Posted on 06/15/2020 7:29:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
gee...then all every body has to do is just run...and then, the next day, when police all over the city are tacking down their previous days “arrests”...the everybody can again just RUN!!!....its the “new law enforcement”....you people have lost your minds...
There were a couple here who told us that since a Tazer is a one-shot dealie, the officer should have known he was no longer being threatened.
I’m not buying that either.
I'm sure the media will find out.
Correct. Attempting to close the case in the media won’t work.
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I agree, but the media lynching has worked so far, and created a lot of the death and destruction that they wanted.
In that split second how did the cop know for a fact what exactly was in in the hand? Could have gotten the other cops gun in the struggle, No way to know at that moment. Further, letting a felon get away could lead to further crimes in an effort to avoid capture. What if took hostages? Hijacked a car? You just dont know.
Facts don’t matter anymore.
You might be right. Think we've seen rioting so far ? We ain't seen nothing yet if there's an innocent verdict......
One of the beautiful things about this country is our right to a speedy trial.
The “open and shut” trial of the Floyd case was so fast I do not recall reading about it. /s/
I stopped reading with that headline, as there has been no trial. The only trial there has been is that of the media’s creation. Maybe that cop is a bad one, but this needs to be proven in an actual court of law with actual physical evidence and credible testimony.
The mere fact that the media has him guilty coupled with the fact that anything they say is a lie leads me to believe this cop is innocent.
The point is, there was zero need to draw a gun and shoot. Zero. He wasn’t a kill-worthy threat.
‘It is a sad story of a situation that got badly out of hand, but the rush to judgment against Rolfe by many in the media is misguided.’
I too rushed to judgment until I saw the guy firing a taser at the cops; maybe a superbly trained team of cops could have defused the situation without killing him, but the deceased’s own actions sealed his fate of getting shot...
are you serious???...
“Agreed. This is not like the Ferguson case where Brown was advancing with malice on the officer.”
Agreed. In Ferguson, the “suspect” had not gained control of the officer’s weapon.
“It is hard to rationalize shooting this fleeing subject in the back. If he got away where was he going to go? They had his car and I assume ID.”
Since the article didn’t talk about the election, why not trust Big Media’s reporting on this?
See #22.
Welcome to FR.
One of my more vivid memories of a similar incident from years back had the Army CID declared a man shot twice in the back of his head a suicide.
Newer tasers are two shots.
Floyd wasn’t open and shut. In fact, the autopsy said the cops didn’t kill the dood. They did, however, neglect his medical crisis and should be held accountable for that, but they didn’t cause any physical harm to him.
Suicide by cop. Plain and simple.
LOL, Been here awhile. FR is an interesting mix, that’s for sure. Mostly all a good mix though.
“Why didn’t they just let Rayshard Brooks go after he fled? After all, they have all his details on file. They can arrest him later.”
You are encouraging all criminals to fight with the police and flee.
Won’t work.
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