Cop Shoots Elderly Man Reaching For CaneBrandon Turbeville The victim, 70-year-old Bobby Canipe, was, of course, not reaching for a rifle but for his cane which he kept in the bed of the truck. The shooting occurred when Canipe was pulled over by Deputy Knox due to an expired license plate on Tuesday evening. Deputies claim that Canipe got out of the vehicle and reached into the back of his truck, which is when fear overtook Deputy Knox. Knox then fired not one but several shots at Canipe, hitting him once. Fortunately, Canipe is expected to recover. Trent Faris, official spokesman of the York County Sheriffs Office stated that the shooting was unfortunate but appeared to be appropriate because Knox felt an imminent threat to his life, according to the Associated Press. Deputy Knox has since been placed on paid vacation, also known as paid leave, while the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigates the incident and does whatever it can to blame the victim and eliminate any legitimacy to claims of wrongdoing on the part of the fearless deputy. Still, if an old man with a cane represents a situation in which such violent panic must take place on the part of the Deputy, perhaps he should find a career that does not frighten him so much? Although police work itself is not as dangerous as media outlets and Law Enforcement agencies would have us believe, Deputy Knox would clearly be suited to a profession that does not involve real responsibility, a requirement to make quick decisions, or, obviously, the slightest bit of courage. Of course, it is no surprise that the Sheriffs Office is defending the excessive and irrational force used by Deputy Knox. What is missing, however, is the full application of the logic used to do so. If Deputy Knox is justified in shooting elderly disabled men because he concocts a scenario in which the man may be reaching for a rifle, then does it rightly follow that the American people are justified in firing shots at armed individuals who are part of an organization that is responsible for more American deaths than the war in Iraq? It is all but certain that such logic will not be followed through in the same manner for the general public in which it is followed through for law enforcement personnel. All sarcasm aside, first responders such as police and sheriffs departments are supposed to be trained to deal with emergency situations in a professional and appropriate manner. However, if these first responders are to carry weapons, their job duties are all the more serious in nature. Thus, as in careers such as emergency medical technicians and surgeons etc., there is no room for errors when those weapons are discharged. A simple Oops or Im sorry simply doesnt cut it. In the new American police state, however, even a mere apology is most unlikely. Recently by Brandon Turbeville: Brandon Turbeville is an author out of Florence, South Carolina. He has a Bachelors Degree from Francis Marion University and is the author of six books, Codex Alimentarius The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies,Five Sense Solutionsand Dispatches From a Dissident, volume 1 and volume 2, and The Road to Damascus: The Anglo-American Assault on Syria.Turbeville has published over 275 articles dealing on a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties. Brandon Turbevilles podcast Truth on The Tracks can be found every Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV. He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com. 