Trooper Mark Coates is Killed by Richard Blackburn (Shorter Version)

[AlvinKarpis]

Corporal Mark Coates was shot and killed after stopping a car for weaving in traffic on I-95 near the Georgia border. During the traffic stop the suspect began to struggle with Corporal Coates and they both fell to the ground. The suspect fired a .22 caliber handgun into Corporal Coates' chest, but the round was stopped by his vest.

Corporal Coates was able to force the man off of him and return fire, striking the suspect five times in the chest with his .357 caliber revolver. As he retreated for cover and to radio for backup, the suspect fired another shot. The round struck Trooper Coates in the left armpit and traveled into his heart. The suspect survived the incident and was sentenced to life in prison.

Corporal Coates had been with the South Carolina Highway patrol for 5 years, and had previously served with the United States Marine Corps. He was survived by his wife, two sons, parents, sister and brother.

I wish I still had the complete version of Trooper Coates dash cam video. When my wife and I moved back to Redding from Seattle we gave our friends the computer we were using because we had bought a new one. I was positive that I had done a perfect complete transfer of everything on my hardrive to my new computer

I did not even come close to perfect

I still have many many dash cam videos that have not been posted. I will post all of them over time (the Fatal dash cam vids in this forum the non fatal ones on the police forum)

The ones that I lost (including the entire Coates vid were "lost" in the transfer. When I realized a couple years later I called him and he said he threw the computer away like 6 months after we gave it to him (what a dick )

This is the very very poormans version of the whole entire dashcam video. The entire full length video includes the pull over, Coates buttering up Blackburn by being very nice and even giving him a warning, Blackburn about to walk back to his car and Coates to his when the Tropper tells Blackburn he is a Drug Interdiction Officer and would he consent to a search of his car, Coates asking Blackburn if he has any weapons to which Blackburn says "Well you know" his right hand in his pocket (as it has been almost the entire stop, Coates asks to and starts to pat down Blackburn with Blackburn facing Coates, Then the clip you see, then two truckers arrive one has a CCW and brings his gun, the first Trooper backup arrives and goes apeshit when he sees his fellow Trooper (and good friend) dead, telling the truckers, a moaning weeping fat pile of shit laying in a ditch (Blackburn), and anybody else with in 25 miles that he will "Fucking kill every single person here if they dont do what he says when he says with no hesitation or warnings" because Coates could not radio any details as he was shot just after he had called dispatch, so the backup had no idea what was going on

For those who have never seen the video this should be a nice treat to get the general idea of the shooting scenario

For those who have seen the video and like me cant find it myself or dont know a LEO who owns the licensed VHS tape this will be a small taste until the victory of the full video

The most heartbreaking part of the vid is after Coates is hit the first time his vest stops the .22 shot from a tiny pile of shit Saturday Night Special (the gun that old ladies who live in bad neighborhoods carry in their purses) then Coates hits Blackburn center mass (Blackburn weighed 300+ lbs so his center mass was his huge gut) 5 times, yes 5 times with hollow point .357 slugs. Coates then takes semi cover by the side of Blackburns Mustang and while his arm is raised to key his shoulder radio to call distpatch Blackburn fires the luckiest shot in the history of guns that hits Coates in the armpit right where the vest straps on and has no protection and hits him in the aorta.

He stumbles back and falls and is trying to breath and like Kyle Dinkheller you here him dying and he knows he dying. It only takes about 15-20 seconds for Coates to die. But listing to it seems like it lasts forever.

After seeing that for the first time so many years ago at a training course I wanted to kill Richard Blackburn. Knowing he lives and Coates dies will make anybodys blood boil, well anybody besides the 13 year old kids who faked being 18 to sign up for the DR forum and think its so cool to kill cops and fuck the police and the world would be better with no cops and I wouldnt scream like that pussy cop after being shot for the 11th time with an M1 Carbine. Anytime you see that kind of post you know they are not an adult

If anybody has the Coates video in any format of any quality please PM me


EDIT: Added video with more footage to play first

[Zero Pulse]

watching any innocent person get killed makes my blood boil
fuck that guy i hope he is rotting in prison

[docfr8]

Thats fucked up.. I hope that the fucking jungle monkey gets what is coming to him.. Fuck lawless prick mother fuckers like that. I wish that the deputy would have made a lethal hit with that revolver.. I feel for the deputy and his family.. RIP Marine.. Semper Fi..

[AlvinKarpis]

Are you fucking kidding me?! Youtube?!

Jesus Fucking christ I look for this video weekly and nothing ever shows up

AnaleFaust you are the man, while its not the full video it has much more then what I have

Now excuse me while I get that embedded then go kill myself

[K9Grip]

Doc beat me to it, but
Semper Fi ooorah

[Guderian1974]

Jeebus! Another failure of training on the bluemans side! Follow protocol written way before 1992, all suspects are considered armed and dangerous...protect yourself first, then the public...And why is the fat fucktard saying he never wanted the death to happen after he was saying,"I'll kill you" over and over...gawd, only in the south...Had it been any other than a fat assed whiteboy, a "good 'ol boy" they would have found a way to "accidentally" beat them to death upon custody...fuck the south!

[infidel66687]

[kellyhound]

should have gotten death penalty instead of serving life.

[aaargh]

Having the law harass you and knowing you're about to go to jail is motivation for this shit. Somehow you have to accept it as a job hazard, similar to rattlesnack farming or something.

Sad story anyway.

[AlvinKarpis]

Originally Posted by kellyhound

should have gotten death penalty instead of serving life.

He almost did get the instant death penalty from the first backup officer, but he was trying to figure out what was going on and the one of the two truckers had a concealed carry permit and had his gun in his hand because he saw the shooting from across the highway. Blackburn was in the ditch on the side of the road and the officer didnt see him.

As soon as he checked his friend and fellow Trooper and realized he was dead he lost it (he was already on edge and screaming orders along with fuck or fucking between every word) the truckers tried to explain the situation but after he told them to shut up or he would kill them they laid down and didnt move (thank god the truckers understood the Troopers point of view)

By this time other backup Troopers begin to arrive and they begin to piece together that the bad guy is in the ditch begging them to kill him or just let him die and the truckers were trying to help

If the first backup Trooper had seen Blackburn in the ditch with 5 .357 slugs in his fat gut and had realized the truckers were there to help im 100% positive he would unloaded his gun into Blackburn. I hope someone has the full version, I found myself screaming at the TV the first time I watched it "Look in the ditch!" "Listen to the truckers for two seconds so they can tell you where Blackburn is!"

Instead he went to trial after like a year in the hospital and was found guilty. During sentencing some bleeding heart criminal rights loving liberal (I didnt think the South had any liberals back in 1992?) member of the jury voted against death and I believe (im not sure) that South Carolina is a state that in 1992 needs all 12 jury members to vote for death, if even one votes against it then they get life.

I need to go through all my files but I believe the one jury member who voted for life said something like "It was not premeditated and Blackburn had already escaped death once and she didnt want to be one of 12 reasons that lead to his death"

Like docfr8 said, I wish one of the 5 slugs had hit a vital organ

I cant dream of the fear and suprise Coates had after pumping 5 .357 slugs into Blackburn only to have him roll over and take a shot that hits him in the only place his vest didnt cover with his arm raised.

This video haunts me to this day