Posted on 04/08/2015 11:36:13 AM PDT by PROCON
Rev. Al Sharpton called for national policing legislation akin to the Civil Rights Act this morning at the kickoff his National Action Network’s annual convention, just after the arrest of a white South Carolina police officer for murder in the shooting of an unarmed black man.
“There must be national policy and national law on policing,” Mr. Sharpton said. “We can’t go from state to state, we’ve got to have national law to protect people against these continued questions.”
Mr. Sharpton’s comments, coming on the heels of multiple instances of police killings of unarmed men of color around the country, were met with applause from the crowd—and from the dais, which was packed with elected officials including Mayor Bill de Blasio, Congressman Charles Rangel, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, city Comptroller Scott Stringer and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli
The convention kickoff, which featured a ribbon cutting with the lawmakers, came just hours after it was announced last night that North Charleston, S.C., police officer Michael T. Slager would be charged with murder in the death of Walter Scott—who can be seen in a widely publicized video running away from Mr. Slager, while the officer shoots into the man’s back repeatedly. The video offers a markedly different story than the one Mr. Slager first offered up: that Scott had stolen his taser and left him in fear for his life.
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Being as ignorant and illiterate as the “reverund” is, I wonder who fed him this ill-conceived idea?
0ba-Jarrett
Have you seen all the evidence?
Your knee-jerk reaction may come back to bite you once all evidence is presented, or maybe it won't.
Here's an example of people jumping to hasty conclusions of a supposed bad cop.
The lawyer the city hired to defend this killer saw the video and quit. This badge heavy goon shot a black guy 5 times in the back, because he thought he could, and get away with it.
Hot flash: Take the hint. Bloused booted, black cargo pants military wanna-bes have used up their nice-guy credits. No one likes cops, except other cops. Whether it's thugs without a badge, or with, WE DON'T CARE IF YOU MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT!
I pity you and all who think like you.
Have you had a bad experience with an LEO?
BTW, Semper Fi from an old Army guy.
Was it the cop who arrested the EMT/driver for running his siren to an accident? How about the local cop who went off the road in front of me, one night? When I got to the wreck, he was staggering drunk, stumbling around his balled up car in a cloud of fumes. Oddly the state troopers bundled him away, and the local paper never mentioned it, although they ALWAYS ran the police blotter.
If this country ever collapses, I will not be a bit surprised to see shaved headed road robbers dangling from trees in front of the local cop shops.
“when you consider that my father was a cop,”
Calling Dr. Freud; calling Dr. Freud...
It indicates that I knew cops when they were still honest. How much does it take to bribe you?
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