Posted on 08/11/2015 2:40:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In an interview with The Daily Beast’s Justin Glawe, prominent #BlackLivesMatter activist Deray McKesson refused to say whether police shootings are justified when the suspect pulls a gun and fires at law enforcement officials.
Glawe was present at Monday night’s Ferguson protests, and spoke with McKesson and fellow activist Hermz about their views on police shootings. “Neither McKesson nor Hermz wanted to discuss the hypothetical that underpins the clearest legal justification for use of force by police: If someone points a gun at an officer (and even fires it), is the officer justified in using lethal force?” he writes.
Instead, McKesson responded with a question of his own: “If someone killed your child, what would it take for you to say it was justified?”
McKesson also refused to say that the 2014 shooting of black man VonDeritt Myers Jr. by St. Louis police after he pulled a gun and fired was justified. “He actually didn’t shoot at the police. That’s a lie,” he said, even though a a 272-page report released by the St. Louis Police Department indicated the opposite.
He also continued to maintain the guilt of Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, and said he “still [has] more questions than answers” about the Sunday night shooting of Ferguson native Tyrone Harris Jr. after he fired upon police.
how can we all sit down and have an honest discussion about race in this country when one side of the discussion is comprised of buffoons like this guy? these people are delusional. they live in a fantasy world where Michael brown was an angel and a martyr despite ERIC FREAKING HOLDER saying he attacked the cop. so frustrating
Did they arrest everyone who were saying they were ready for war before the shooting?
Did you see the “protesters” yelling at the cops, pointing fingers and yelling “fxxx yxxx”? I did. Golly gee, guess it didn’t make it to the national 6 o’clock news.
The media and the leftist establishment are deliberately fanning the flames and hoping to see a big fire.
They may ultimately get a “fire” but it may not be the type of “fire” they’re hoping for.
this is what happens when they get bored with 3 card monty
He looks gay.
who the F________ IS this moron and who CARES what he says?
I am a psychic and i predict he will die an ugly death at the hands of some “bros” and bi****s. I feels it; I feels it commin’, Morgan!!!
When I see “BLM,” I think “Bureau of Land Management.” It reminds me of the days when the Moro Islamic Liberation Front was in the news.
If these nitwits want a war, it will not end well. The other 88% of the country may starting playing Deguello for them.
And I’m not talking ZZ Top, either.
i agree with you but unfortunately this guy is A: influential in his community and B: represents the opinion of a large % of his community. its like they operate under a different law of physics than the rest of the universe. up is down, left is right
as a detective i worked those streets for a long time, and found an entirely different universe run by urban mythologoy of evil demonic white men, faery tales about black greatness in the past (pyramids, flight, microwavess), drugs, crime culture and-—YES-—a lot of crazy bullcrap that put them and their “culture” in some alternate universe. It’s take 50 years to destroy a once fine sub-culture of america, and it will take five hundred years to undue the present damge done by the Imperial Inquisitors and King of All Vermin :)
“Whatever it was, Jim, it’s dead, thanks to your phaser....”
Amen
Whether or not a police shooting is justified depends entirely upon the race of the officer and the perp.
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