Posted on 03/27/2018 9:34:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Now, now. That’s racis’. Just because it’s pitch dark, the “victim” appears to be trying to elude the ‘popo’, has something in his hand and is non compliant is no reason to shoot him 20 times. Al (not so)sharpton will be in town to set y’all straight. Looting in 3.....2...... If you weren’t on scene, don’t be telling the “truth” about what happened.
Sorry, but if a regular citizen in Sacramento had shot an unarmed person who was fleeing from them ten times for holding a cell phone they’d go to prison. Period.
But it’s okay for the cops to do it.
>>It is true that he did not have a gun, but it is also true that the officers believed he did at the time they fired.
Is that the acceptable standard for a citizen who kills a person in “self-defense”?
A victim of circumstance.
“But it’s okay for the cops to do it.”
The difference is the police are required to confront and apprehend.
And while not OK, it’s certainly within legal bounds.
Watch the video and I’d bet you too would pull the trigger.
And yet the killings of blacks by blacks in chicago and other democrat metropolis continue with zero protest from sharpton and company.
The blacks are always ready to yell “No justice no peace” when the police shoot a black perp but black on black crime and especially black on white crime is somehow justified or ignored.
20 rounds....yikes
Send the cops to the range.
Then send them to the optometrist for a vision check so they can distinguish a cell phone from a firearm.
>>It is true that he did not have a gun, but it is also true that the officers believed he did at the time they fired.
Is that the acceptable standard for a citizen who kills a person in “self-defense”?>>
Well, yes, actually it IS! If you can show that you had a reasonable fear of bodily harm, you ARE allowed to use deadly force to protect yourself! I wish every commenter on these kinds of posts would go through a “Shoot-Don’t Shoot” drill and see for themselves how hard it is to make a split second decision when their life is on the line.
The cops would like to go home to their family at the end of their shift. The reason that people call 911 is to ask an officer to deal with a situation that is beyond the average citizen’s ability to handle. It is not helpful when armchair quarterbacks with 20/20 hindsight pronounce judgments on an officer’s split-second reaction to a situation they have had hours to evaluate!
This is not ad hom: you’re a moron.
You know nothing about this incident.
The best way to avoid being shot by police is to avoid confrontations with the police. And if confronted, obey all orders immediately and explicitly. The former is much preferred to the latter and is the only way to guarantee not being shot.
Was he just out for a stroll and planning on going to “coll-eshz” ?
The unarmed person here knew he was being pursued by identified police officers and was trying to elude them causing suspicion about his intentions. He also had something in his hands that could be easily mistaken for a gun in the heat of the moment. A mistake, yes, but that’s what made it justifiable, my FRiend.
Wrong case, since in Graham the use of force was not deadly force. What Dunphy wants to quote is Tennessee v. Garner which ruled that police officers were not justified in using deadly force unless "the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others." That was not the case here. The suspect was unarmed. He had not made any threatening moves towards the officers or anyone else. He should not have been shot.
And what was the "reasonable fear of bodily harm" here? Getting beaten to death with a cell phone?
That's what they are paid to do. Confront and apprehend. Not stop and shoot to death.
"truff" you raciss honky.
If you had made that mistake you’d be going to prison.
That’s my point here.
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