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Personally, my main concern re all these
"""racist cop shootings""" episodes is how the MEDIA picks and chooses the ones that may fit their narrative. It's like Marketing 101.
As some mentioned before in the USA there typically is TWICE as many whites shot&killed by police.
Has ANYONE here seen THIS reported by the Mass Media/Networks/Social Media??? Happened last week in GEORGIA>
Cop begs knife-wielding man in standoff: 'You’re a black man. I’m a black man. You don’t have to die today. I don’t want you to die today.'
“I’m begging you,” the sergeant pleaded with a knife-wielding man through a closed door after a 911 call about a reported prowler, WXIA-TV said. “You’re a black man. I’m a black man. You don’t have to die today. I don’t want you to die today.”
Officers begged 35-year-old Matthew Williams at least 47 times to drop the knife he had been holding after lunging at one officer, the station said.
But it was no use. Williams lunged again at police, shots were fired, and Williams’ body was recovered from the premises an hour later, WXIA reported.
And police said Williams lunged at an officer with what they described as a blue ceramic knife, the station reported.
An officer fired one shot, but police said Williams fled into the trees surrounding the house, WXIA reported, adding that an officer said in the bodycam clip that she may have shot Williams in the shoulder.
“Drop the knife, man!” an officer hollers into the woods.
“Drop the weapon! Drop it!” another officers yells.
“We will shoot, man, all right? We gave you ample warnings, all right?” an officer is heard telling Williams.
“Please come out for us, boss man. What’s the problem? How can I help you?” says an officer who identified himself as Sgt. Perry with the DeKalb Police Department.
After a minute, an officer kicks in the door — but it soon closes from the inside, WXIA reported.
“I’m begging you,” the sergeant pleaded with Williams, the station said. “You’re a black man. I’m a black man. You don’t have to die today. I don’t want you to die today.”
After another minute, police told the station, Williams lunged at them again with the knife just as one officer was heard saying “we’re here to help you” — and then three gunshots rang out.
The door closed again, WXIA said, and officers withdrew and waited for a SWAT team. Williams’ body was recovered from the house over an hour later, the station reported.
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just one of (small) Media covering this story>
Cop Begs Knife-Wielding Man In Standoff: ‘You Don’t Have To Die Today’ | Daily Street News