Drugs, weapons found at home of man killed by police

"The officers went to the house, where they reported seeing him inside his vehicle" Still trying to figure out why someone like this cop would get behind a car with someone that is known to do drugs other then an excuse to shoot them. I am also trying to figure out why it took three weeks for the items they took from his house to get registered as inventory. Why the cameras and monitor? Sunglass cases with magnets? I bet they were disappointed there was no currency to put into the budget. Or was there currency?

I hope there is a change of policy on this matter from this point forward.

I take it the glass jar was the water pipe they took?

"Arrest warrants for Mr. Nestor were issued Oct. 26." Why did it take 6 days to get the arrest warrent?

"Sworn to and subscribed and Returned before me this 10th Day of November 2009 at 10:38 AM" I would like to believe in everything the police do is by the books but when I see that the evidence wasn't entered into the system for three weeks gives me a reasonable doubt. Where was all this evidence all this time? Were they using the evidence for their personal use? Or were they compiling evidence and it took all three weeks to confiscate it? A lot of reasonable questions about the way this case was handled. Given the reputation of the office in question and the way this case represents itself it makes you wonder if this guy was infringing on their territory.

Does anyone know the procedure with the stamp that is dated Nov 13th?

FedUpwithAUG, if you really want to know police procedure, why don't you go to academy or at least ride along with the officers. Your continued comments show lack of knowledge and basic common sense in these regards. It never took 3 weeks to log anything in as they were logged in on October 20th per the reports. They left a copy of the warrant and a property receipt on that date and continued to look for the suspect. When informed where he was and that he was gathering his stuff to skip town, they surrounded him with weapons drawn ordering him to stop. Instead he decided to attempt to evade them in his vehicle and they stopped him as they should. Would you prefer a police pursuit so you could blame the cops if he cause a wreck and injured innocent people? He was a convicted felon, known to have weapons and refused to stop for the police, instead driving towards them, even if he was just trying to get away, HE made the decision for them to fire their weapons as their training dictates and he was stopped on the scene where he should have been. His decisions put others in jeopardy often from drugs to weapons, etc. and he had a chance to stop but chose not to. Great Job RSCO.

Furthermore, arrest warrants according to the article were issued on October 26th based on the evidence that was found on the scene. You can write post after post spewing nonsnese if you wish but the officers followed procedures and unfortunately the suspect with previous arrests for the same problems on various occasions who obviously learned nothing failed to comply with police directives as they pointed weapons at him and instead he decided to use his vehicle as a weapon. Thank God they stopped him there and spared all of us further problems from him to include him speeding off and killing himslef as well as others or continuing to sell drugs which also kill, etc. Policies were followed, the time line is acurate, etc. and this suspect knew exactly what he was doing with his life and the risks he was taking - put responsibility where it belongs and stop blaming the police for all of the thugs in our society.

To all of those who think they could do a better job please join the department. You can always second guess the cops decision but put yourself in their shoes, until you have been their you don't know what you would have done. I'm sure their have been some trigger happy cops in the past but again put yourself in their shoes. They make hardly enough to live on and put their lives on the line everyday just like our military men and women.

Am I missing something, where's the Appletree Apt. protesters? No SCLC, no NAACP what's the problem?

Thank you Richmond County for getting another low life selling drugs to kids thug off the streets. My prayers go to his family, the tragedy that his parents must now face burying their son especially under these circumstances.

SCLC, NAACP will react, but must recover from the shock of who they shot.

I guess they WILL shoot ANYBODY. So we should rejoice.

How come no one has posted that they "knew this boy and he's really a great guy. Always respectful. I can't believe he did any of this."?

Still say it looks as if he was more a user than a dealer. As for the guns, well I would suspect you would find "weapons" in 99% of the homes around here. I am not condoning running from the police, but really, the cop stepped behind the vhicle--is that enough to kill someone over?

They have. Along with "he was a good person at heart" and he had "turned his life around." Fedup is looking for a conspiracy when none exists. He was just a common criminal scummy drug dealer.

if an officer tells you to stop, get out the car, put your hands up, and you don't listen then make a move toward the officer you may get shot, at the least you gonna get wrestled to the ground. This isnt a case of car verses officer, its car verses gun, kinda like bringing a knife to a gun fight, you gonna loose. Here's an idea obey the law and the po-po won't mess with you, its worked great for me these past 35 years, its almost fool proof. unless you a fool.

Seems like the ol' printing operation is working overtime to find answers to the questions about the incident. The comments appear to be taking a second look and having a different approach to the events. The question: Why? What is different about this incident and all the others where police, of course they acted appropiately, felt that deadly force was necessary? Why all the questions about police behavior & police procedures when it well-known they don't make mistakes? It just seems like there is a different "feel" to the shooting and how it is preceived by the public...wonder why.

Ok justus4, I am not suppose to release this Top Secret information but I will to answer your Wonder Why Question. From the day a police officers enters the academy they are brainwash and highly trained to hunt down bad black drug dealers and black criminals and kill them. Because of all the flack they have been receiving in the past weeks they had a meeting and it was decided that they would raid this good white drug dealer and kill him so that it would ease some of your racist hate for police officers. I feel sorry for Nestor to have been the escape goat. I hope this very sensitive guarded information will free your mind an allow you to go home today with the truth known, to get a good nights sleep after working all night. Remember this is Top Secret.

Judging from what they found in his home, and his past offenses, he was a non violent small time druggie. Although he made some bad decisions, I don't think he should have felt desperate enough to risk his life to escape justice. His crimes were not all that serious. But, I think the officers were right to defend themselves. I stand behind our law enforcement officers. They were there, doing their job, to protect the rest of us from people like the late Mr. Nestor who refuse to comply with societal norms and respect authority.

Some posters believe that the officer deliberately stepped behind Mr. Nester's vehicle....Well duh, when officer's approach a suspect inside a vehicle they usually approach from behind. If a suspect is armed then they are less likely to be able to shoot while having to turn around in their seat to shoot behind them. This gives the officer a clear visual of the suspect and he was ordered to step out of the car. When the suspect refused to listen and proceeded to back towards the officer, this is intent to harm and the officers fired their weapons. I'm sorry Mr. Nester lost his life but he chose the outcome. To the friends that posted yesterday about him getting his life straightened out and trying to do what was right...you must have not know your friend as well as you thought. He was still dealing drugs out of his home and to me that's not getting your life straight.

Asitisinaug, That story of yours is all fine and dandy but you still have not convinced me why the document that is attached to this article clearly states the evidence was logged on the 10th of November. Three weeks with evidence somewhere cannot be proper procedure. Someone with have a brain does need to join the academy and clean their act up it is proper procedure. LOL CobaltGeorge. That's an angle I didn’t even think up, certainly a Justus4 viewpoint. W2G.

I hate to tell y'all but those amounts confiscated are not enough for distribution. They are no more than the signs of someone with a bad drug problem. I know a guy who had a problem and he says could have very easily done all of those drugs in a week. As for the police I respect the job and the danger they go through every day but here's a novel idea. Don't stand in the way of a car driven by somebody whacked out on dope. This situation could have easily been avoided.

jackragg, "This situation could have easily been avoided." I agree, they should have approch from both sides of the vehicle with there badge in the air and their weapons in the hoster. Then nobody would have been shot.

Well inChristLove, when a drug dealer/user is in a car and you step into the path of the only way the vehicle can go, you deserve to be run over. I wouldn’t think it would stand up in court if I stepped out onto Walton Way at rush hour and shot the person about to hit me because that person was about to cause bodily harm. I’m just suggesting that if the procedure is to come up from behind when a person is in a vehicle and it is in motion the cop should get out of the way not shoot to kill. The situation suggests that the cop put his life in danger in this situation unlike the previous incidents this year. Those guys deserved it.

Still want to know why Sunglass cases with magnets. Was this guy into Magnetic field therapy for his drug storage? There’s an angle for you Justus. You can rant something like this: He must have thought his drugs were hurting and had them stored in the sunglass case with a magnetic field to help them with their pain. So by having the drugs he was only trying to help them. He was shot and killed because of this? Oh, but I regress this guy is the wrong color; we can save that theory for the next one that is killed.

17.2 grams of meth is more than a user.

FedUp...LEAVE AUGUSTA! Your comments are just ignorant and you are a racist poc! It doesn't matter what color a person is, if they are a criminal and behave like a criminal then they have to know the consequences of their actions. This guy was a DRUG DEALER...and, if you read the other articles, they let him go because he was going to assist them in their ongoing drug ivestigations in RC. But, being the low life scum that he was he decided to evade them and not follow his end of the deal so an arrest warrant was issued. This was not someone who was straightening up his life! He had no plans to change, he was moving to a new town and starting his drug dealing someplace else! Some of you need to spend a week or so riding around with a Deputy...you'll see what they have to deal with! They don't take killing likely..... Someone please test the mother of his child for drugs....

One down and many more to go. Good work RCSD

REDRIDER that is a possibility. I'm just going by what my friend says. But when you consider that it's less than an ounce and most meth dealers are usually arrested with several ounces or more I will have to side with him on this. I'm just trying to make a statement toward the hateful comments insinuating that another evil drug dealer has got his just deserts. To add to that I've never known a drug user that fell into the traditional thought of having it forced upon them. They were all willing participants. As the old saying goes: " I may have give you the gun but I didn't tell you to pull the trigger ".