Posted on 07/10/2016 1:06:39 AM PDT by blueplum
Two Houston police officers fatally shot an African-American man who pointed a gun at them despite their commands that he lower his weapon, authorities said on Saturday, two days after five Dallas policemen were slain by a black military veteran.
The two Houston officers, both Hispanic, encountered a man standing in the middle of a street with a revolver around 12:40 a.m. while on a routine patrol police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said.
The officers exited their patrol vehicle to speak to the man, who initially had the firearm pointed to the sky. The officers ordered him to lower the weapon, Silva said.
"He instead deliberately and slowly lowers his arm and allows it to come to a stop at his waist," Silva said. "Now the gun is pointed directly at officers."
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Breaking news - Dallas photo-op cancelled - Obama to visit Houston to condemn cops instead.
He was a good father with children, he was turning his life around
Yup, and all those descriptions were used for Michael Brown, the thug that had just assaulted and robbed a struggling legal immigrant - before turning on Officer Wilson. Liberals and the BLM hate group need to be held accountable for these hate crimes.
Sad the times we’re living in. This would have only been a local story except for the skin color involved.
Are there any riots planned for Houston?
He was going to star in The Black Hobbit, with Pantsbe Saggin, and Gnome Sayin.
The white cop haters are checking their social calendars on their Obama phones as we speak.
And it continues...is it really necessary, Reuters, to include the individuals race in the headline, other than to keep sh*t stirred up? They’d NEVER include the race if it were a rampaging murder suspect still running around town.
Would they ever write “White man with gun shot by police”?
ROFL!!! What the #### is Reuters reporting his for? It was a clean shoot, as were the other ones likely, although they took the REALLY safe course of action shooting those guys.
I would too.
Why is it important to report the officers were hispanic? Will it be important to dispatch officers of a certain race to certain parts of the city?
I am sure they can probably work a riot or two into their busy schedules. They just have to make sure they schedule the riots after 12 noon, to make sure they are all out of bed.
Must not have been white Hispanics or it would have been Front Page.
resistance is futile
Let’s see...
This happens in Houston Texas, so riots and killings are justified in say, Fairbanks Alaska, right? Yeah, that makes sense!
But the police justified. Who cares...just blame whitey and cause as much havoc as possible!
I'm pretty sure they were on their way before the shooting. Seems like the BLM movement has a bunch of psychics in their midst. I imagine Soros can find a few volunteers who will gladly sacrifice themselves for him, go find a cop and taunt him with a gun to setup the next riot...
“The same way Glenn Beck thought that letting his wife get beat up by occupy thugs, was a crucifixion.”
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WHAT??? He said this? Don’t tell me this actually happened...
Roto-Reuters insinuating that the cops were out of line shooting the guy. Hispanic cops aren’t a target. White cops are.
Two Houston police officers fatally shot an African-American man who pointe
Why do we do this?
Was the man from Africa?
If the man was white do you say police shot a European American today.
Well, the muthuh Fook in cops shouldn’t shoot until they are shot at... /s
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