He is a Black man, needed surgery on his knee/leg & is lucky to be alive!
Cigarettes Can Kill: Florida Deputies Shoot Man Looking for a Smoke in His Own Driveway
Jacob Sullum|Jul. 29, 2013 12:36 pm
Escambia County Sheriff's OfficeEscambia County Sheriff's OfficeEarly Saturday morning, Roy Middleton was rummaging through his mother's car in the driveway of his Warrington, Florida, home, looking for a cigarette, when he heard someone bark, "Get your hands where I can see them!" Middleton initially thought it was a neighbor playing a joke on him, but when he turned his head he saw Escambia County sheriff's deputies standing in his driveway. The next thing he knew, he says, they were shooting at him. "It was like a firing squad," Middleton told the Pensacola News Journal. "Bullets were flying everywhere." Middleton was lucky the deputies were terrible shots. His injuries were limited to a leg wound. "My mother's car is full of bullet holes though," he said. "My wife had to go and get a rental."
much more:
http://reason.com/blog/2013/07/29/cigarettes-can-kill-florida-deputies-sho
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