North Carolina Cop Shoots 70-Year-Old Man Pulling Out His Cane From Truck Bed

A public service annoucement from the North Carolina DMV: Don’t
let your tags expire, as if you do and get pulled over and behave
like a normal human instead of a properly trained servant, you can
and will get shot. And the officer will be right to have done
it.

Raw Story tells the story:

WCNC reported that
Deputy Terrence Knox pulled over 70-year-old Bobby Dean Canipe
Tuesday evening on Highway 321 after noticing his white Ford pickup
truck had expired tags. Knox said that he told Canipe to stay in
the vehicle, but the man disobeyed the order.

“The driver of the vehicle, 70-year-old Bobby Dean Canipe of
Lincolnton, exited the vehicle and reached into the truck bed, and
rose what Deputy Knox perceived to be a long barreled weapon,” York
County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Trent Faris said at a press
conference on Wednesday.

Knox fired several shots at Canipe, who was hit once in
the lung. He was transported to Carolinas Medical Center in
Charlotte, and was expected to recover.

Several shots! Kind of a shame he might live to frighten
another officer down the line, I suppose.

The York County Sheriff’s Office followed standard procedure and
placed Knox on paid administrative leave following the shooting.
However, the department has already come to the conclusion that the
deputy acted appropriately by shooting Canipe.

“The situation is very unfortunate. It does appear at this time
that Deputy Knox’s actions were an appropriate response to what he
believed to be an imminent threat to his life,” Faris remarked.