On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 19:21:51 -0600, Steve wrote
(in message ):

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 14:17:40 -0800, tommyknocker wrote:

Also recall Bill Cooper of Hour of the Time (HOTT) who started a
gunfight with cops after the latter came to his door asking about
threats that the former had been making to his neighbors. Unlike the
Colonel, Cooper died as a result.

I don't know the whole story about this but I don't think it was quite as
cut and dry as you put it. I'm sure others on this list will fill in.


Actually, it was pretty "cut and dried".

Cooper pulled a gun on a doctor down in the village.
Said doctor swore out a complaint.

Cooper also had - iirc - run off some people
from land that did not belong to him.

A couple of deputies went up on the mountain
(hill? whatever) trying to immitate noisy teenagers.

Cooper shot a deputy in the head. The
other deputy shot (and killed) Cooper.

Remember, Cooper was an alcoholic
and a drunk (those two do not
always go together.) It was one of
the things to listen for in his broadcasts.


I truly believe that all of his actions in the immediate past preceding his
death were - whether he acknowledged it to himself or not - designed for
"suicide by cop".


I really don't think he particularly wanted to go on living.


No matter how you dice it or slice it, it was a tragedy and a pity.




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