Current Events > Man miraculously not shot for firing realistic airsoft gun at police

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brestugo
11/18/21 4:06:30 PM
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https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/2021/11/15/stroud-area-regional-police-arrest-man-who-shot-them-airsoft-gun/8624174002/

A man aimed what appeared to be a black hand gun at police and pulled the trigger. The bullets were plastic; it was an airsoft gun. Responding officers knew the difference and didn't fire back.

Stroud Area Regional Police officers arrested Daniel Koltun, who is white, with the help of a police dog Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly threatened officers verbally and with the gun. Officer Brandon Bingler distinguished the sound of the gun's CO2 cartridges from that of real gunfire, according to the arrest report.

It's the latest in a string of incidents involving ultra-realistic pellet guns and toy weapons across the Poconos. SARPD arrested a 14-year-old boy who brought a toy gun to Stroudsburg High School in July. In December, PA State Police shot and killed 19-year old Christian Hall, who is Asian, following a standoff in which he held a realistic-looking pellet gun.

Encounters like these have led to the fatal shooting of at least 248 people since 2015, according to a Washington Post database of police shootings nationwide.

Bingler arrived, and Koltun pointed his frying pan toward the officer and threatened to "f--- him up," according to police. He said it again to Anthony Carfi, the second SARPD officer to arrive.
Koltun was "belligerent, uncooperative and threatened physical violence," said police chief Jen Lyon. He began walking south on Lincoln Avenue towards the Walmart parking lot in East Stroudsburg, all the while ignoring commands from Bingler and Carfi to stop walking.

More police arrived, and Koltun maneuvered between parked cars to avoid them. Bingler moved Koltun's possessions, a hand truck and generator he had set down in the parking lot, and the man yelled: "Don't touch my stuff."

He pulled the airsoft gun from his waistband and began firing toward officers. Bingler recognized what it was "immediately," Lyon said. Officers shouted at Koltun to stop firing and drop the gun he was under arrest, they said, and they'd deploy a police dog if he didn't stop.

He didn't stop, and a police dog named Bendix bit him in the upper right arm. Police said the man punched Bendix in the head and torso before they finally took him into custody. He had a knife, police found.

He faces eight felony charges, which include seven counts of aggravated assault to officers and Bendix; four misdemeanors related to resisting arrest and terroristic threats; and two summary offenses for disorderly conduct and soliciting rides. He remains in the Monroe County jail in lieu of $10,000 bail.

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Guns_of_Verdun
11/18/21 4:07:05 PM
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brestugo posted...
who is white
ah

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LeadPipeCinche
11/18/21 4:09:54 PM
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Play stupid games win stupid prizes
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Background_Guy
11/18/21 4:10:04 PM
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brestugo posted...
white

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AldousIsDead
11/18/21 4:10:24 PM
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who is white
Say no more, fam.

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Laserion
11/18/21 4:12:43 PM
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So, they can tell immediately that a realistic fake gun is not real when in the hands of a white man, but a cellphone in the hands of a black man is always mistaken for a gun?
Or maybe even their black hand is the "gun".

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EmbraceOfDeath
11/18/21 4:15:30 PM
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Sounds about white.

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PaunchyTurtle53
11/18/21 4:16:18 PM
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EmbraceOfDeath posted...
Sounds about white.
I lold.

Good one.

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Flauros
11/18/21 4:20:08 PM
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Good to see the police using some restraint and not killing him. Last thing they need is more riots in the streets over a senseless death.

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Brutal_Deluxe
11/18/21 4:21:31 PM
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Flauros posted...
Good to see the police using some restraint and not killing him. Last thing they need is more riots in the streets over a senseless death.
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Turbam
11/18/21 4:22:40 PM
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I'm glad that he wasn't killed, but it is honestly sad that he most likely wasn't killed because he's pale.

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Axiom
11/18/21 4:23:21 PM
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Guess those cops weren't in the mood to kill him for some reason and they were suddenly able to recognize it as an airsoft gun
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RiKuToTheMiGhtY
11/18/21 4:30:26 PM
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Flauros posted...
Good to see the police using some restraint and not killing him. Last thing they need is more riots in the streets over a senseless death.
The guy probably wanted to be killed, doing that suicide by cop shit from the sound of it.

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SadHumanBeing
11/18/21 4:30:28 PM
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People in this topic so brainwashed that they want people shot dead because of their skin color.

Cult.

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thronedfire2
11/18/21 4:32:57 PM
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SadHumanBeing posted...
People in this topic so brainwashed that they want people shot dead because of their skin color.

Cult.

you were so close, and yet so far

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nfearurspecimn
11/18/21 4:33:56 PM
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brestugo posted...
who is white


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Jagr_68
11/18/21 4:36:35 PM
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>clicks topic assuming target was white

I don't know what else I expected really.

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Guns_of_Verdun
11/18/21 4:37:49 PM
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Jagr_68 posted...
>clicks topic assuming target was white

I don't know what else I expected really.
Could have been another country

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_MorningStar
11/18/21 4:52:10 PM
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EmbraceOfDeath posted...
Sounds about white.
XD

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MutantJohn
11/18/21 4:53:54 PM
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The cops probably even shot the gun out of his hand too

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Squall28
11/18/21 4:54:00 PM
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brestugo posted...
who is white

/Topic

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mustachedmystic
11/18/21 5:18:21 PM
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Funny how when a suspect is white, the cops can identify what's in his hands with the accuracy of a terminator. But if he's black, anything in his hand is automatically assumed to be a gun.

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DarthAragorn
11/18/21 5:21:10 PM
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i knew he was white just from the topic title

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RiKuToTheMiGhtY
11/18/21 5:22:00 PM
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This topic has a whole lot of racism going on.

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Robot2600
11/18/21 5:29:02 PM
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also police dogs should be illegal.

that dog got punched because they trained it to be a weapon. jfc what a dumb thing to do.

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Kastrada
11/18/21 5:33:12 PM
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GregShmedley posted...
Or a fucking preteen boy with a gun.

Or a woman simply existing in an apartment.

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ScazarMeltex
11/18/21 5:36:46 PM
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RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...
This topic has a whole lot of racism going on.
Nope just asking why cops can tell fake guns from real ones if the person holding it is white.

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The Catgirl Fondler
11/18/21 5:38:57 PM
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EmbraceOfDeath posted...
Sounds about white.

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Nukazie
11/18/21 5:40:19 PM
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i guess he white as fuck

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Powdered_Toast
11/18/21 5:45:05 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Nope just asking why cops can tell fake guns from real ones if the person holding it is white.
maybe because he tried firing it lol

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TheVipaGTS
11/18/21 5:48:11 PM
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mustachedmystic posted...
Funny how when a suspect is white, the cops can identify what's in his hands with the accuracy of a terminator. But if he's black, anything in his hand is automatically assumed to be a gun.
Yes but you see black people are scary! This is proof that cops CAN do this. They just refuse to do it because if ingrained racial bias, stupidity, or laziness. But simply asking for that to be fixed and for cops to do better makes me unamerican or something.

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TheVipaGTS
11/18/21 5:50:04 PM
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Powdered_Toast posted...
maybe because he tried firing it lol
Other people never even got a chance to try firing itTamir Rice wasnt even trying to fire it.

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gatorsPENSbucs
11/18/21 5:59:17 PM
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RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...
This topic has a whole lot of racism going on.
Yah it does, a lot of stereotyping which according to the mods on here is very offensive.

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Stewman_Magoo
11/18/21 6:05:10 PM
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SadHumanBeing posted...
People in this topic so brainwashed that they want people shot dead because of their skin color.

Cult.

Name checks out

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Ruvan22
11/18/21 6:05:44 PM
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...
Yah it does, a lot of stereotyping which according to the mods on here is very offensive.

Wait....any discussion of group behaviors and tendencies is offensive?
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Stewman_Magoo
11/18/21 6:07:49 PM
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Robot2600 posted...
also police dogs should be illegal.

that dog got punched because they trained it to be a weapon. jfc what a dumb thing to do.

To add to that, cops kill their dog companions all the time. They really should only be used as drug sniffers if they want use them at all.

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Tsuyoi3
11/18/21 6:18:46 PM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
ah
Didn't help Daniel Shaver. He had 0 gun and still died begging.

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I4NRulez
11/18/21 7:16:50 PM
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Cops be blasting away when we black people be reaching for wallets and phones.

but now they arent in fear of their lives when a white guy points and attempts to shoot a gun at them.

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Crazyman93
11/18/21 8:11:20 PM
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Flauros posted...
Good to see the police using some restraint and not killing him. Last thing they need is more riots in the streets over a senseless death.
Somehow I doubt anyone will show up for mass protests turned riots for a white guy.

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Houston
11/18/21 8:39:46 PM
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Airsoft guns do often look different than pellet guns, which is what first suspect had (pellet).

Or maybe they learned their lesson from the last shooting.

I think this is in the same state, but not sure if it's the same group of officers.

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QJD1381
11/18/21 8:51:17 PM
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Helluva lot of racism going on in here, but I guess the mods just won't do anything about it.

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LordMarshal
11/18/21 8:54:49 PM
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brestugo posted...
A white man aimed what appeared to be a black hand gun at police and pulled the trigger. The bullets were plastic; he was white; it was an airsoft gun, he was a white man. Responding officers knew the difference and that he was white and didn't fire back.


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Umbreon
11/18/21 8:55:33 PM
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You mean the cops didn't drive up in their car and drive by shoot him dead?

Huh.

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Ruvan22
11/18/21 9:02:25 PM
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Houston posted...
Airsoft guns do often look different than pellet guns, which is what first suspect had (pellet).

Or maybe they learned their lesson from the last shooting.

I think this is in the same state, but not sure if it's the same group of officers.
Do police often stop to discriminate what kind of item or gun is a suspect's hand?
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AsucaHayashi
11/18/21 9:07:56 PM
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>when the first thought that occurs after reading title turns out to be the white one

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Houston
11/18/21 9:15:23 PM
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Ruvan22 posted...
Do police often stop to discriminate what kind of item or gun is a suspect's hand?

Typically, no. The officer apparently said he "knew what it was right away" -- so I don't know what that means or what it actually looked like.


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