CA Woman Killed By Police After Confronting Census Worker With Gun

[babylonsister]

This might be old news to some, but it was news to me.

http://crooksandliars.com/logan-murphy/ca-woman-killed-police-after-confront

CA Woman Killed By Police After Confronting Census Worker With Gun
By Logan Murphy Wednesday May 26, 2010 4:30pm


In early April, CNN's Erik Erickson said he refused to fill out a U.S. Census form and that he would pull out his wife's shotgun if there was an attempt to arrest him for it.

Well, it appears that a woman in Yuba City, California decided she didn't want a census worker at her house either so she pulled out a gun when one showed up at her house -- and she paid for her stupidity with her life.

A routine visit by a U.S. Census Worker on Thursday evening turned deadly when Yuba City police officers shot and killed a woman they said had first threatened the worker with a gun, then later confronted officers with a shotgun.

Sutter County authorities have identified the woman as Victoria Roger-Vasselin, 67, and arrested Lionel Craig Patterson, 51, who was with Roger-Vasselin at the house on Mariner Loop when the shooting happened.

Sonny Le, a census regional spokesman, said the worker, a Yuba City resident, showed her badge and introduced herself to a man who answered the door. From inside the house, the worker said she heard a woman saying that they do not want to participate in the census survey.

When the census worker tried to further explain the process, she said she saw a gun pointed at her.

Officers arrived at the Mariner Loop house about 10 p.m. Pavey said a man answered the door with a handgun. Officers successfully persuaded him to give up his gun, but a brief struggle ensued at the entryway when the man resisted arrest, Pavey said.

As an officer was trying to handcuff the man on the ground, the woman came outside with a shotgun. Officers ordered her to put down the gun, but "she ignored the order and continued to advance with the shotgun pointing at the officers," Pavey said. Two officers fired. Roger-Vasselin died at the scene, authorities said.
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I can hear the sound of right wing nutters' heads exploding all across the country already. I have no doubt someone on Fox or the usual suspect in the world of hate radio will deem this a government execution of a brave American who stood up against President Obama and his evil, socialist empire.

I abhor violence of any kind, and while tragic, this woman acted foolishly and ended up paying with her life. Perhaps we'll find out in the coming days and weeks whether she was suffering from some form of mental illness or that her actions were motivated by political or media influences.

[Lochloosa]

1. What the hell....Net recommendation: 0 votes (Your vote: +1)

[marshall]

2. Going door to door uncovers all the crazies out there

Even the Mormon missionaries don't do it anymore.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Sadly, the Mormons DO show up here.

Fortunately, they froze at the sight and sound of my dog who is on a tie down in the front, and I convinced
then to walk...away...slowly "before the dog chews thru his rope. "
The Goldie is all bark and no bite, but of course no one knows that.

I pointed them to the fundie minister's house across the street, they happily headed off in that direction.

[marshall]

7. Thankfully you must live in a safe neighborhood

Though neighborhood children are probably scared to come in the yard. I remember when I was six and a huge dog from next door got loose. Somehow the adrenalin enabled me to leap in one bound onto the roof of our car, and that bought me enough time for the owner to come out of their house and pull him back.

[ShortnFiery]

13. Excellent strategy!

I tell the very polite and respectful Mormon young men in white dress shirts that I'm a dyed in the wool Roman Catholic who prays DIRECTLY TO Mother Mary. The thought that we even honor a GIRL (Catholics pray "through" not "to" the Saints) creeps them OUT immediately and they smile and go on their merry way. :silly:

[Ian David]

3. Don't people have a 2nd Amendment right to aim guns at cops on their own property?

:sarcasm:

[chillspike]

5. Why, yes

yes, i believe they do.

[izzybeans]

6. If only the census worker had a gun.

they could of saved this poor woman from the dastardly government. :sarcasm: (obviously)

[slackmaster]

8. What on Earth was a census worker doing with a gun?

I HATE POORLY WRITTEN HEADLINES!!!

:mad:

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Really. I read it that way too.

And was wondering why the police would shoot someone for confronting an armed census taker.

Maybe that is how the census is supposed to work?
Ha..a new government plot.

[NeedleCast]

9. Sometimes beinga dipshit tea-bagger has a high price

[ShortnFiery]

11. IMO, the loss of a human life - yes, even that a right-winger, is a tragedy.

:cry:

[NeedleCast]

16. I agree that it's tragic

and completely preventable...by not being a dipshit.

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. OMG..did you see this comment on the story

over at the link on Crooks and Liars?

"
two things
Thu, 05/27/2010 - 01:51 — dasqf

woman that would not put down the2 meter6 ft broken bloom handle.husband or son killed by same cops,surrounded old and paid so HUGE.......with a stick...----jump to nigerian,n.y.city(De Ollo?,27?42?bullets,yeras ago, cause he went for his oh so proud papers"years of work....a......lot......of......work.....for years...earned it,saved it,earned it....... "yes
i'll get my wallet..spoken in afracan
"in african only imagin cut me back,ii knew that,but i had a nim.to post,edit,send it to my self,off subject,and i was writting to my self....half way through IT,cancer sucks....i nedds to get healthy,if it is to be,it is up to me......got it.good night babe.

PCP net,control her.......this is yery not new. blessings to all"

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[ShortnFiery]

15. WTH? Now I'm going to have to go view the video. eom

[WI_DEM]

14. One less tea bagger

I know that was insensitive.

[ShortnFiery]

17. Yes, some of those people are "low information" and not naturally evil.

Many of them can be brought to the light. Just please consider the posibility before we dismiss them all as hopeless?

Hey, many of my extended family are right wing libertarians. I can't hate "my blood." :shrug:

[Javaman]

18. I'm always in wonderment about repukes who don't want to answer the census...

granted, nothing in this article indicates their political leanings but I can assume a lot.

They have been so brainwashed that they aren't even aware that their non-compliance only hurts them.

Just goes along with the, "working against their own interestes", thing.