Posted on 02/22/2015 12:05:18 AM PST by shibumi
When a criminal attacks police with a weapon, there are cases where they can probably take him down without using lethal force, but let’s be realistic. Once you attack police with a weapon capable of causing harm, they’re not obligated to pussyfoot around. And anyone who does that needs to keep something that basic in mind. Or get shot.
The rallying cry in Ferguson was “Hands up, don’t shoot!” In New York, it was “I can’t breathe!” In Pasco these days, the protest signs say things like “It was just a rock!!!”
In a case with unmistakable echoes of Ferguson and New York, demonstrators have gathered every day over the past week in front of City Hall to demand answers in the deadly police shooting of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, a 35-year-old Mexican immigrant and former orchard worker who authorities say was throwing rocks at officers.
The Feb. 10 killing — captured on cellphone video by an onlooker — was the fourth by law enforcement officers in Pasco in less than a year. It has sparked calls for a federal investigation and roiled this fast-growing agricultural city of 68,000, where more than half the residents are Hispanic but few are members of the police force or the power structure…
All three officers — two whites and one Hispanic — opened fire;
It was just a rock is not an argument. Cops do overreact in some cases, but who thinks that throwing rocks at cops should be a right or should end well?
Rocks thrown at people can and do cause serious injuries. The entire narrative has melted down into, “You should be free to attack cops without getting shot.”
That’s a stupid narrative even by the low, low standards of this crowd.
Remember the story of the Female Border agent who had found some illegals trying to get into America, and they threw stones at her and she was killed?
these scumbags should be arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon and go to prison
Judge for yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-0uqFTBclo
Ping for a bit of transcendent journalistic excellence from the Premiere Blogger of the New Age.
Rocks are a big deal, but in this case they ran a man down and executed him.
Watch the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-0uqFTBclo
Cue the dancing letters.
I just posted the article because I thought it timely and interesting.
I had not seen the video - Thank You.
I would say after watching that it certainly appeared to be as you described.
Yeesh.
Even more garish.
It’s the weekend.
It’s late.
They’ve been drinking.
It’s the weekend.
It’s late.
They’ve been drinking.
I think people should gather and throw rocks at the protestors. Let’s see how they react.
Throwing rocks at cops is incredibly stupid, but I doubt it calls for such an execution.
You think they would chase down the guy throwing rocks and execute him?
“Comply or Die” has a certain catchiness....
Looks like suicide by cop to me. You screw with the bull and you get the horn.
Cops are not the bulls.
What are you talking about?
I see nothing there that offends me.
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