Current Events > Cop who accidentally KILLED a LIBRARIAN during TRAINING gets NO PRISON!!

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31 y/o Ex Florida Cop, Lee Coel was "sobbing" when he heard his fate on the accidental shooting and killing of 73 y/o librarian during a CITIZENS ACADEMY EXERCISE when he put in LIVE ROUNDS rather than BLANKS into a gun and shot her!!

He was told by the judge that he will serve NO PRISON timeas part of a plea deal after he plead no contest to second degree manslaughter and only sentenced to 10 years PROBATION

Mary Knowlton was the woman who participated in this exercise that was killed when it happened in 2016 as Coel now must pay money to the victim's husband and has agreed to not seek employment as a police officer or be in possession of guns

Before he changed his plea from NOT GUILTY to not contest, he was scheduled to go on trial on first degree manslaughter and if convicted faced 15 years.

Knowlton's husband and son attended the hearing and were FURIOUS as Steve Knowlton, her son said "I don't believe justice will ever be done. I will forgive someday with the help of God. I don't believe one person is completely guilty here, Careless? Yeah"

Steve said Coel was not the only guilty party but that others within the police dept should be held accountable as well

The father and son were devastated and outraged considering the prosecutors said they've been telling them that they had a "good case" and would get a guilty verdict

He said "I guess the good old boy network took over"

When given a chance to speak, Coel broke down in tears who said "There's not a day that goes by that i don't repay this in my head"

Coel was leading a citizens academy exercise when he mistakenly shot and killed Knowlton who was role playing in which she was an officer and he was an armed criminal. She was shot in the stomach and elbow with his PERSONAL REVOLVER that was supposed to have blanks..her husband was among those watching

He said he still remembers trying to stop the bleeding and his hands covered in blood and that this played a heavy toll on him and he has NIGHT TERRORS

Judge Margaret Steinbeck said she acknowledged his profound "remorse" and a sad case but that this was a result of terrible judgement and not any evil conditions

Do you think there was justice here for Mary?

Coel - Killer









The Day Mary was killed -





Mary - Deceased




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"Oh hey, lemme just switch these blanks with live rounds."
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Cops should get double the punishment a citizen would. They don't need the benefit of the doubt.
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Shooting blanks at a person is dangerous enough.
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How do you mix up blanks with live rounds?

Uh why the fuck did they have weapons aimed at a civilian in this training to begin with?
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Why in the fuck would they offer him a plea deal for this
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Pigs gonna oink.
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eston posted...

Why in the fuck would they offer him a plea deal for this

To avoid a trial, same as any other plea deal.

Southernfatman posted...

Shooting blanks at a person is dangerous enough.

Also this.
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What a sad story.

Shit like this makes me kinda scared to drive.
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Fucking piece of utter shit killer cops
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Coel was leading a citizens academy exercise when he mistakenly shot and killed Knowlton who was role playing in which she was an officer and he was an armed criminal.

When life imitates art.
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That's not justice at all
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I remember doing gun safety as a kid in America and they always said to treat a gun like it was loaded and never point it at something you don't intend to shoot. So why was this happening to begin with? I don't get the point of using a real gun with blanks here. What does that accomplish to compensate for the extreme danger? Wasn't Brandon Lee killed by a blank?

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ssjevot posted...

I remember doing gun safety as a kid in America and they always said to treat a gun like it was loaded and never point it at something you don't intend to shoot. So why was this happening to begin with? I don't get the point of using a real gun with blanks here. What does that accomplish to compensate for the extreme danger? Wasn't Brandon Lee killed by a blank?

Yes Brandon Lee was killed by a blank and the reason this happened is most people who join the police are bloodthirsty maniacs with Napoleon complexes.
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