Naked Student Shot by Campus Police at University of South Alabama
A tragic story from the campus of the University of South Alabama is leaving many people with more questions than answers. The deceased has been identified as Gilbert Thomas Collar, an 18-year-old freshman from Wetumpka, Alabama. Collar was found making a raucous outside of the campus police department. He was nude at the time.
The incident began when the officer went outside the police station to investigate the source of a “loud banging noise,” the statement said. He was “confronted by a muscular, nude man who was acting erratically” and who proceeded to chase the police officer and to challenge him. The officer drew his weapon, retreated, and ordered the student to stop, the statement said. When he did not, the officer shot him dead. The local police and district attorney’s office will investigate.
Questions are rolling in about the officer’s decision to use lethal force against someone who was clearly not carrying a weapon. Arguments that a nude man poses little threat are valid despite his aggressive behavior. You’d think a baton or stun gun would do the trick, but people more adept to situations like this than I will ultimately decide if the officer’s use of force is justified or not.
I believe it’s safe to speculate Collar was under the influence of something, be it alcohol or drugs of some sort. Hopefully his family will receive the answers they’re seeking. Very sad story.
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I grew up near wetumpka, and most of the stories from his friends are that he was on that bath salt shit.
12 years ago at 2:28 pmThe bath salt thing. You fuckers never caught up on that? The face-eating thing was propaganda, that fucker didn’t have any bath salts in his system. It was a lie, let it go for dick’s sake.
12 years ago at 2:44 pmZOMBIEEEE
12 years ago at 12:27 amBy the way, you do know that the fda doesnt fucking examine any weed before its sold, dont you think its possible it was lased enough to make him go bat shit crazy?
12 years ago at 6:02 pmWhat kind of sick fuck laces bud with bath salts and sells it to strangers?
12 years ago at 6:28 pm^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th9ZR4NRIl0&feature=fvwrel
12 years ago at 7:04 pmFor whatever reason the campus cops don’t carry tasers. The hell?
12 years ago at 12:14 pmThe students behavior was consistent with someone under the influence of PCP. PCP can give the user almost “superhuman strength” and unreal pain threshold. He had taken LSD, so even with a TASER or baton may not have stopped this kid.
Deadly force can be used to respond to the threat of death OR great bodily harm.
A person obviously under the influence of a heavy hallucinogen; who has already attacked two other people in a car and tried to bite a woman, then chased after a police office who retreated >50 ft around a building, warrants deadly force.
Sucks this kid had to die, but he played a stupid game and won a stupid prize.
12 years ago at 2:15 pmSo because he “suspected” that the kid was on PCP or some other high powered hallucinogen, he had the right to just skip the baby shit and immediately resort to put a bullett in his head?
12 years ago at 6:10 pmThe kid wasnt just shot down in cold blood he attacked the officer. The officer winged him first and when the kid kept attacking him he shot him again. They have it all on video
12 years ago at 11:04 pm