Florida man dead after cousins test bulletproof vest

[mktmaker]

Just when you thought America has enough stupid people...now we have one fewer.




TAMPA — Police in Tampa said one man is dead and his cousin faces a manslaughter charge after the pair allegedly tested out a bulletproof vest to see if it worked.

Officers responding Saturday night to a call of a person being shot found Joaquin Mendez, 23, with a gunshot wound to the chest, WTSP-TV reported. In the house, they found blood and a bulletproof vest with a hole in it.

The cousin, 24-year-old Alexandro Garibaldi, initially told police he heard a gunshot, the Tampa Bay Times reported. But police said a witness told them that Mendez tried the vest on as he sat in a chair, wondering whether it worked.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...-dead-cousins-test-bulletproof-vest/90235414/

 

[ndk_rivals308474]

I smell a product liability lawsuit brewing

 

[willyclyde]

Mexican lives matter

 

[Cattoyz]

"Hey Jeb I'ma tie this har bullet proof vest to a cheer and shoot at it tuh see if'n it really is bullet proof."
"No, Ned. I says ye put it own and let me shoot ya tuh see."
"Ha... I reckon that's the best way tuh test it hehehehe."

That's racist. You should be banned, but you won't be because you were mocking rural people not inner city people.

 

[JBHolmesfan]

My guess is just before he put the vest on he said "hold my beer."

 

[_Chase_]

According to that witness, Mendez sat in a chair vest, and wondered aloud whether it still worked. Garibaldi took out a handgun and said "Let's see." Garibaldi then fired once at Mendez, striking the victim in vest and causing fatal injuries.

Seems like 2nd degree murder to me (based on googling Florida law):

The unlawful killing of a human being, when perpetrated by any act imminently dangerous to another and evincing a depraved mind regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual, is murder in the second degree and constitutes a felony of the first degree, punishable by imprisonment for a term of years not exceeding life

 

[UKserialkiller]

According to that witness, Mendez sat in a chair vest, and wondered aloud whether it still worked. Garibaldi took out a handgun and said "Let's see." Garibaldi then fired once at Mendez, striking the victim in vest and causing fatal injuries.

Do bulletproof vests come with an expiration date?

 

[Double Tay]

The article doesnt mention the result of the test

 

[_Chase_]

Do bulletproof vests come with an expiration date?

Do Kevlar bulletproof vests expire? The answer is, YES, they certainly do. Most police forces in the US replace their Kevlar bulletproof vests every five years. Part of the protection that Kevlar provides is the weave of the fabric.

 

[UKserialkiller]

Do Kevlar bulletproof vests expire? The answer is, YES, they certainly do. Most police forces in the US replace their Kevlar bulletproof vests every five years. Part of the protection that Kevlar provides is the weave of the fabric.

Damn. Thanks. I had no idea. Learned something new today.

I would've never thought it.

 

[mailman85_rivals376684]

A flak vest and a bullet proof vest are two different animals.

 

[kybobcat_rivals185207]

 

[DaBossIsBack]

Here's another classic "test".



Three great things about this clip:

• Getting in one last puff
• The dude aims at, and hits, his heart (or would have hit, had it penetrated)
• The punch in the chest after the shot

[laughing]

This is what growing up in Hazard looks like.

 

[Ron Mehico]

I mean I guess this is a stupid question but why didn't it work? Isn't that the whole purpose of one?

 

[mdlUK.1]

"Hey Jeb I'ma tie this har bullet proof vest to a cheer and shoot at it tuh see if'n it really is bullet proof."
"No, Ned. I says ye put it own and let me shoot ya tuh see."
"Ha... I reckon that's the best way tuh test it hehehehe."

Why are your guys hillbillies but the guys in the link were Latino?

 

[thabigbluenation]

Why are your guys hillbillies but the guys in the link were Latino?

because us hillbillies can relate to this situation.

 

[UKserialkiller]

So if Kevlar weaving breaks down causing it expire, then what other material are they working on to better protect our military? I mean, wouldn't it be better to slam research funding into robot soldier technology

 

[thabigbluenation]

So if Kevlar weaving breaks down causing it expire, then what other material are they working on to better protect our military? I mean, wouldn't it be better to slam research funding into robot soldier technology

our future robot overlords would agree.

 

[DaBossIsBack]

Why are your guys hillbillies but the guys in the link were Latino?

He doesn't speak Mexican?

 

[RacerX.ksr]

Why do they continue to refer to it as a "bulletproof" vest in the story when it is quite evident that it was not? Maybe they should call it a bullet resistant vest.

 

[dgtatu01]

Let it be noted this stuff always happens in Florida.

 

[TortElvisII]

 

[mdlUK.1]

Because there's probably been more hillbillies get shot dead testing out bullet proof vests than there has been Latiners?

You can say that but the actual fact is the dumbasses were Latino.

 

[warrior-cat]

A lot of people assume your basic Army surplus store flak vest will stop a bullet, which it decidedly will not.

Many more expensive flak jackets have ceramic plates that slide in and will protect the heart and lungs against some bullets -- most hand guns, maybe an AK-47 round. But only if the bullet is fired from the front, obviously.

Even if this imbecile had a vest with plates his moron chum might have shot him from a side angle, for which there is no protection.

You are correct sir. They are called Sapi Plates

 

[jwheat]

Darwinism

 

[herodotus6]

Well, it did happen in Florida, there's a chance he can come back to life and gnaw his cousin's face off.

 

[Chuckinden]

Just needs more testing.

 

[KopiKat]

Mexican lives matter

One was only curious. His Italian named cousin sought knowledge, and killed him.

 

[KyFaninNC]

Herrrrrre is your sign!!!!!!!