And who would have guessed? The cowardly scumbag lied about the incident to try and justify it. He tried to use the old “Feared for his life” on a van full of children. What a hero this guy is. The report states that he ran along side of the van and shot after it went around him. That’s right; he was pissed because the van didn’t stop and went around him. This is the caliber of person you get who chooses a job controlling others at gun point. Remember this guy the next time you hear a cop giving testimony. Chances are he is most likely to be the one telling lies.
ATLANTA – Channel 2 Action News has confirmed the Atlanta police officer who opened fire on a man driving a van behind the Georgia Dome has been fired for using excessive force.
Channel 2’s Nefertiti Jaquez has obtained documents that show Sgt. Mathieu Cadeau’s has been terminated from the department.
“The reality is, the physical evidence doesn’t lie,” attorney Shean Williams told Jaquez after reviewing the documents confirming Cadeau’s termination.
Williams represents Noel Hall, of North Carolina, who was shot by Cadeau while driving his van out of a motocross event at the Georgia Dome in February.
“The law is clear. You cannot fire. You cannot fire a deadly weapon without your life or someone’s life being in danger,” Williams said.
Jaquez spoke on the phone Thursday night to Hall, who said he was pleased to hear Cadeau had been removed from the force.
“Extremely happy, I think it’s the first step in justice,” Hall said. “What would make him think I was trying to accelerate at him with kids and grandkids in the car?”
According to the documents, Cadeau was working an off-duty job directing traffic along Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard that night.
He told investigators he shot at Hall’s van because, “I was in fear of my safety, the safety of other traffic personnel and the pedestrians.”
“The driver looked away and then made a hard left turn with high acceleration,” Cadeau said in his report.
“If his life was in danger he would have emptied a clip in me, he wouldn’t have just shot one time,” Hall told Jaquez.
Investigators didn’t think Cadeau’s story added up.
They said he was standing near the driver’s side window when he fired at the van so he was never in danger of being hit by Hall.
They also interviewed a witness who said, “As the driver drove around the two officers, one officer ran alongside the van and ‘popped a shot off.'”
“There is no reasonable excuse for what happened,” Williams said.
Jaquez went to Cadeau’s home for comment, but no one was there.
Documents indicate that Cadeau was notified of the firing May 8, which will become effective on Friday.
Sources close to this case told Jaquez that the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office is now investigating whether criminal charges should be brought against Cadeau.
Deborah Lee Jarrett 
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Those North Carolina drivers?
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Just found this and don’t know how else to share with you — GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina jail inmate has been hospitalized after authorities say he refused to cooperate with officers and became unresponsive.
Local media outlets report 54-year-old Graydon Jermone Parker III was taken into custody on Saturday on suspicion of breaking into a car. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office said the man would not cooperate with them, so he was also charged with resist, obstruct and delay a law enforcement officer.
At the jail, deputies say Parker remained uncooperative and detention officers tried to calm him down. They say Parker then became unresponsive while struggling with officers and was taken to Wayne Memorial Hospital, where he was listed on Monday in critical condition.
The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the incident to determine what happened to Parker.
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More and more of this crap every day. Unbelievable that this happens in a so called free society
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