Posted on 09/24/2017 5:20:10 PM PDT by impetrio1
One would assume the media has all of the resources available as the general public. When Los Angeles' KTLA decided to do a story on a controversial police shooting in the Huntington Beach community, care would be taken to assure all angles of the incident were presented to the people.
It looks like we expect too much of the media with an agenda.
It was the one minute and thirty-six second video they didn't show that makes a stark difference in the perceptions the media shared with the public and the reactions they got to air.
(Excerpt) Read more at blackandblondemedia.com ...
LA burned because the media did the same thing with the Rodney King video.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King
"The station cut ten seconds of the video, before the image was in focus, that showed an extremely blurry shot of King charging at the officers. Later members of the jury said that this cut footage was essential to their decision to acquit the officers."
Grappling with a cop and taking anything off his belt is a sure way to get real dead.
And you can clearly see the suspect reach up with his right hand and remove something from the officers belt or Sam Brown...
The officer tased the suspect, which had little or no affect and the suspect kept quickly approaching the officer and then the suspect took a swing at the officer. The fight was on.
This is what was omitted. Watch from 1:40 on...
That is huge.
A trained cop should make a good-faith attempt to use non-lethal force first, if possible. Sounds like that happened here.
That’s right. And it was clear the suspect would have killed the cop if given the chance. The suspect was extremely aggressive and took life threatening chances.
Based on 4 difference videos I’ve seen, this was a legitimate shoot.
Riots are good for ratings. They know how to stir up the sjw crowd.
Yep, and it was KTLA too.
In the attached video, at the 2:12 mark the officer says “Let go of my gun.”
Justified (not good) shoot.
The TV station staff and crew should be arrested and charged with inciting a riot. Or not. It's been obvious for a while that clear video of these incidents doesn't sway the criminal subculture that roots for police deaths.
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