky.
Save your anger for those who have earned it. Please.
Like I said GrinNBarrett@1:33, cracker @12:00, And also to Tom@ 12:20, and also to icky @ 11:50. I offered up my appology to Tom. As I see it and if that isn`t good enough then that is on ya`ll. No more explaining on my part, at least I am man enough to admit when I am wrong so there Ya`l got it.. I said what I did originally because hTom could have just made a comment instead of a reply to me and that is why I admit to my mistake to Tom as ya`ll see my applogy @ 12:45
This has been going on long enough and I do not think I need to do any more appologizeing on this. accept it or not it is on ya all. I admitted my mistake.
wow sport, slow down..its hard to support you ( like I was) when you go all ballistic on a guy supporting what you said..
get that trigger checked out boss..lol ok?
yeah I know what LEO stands for..
note to self: don’t go all supportive with digger..he doesn’t comprehend well
DWASF
Like I said @ 12:05. if I was wrong then I owe ya an appology. I do not do cynicism. sarcasm or things like that as I have had too much of that in my life.In other words I have no sense of humor.
So that said I you were supporting then I owe you a apology. OK.
P.S. I am sure that you see where I was coming from when you said what you said by repeating back to me what I had just said Tom . I took it as you were either mocking me or callin` me a cop lover or something of that sort. As ya know I have very little sense of hardly.
sure would like to know first but especially last names, country of origin, political affiliations, etc…on all these cops who seem to have been givin the green light. aren’t our local police forces training with Isrealis, Mexicans, etc…
It would be interesting to see the military investigate this and if it went like the article said, sue that city for destruction of military property.
“Unarmed airman shot in gut by Alabama police as he lay on ground following traffic accident”
Key word here – UNARMED.
The cop should get the same charge his victim would get if it were the reverse- attempted murder!