Comments on: Witness Describes Bounty Hunter Shooting

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:07:51 +0000

“you are going to fire at him until he is no longer a threat”

I love this line… it is cop speak for I will kill you…. even if you try to give up

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 17:20:02 +0000

I don’t think that misdemeanors disqualify one from possessing a gun. That would be felonies, which also disqualify one from voting. Not sure how they affect a concealed carry license, but shouldn’t we assume these “bondsmen” (aka vigilantes, and paid ones, at that) would open carry anyways?

And can’t we all just go to the joke store at the mall (you know, the store where they sell plastic dog poop, etc) and buy a badge of some kind?

EDITOR NOTE–Rod, you prompted us to post a new item about badges. Thanks for the idea.

By: Steve Crea

Steve Crea — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 22:40:34 +0000

Just a few thoughts, although I am not familiar with all of the bond/bail issues here, by any means:

Many seem to be very eager to convict the deceased, and readily conclude that he is a bad guy and deserves what he got.

Please keep in mind that Canyon County, where this case originated, has, at best, a very “spotty” record with regard to charging, warrants, arrests, wrongful prosecutions, wrongful imprisonments, prosecutor misconduct, police misconduct, and so forth.

Do any of you perhaps recall the Sarah Pearce case? If not, Google it and educate yourselves on misconduct by prosecutors, misconduct by investigators, railroading by the criminal justice system and court systems, and a host of other unsavory topics.

Further, ask yourselves this: Are any of the perps who railroaded Sarah Pearce in danger of being prosecuted? It appears not.

Would anyone care to comment?

EDITOR NOTE–For clarification. The case originated in Ada county and the Ada prosecutor “conflicted” it out to Canyon.

By: Smeg

Smeg — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:49:36 +0000

Well if the Idaho repository is accurate, it will be interesting to see if the shooter, Christopher Dwayne Schulthies (as reported by KTVB Channel 7), has a lawful concealed weapons license. He has a long record for Misdemeanor arrests including drug charges, Injury to child, Carrying a weapon w/o a license, battery, and on and on.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:59:17 +0000

I can give Easterner an analogy.

If I’m riding my bicycle legally, visibly, and defensively, I should have a relatively high expectation that I’ll arrive safely and without incident at my destination.

If, on the other hand, I’m riding my bicycle down the wrong side of the road, at night with no lights, no hands on the handlebars because I’m eating a sammich on one side and looking at my “smart phone” on the other side, I can have a relatively high expectation that things might go wrong… and possibly tragically wrong.

I’ve never skipped bail (I try to be one of the Good Guys) but if I did, and somebody stood to lose $10k based on my choice, I’d have the expectation that they might come looking for me, and things might go wrong for me. And yeah, it’s a shame that my right to a fair trial has gone off the tracks, but I have to own at least part of that.

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:05:38 +0000

J. Smith:

It is the cops job to go after scumbags, not bounty hunters (aka “bondsmen/women”). Just another thing about our system of justice that needs to be changed.

By: Easterner

Easterner — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:28:39 +0000

Well Clancy, it is related when people have little sympathy for other people killed when the victim does not deserve the outcome and there is no due process.

It’s a slippery slope when people don’t have sympathy & empathy for such injustice.

Too many people want to justifiy the crime by saying “they deserved it”. Easy to do until one applies that to the fact it might happen to them too- on or off a bicycle.

By: blaskowitz

blaskowitz — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 15:44:41 +0000

Very disturbing especially the image of the female bounty hunter jumping a fence …to do what? Escape and leave her fellow bounty hunters to explain. I hope none of these are former cops. The implication is not good. Apparently one too many episodes of Dog the Bounty Hunter. I have to agree with the above comment: if a group of individuals approached me with guns and strange outfits, haircuts and questionable badges, i would be hesitant to listen to them as well. As for the strange series of death comments above: not sure what that was all about but interference to bike riding. I have never seen a town so biker friendly in the entire USA. Bike lanes everywhere. The problem is the city engineers have to work with outdated 2 lane country roads that have been paved over, a lack of planning by the city fathers and a gridlocked system because of skyrocketing growth. Add to this a group of bike riders that believe riding a bike is lifestyle, civil right and have anger issues and you have a recipe for disaster. No matter how you cut it, a two two CAR will win over a 150 lb man nd a 20 lb bike every time…no matter how confrontation and demanding a bike rider may be. Off topic I know but i wish I had a video camera for every wild bike rider I have encountered on the streets of this town.

By: Clancy

Clancy — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 06:29:55 +0000

Easterner….your last comment is unrelated and uncalled for.

By: Grumpy oleGuy

Grumpy oleGuy — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 04:34:06 +0000

Did the bounty hunters have ID on Clay before they opened fire? If I were challenged by a group of folks in a parking lot in a hostile manner, I doubt I’d ask them if they were there for a cup of coffee. And, Clay was charged, not convicted, so he got the death penalty without a trial by peers, and therefore his Constitutionally guaranteed rights were most grievously violated. That is the miscarriage of justice, and the fact that, that is NOT the focus of concern does not bode well for our Country’s future.