The Virginian-Pilot
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CHESAPEAKE
For hours Saturday, supporters of the man charged with first-degree murder in the Jan. 17 shooting death of a Chesapeake police officer stood quietly outside the city jail, some carrying homemade signs or wearing painted T-shirts.
"Free Ryan," many of them read.
There were no more than two dozen people gathered at a time throughout the cold, rainy morning and cloudy afternoon. At times the crowd dwindled to 10 or so, and as one group left, others showed up.
Many said they never had met 28-year-old Ryan Frederick, who also is charged with use of a gun in the commission of a felony and first-offense possession of marijuana. But they said they have followed the story and believe Frederick didn't intend to shoot Detective Jarrod Shivers.
The 34-year-old married father of three was killed while serving a drug search warrant at a home in the 900 block of Redstart Ave. in Chesapeake.
Frederick has said he believed he was firing at an intruder who was breaking down his front door.
But Special Prosecutor Paul Ebert has said narcotics officers announced their presence several times before trying to enter that night. Police also have said Shivers was shot while standing in the yard.
Ted and Jackie Boltze of Norfolk said they don't know Frederick. They have three children who are in their 30s and 40s and said they feel like something similar could have happened to any one of them.
"I've never been to a protest before. I've never been involved with nothing," Ted Boltze said.
Susan Milne, who said she worked with Frederick at a hotel for about a year, called it "an accident, a mistake. That's just not who he is," she said.
Melissa Peters, who went to school with Frederick, described him as a quiet guy who stayed out of a trouble. "He's not the kind of person who would do something like this intentionally," she said.
Many gathered also expressed sympathy for Shivers and his family.
"All of us feel horrible about a police officer losing his life," Peters said.
Kristin Davis, (757) 222-5208, kristin.davis@pilotonline.com
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To brpstr
I haven't heard back from the AG regarding my inquiry. I will be surprised if I do as my question borders on a legal opinion. However, if I do, I will post my question and their response for you. r/ Keith
To S.J.
Yes Ryan put himself in that situation, read all the articles again, the informant had been used reliably before, the police had the house under survelance (sp), There was enough for probable cause or else the warrant would not have been issued.
Reliable ?
Guess it's hard for me to consider an informant that thinks a Japanese Maple is something other than it is to be reliable. If someone supplies information to police, they should know enough about drugs to have proved their reliability. The police should have total and complete faith in what the informant says, or do whatever additional research needed to confirm what they are told. If it is a matter of loads of plants being in a home, why not wait till the suspect leaves for work and stop them outside the home. The suspect is then under control of the police and the warrant can then be executed. Frederick did violate the law. That's a fact and deserves to be punished for that. Detective Shivers is the real looser having paid the largest of costs which must now be in the minds of his family forever. The lack of considering policy until after such an event happens, as well as thinking of ways to safely execute the warrant rests on the sholders of the supervisors involved. Not just the immediate supervisor, but all the way to the top where the policy and SOP originated. Detective Shivers was following orders and doing as he was directed.
A comment to brpster
I'm in disagreement that "Ryan was responsible for creating the situation in which he would have to defend himself...by having enough probable cause to have a warrant issued." I was under the impression that the police didn't confiscate cannabis plants, but rather maple trees. If someone walks by my house and sees some plants in the window that they suspect are illegal and they are not, then I hold the responsibility for the warrant? Ignorance is ignorance. It sounds as though the police received poor information. If the pilot receives poor information and publishes a story that says the world is turning purple because of an informant's information, then the pilot is the fool. Make the same analogy to the CPD.
Hey Keith
Let me know if you hear anything from the AG.
Very expensive joke, pema...
PEMA - If you go to any nursery and price Japanese Maples, you'll discover that they start at about $250.00...
give me a break
newsflash: a drugdealer doesn't wear a t-shirt that announces it or brags about what he does off work hours.if I had a dime for every pot smoking,coke snorting suit i worked with in an office that was supposedly a "drug-free work place" I would be independently wealthy.How many real life cases have you seen on national news of serial killers etc where the neighbors are interviewed and the no.1 thing that is said about the criminal is: "he was such a nice guy, quiet,kept to himself ,would do anything for you..." please...n yes, japanese maples DO resemble cannabis..if you're COLORBLIND! ya know who's getting a good laugh from all of this? the burglars that got away with ryans cannabis plants.theyre probably the ones who replaced them with japanese maples as a joke to pi$$ him off.
be kind? i havent seen a kind post yet
to UNIONMAN,sure,easy for u to ask only ONE poster to be kind,have u read the other posts here?new liberty-its ok to shoot when ur alone. i am home alone with 2 dogs,just like ryan.my work hours are weird & i sleep at different hours. I'm a female,barely 100lbs and I may have a knee-jerk reaction if awakened by my 'frenzy'of barking dogs from my bed. If i take my gun,fire off a couple rounds 'fearing for my life'because I 'thought it was an intruder'especially after dark. Will I get the same support?When the UPS man delivers a package or those annoying sales people wanting to sell me siding for my home, they BANG on our door because they can't find the doorbell. Why then do I feel like I wouldn't have the same support?
Agreed!
Very true. Section III does mention a retreat to the wall. That was why I didn't feel that duty to retreat was not necessarily the rule of law as there are different circumstances in each case. I did send an email to The Virginia Attorney Generals Office asking for clarification. Whether I will get an answer or any clarification remains to be seen.
Keith, yes it is a good debate
I found that and read it also, that just defines the 2 types of self-defense, IF it was in fact self defense. And then again, look at section III again, where if you are partially responsible for creating the situation in which you have to defend yourself (which ryan did by having enough probable cause to have a warrant issued) You must declare you want peace, and you must "retreat to the wall".