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Originally Posted by janmcn
I was referring to the Eric Garner case. It makes me very sad. I guess one's feelings are directly related to the color of your skin.
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What were your feelings regarding any of these...
This was resolved with the use of a body camera, which I think are great...
"Officer Bron Cruz, who was described as non-white, shot Taylor once in the chest and once in the stomach after he refused to obey police.
Officer Cruz said he believed Taylor had a weapon and intended to use it.
No weapon was found on or near Taylor’s body.
One big difference in the two cases was officer Cruz was wearing a body camera.
Footage from the officer’s body camera (see video above) shows Officer Cruz repeatedly ordered Dillon to show his hands.
On the footage Taylor can be heard saying “Nah, fool.”
Taylor quickly raised his left hand from inside his waistband, lifted his shirt level with his armpit and quickly brought out his right hand."
Salt Lake cop cleared in shooting of unarmed white man | WREG.com
Then in Orange Texas, a black officer who happened to be a captain shot down an unarmed veteran and killed him. This happened in 2010 and if you read the link, you may have trouble learning the race of each.....
"Editor's Note: The Examiner has obtained a copy of the 38-page document filed by Orange Police Chief Sam Kittrell outlining the findings of his internal investigation into the shooting death of James Whitehead, a decorated U.S. Marine by off-duty police captain Robert Arnold, following a verbal disturbance. Kittrell's report has been reprinted in its entirety in order to provide readers with an accurate sense of what occurred on the day the unarmed man was killed. Robert Arnold, a captain with the city of Orange Police Department, who shot and killed a decorated U.S. Marine during an verbal disturbance at the O'Reilly Auto Parts store in July, has been indefinitely suspended and is now facing a federal civil rights investigation"
Orange cop suspended, facing federal investigation in shooting death of U.S. Marine hero | The Examiner
There are many more but how were your feelings on these shootings ?