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Originally Posted by janmcn
One way to stop rioting and looting is for police officers to stop killing young black men. Brown was picked on for blocking traffic. A NY man was strangled by police for allegedly selling cigarettes.
Hopefully, the Ferguson police officer will soon be charged with homicide by the grand jury hearing this case, as was the NY police officer. Having a police badge does not give anyone a license to kill.
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Originally Posted by B767drvr
Of course it does. "To serve and to protect" means exactly that. In the appropriate circumstance, the officer's badge not only "gives" him that license, it DEMANDS he use his weapon. Think about this for a moment if this doesn't make sense to you.
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The key words here are 'appropriate circumstance'. When did it become okay to strangle someone for selling cigarettes on the street? When did it become okay to shoot someone five or six times for blocking traffic?
Fortunately, the entire NY incident was caught on tape, and that police officer has already been charged with homicide.
The St Louis grand jury will have all the evidence and facts before making their decision on whether to charge the Ferguson police officer.
IMO the strongest evidence in the Ferguson case will be the three autopsy reports which contain irrefutable evidence of the location of the gunshot wounds and the trajectory of the bullets.