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LowOnCash 06-15-2020 08:21 AM

Its the heat of the moment - he should have know the instant he pulled the trigger his life and ours would change forever!

God bless our divided country!

TooColdNJ 06-15-2020 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by anothersteve (Post 1784345)
Why the hell can't people just comply? This crap is avoidable if people would just comply! I'm not saying who's right or wrong, it's just avoidable.
Steve

100% correct. But shoot him??

The driver was reported for sleeping in his car, not pulled over while driving. I know it’s illegal to be behind the wheel of a car (in that condition), driving or not. Maybe he stopped because he couldn’t or knew he shouldn’t be driving.
Their approaching him wasn’t racially motivated, and he was respectful to and treated respectably by the officers. The officers clearly followed protocol.

I’m NOT suggesting that the driver’s actions were acceptable in any way. The driver was drunk, which definitely impairs a person’s judgement and subsequent actions. The officers in pursuit by foot did warn him several times to stop, and their actions were completely justified... until they they shot him.

No excuses- not even that his wife died 1- 1/2 years ago. When he was told to return to his car and “don’t go anywhere,” he could have driven away- but he didn’t. Instead, he resisted arrest, fought them, and grabbed the officer’s taser, still all clearly wrong. While tasers ARE weapons, they don’t kill anyone. By running away, the guy made things much worse than they could have been, but the officer didn’t drop to the ground, nor was he specific about where he was tased when asked, just like the guy didn’t remember what kind of drinks he had, which wasn’t relative. If a person is tased, I would think they’d know exactly where the taser hit him. Is there proof that the cop was tased? I couldn’t tell in the video.

Was the car stolen? Was there a warrant out for his arrest? Was he carrying a gun or were there drugs in his car? While he was running AWAY, he was no threat to the officers’ lives. Did he point a gun at them?

If the driver got that far away, rather than shoot the guy, they could have backed off. Not only were they in no danger, but they had his license and his car. Under the circumstances, especially with all of the current tension, shooting the driver as he ran off was not the best decision. Instead, since they couldn’t catch him, the cops could have stopped their chase- they could have had his car impounded. He wouldn’t be dead now. Eventually he would have found his way home, maybe slept it off, and then cops could have been sent to his home with a warrant for his arrest. I’m sure that’s happened at one time or another. Why not this time?

TooColdNJ 06-15-2020 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 1784313)
Firings.....knee jerk politicians (like the mayor of Seattle) rolling over and caving in to the current wave of lawlessness. Making the LEO back away from the area to allow the lawlessness to continue.

As this continues more and more LEO members will become more passive when encountering unlawful incidents.
Which will in turn lead to more criminals and thugs getting away with their crimes.

Those who serve and protect are in danger of being emasculated by those who run cities and states.

What individual, black or any other, in their right mind in this day and age would fight police, resist arrest, run away and shoot at police???

Obviously, being drunk, the man wasn’t in his right mind. Did he shoot at the officers to KILL THEM? With a taser? There are times when LEO could be more passive, not all the time. In this situation there were other options, not in all situations.

charlieo1126@gmail.com 06-15-2020 08:29 AM

It does not matter what he was or wasn’t doing on video before he was shot , he was running away and was only carrying a non lethal weapon at the time . . You cannot shot a man running away in a he back and I can’t believe so many people can seem so gleeful over someone dying over such a trivial crime , they had his car and ID could have picked him up anytime

Scorpyo 06-15-2020 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1784339)
The suspect should not have resisted arrest for being .02 above the limit...but it shouldn't have been a death sentence.

The cop should not have shot someone in the back, while he was running away... when the cop's life was in no danger.

And NO, a taser is not considered a lethal weapon.

Why was the cop picking up his brass for 2 minutes...before he even went to the victim?

Maybe because he knew once the detectives figured out how far away the victim was, while running away...he would be in deep doo-doo?

And NO, this is NOT justification for citizen violence or property damage.

It (along with the posts we'll see here) does, however, show...exactly why black people across the nation are so angry.

I don’t know if you really believe what you say or just like stirring the pot. You said “Lasers are not Lethal”. You didn’t say lasers can’t kill. Google “Can lasers kill”. Yes they can and lots of people have been killed by them. What if the cop wasn’t killed and only disabled? Guess what, his gun would have been available to be taken. Of course he would not take the gun, everyone knew he was a nice guy. But he only resisted. I noticed most media outlets are not showing the video where the gentle perp punched the cop in the face. I think that exceeds gentle resistance. Lastly the cop shot him in the back. The perp had his head and arm turned to the cop. The cop should have aimed for his head which was facing the cop then he would not have shot him in the back. Or the cop should have asked him to turn around. After all he was being so compliant.

billethkid 06-15-2020 08:37 AM

At this point it seems what has been eliminated is the usual due process leading to a conclusion and then action.

The need for an investigation has been replaced by a need to satisfy the media and what ever current special interest is the hot topic of the day.

Bernie1 06-15-2020 08:39 AM

I think your asking the wrong questions.
1. Why did he resist ?
2. Why did he take the taser?
3. Why did he run?
3. Why did he fire at the cop?
4. Would you have done any of these things?

Number 1 started the chain of events. Right or wrong - take out #1 and none of this would have happened.
No this man should not pay with his life for bad judgement we need a different way of apprehending people who refuse to cooperate with law enforcement.

Joanne19335 06-15-2020 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 1784290)
missed a significant detail.................the thug started to physically fight the officers once an officer got behind him to handcuff him.


guess he was never taught not to fight an officer.


The officer should’ve taken into consideration that the man was drunk and disoriented. The officer should have told Brooks that He was under arrest for DUI rather than simply pull his hands behind him. Brooks panicked and ran with the taser. Brooks never should have died by getting 2 rounds in the back. He never should have resisted, but this could have been handled differently. Now a cop will lose his job and probably be charged with manslaughter or worse.

transplanted 06-15-2020 08:41 AM

You have NO idea
 
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Originally Posted by Kenswing (Post 1784293)
I hope the officer sues for wrongful termination. He will win..

I am personally VERY familiar with bold face lying accusations that were proven to be so, against an officer who after 8 months of suspension, humiliation, loss of about $50K in part time work, $60K expense to tax payers to investigate, a grand jury who couldn't even find the drunk/high scum bag to question, was told the lying rat wouldn't even be brought up on filing a false police report because it might deter true victims. UNTOUCHABLE - it's not politically correct.

bluecenturian 06-15-2020 08:46 AM

Please know the facts before you speak your ignorance.

Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985), is a civil case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that, under the Fourth Amendment, when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect, the officer may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless "the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others."[Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985), is a civil case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that, under the Fourth Amendment, when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect, the officer may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless "the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others."

The manufactures of tasers recommend that officers get tased during training to understand the incapacitation that occurs. If a person tases an officer, the officer has absolutely no way of weapon retention and the person can know take his/her gun to use against him.

The judge in the earlier case 2 weeks ago said that Atlanta officers used deadly force when they tased the teens in the car. Can’t have it both ways.

The officer was NOT picking up his brass, he picked up his tased which he dropped, which was deployed and did not work. For you to say something you have no clue about is reckless.

I’m sure you didn’t hear about the Ft Meyers officer arrested for child abuse because he stopped a woman for speeding and she had drugs in her and rather than arrest her he gave her a citation. 3 months later she was high and driving and got into an accident and killed her daughter. The officer is arrested for failing to take action 3 months prior.

What do you want ? Arrest criminals, look the other way because they are just innocent people. Maybe you should Ride along with the cops and you decide when they should make an arrest based on your EXPERT knowledge.

RMarkland 06-15-2020 08:48 AM

Cannot agree more than the above post. In Ferguson MO, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and the above Chicago video, had the "victim" just followed the LEO directions they would be alive today.

Fuzz323 06-15-2020 08:56 AM

Wow - you have this all figured out -
 
:bigbow:
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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1784339)
The suspect should not have resisted arrest for being .02 above the limit...but it shouldn't have been a death sentence.

The cop should not have shot someone in the back, while he was running away... when the cop's life was in no danger.

And NO, a taser is not considered a lethal weapon.

Why was the cop picking up his brass for 2 minutes...before he even went to the victim?

Maybe because he knew once the detectives figured out how far away the victim was, while running away...he would be in deep doo-doo?

And NO, this is NOT justification for citizen violence or property damage.

It (along with the posts we'll see here) does, however, show...exactly why black people across the nation are so angry.

The Review Board up there could use your - Bah I am not going to go there. I will simply say that if this keeps up you will find that damn few decent young men of any color are going to be interested in a career in law enforcement unless they can not find a job elsewhere.

Even as it stands right now an experienced younger officer is going start looking for employment in another field if he has less than say ten years on the job. The ones with a lot of time on are just going to look the other way rather than taking a chance on losing everything because what they do in a given situation does not fit the public eye correctly.

What most of the public does not seem aware of or care about is that these situations occur in a heartbeat and action is required in the same amount of time. Then a group (board?) of folks who have never been in one of these situations in their lifetime sits for months and judges what was done in those split seconds. :1rotfl::ohdear:

Soon dialing 911 may not be worth the time it takes?

jarodrig 06-15-2020 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 1784531)
But shouldnt the officer have gotten due process before being fired? I do not believe all fact are in yet.

What is going to happen is cops are going to look the other way in doing their duties and we will all suffer.

I agree ..... but like I said, different states and specifically, different municipalities, have their own procedures. Apparently, the actions taken after this incident must have been appropriate for them .

Don’t worry , though, the officer will see all kinds of “due process “ once he’s criminally charged !

MandoMan 06-15-2020 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 1784288)
I watched the video of this tonight and what I saw was the cops stopped a car. They felt that the driver was under the influence so they gave him a field sobriety test. It looked to me that they were about to give him a breathalyzer. He grabbed the officers taser and started running. The officer gave chase and at one point the man turned and fired the taser at the officer. The officer returned fire and killed the man.

Was that shooting justified?

The police chief has resigned, the officer has been fired and his partner suspended.

Actually, the offender had placed a drive-thru order at Wendy’s and fallen asleep behind the while before he picked up his food. Perhaps he had placed the car in Park or turned it off. Other cars in line were driving around his car to pick up their orders. That’s suspicious. Especially when it does on for ten minutes. However, I’ve fallen asleep at traffic lights a couple times in mid afternoon. It’s scary and dangerous. I can sympathize.

There’s no excuse for resisting arrest, attacking the cops, knocking them to the ground, or stealing a Taser about to be used on one, or trying to shoot it at one of the cops. That was a really stupid move. I believe in law and order. I don’t like to see that. The man’s actions should be taken into account as mitigating circumstances.

However, it is hard to be seriously injured much less killed by a man armed only with a just fired taser who is running away. The lives of these cops were no longer in danger, even though they were in danger seconds before and facing a reprimand for losing a Taser to a person resisting arrest. They had the man’s car, keys, address, access to his family. Picking him up later or having other cops pick him up later would be the logical choice. This was not a man who had just shot someone and was carrying a firearm. The danger was minimal.

I know adrenaline flows and people get carried away and make mistakes, but this was NOT a clean shooting.

As for the people who burned down that Wendy’s, though, I hope they are caught and receive long prison terms for arson, perhaps aggravated by it being a hate crime.

cherylncliff 06-15-2020 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 1784305)
Fight with an officer, you have a good chance of being shot.

No matter what color you are, or what color the officer is.

It's not a color issue.

After the George Floyd case, not resisting can be a death sentence if you are black. I have not seen any reports that Mr. Brooks fired the taser. He was fleeing at the time and was shot in the back. Mr. Brooks death has been ruled a homicide.

mjpuleo 06-15-2020 09:10 AM

yes, i think that shooting was justified!!!!!!

MandoMan 06-15-2020 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 1784333)
They say, "The good ones always die young."


Don't know who "they are.


Don't know what it take to be a "good one".


Don't know what "young" is.


Don't know why I posted this.


:shocked:

Fortunately, often the bad also die young.

mjpuleo 06-15-2020 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by RMarkland (Post 1784584)
Cannot agree more than the above post. In Ferguson MO, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and the above Chicago video, had the "victim" just followed the LEO directions they would be alive today.

Absolutely justified!!!! Enough already about our police officers--why don't they make a stink over all the looters and protesters and how police officers are being attacked and killed by them. Capt. Dolan, 77 years old, was trying to stop a looter and was shot dead--put his name on the news and all over the media every day instead of these "animals".

manaboutown 06-15-2020 09:13 AM

Although I have not verified it I read Brooks was out of prison on a COVID-19 release. Had he been kept there doing his time he likely would be alive today. He has a very long rap sheet including conviction for cruelty to children...another great role model to idolize?

As soon as they started to handcuff him he commenced resisting arrest, violently, perhaps because he did not want to go back to the slammer.

Scorpyo 06-15-2020 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Cranford61 (Post 1784523)
Who deemed him a “thug”?
He had a drink too many and barely over the breathalyzer limit..just like a huge group of Villagers. Aren’t we all “thugs”at certain times?

Yeah you're right. He only had a couple of drinks and obviously was no threat to anyone. Just like us Villagers who only have a few drinks. After all we feel "fine" when we get behind the wheel of a car and drive home. Oh, I forgot to mention, I'm a certified DUI instructor in the state of Georgia. Thousands, not hundreds, of people die every year as a result of driving while impaired. But they and probably you based on what you wrote felt "fine". The felt part refers to physical impairment. Very few people know about the other impairment called mental impairment. So, the cops should have let him go. So, no consequence to driving while impaired. So, no consequence, so why not do it again. Only maybe next time he'll wind up killing someone while driving impaired. Damn cops should have arrested him the first time. But what are the odds of him hurting or killing someone? Here watch this and maybe you'll get a different perspective on driving while impaired.

30 years after 27 died in worst drunk-driving crash, survivors ask if enough has changed - ABC News

JIMLUPO77 06-15-2020 09:29 AM

You missed 75% of the video ………………... Just like cnn !!!!!!

TooColdNJ 06-15-2020 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by maggie1 (Post 1784440)
As a former state trooper from Ohio, I agree with your statement. From what I gleen from the newscast covering this incident, the man had fallen asleep in his car while in the take out lane. In my experince I found that the act of resisting arrest usually begins when the offender is being placed in handcuffs - at that point anything can happen, and in this case it did.

There are a number of options the police could have considered taking in this incident that wouldn't have resulted in the man's death. First, if they suspected he was under the influence, but hadn't seen him drive, they could have removed him from the vehicle, had it towed, and called someone to pick him up. As Steve notes, police are allowed to use deadly force only in those instances where deadly force is being used against them, or others. A stun gun doesn't fit that definition. If the officer had been struck by one of the stun gun electrodes, yes he could have become disabled, but don't forget, there was a second officer present, and the stun gun can only be used once.

So, I ask myself what would I have done if I had been faced with this situation? Based on my training on when to use and not use deadly force, my decision would not have resulted in someone dying. I would have known who he is, thus I could pick him up with a warrant later on, I'd have his car impounded, and it wouldn't be released until he gave himself up. What about the stun gun? Well, he might as well be carrying around a box of Q-Tips, because it is no longer of any use as a weapon to be fired at a distance.

I feel badly for the officer, and of course for the decedent as well. The officer was fired immediately, and that is not the way it should have played out. He could have been relieved of duty until all facts were presented, and then suspended/fired depending on the findings. My guess would be that he will be charged criminally, but will probably be found not guilty based on the totality of the circumstances.

Police work is confounding! It involves 80% of boredom, 15% of heart racing interactions, and 5% of adrenaline pumping terror. We must make instantanious decisions that will effect lives on both sides. We are second guessed, we are both admired and despised, but there is one thing that I can say without reservation, we don't start out a work shift looking to kill someone.

Since you were a police officer, I commend you for good judgement, something that’s lacking in so many of these situations. I read this after my lengthy reply. I’m sure there are plenty of officers who think as you do and see that there are exceptions to shoot or be shot. Those who don’t are probably in the minority, but their actions are often racially motivated. Those are the few who quite possible DO come to work thinking about how many (black) people they can get off the streets today. They are the few who abuse their power and ultimately the ones responsible for these unnecessary deaths, in addition to the need for a guy like this to resist and flee- for fear of the treatment he’ll have to endure after seeing it over and over again by those aforementioned LEOs. It’s wrong and more harmful to resist arrest, but I can understand how fear for his own life in this case, possibly due to his drunken and irrational state, is a real issue these days.

Indydealmaker 06-15-2020 09:44 AM

He was not shot in the back.

golfing eagles 06-15-2020 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by villageuser (Post 1784403)
What you didn’t include was when the man fired the taser at the officer, it was not accurate, as you can imagine if one is drunk, scared, running, and trying to shoot with something he is not trained to use. Here is the article in more detail: Video Investigation: How Rayshard Brooks Was Fatally Shot by Atlanta Police - The New York Times

So the officer was supposed to give him another shot at it??????

coastalnh 06-15-2020 10:04 AM

I totally agree with Anothersteve - He should have complied. However fighting with police, running away, and shooting a taser do not warrant being shot in the back. The policeman took his gun out of his holster and fired AFTER the suspect had turned around and started running again. That is so wrong.

golfing eagles 06-15-2020 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by crash (Post 1784417)
Good or bad he does not deserve to be dead for being intoxicated and sleeping in his car.

He's not dead because he was drunk and sleeping in his car. He's dead because he resisted arrest and then grabbed a weapon from the officer

Topspinmo 06-15-2020 10:13 AM

All Atlanta police force should go on strike and walk off the job in till hostile work environment settled.

Scorpyo 06-15-2020 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by JIMLUPO77 (Post 1784612)
You missed 75% of the video ………………... Just like cnn !!!!!!

Were you referring to me? If yes, what video are you referring to? If you're referring to the 27 dead, oh yes I have the complete video. I showed that in every class. It's quite long and was on TV as well. And what is the CNN reference? I'm assuming you were not replying to me, therefore, in the future, please link to whom you're replying. It's less confusing.

ffresh 06-15-2020 10:16 AM

Why not just comply (and a bit more)
 
All of these statements concerning this incident, with so many assumptions on the part of the some posters, are rather frightening. I would certainly pray that you would not be on my jury, should I ever be accused of a crime. Facts should be what we base our opinions and comments upon, not suppositions or assumptions. "He was scared", he thought the officer was going to tase him, etc. are assumptions and jumping to conclusions without having all of the known evidence. That's what juries are for - to hear the evidence and render a verdict and prior to that, our statements should be "guarded".

Common sense would lead one to conjecture, however, that a perp, once stopped by police, acts aggressively for one or more reasons: under the influence of drugs, which are affecting "better judgement", an outstanding warrant, which would put him behind bars, once again, for a long time and he deems the risk-versus-reward equation to be in his favor at the time. Most rational individuals, when confronted by armed policemen issuing reasonable orders, choose to comply and sort out the differences in a court of law. I posit that these are not rational individuals and, once a scuffle ensues and the adrenalin flows, all bets are off.

To assert that these unfortunate occurrences, infrequent as they are STATISTICALLY (research your facts) to racism, says more about the biases of the accuser than the person/cop who is being accused. I am not posting to defend cops, nor to condemn a given suspect. I consider myself a seeker of the truth - wherever it leads me. Sometimes it leads to an uncomfortable discovery but, nevertheless, it's the TRUTH. Statistics generally tell the story (although I have a college tome "How To Lie With Statistics" on my shelf, LOL) and, in these cases, "It's an uncomfortable truth but blacks commit crimes at nearly three times the rate that whites do. Blacks commit 36% of the violent crime in the US even though they are only 13% of the population. So … the likelihood of an encounter with the police is significantly greater if you're black AND, if you don't comply with their orders and aggressively resist - BAD things can happen!

It's no more complicated than this and "racism" on the part of police is statistically proven to be insignificant. Like with doctors, bad judgement kills far more often than not.

Fred :spoken:

Steve9930 06-15-2020 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by maggie1 (Post 1784440)
As a former state trooper from Ohio, I agree with your statement. From what I gleen from the newscast covering this incident, the man had fallen asleep in his car while in the take out lane. In my experince I found that the act of resisting arrest usually begins when the offender is being placed in handcuffs - at that point anything can happen, and in this case it did.

There are a number of options the police could have considered taking in this incident that wouldn't have resulted in the man's death. First, if they suspected he was under the influence, but hadn't seen him drive, they could have removed him from the vehicle, had it towed, and called someone to pick him up. As Steve notes, police are allowed to use deadly force only in those instances where deadly force is being used against them, or others. A stun gun doesn't fit that definition. If the officer had been struck by one of the stun gun electrodes, yes he could have become disabled, but don't forget, there was a second officer present, and the stun gun can only be used once.

So, I ask myself what would I have done if I had been faced with this situation? Based on my training on when to use and not use deadly force, my decision would not have resulted in someone dying. I would have known who he is, thus I could pick him up with a warrant later on, I'd have his car impounded, and it wouldn't be released until he gave himself up. What about the stun gun? Well, he might as well be carrying around a box of Q-Tips, because it is no longer of any use as a weapon to be fired at a distance.

I feel badly for the officer, and of course for the decedent as well. The officer was fired immediately, and that is not the way it should have played out. He could have been relieved of duty until all facts were presented, and then suspended/fired depending on the findings. My guess would be that he will be charged criminally, but will probably be found not guilty based on the totality of the circumstances.

Police work is confounding! It involves 80% of boredom, 15% of heart racing interactions, and 5% of adrenaline pumping terror. We must make instantanious decisions that will effect lives on both sides. We are second guessed, we are both admired and despised, but there is one thing that I can say without reservation, we don't start out a work shift looking to kill someone.

Thanks for this common sense approach. I was Military Police while I was in the service many years ago, Many, many years ago. Unless you do the job you have no idea what the stress level can be. People just get stupid sometimes. When I was doing this job things were different then today. I agree with you and would have handled it in the same way. I got his name, his car, I got him. During my years there was more respect for the uniform I wore. Today not so much. I have a son who is now a Police Captain and was glad when he got off of patrolling the streets. I liked his little saying: "Sir, I'm not here to hold court. Tell it to the judge". I would have hoped that he had been in that situation he would have handled as you and I would have. Thanks again for a common sense post. They ae getting fewer and fewer to find. And thanks for your service to the community.

JimJohnson 06-15-2020 10:22 AM

I watched all the videos and I call it murder!

fdpaq0580 06-15-2020 10:26 AM

Thanks.
 
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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1784501)
I, and history, can almost guarantee that if the person had been white...the result would have been totally different.

Thanks for standing up for the underdog. It is a noble pursuit, imho. I don't always agree, however, with whom you identify as the real underdog in each scenario.
Both you and the post you responded to used nearly identical phrases to demonstrate opposite points of view. Imo, the phrase "almost guarantee" is really just a "maybe" or "perhaps", and the the words "would have been totally" should be replaced by "might possibly have been somewhat" different. Any time the word "if" is used the argument, pro or con, pretty much falls apart.
We have all been doing way to much Monday morning and armchair quarterbacking. This incident, like many others of late, are being viewed from many angles, but the points of view we never get to see, the view of the actual participants, we will never really know.
ALL of these horrible occurrences would have avoided "IF" ... there's that word again.

OhioBuckeye 06-15-2020 10:30 AM

Ohiobuckeye
 
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 1784288)
I watched the video of this tonight and what I saw was the cops stopped a car. They felt that the driver was under the influence so they gave him a field sobriety test. It looked to me that they were about to give him a breathalyzer. He grabbed the officers taser and started running. The officer gave chase and at one point the man turned and fired the taser at the officer. The officer returned fire and killed the man.

Was that shooting justified?

The police chief has resigned, the officer has been fired and his partner suspended.

No, he took the breathalyzer, with no issues, but when the police tried to cuff him that’s when the resistance started. The police didn’t get mean or mouthy with him. That’s when he eventually got shot. All this guy had to do is do
what the police wanted, probably pay a fine & maybe a night in jail. This guy got shot over something stupid he did. It’s hard to feel sorry for him like G. Floyd. This guys lawyer is full of S _ _ _ about his defense. Hope the courts don’t suck up to these 2 racist lawyers. Judges & lawyers are scared to death to do anything because they’re afraid what the black community will do.

Curtisbwp 06-15-2020 10:31 AM

Cop shoots
 
Dumb!! A simple "yes sir" would have been the peaceful end.



Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 1784288)
I watched the video of this tonight and what I saw was the cops stopped a car. They felt that the driver was under the influence so they gave him a field sobriety test. It looked to me that they were about to give him a breathalyzer. He grabbed the officers taser and started running. The officer gave chase and at one point the man turned and fired the taser at the officer. The officer returned fire and killed the man.

Was that shooting justified?

The police chief has resigned, the officer has been fired and his partner suspended.


Topspinmo 06-15-2020 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by LoisR (Post 1784451)
Watch it again. The car was already stopped and parked with the man sleeping in it. No law was broken. The man passed the sobriety test and offered to walk to his sister's house down the street. No law was broken. The police then tried to arrest him. For what charge? Sleeping in ones own car after having a few drinks? Interesting how we see the same events differently. Justice for all.


We’ve got eye witness, judge and jury. Case closed.

Steve9930 06-15-2020 10:34 AM

I wish people would get the words correct. Shootings that end in a person's death, is called a "Homicide". Its not a murder until there is a trial and some one is found guilt.

fdpaq0580 06-15-2020 10:35 AM

Very well stated.

Byte1 06-15-2020 10:38 AM

The COP was totally justified in using his firearm. I figure if everyone can prosecute a COP for murder based on a video, then I can judge a COP with justifiable homicide by a video. If you fight a COP, he is justified in using the amount of force necessary to subdue you, including lethal force IF he fears that his life may be in jeopardy. If you point a weapon at a COP be prepared to be put down....for good. If you swing a bat at a COP he can shoot you. If you point a knife at a COP he can shoot you. If you use a taser on a COP the COP knows that the next step COULD be that while he is paralyzed the perp can take his gun and kill him or someone else. The COP can shoot you. Case closed.

Byte1 06-15-2020 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by anothersteve (Post 1784289)

Suicide by COP. Cheaper than his purchasing a gun, when he can get someone else to assist him.

The Mountaineer 06-15-2020 10:44 AM

Self defense? Always. But shooting in the back, never!
 
Better to let him escape than to kill him. Human issue.


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