http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_577efceae4b0344d514eb09e
Must have not been such a major threat huh? He's probably going to be released in a week huh?
Hello gc:
I dunno... What's DIFFERENT about him than the OTHER two fellows who were armed and had confrontations with the cops?? Gosh.. I just can't put my finger on it..
excon
Police officers are NOT supposed to murder criminals, no matter how dangerous the criminals may be. If the cops murder a dangerous criminal, they are no better than the criminal. I will continue to say this every time anyone implies that cops are supposed to shoot criminals.
In this case, for once the cops did the right thing and disarmed that guy. What's wrong with that?
The cops are not supposed to shoot dangerous white people, only black people in traffic stops.
Yeah. Real smart. We want to know who else is involved, remember? This is not about revenge. This is about finding out information.
Officers assess the situation and are supposed to only use deadly force when it's warranted- when they feel it's necessary to protect themselves or the life of an innocent. I can see where inebriation would come into play in this. If a man is drunk and stumbling, coordination off, it takes a whole lot less to subdue him. Moreover, an attorney interviewed in a news article says the guy is mentally ill and has been his neighbor for 26 years. I'm betting the suspect was a long-standing member of the community and that deputes knew him, or at least knew of him. He wasn't an "unknown." Also, there's talk of upgrading his charge to attempted murder- not reducing it.
With the shooting in Minnesota, it was instantly called a black vs white thing, up until it was released that the officer who shot was hispanic. Then, it got shifted into an "everybody profiles" thing.
It's easy to pull out cases that agree with your viewpoint, but I can do the same thing.
Wake County deputies shot a white guy here: http://www.wral.com/wake-deputy-dragged-by-car-during-traffic-stop-suspect-shot/12632704/ (That's at least the same county. He didn't have a gun- he was using his truck as a weapon. If I wanted to play devil's advocate, I could say that the deputies probably could have shot out his tires or something. Perhaps they didn't have to shoot him.)
Yesterday, in a busy part of San Francisco, an armed man was involved in a standoff that put several officers and the public at risk. They ended up taking him out with beanbags. Mind you, mainstream media is not reporting the fact that the guy was African American. Smaller outlets have mentioned it in passing, while offering a description of him. If I was a betting person, I'd say if this guy had been white, everyone would be screaming "white privilege." He wasn't, so we're quietly omitting the fact that he was black in news stories and going about our business because justice was served.
I actually found that one because I googled "armed man taken into custody." I figured I'd do my own research and see if I could tie together recent news stories by race. I stopped after three... two of the three were black. I could probably go through and come up with some statistics, but I don't see the point.
When a white man lives, it seems it will always be "white privilege." When a black guy dies, it's because he's black to some people.
Please understand that I'm not saying there aren't bad cops and I'm not saying that racism isn't alive in the US. It is. However, when people point their finger at every single case that comes up and bring race into it, it destroys the credibility of anything that might be said later. It's like the boy who cried wolf. I would much rather have a healthy discussion about verifiable examples and scientific evidence that shows there's a problem. If we can get to the root of it, the real, honest root, perhaps we can eradicate it entirely. This doesn't help. This pointing of the finger. This divides us more. I don't have an answer for that, but I think if we take this discussion to a place of hard facts, maybe we can find the answers.
maybe they didnt like shooting people
