Graphic video released of police killing another black man in cold blood

[One Brow]

So him waving a gun in Walmart was absolutely legal?

1. It was a BB/pellet gun.
2. He apparently took it off the store shelves. I think you are allowed to carry something you intend to purchase.
3. He was not waving it around.

 

[Hotdog]

1. It was a BB/pellet gun.
2. He apparently took it off the store shelves. I think you are allowed to carry something you intend to purchase.
3. He was not waving it around.

Ya, but he did get back up after the first shot and run right towards his play gun.

I'm curious as to why this keeps slipping the argument of his supporters.


Don't you think that's an action that's most likely going to get you killed regardless if you are black or white?


I also think that the 911 caller is somewhat to blame for this too. Like an idiot, his first reaction was to call the cops instead of thinking maybe it's just a toy gun. After all, he was in a store that sells toy guns.


I think it's just bizarre that hardly anyone thinks of this in rational terms. What happened was a collection of bad decisions coming together to create the perfect storm.

1. Guy walks around store with real looking gun. (Stupid)
2. Guy calls cops without thinking first. (Stupid)
3. Cops open fire without questioning what's really going on. (Semi stupid. Only because the 911 got them all fired up)
4. Guy who gets shot, gets back up to go for his toy gun like he's going to battle cops with real guns ( really ****ing stupid! )

It's a tragedy, yes, but this is hardly a case of racist cops murdering innocent black men.

 

[MVP]

1. It was a BB/pellet gun.
2. He apparently took it off the store shelves. I think you are allowed to carry something you intend to purchase.
3. He was not waving it around.

1.If you are a cop and see it form distance you have no idea if it is BB/pellet gun or something more serious.
2. And how anybody can know that? He was not carrying it towards cashier.
3. He lifted it up and pointed down while holding it as if ready to shoot. That to me is waving it around.
Not saying cops should shoot him right away. But kid was not being smart or reasonable with his actions either.

 

[LogGrad98]

I'm pretty sure the best solution is to line up all the cops and kill then all horribly in front of their families then do a true Democrat test on all replacements to make sure we have purged the evil Republican menace and make sure no replacements are white so we don't have to worry about the murderous inbred racial hatred of all white people. Then the country will be perfect.

 

[One Brow]

Ya, but he did get back up after the first shot and run right towards his play gun.

I'm curious as to why this keeps slipping the argument of his supporters.

Because, the actions of a person taken by surprise and shot should be to just lie down and get shot again, as opposed to trying to get away?

Don't you think that's an action that's most likely going to get you killed regardless if you are black or white?

I think that, if I'm black, the actions most likely to get me killed are the cowardly white people calling 911 and lying about my behavior, followed by the police shooting me when the supposed gun is pointed directly down.

I mean, it's nice the you the *the way* to not be killed after you have been shot by the police while committing no crime nor any wrong. Perhaps you can perfectly predict your behavior under those circumstances. I have my doubts.

Talking about what he did after he was shot is completely blaming the victim. Which is fine, because you don't particularly want to see him as the victim anyhow, right?

1. Guy walks around store with real looking gun. (Stupid)

Tell us the proper way to carry this around the store while you are looking for other things to buy, please.

4. Guy who gets shot, gets back up to go for his toy gun like he's going to battle cops with real guns ( really ****ing stupid! )

What makes you think he was going for the gun?

It's a tragedy, yes, but this is hardly a case of racist cops murdering innocent black men.

I agree that it's not premeditated murder.

 

[One Brow]

1.If you are a cop and see it form distance you have no idea if it is BB/pellet gun or something more serious.

So you find out.

2. And how anybody can know that? He was not carrying it towards cashier.

Did you see some sign in the store that said "After you pick this up, please proceed directly to the cashier, or you might be shot"?

3. He lifted it up and pointed down while holding it as if ready to shoot. That to me is waving it around.

Not on the videos I watched. The gun was never more than a 20-degree angle from the gounnd anytime close to when he was shot.

 

[One Brow]

I'm pretty sure the best solution is to line up all the cops and kill then all horribly in front of their families ...

It's nice to know that you can find outrage at something, even if it's a post on a message board as opposed to a person being gunned down.

 

[One Brow]

That's too bad. I'll try to summarize it for you.

If you're trying to argue a point, calling the opposition names doesn't help your argument.

On the other hand, if you are expressing anger and indignation, calling people names can be the perfect way to do that.

 

[One Brow]

Yeah, just tone back the insults and try to educate people to problems instead of berating them if they don't see eye-to-eye. Think you are bringing up some good stuff people need to think about and realize about our society btw.

If you don't show people how angry you are, they don't realize how great the need for change it.

 

[One Brow]

Like I mentioned, you're overplaying your hand. If you're not sure what that means, look it up. A dictionary for idioms would be a good starting point.

Thank you for setting the fine example of how you are supposed to insult people in here, and while telling someone else not to insult people, to boot.

 

[One Brow]

Thanks for not helping John Crawford or future incidents like this one.

It this based on your years of experience examining which tactics are effective and which are not, or is it based on you not wanting to hear things that make you uncomfortable?

 

[One Brow]

Hahahaha.

SMH

I'm not sure, but I'm guessing that means So Much Honesty.