Houston police shoot dead a black man pointing gun in street

Reuters ^ | 9 July 2016 11:04pm EDT | Letitia Stein

[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."

[Celtic Conservative]

Horse as in heroin? “horse” is a street name for heroin.

CC

[elcid1970]

“...If they don’t shoot, I can’t declare guns evil, repeal the 2nd amendment, and declare martial law...”

Bammie can declare guns evil like he’s done since 2009, but that’s all he can do. Trust me.

[JoeProBono]

[Lent]

The two Houston officers, both Hispanic,

White Hispanic?lol Well at least AP was good enough not leave everyone guessing who the police were (thus inviting the inference they were white) like the Compost or Slimes would.

[bert]

——The two Houston officers, both Hispanic,-—

Both democrats

[Lent]

oops Reuters.

[Robert DeLong]

Or perhaps London.

[oldvirginian]

“Dindu Nuffins.
He was going to star in The Black Hobbit, with Pantsbe Saggin, and Gnome Sayin.”

Ah yes, the much anticipated rap adaptation from Moan Back Productions

[JimRed]

Suicide by cop. More riots to follow.

[ohioman]

Another dead Darwin Award winner committing suicide by cop.

[goldbux]

Diacetylmorphine = C₂₁H₂₃NO₅ = heroin.

One of the few useful bits of information I learned while serving on a jury.

We see a lot of that here at the Lab recently.

[blueplum]

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

you know, jsanders2001, ever since I heard Momma Philandro hit over $250K on gofundsweepstakes within a matter of days, I've been wondering, where's all that money coming from so fast? Is somebody resurrecting Sadaam's little payoff program or are people really that stupid? I've never ever heard of a KIA military or LEO family getting anywhere near that...