Washington State Police Officer Shoots Two Men Accused of Stealing Beer
Officer told authorities the men had no weapons but attacked him with a skateboard...

by Victoria Cavaliere | Reuters | May 22, 2015

A police officer in the Washington state capital of Olympia shot and wounded two unarmed black men suspected of trying to steal beer from a supermarket on Thursday, law enforcement said, prompting protests in the city.

The two brothers, aged 21 and 24, were hospitalized, one in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds, Olympia Police Chief Ronnie Roberts told a news conference.

Officer Ryan Donald, who had been with the Olympia Police Department for three years, told authorities the men had no weapons but attacked him with a skateboard, and that he had issued a verbal warning before opening fire.

The incident follows a series of fatal police confrontations across the United States that have put law enforcement agencies under scrutiny over the use of force, particularly against minorities.

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must have thought that skateboard was a deadly weapon, too bad they didnt have the MRAPS.

"" Man dies after being hit with
skateboard
By Gina Kim , Ian Ith and Dave Birkland
Seattle Times staff reporters
A Renton man who was hit over the head with
a skateboard during an argument in the
University District died yesterday.
Demetri Andrews died at 5:50 p.m., according
to Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman
Susan Gregg-Hanson. He would have turned
34 today.
Andrews was driving on University Way
Northeast near Northeast 45th Street about
8:30 p.m. Tuesday when he slammed on his
brakes to avoid hitting three skateboarders
who rode into the street, according to police.
Andrews honked and was agitated when he
got out of his car and starting arguing with
one of the skateboarders. Then, another
skateboarder hit him over the head from
behind with his board. As Andrews fell to the
ground, the skateboarders ran off.""
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Sounds like a skateboard CAN be a deadly weapon........and it also sounds like the wannabe beer thiefs played a stupid azz game and won a stupid azz prize.

def werent the smartest thieves i've ever heard of. shoulda pulled out his baton and went ninja style on him. or gave em some taser prongs to the testes.

shoulda pulled a jackie chan, karate chopped the board in half, and then beat them with it.

They have them on camera stealing a watermelon!

HAHA are you being racially sarcastic?

I live up there 60 miles west of olympia it's true.

really, so they didnt steal beer, they stole watermelons?

after they stole the melon they attempted to steal the beer and threw a half case beer at an employee and hit her and ran off

all caught on stores camera

wow, some winners they are! then try to attack a cop with a skateboard. ill be waiting to see this on Fox's Worlds Dumbest Criminals Vol. 374739