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My complements to the members of Providence, RI Police Department for their 'art work'. =D>=D>=D>

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That jump out of a 3rd story window can be brutal.

Too bad RI doesn't have the death penalty.

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) -- A man charged with killing a detective with the officer's own gun during questioning at police headquarters was ordered held without bail Monday.

Esteban Carpio, 26, did not enter a plea in Providence District Court to a murder charge in the death of Detective James Allen.

His face appeared bruised and bloody, and was obscured by a white mask that covered the area from his chin to his eyes. Police have said he injured his leg, arm and head when he jumped from a third-floor window at the police building.

Carpio nodded his head in response to questions during his arraignment but did not speak, except to say, "I love you, Mom," as he was led out of the courtroom.

The murder charge carries a potential maximum sentence of life in prison without parole because it involves the killing of an on-duty police officer.

Authorities said Allen, 50, was shot Sunday in a conference room while he questioned Carpio about his possible involvement in the stabbing of an 84-year-old woman, who is expected to recover. Carpio was not under arrest at the time and had been taken out of handcuffs.

After the shooting, Carpio broke a window in an adjacent office and jumped out. He was captured a few blocks away, authorities said.

Carpio's mother and another woman wailed when he was brought into the courtroom Monday, hands and legs shackled and held by several officers. One yelled "Oh my God, look what they did to him." Officers wrestled both women out of the courtroom as they screamed about a coverup and police brutality.

Police Chief Dean Esserman would not say how Carpio managed to get Allen's weapon or discuss other details leading up to the shooting. He also would not discuss the protocols for carrying weapons inside police headquarters or for interviewing potential suspects, and would not say if there were witnesses.

Allen, a 27-year veteran of the force, was an experienced investigator and one of the department's longest-serving detectives.

"Jimmy Allen passed in the noblest way possible. He gave his life trying to make our lives safer," Mayor David Cicilline said. "He died a hero."

Michael Brady, an expert in police procedures who teaches at Salve Regina University in Newport, said every police station has so called "weapons secure" areas, where guns are banned. These generally include cell blocks and interrogation rooms, he said, but not areas such as detective conference rooms.

If Allen wanted to question Carpio, Brady said, it would not have been unusual for him to do so in a nonsecure area with his gun in his holster.

"This officer was not doing something very different than what police officers throughout the nation do every single day," he said.

Carpio had been trying to seek help for mental health problems, his family said. His grandmother, Jean Gonsalves, said he was "pacing, talking, seeing things."

Earlier this month, Carpio's mother, Yvonne Carpio, called police and had her son taken by ambulance to a hospital, Gonsalves told The Boston Globe. He was released that night, she said.

"We were trying to get him help, and it didn't seem to be there," said his brother, David Carpio.

The suspect alternately lived with his mother in the Boston area or with a girlfriend in Providence, according to published reports. The sister of Carpio's girlfriend said he has a 3-year-old child with his girlfriend and had a job, though she did not know where.

Security in government buildings has been a greater concern since March, when a man being tried for rape in Atlanta allegedly overpowered a guard and took her gun, then killed the judge presiding over his case, a court reporter, a deputy outside the courthouse and a federal customs agent.

Weeks earlier, the husband and mother of a federal judge were slain in the judge's home in Chicago.

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May the lord grant peace and compassion to the Allen family, his friends and fellow officers.

You have to admire the restraint those brave men showed in apprehending that bag of excrement.

He should be eating and peeing through a straw for a few months.

Then he should get knifed in prison and bleed out.

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He could still open his eyes - whom ever apprehended him went lighter on him then I would have in the same situation. Now we all have to chip in to fry him but I'd give my visa number without blinking.

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I was reading the nationwide LEIN message sent out by the Providence RI Police Department at work last night. (When an officer dies the department sends out a nationwide broadcast to all departments detailing what happend)

On it they stated that the suspect struggled violently during apprehension. I have to believe that part of that is true, since he was willing to kill a cop and jump 3 stories to get away. Between the jump and the rersisting arrest I'd bet 75% of those injuries were on him, while you and I both know that the other 25% were asssited.

I don't want any of you to think I get off or support beating people, prisioners, etc by any means, but when it's a cop killer, a child molester, a murderer, etc, something inherently evil like that, I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it, like is would seem the rest of you agree with

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Jesus, the more and more I'm hearing about this through news and law enforcement circles, I'm thinking that this guy got injured jumping out the window and fighting the arresting offficers rather then a combination of that and getting 'tuned up'

Check out this article from today

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/28/detective.killed.ap/index.html

SCITUATE, Rhode Island (AP) -- Security has been tightened around the man accused of killing a Providence police officer after the suspect allegedly lured prison guards into his cell and attacked them, authorities said Wednesday.

One guard was hospitalized Tuesday night with a broken jaw, bruised eye socket and neck injuries and two others were treated for minor injuries, police said.

Esteban Carpio, 26, will now be handcuffed at all times within his cell and will be escorted by guards when he goes to the shower, the only time he is allowed to leave his cell, Corrections Department spokeswoman Joy Fox said.

Tuesday evening, guards noticed Carpio was trying to swallow his blanket in his cell, and was handcuffed. Carpio was "nice and calm" when the first officer entered his cell, said Maj. Steven O'Donnell, a spokesman with the state police.

But then he allegedly lashed out, striking the guard with an uppercut to the face as his fists were still handcuffed, O'Donnell said. He allegedly fought with two others before being subdued with pepper spray, then spat in another officer's face after being brought to a decontamination unit.

"We believe (Carpio) lured them in, and did what he did," O'Donnell said.

O'Donnell alleged Carpio had been "acting out" recently, including clogging a toilet and chewing up mattresses. He said police planned to charge him with additional felony counts.

Carpio has been held since April 17, when he was arrested for allegedly killing Detective Sgt. James Allen at Providence police headquarters with Allen's own gun. He is charged with a single murder count and has not entered a plea.

Carpio's family has said he suffers from mental problems.

Appearing in court earlier this month, Carpio was bruised and bloody, his face obscured by a white mask that covered the area from his chin to his eyes. Police have said he injured his leg, arm and head when he jumped from a third-floor window at the police building.

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