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CNN he was an outstanding father..Even though he was drunk and passed out in the drive through lane
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Here is a link about Mr. Brooks that most of the media is not talking about.
Media Portrays Rayshard Brooks As Loving Father Despite Criminal Charges Of Cruelty To Children, Battery On Family Member, False Imprisonment – TB Daily News |
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I guess I missed the funny part, of someone being killed by shooting them twice in the back as they were running away...and then someone says this. Quote:
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Because his background doesn’t fit the narrative.
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Read a state trooper’s take on this, as a law enforcement officer, somewhere in this thread. If you think all police, all doctors, all teachers, all nurses, etc. should be given the benefit of the doubt as well, I don’t agree. We should trust these professionals based on their duties to society, but it’s a bit narrow-minded if you don’t believe there are a few bad apples in any bunch, as was just proven, but we should give them all the benefit of the doubt because they’re police officers! It’s situational; a man was kneed in the throat and died as a result. The other one was shot—while the officers’ lives weren’t in any danger. They were chasing the guy- they weren’t being chased. You may have the opinion that the scum of the earth may be always be so, but it’s wrong to believe that they should have been killed.., especially for their past criminal activity, and especially if they served time for those crimes. Every criminal is NOT WORTHLESS; some can be rehabilitated. If there are other options- which there clearly were, they should not have killed him. No one has the time to stop everything and look into their entire criminal background. What if they weren’t criminals? In the recent killings, although having criminal backgrounds, they weren’t committing a murder, rape, armed robbery.... or assault with a deadly weapon. There were no warrants out for their rests because of those violent crimes, either. They weren’t even carrying guns. They didn’t deserve to die as they did. The officers were in no immediate danger. |
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IMHO: Until children are taught what "STOP" means, and respect for authority this "stuff" will continue. That doesn't require a great deal of intelligence or money. If the time spent complaining about "injustice" and "rights" were used to educate the youngsters, they probably would not grow up believing laws do not apply to them and looking for opportunities to create "situations". Shame on the parents, regardless of how old the perps are. Memorializing criminals can not be helpful with the problem.
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My bad...thank you. :o While I admire your public bravery, you do realize what you've now done though...don't you? You have now gained innumerable enemies...from my "fan club." :D And durn it, what really sucks is that so many of them are really in deep arrears...with their monthly fan club dues. :1rotfl: :ho: |
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Police are trained to shoot people that have tasers or stun guns because they can render an armed officer helpless and the officer's gun can then be taken from him. The only argument that might be made in this case was that there was another officer there who could have prevented that from happening. I'd like to know if Atlanta police are trained to shoot when fired upon with a taser or if a person has a stun gun. |
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Nine unarmed black men have been killed by police in the past year. I'd say that the camel's back wasn't very strained. |
[QUOTE=jimjamuser;1784776]What the world and the US of A needs now.....in the sense of money/resources stolen from the taxpayer is MORE IRS officers to catch the white-collar criminals. That money recovered could pay for more neighborhood beat police PLUS many social workers.[/QUOTE
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He was in line at the drive up window so it has to be assumed that he drove the car there. Then he drove it to the parking space and actually ran it up onto the barrier before it backed down. When the officer woke him for the second time, he didn't remember being in the drive through line. He was obviously on something and obviously drove the car. |
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Here are the facts as I know them to be. If I'm missing anything, please let me know. The police received a 911 call that a man had fallen asleep in his car in the Wendy's drive through line. An officer arrived at the scene and found he man asleep and woke him. The man then drove the car to a parking space where he went up onto the curb and back down. The officer had to wake the man again. The man had trouble communicating and finding his license and the officer noted the strong smell of alcohol. The officer called for a breathalyzer qualified officer. The breathalyzer officer arrived and began asking questions. Mr Brook gave conflicting answers to the same questions. He did not remember being in the drive through line or driving his car to the parking space. The officer, with the permission of Mr Brooks administered a breathalyzer test and found that Mr Brooks was to incapacitated to drive and asked him to put his hands behind his back. As the officer was attempting to handcuff him, Mr Brooks began a scuffle with the officer and they both fell to the ground. Mr Brooks then grabbed the officer's taser and proceeded to run. the officer pursued. After a short pursuit, Mr Brooks turned and fired the taser at the officer and the officer returned fire hitting Mr Brooks. Please tell me what I missed and how the officer might have handled this differently. |
I don’t feel that was a justified killing. I think shoot the perp in the leg to stop them but not in the body! I feel cops don’t realize the damage a bullet does to a body. Criminals are terrible but cops must handle them properly and stop shooting them for simple disrespect! That’s the reason cops are shooting people and it’s not acceptable.
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In fact, Mr Brooks was very respectful and cooperative until the officer attempted to handcuff him. |
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1. The police unions are so powerful, that prosecutors are leery to even bring up charges against LEO's...because of the likelihood their prosecution will be unsuccessful. 2. The reason the prosecutors have the deck stacked against them is for a number of reasons, but you can bet every single cop knows that they are almost untouchable from criminal prosecution...or even being permanently terminated. The laws basically allow them to be... "bubble-wrapped" (yeah, I borrowed that term :D) Difficulty in prosecuting bad cops (click here) Quote:
And you can bet your last dollar, those facts are in the back of every single cop's mind and especially with the 1% of bad ones...and/or of those (a much higher %) who emotionally have no business being in law enforcement. :ohdear: I mean cripes, who in the world can watch the Rodney King over-the-top and totally unwarranted beating (given that he was certainly no threat)...and not shake their heads at how those involved got away with it? If you watch any documentary of King's case, it quickly becomes evident that a change of venue to a much more receptive jury pool...was the foundation of the outcome. And then we get the miscarriage of justice with OJ, which those same documentaries basically call 'payback' for Rodney King. NEITHER of those cases...received true justice. If the unions (which also includes teachers) did more to police their own people, a LOT of the problems we're seeing now...would go away. And this is NOT a general "anti-union rant," because in a lot of cases unions actually protect the employees...from abusive supervisors/employers. |
WoW so nice to get a real experienced viewpoint on this and thank you a bunch for chiming in to educate us all! The cop clearly should have handled it differently and it’s a shame too many of them are seemingly shooting out of feeling disrespected. I wonder about the training program if the cops are operating off emotion all the time like this and destroying their lives and others who don’t deserve to die?
Much respect and god bless all our police forces for what they go through. |
In this case, in my opinion, it was justified, and anyone that thinks it was racial needs to do some serious soul searching. I watched the video many many many times.
Nothing I say will change anyone's mind who feels differently. So.............................................. That's all I have to say about that. Steve |
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And if they resist, in any fashion and start running away? Just shoot them in the back...and kill them. After all, obviously some folks think being over the limit, tussling with a cop and then running...should carry a death sentence. Let's see how fast and magically minds are changed...if that were to start happening. :ho: |
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Too funny! What footage were you watching? |
Rumor has it that more info regarding the officers involved...will soon be forthcoming.
Should be interesting. :popcorn: |
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1. Why did they allow him to drive the car over to park it? 2. Where are the videos showing... Quote:
And since they had his drivers license AND his car, plus he was running away...where is the justification for killing him? :oops: I'm not claiming that I've seen everything there is to see, but I haven't personally seen anything...proving that you are correct in your timeline and assertions. |
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The perp shot the taser twice if anyone cares to watch the video. First shot shows intent to incapacitate an officer, before he ran. Second time is when he fires back at the other officer, again intent. My educated and informative guess is, by the color of the tasers, they were using the two shot X2. The shoot was justified. There will be a lot more on this if people would do some in depth research, instead of just being talking heads.
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How many Villagers are capable of that? I'm wondering how many could even run away.. |
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You used the plural, yet while running, the taser was only briefly aimed in the general direction of only ONE of the two...then he kept running. The other cop was standing there watching the murder happen. I wonder what made the other one decide to not pull his service weapon...and try to kill the runner too? Better training? Less emotional? Smarter about what the actual situation was? ??? |
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