discussion SHOT DEAD: Police Kill Man Who Called 911 After Car Got Stuck

[AlanRickman1946]

Glass was having Car Trouble:

-June 11 2022: Glass got his car stuck on a rural road near Silver Plume. After getting stuck on a dirt road in Clear Creek County in June, Christian Glass called 911 for help.

-He sounded mentally unstable, paranoid and extremely scared. He told an operator his car was ensnared in a “trap” in a bush and he said he didn’t like the town he was in.

“I’m in a 2007 Honda Pilot. I will not be fine on my own,” he told an operator. “You’re sending someone right? You tracked my location? My car is stuck under a bush … I love you. You’re my light right now. I’m really scared. I’m sorry.”
 

-Glass was an amateur geologist and had some knives and a hammer in his car from a recent trip to Utah.

“I have two knives and a hammer and a rubber mallet,” he said, in a slight accent (his parents are from NZ and UK) to the emergency dispatcher. “I’m not dangerous. I’ll keep my hands completely visible. I understand this is a dodgy situation.”
 

-The dispatcher relayed that information to deputies.

“I’m not having any luck clearing this party and he’s not making much sense,” the dispatcher told the deputies.

When Police Arrived
 

- Deputies said they didn’t want him to throw the weapons out of the car and instead demanded that he get out of the car.

 

-Glass told officers with his hands up that he didn’t feel safe getting out of the car. He took the keys out of the ignition and put them on the dashboard and told them he was scared and wanted to stay in the car. He wasn’t suspected of any crime.

“Please push me out, drag me out, I’ll follow you to a police station,” Glass told the officers. “I’m so scared.”
 

Police yelled  : You need to step out of the car now. Step out of the car. That is a lawful order. Step out of the car now or you’ll be removed from the vehicle.
 

Glass: I’m so scared … You’re not communicating clearly with me. I don’t understand why I have to come out.
 

Police: *Threatens to break window*  step out of the car!
 

Glass *can be seen on the body camera footage placing his palms together as in prayer and saying*: Lord, please don’t let them break the window!
 

Police: *sees Glass’ knife and pulls out his gun*

Glass: *throws the knife to the other side of the car and puts his hands up.* *Tells officers he smoked* *Makes heart shape with hands*

Police to state patrol: Can you ask Clear Creek what their plan is? If there is no crime and he’s not suicidal or homicidal or a great danger, then there’s no reason to contact him. Is there a medical issue we’re not aware of?

Patrol Trooper: No

 

Increasing number of officers arrive on scene for 1hr 20 mins attempting to get Glass to come out of the car. A deputy climbed on to the hood of the car and shined a flashlight into his eyes and remained there, eventually drawing his gun and pointing down into the car at Glass.

 

Police: We're poppin *attempts to break car window*

Glass: *picks up knife*

Police: He’s got a knife in his hand! Watch crossfire, watch crossfire.

Police: *draw guns, break passenger window*

Glass: *holds knife*

Police: Drop that knife *shoots bean bags*

Police: Impact, impact, impact *tells other officers to use a taser*

Glass: * gets tasered, starts screaming*

Glass: You can save yourself! You can still save yourself! Lord hear me. Lord hear me.

Police: *Shoots him dead*

Police Statement

Deputies were able to break out the car windows and remove one knife. The suspect rearmed himself with a rock and a second knife. Deputies deployed less-lethal bean bags, and Taser with negative results. The suspect eventually tried to stab an officer and was shot. The suspect was pronounced deceased on scene.

 

Glass Lawyer

“These officers took a gentle, peaceful soul and extinguished it simply because it was ‘time to move the night on,’” lawyers Rathod and Mohamedbhai said, quoting some body worn camera video of the Georgetown Police Chief telling Glass that they didn’t want to stay there anymore. “From beginning to end, the officers on scene acted unconscionably and inhumanely. The Glass family agrees with Colorado State Patrol’s on-scene assessment that Christian had committed no crime, posed no threat to himself or others, and there was no reason for continued contact.”

https://www.cpr.org/2022/09/13/clear-creek-county-deputies-shooting/

 

[TheShowoff]

Wth

[Contessa]

Dumb worthless pigs

[Aspookykid]

This makes me sick. Lock every one of those bastards up.

[discotitzz]

Stupid, useless wheezing pigs at it once again. 

[discotitzz]

If heavily armed cops are too “uwu I'm scared” in situations like these, maybe we should put them down 

[HauntinglyHollow]

they shot him because he was sitting in a car ? 

[AlanRickman1946]

6 minutes ago, HauntinglyHollow said:

they shot him because he was sitting in a car ? 

supposedly he was holding a knife. But isn't a taser enough to incapacitate someone with a knife? Why use a gun? He also tested positive for drugs (but they wouldn't know that for sure by his behaviour neither did the drugs seem to make him more dangerous)

[Sesame]

I’m sorry, but I read that whole thing and got to the end and the picture absolutely took me the **** out. 
 

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The suspect eventually tried to stab an officer and was shot.

The way that this case’s verdict will probably be decided solely on whether or not this is true, despite everything leading up to it. Fly high good sis. 
 

[Rainbows]

Sounds like he was really struggling and just needed some kindness and compassion. What an awful thing. I’m truly disgusted. ALL cops are disgusting vile human beings, power hungry pigs. 

[ALBAVEASP]

Fix the thread’s title, confusing.

 

OT : he’s scared and anxious. They should have shown more calculated measures.

[The Last of Us]

This was so heartbreaking to read. 

[Protocol]

911 are not your friends

[Breathe On Moi]

Wait the part where he said he smoked, what did he smoke exactly?

 

This was very confusing. 

[ThisNihilist]

We have people with mental issues dealing with people with mental issues. And it always ends up tragic

[DonSiblon]

5 hours ago, Sesame said:

I’m sorry, but I read that whole thing and got to the end and the picture absolutely took me the **** out. 
 

The way that this case’s verdict will probably be decided solely on whether or not this is true, despite everything leading up to it. Fly high good sis. 
 

I’m weak!  

[Communion]

Thr way he essentially died because he assumed cops in the US would be like civil servants elsewhere and do acts of civil service like assist someone whose car breaks down in a scary area at night and all they did was claim his fright made it a wellness call and thus were justified in killing him. 

 

There are no good cops. Period. 

Edited September 15, 2022 by Communion

[rihannabiggestfan]

Maybe Marina made some points.

[Wolf Alice]

Hope the cops involved get their karma for killing this harmless gentle soul