SeanTX
05-31-2013, 11:22 AM
It sounds like these two had some sort of dispute and the deputy decided to resort to the "I felt in fear for my life" method of murder. That might have worked better for him if he had been on duty at the time.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pbs-newshour-driver-could-not-have-pulled-knife-prosecutors/2013/05/31/2effdfe8-c9fb-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html?hpid=z1
‘PBS NewsHour’ driver could not have pulled knife, prosecutors say
By Matt Zapotosky, Friday, May 31, 9:44 AM E-mail the writer
The off-duty Arlington County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a 22-year-old in Alexandria last week initially told 911 operators the young man had pulled a knife on him. But the only knife police found was folded and clipped in the young man’s pocket, meaning there was no feasible way he could have been wielding it when he was shot, prosecutors said in court Friday.
The revelation was one of many to come out at the arraignment of 44-year-old Craig Patterson, who was arrested late Thursday night and charged with first-degree murder and using a handgun while committing a felony in the May 22 slaying of Julian Dawkins, a shuttle driver for “PBS NewsHour.”
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Patterson appeared in court Friday via a video monitor, wearing a black T-shirt and sitting next to public defender Melinda Douglas at a long table. He laughed as he and Douglas talked over reporters’ request to shoot photos during the proceedings — a request Judge Becky Moore ultimately granted — and he told the judge he was unsure of his current employment status with the sheriff’s office. Last he knew, he said, he had been put on administrative leave.
The Arlington Sheriff’s Office on Friday said Patterson was placed on unpaid administrative leave after the charges were filed.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pbs-newshour-driver-could-not-have-pulled-knife-prosecutors/2013/05/31/2effdfe8-c9fb-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html?hpid=z1
‘PBS NewsHour’ driver could not have pulled knife, prosecutors say
By Matt Zapotosky, Friday, May 31, 9:44 AM E-mail the writer
The off-duty Arlington County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a 22-year-old in Alexandria last week initially told 911 operators the young man had pulled a knife on him. But the only knife police found was folded and clipped in the young man’s pocket, meaning there was no feasible way he could have been wielding it when he was shot, prosecutors said in court Friday.
The revelation was one of many to come out at the arraignment of 44-year-old Craig Patterson, who was arrested late Thursday night and charged with first-degree murder and using a handgun while committing a felony in the May 22 slaying of Julian Dawkins, a shuttle driver for “PBS NewsHour.”
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Patterson appeared in court Friday via a video monitor, wearing a black T-shirt and sitting next to public defender Melinda Douglas at a long table. He laughed as he and Douglas talked over reporters’ request to shoot photos during the proceedings — a request Judge Becky Moore ultimately granted — and he told the judge he was unsure of his current employment status with the sheriff’s office. Last he knew, he said, he had been put on administrative leave.
The Arlington Sheriff’s Office on Friday said Patterson was placed on unpaid administrative leave after the charges were filed.
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