Posted on 06/14/2020 5:22:20 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
A complaint was made, officers responded. Brooks was apparently under the influence of something, to the extent that he could not legally drive his car away after being questioned. They tried to arrest him. He resisted arrest, disarmed a policeman of his taser, and fired that taser at the officer. He was at that point shot. That is what the video shows.
Fully justified shooting, imho.
How about, “don’t be driving drunk in public, don’t resist arrest, don’t disarm a police officer of his weapon, and don’t then fire it at him, and you won’t get shot!” That is the message the Atlanta Police Department and mayor should be sending to the Black Lies Matter fools. But instead, they pander, kneel and throw the officers to the wolves. Disgusting.
Sort of puts a different spin on it, doesn’t it?
Well, at least “they” got rid of the ATL police chief.
“Defunding the police” may become a moot point. Existing cops will be looking for a way out, and there’s going to be few young people that will choose a career path in law enforcement in today’s political climate.
People just don’t understand what is happening in these situations. The police are in a fight for their lives. If that guy manages to grab one of the police officer’s guns he will try to kill them with it. Maybe he can beat them down and beat their head into the pavement and kill them. Maybe he can disable one of the police officers with the taser, take his gun, and kill him. I got arrested one time, many years ago. I had never even considered the possibility of getting arrested before. The police officer said, “turn around and put your hands behind your back “. I did exactly that, even though I was falling down drunk. It never occurred to me to do anything else.
They should be blaming Mothers Against Drunk Driving or Mom Demand Action while at it...
The City of Austin, and an Endless High, won’t even know the difference...
I am tired of these nincompoops in power. If a police chief is not qualified, let her step down to a more qualified person now, not to succumb to a Marxist coup when all of a sudden a controvercy happens
We are seeing the equivalent of the abdication of the Tsar
Far from being a moot point, “defund the police” should become the new bumper sticker slogan the Democrats are forced to defend themselves against. Every time they appear. Make them defend that. Make them attack that. Donald Trump wins. End of story.
We are seeing the end result of several decades of affirmative action.
I don't think that's accurate.. From what I've seen in the video he turned and faced the cops and was aiming a tasor at them.. (?)
It almost makes you want to think all of this stuff is pre-planned, doesn’t it? But nah, that couldn’t be the case."
Played right into their hands. Don't rule out stupidity.
“War on Cops” by Heather MacDonald written in 2015 lays this all out and correctly points the finger of blame at Obama and Holder’s handling of the Ferguson issues. It created the “Ferguson Effect” which is cops are gun shy and back off conflicts with blacks and blacks become more aggressive in arrest situations; resisting more.
Now we have the war on our whole culture which the cops are there to protect.
As the cities are defunding the police, criminals are picking out their vacation spots.
Yep. The Pinochio’s “I want to be a real boy” syndrome. Would not be surprised she associates as a lesbian or something.
For every successful real female soldier or pilot, we get 10 girl wannabe who just want to go to flight school to marry the pilot guy. These parasites are such a waste.
“We are seeing the end result of several decades of affirmative action.”
Interesting observation. Add to that LBJ’s great society money give-away. IMO, both a form of reparations.
Now if we start using hard cash payments from those who never held slaves given to those that never were slaves, violence will be perpetually used to get more and more and more and - - - -
The proper use of a head lock, and nightstick would have led to a much different ending. Once again, liberalism kills.
“It created the “Ferguson Effect” which is cops are gun shy and back off conflicts with blacks and blacks become more aggressive in arrest situations; resisting more.”
I was just thinking, a few more of these events and black males will be beyond the reach of the law. If the police don’t have the support of the public, it is all over. The public’s chickens will come home to roost, quickly.
How about firing the officer who was disarmed, and increasing the physical fitness requirements, so that officers are better able to subdue people without having to kill them? Even if it results in hardly any female officers?
How does that justify pulling the trigger when the guy is running away?
All the training I've ever had emphasized that you shouldn't use excessive force when the threat no longer exists (castle doctrine doesn't apply in this situation).
I think it was stupidity and/or lack of training. I can't imagine how someone could set such a thing up.
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