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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Do I remember this correctly that he was asphyxiated, not strangled. Thinking that a number of people laid on him in order to subdue him and caused him to be unable to breathe, rather than to attempt to strangle him around the neck in order to kill him?
Just thought it was so sad. He didn't deserve to die for doing something illegal, just to be arrested.
And the same with Michael Brown. He should have been arrested. But when a person resists arrest, then terrible things can happen, no matter what color you are.
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This entire thing is a shame.
If you violate the law, you will be confronted by the police.. That is their job and a very important job. Once they confront you, either you decide to resist of not. Once you resist, you put your self in another catagory and are asking that police officer to decide how to make you stop resisting. These men are not simply shot down in the street as many would like you to believe. They have put THEMSELVES in harms way.
I boil when I hear people say how men are shot down in the steet by police as if they were simply walking down the street, did nothing...an officer just came across them and decided they should be shot. That is the picture being drawn by so many and is not true.
There are mistakes made by cops...and they should be investigated and handled appropriately but to call a young man a killer is simply non acceptable.
In Utah on August 11, a young white man was shot and killed by a black officer in Salt Lake City. In this case the white man was unarmed and was with two other men. HE was the ONLY one who did not comply with Police orders, but I doubt if you all heard about this.
It is always a shame....but you know what.....if you have violated a law or are in a situation where police have been called, as in Utah, then behave and follow orders..the police do not read minds.
Update: Relatives say man shot, killed by police was not armed | fox13now.com
Black Cop Kills Unarmed White Youth ? Media and Feds Silent