Gay pride dancer jumps off boat, is shot dead by rescuers

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

San Diego – A cruise ship dancer who jumped 30 feet off a deck into San Diego Bay last weekend was killed by police after attacking an officer who had helped pull him onto a rescue boat, officials said Monday.

http://citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880722009


how did the lounge miss this one?

[Chan790]

1. I didn't...

I intentionally did not comment on it.

[Richardo]

2. Not really a Lounge-y topic

Tragic.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. i guess being an ex-Coastie

it interests me differently

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. What's an ex-Coastie?

Used to live on the coast? Or used to be in the Coast Guard?

I don't think the Coast Guard was involved in the rescue attempt.

Anyway, yeah, this one probably belongs in Late Breaking News or General Discussion. Mostly because it's serious and tragic.

:hi:

[ChickMagic]

5. Any officer would have shot him

Police said Hirschfield apparently jumped off the boat voluntarily but did not know why. He initially refused to climb onto the swim deck of a harbor patrol boat but then hauled himself onto the front end by a hanging rope, said acting San Diego police Lt. William Stetson.

Once on the boat, Hirschfield grabbed an officer's stun gun and beat him in the face before reaching for the officer's weapon, according to harbor police Lt. John Forsythe. A second officer then fatally shot Hirschfield in the chest. The injured officer was treated for face and leg injuries.

[qb]

6. The paper's use of "Gay Pride" in the headline is unfortunate... irrelevant to the story.

Such details are appropriate in the text of the article, but in the headline it's inflammatory.

[crimsonblue]

7. article said he was a bodybuilder

roid rage, maybe? that seems to be more relevant to the story than his sexual orientation (which, incidentally, was never mentioned in the story).