Again, what part tells you that it's only a BB gun? I suppose we need to implement the "get shot before you can shoot back" rule for police. Pointing what looks like a weapon at police isn't good enough.
Posted on 11/24/2014 3:11:38 AM PST by Biggirl
Sunday on ABC's "This Week With George Stephanopoulos," the attorney for the family of the late Michael Brown said,"Ninety-nine percent of the time police officers aren't charged when they kill young people of color." Host George Stephanopoulos asked if Crump has already prejudged what the grand jury is going to say and decided the process is unfair.
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The kids that run away and don’t get shot number in the millions. Those that get shot number less than 10
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The millions get away until that 1:1,000,000 happens, they get shot...and it’s no longer a joke.
Does the attorney have stats on black cops killing white people?.
Again, what part tells you that it's only a BB gun? I suppose we need to implement the "get shot before you can shoot back" rule for police. Pointing what looks like a weapon at police isn't good enough.
Neither is shooting a 12 year old.
And, there are bad cops, but to give credit to the testimony of a witness or witnesses who may be friends of the violator, or even maybe encouraged the violator to act, over the testimony of the officer isn’t right, either, IMO
The police supervisor who was talking to the press about this stated that the kid had made no threatening statements or gestures to the police or anyone else. If you can't believe the statements of the police supervisor then who can you believe?
It could be that the officer acted beyond his authority, but that is why we have grand juries.
And you honestly think a grand jury is going to indict the officer over this? Hell, most of the people on this thread believe the cop waited to long before shooting him. Nothing is going to happen to him.
It’s easy to flip the argument. when one respondent to a newspaper forum said that all fraternites at UVA should be outlawed following the Rolling Stone article, I shot back “So you want to outlaw black fraternities at UVA?”.
He never responded.
Don't police officers have a responsibility to use deadly force only when their life or the lives of others are in imminent danger? Nobody has said this kid pointed the gun at the police or anyone else before the cop shot him.
The orange was to distinguish between real and replica. This was to PREVENT these incidents from happening. That's why
Didn't stop Ohio cops from shooting that guy in the Walmart that was carrying a BB rifle around. I guess they didn't see the orange tip before shooting him.
Immaterial.
The fact that nobody was in imminent danger when the cop shot the kid is immaterial?
Stupid actions have stupid consequences.
Only if you're a civilian.
Except that not a single version of the story says he pointed the gun at the police or anyone else. He was removing it from his waistband. He was 12. Maybe he wanted to show the cop it was a toy. Maybe he was going to drop it. We don't know what his intent was. All we do know is that no ones life was in imminent danger when the cop shot the kid.
Please cite the part of the story that said he was pointing a gun at the police.
Please cite the part of the story that said he was pointing a gun at the police.
One last attempt: It was sticking out of his waistband. It looks very real. He was ordered to freeze and put his hands up, but instead he reached for the gun and withdrew it from his waistband.
If this version of the incident proves to be correct, then that is enough for justifiable use of deadly force. The police do not need to wait until the weapon is pointed at them and is discharged.
At least not until we implement the rule where police must be shot before they are allowed to draw their weapons.
If that picture in post 44 that Yo-Yo put up is an actual picture of the BB gun that the kid pointed or attempted to point at the cop, then the cop had every right to protect himself. And, I agree with you that there are unjustified police shootings at times. I saw a video of a case where a homeless man was shot in Arizona(I think it was Arizona)that certainly didn’t look justified to me, but I don’t know the outcome of that case, nor all the details.
Might that be because the police kills of young blacks are righteous 99% of the time?
Head shots make body armor irrelevant.
All of whom will be at risk if their identities become public and they fail to indict.
N=1 is useless.
Pulling a BB gun that looks exactly like a real gun can get you killed.
That was established in Ohio in a Walmart a couple of months ago. Could be worse. In New York City walking down a stairwell with your girlfriend can get you killed. In Georgia answering the door with a Wii controller can get you killed. In California driving a truck that isn't the same make, model, or color as one an armed suspect is driving can get you shot up and almost killed. The police in this country are very creative in their reasons for shooting people.
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