[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Tennisnut

Then in your opinion, based on these circumstances he was justified in shooting? I do not agree.

I heard on this morning's news that the driver of the stolen car was told to get out with his hands up as he was blocked in by other vehicles. Instead he started to drive the car. I guess the police officer should have waited to see if he was going to drive the car into him?

I just recently learned on the evening news their skin color, but I knew the way it was handled what the problem was. Thank Goodness for a police chief who has community leaders behind him. And yes, they are all black. All of those calm, good people are behind the black police chief who has acted sensibly and sanely. I have seen him on TV a lot and I have great respect for him. His job is very hard.

AND lest we forget, it too often goes the other way. See here;...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...-say/19409763/

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by Tennisnut

We did not have to wait a few days here, just a few seconds. Poor guy, guess he did not realize if you break the law, you may get shot for stealing a car.

Before you STEAL you might want to think you may be shot for stealing.... Maybe then you wouldn't steal!

[billethkid]

arm chair opinions are just that and have little or no comparison to the reality of those in the shoes of the personally involved.

[redwitch]

It is unfortunate that a man died and I feel for the officer who shot him but the reality is that the driver was not unarmed. A car can be and frequently is a deadly weapon. You don't have to have a gun or a knife to kill. Hands that go out of sight can easily come back with a weapon. So, if the facts are as stated, I'm not sure the officer was given much choice.

To me, this incident is far different than the Ferguson shooting or the shooting in Cleveland. The first may have been semi-justified, although I'm not convinced. The second was horrific and absolutely inexcusable. In this incident, lives were at risk, the deceased was warned and chose to act as he did.

[sunnyatlast]

From the article linked in the original post:

"But witnesses said they saw Bartee, who is black, with his hands up as the three shots were fired by the deputy, who is white."

The parroting of "hands up" tells all we need to know about the direction they wanted the story to go.

And pro football and basketball players parroting "I can't breathe" on the job, in the workplace, tells where they want the story to go, too.

The responsible, mature black people I know would be insulted that the whole American black population is being portrayed as if none of them knows how to READ the grand jury testimony (from Ferguson case). Brown's blood inside the squad car, where bullets entered Brown, and the bullet holes in the driver's armrest section of the car proved he had reached into the car to get the officer's gun.

Anybody who dives into a squad car window and tries to grab the officer's weapon should expect to be shot. THAT is what none of the charlatan propagandists on t.v. (like the mayor of NY) talk about when taking one LOCAL case and stereotyping all police across the nation as 'racists' whom their "children of color" need to fear.