THE STORY:
San Diego Chargers linebacker, Steve Foley, was shot at 3:30 A.M. Saturday night in front
of his home.
The shooter was an
off-duty officer in street clothes. Using his POV (personally owned vehicle) Officer Aaron Mansker followed Foley’s vehicle 20 miles across the county at speeds in
excess of 90 mph. The police officer’s actions were in direct violation of numerous departmental policies. The police officer called in that he was tailing a suspect, but never requested back up and no backup was dispatched to the scene. Upon realization he was being followed, Foley immediately went to his home. Once there, the officer claims
to have pulled into the driveway behind Foley, exited his vehicle and fired a shot in the air
announcing that he was a police officer. It was at this point that the driver
of the car, a female friend, apparently attempted to drive the
vehicle directly at the officer. The officer fired two more shots. The
officer says Foley then walked toward him, and reached into his
waistband. That’s when the officer says he shot Foley three times.
The Results:
Team officials released sound bites in support of Foley and hinting that they were in favor of his speedy recovery. But Foley’s injuries prevented him from playing and was effectively cut before he was even released from the hospital. He did not receive his salary or his roster bonus while he was in recovery.
The Conspiracy Theory:
Officer Aaron Mansker shot Steve Folley in retribution for a previous run-in with the police. What follows is pure supposition and game theory: it what i think really happened.
Steve Foley had a run in with the cops at a night club the week prior. He was arrested for police battery and resisting arrest. But these are secondary charges that could have only happened had Foley done something arouse police interest. Whatever crime lead to his being arrested in the first place is unmentioned. This, to me, says that a cop stepped to Foley and got his ass handed to him. I bounced for 2 years in VaBeach at a few shitholes along the strip; and i watched sailors wipe many nightclub floors with young deputies with more mouth than sense. I saw it at least a dozen times as both a bouncer trying to keep peace and as a big black guy who didnt realize you cant stand in the parking lot and smoke a cigarette without looking ’suspicious’. Just as with the sailors back in VaBeach, Foleys charges were dropped. The department obviously believed that they had no case. To me that says that a cop either started the whole thing and got thrashed, or behaved inappropriately in another way. No one gets away with thumping a cop unless they did something that could embarrass the unit - and sometimes not even then.
The police officer claims to have seen Foley leaving the night club. remember that little bit: he was seen leaving a night club by an off-duty police officer. I dont know the parking lot layout of the nightclub in question. But in my clubbing experience i’ve found that night clubs dont allow parking directly in front of the building. Not only is that a supreme security risk (drive-by’s, retaliation, terrorism), but it mars the landscaping and blocks areas for patrons to wait in line i.e. too many places for shit to jump off. Somehow the officer saw Foley leave the club AND was still in route home when Foley pulled onto the street in his vehicle. That’s a lot of unaccounted for time. Was the cop waiting for Foley or something else? If he was passing thru, why was he still in the vicinity of the club when Foley finally got into his vehicle? He had to have stopped his car: it was 3am and there was no traffic. so what reason did he have to stop? If it was because Foley was staggering - as reported by patrons - why did the officer allow him to operate the vehicle?
Come to think of it, the whole thing sounds absolutely ridiculous.
The officer then chased Foley’s vehicle through county streets at speeds of over 90MPH for more than 20 miles. He never called for backup. He testified that he never showed either Foley or his guest any identification. Upon
reaching Foley’s home, Mansker shouted and then shot Foley three times: in the leg,
arm and chest. He also fired 2 rounds at the vehicle and 1 into a berm nearby.
Conclussion:
This was a hit. This was payback - and many people around the blogpshere agree with me. The officer admits he never identified himself. Under questioning by defense attorney Ray Vecchio, the officer acknowledged he never showed them the badge on his belt clip.
“Throughout this whole incident, you didn’t show him your badge?†Vecchio asked.
“I did not,†Mansker replied.
After stopping at a red light, the off-duty officer claimed that he pulled beside
Foley, identified himself as a police officer (without showing his badge), and ordered him to pull
over. The cop testified that, Foley uttered an expletive before getting back into his car. Mansker testified he ‘believed Foley knew he was a police officer and swore because he knew he was “basically in trouble.’
why didnt he shoot him then or call an on-duty officer to assist?
Riddle me this: Why would Foley be worried about running into an off-duty police officer at 3am? He either knew the guy was cop and ran because he was scared or he didnt believe the guy was really a cop and ran because he was cared.
That is all dependent on whether the little sidebar on the sidestreet really happened at all.
Interesting stuff here.
I know most of you dont wanna view this as a conspiracy. Cop’s shoot people every week and there are always enablers and apologists. Cops in Ohio gunned down a 9 year old girl at a funeral - and the blogosphere was packed with idiots trying to explain it away. But this officer violated multiple departmental policies and assaulted someone with a deadly weapon… for what? a DUI charge? what was the crime that originally caused him to chase Foley across town? What if that officer has lost control of his vehicle and killed bystanders - would you still be there apologizing for him?
Interesting to Note: Foley was charged with DUI. He has not, however, been charged with evading police, resisting arrest or anything that might imply that his 90 mph jaunt across town was anything but legal.
I think it was a hit.
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