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How'd We Get to Jacob Blake?
Townhall.com ^ | August 30, 2020 | Robert O'Dannell

Posted on 08/30/2020 7:07:15 AM PDT by Kaslin

People look at the Jacob Blake incident and want to immediately condemn the police. They want to play the “what if” game and label all police part of a systemic problem that is predisposed to targeting communities of color, when in fact they should be the ones looking in the mirror.

The Left has, time and again, removed the tools of policing that not only creates an atmosphere for a Jacob Blake incident; it all but guarantees it.

Today’s politicians and anti-police rhetoric have enabled criminals to disobey direct verbal commands from law enforcement, emboldening criminals not to comply with officers and creating a generational anti-authority mindset.

Let’s say the officers could have used the physical force necessary to control Mr. Blake, using properly taught head and body strikes, even punches, to force compliance over Blake's apparent resistance and combativeness. But then the video would show the police punching a black suspect, and the officers would be demonized by the public, sensationalized by the media, and condemned by their leaders. So that use of force has been removed due to the social media mob, and police officers must resort to another more socially acceptable level of force: a hands-off taser that failed, twice.

As Blake broke loose, officers grabbed his shirt in lieu of placing Blake in a neck restraint, something taught in most police academies up until recently. But neck restraints weren't an option because the social media mob has demonized chokehold out of existence.

So you the public, being manipulated by agenda-driven politicians and revenue-driven media, have removed the very levels of force based on an infinitesimal number of isolated incidents.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: bluelifesmatter; civilunrest; jacobblake; kenosha; olice; p; police; policebrutality
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To: gundog

Yes, it is 100% a fighting knife.


21 posted on 08/30/2020 8:20:53 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: Buttons12

“I don’t understand why they let him go to his car. “

I think he had already pretty much beat their asses, and then shook off a taser, so I don’t think they “let” him do anything.

“A black man shot seven times in the back by US police had a knife and fought with officers beforehand, putting one in a headlock and shrugging off two Taser attempts, it is claimed.”

https://news.sky.com/story/jacob-blake-had-knife-and-put-officer-in-headlock-before-shooting-claims-police-union-12059179


22 posted on 08/30/2020 8:29:34 AM PDT by suthener
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To: cnsmom

23 posted on 08/30/2020 8:31:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Kaslin

See new tagline.


24 posted on 08/30/2020 8:32:58 AM PDT by OKSooner (Jacob Blake had it coming.)
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To: Kaslin

Why does no one discuss the resistance to cooperating with the police and stop resisting arrest?

If Jacob Blake, the Minnesota guy, etc. hadn’t resisted arrest they would probably be alive today.

This is not a fair discussion about police tactics, but an assault on the ability to solve problems. We see thugs trying to force their solution by mayhem, intimidation and force. Someone is organizing them to do the their mayhem.

We have weak democrat political leaders that allows this mayhem to continue. At some point there is a need to remove these idiots from leadership. Hope it is soon.


25 posted on 08/30/2020 8:37:47 AM PDT by ADSUM
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

26 posted on 08/30/2020 8:45:52 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Kaslin

It’s all part of the bigger systematic effort to get rid of all laws and destroy civilization.


27 posted on 08/30/2020 9:07:58 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
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To: Trailerpark Badass

Yes, it is 100% a fighting knife.


Yup, only purpose of that knife is to cut people up.

And the only type of guy who buys that type of a knife is someone who psychologically really wants to cut someone up.

And the dirt bag brought that knife to what he knew was going to be a domestic violence confrontation with his wife while children were present.

Wife was scared for her safety, for good reason, the guy had a long standing history of domestic violence and unprovoked felony assaults with deadly weapons, including guns, that easily could have escalated into tragic homicide. She called the police to come save them.

When the police showed up he resisted arrest and assaulted the police - while brandishing that same knife. He entered the car looking for all the world like he was going for a gun.

Reputedly, the vehicle he was trying to enter was filled with children. if he had gotten into the car the police faced and instant hostage situation with children being hostages. or perhaps even a murder suicide scenario

That shooting was totally justified.


28 posted on 08/30/2020 1:49:56 PM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: Kaslin
"How'd We Get to Jacob Blake?"

Drugs. Pot turns all of its addicts to the criminal left, some completely and others socially. Other drugs that follow turn them into complete maniacs.

29 posted on 08/30/2020 3:21:39 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: Kaslin

Easy. The POS resisted arrest, tried to pull a knife on cops with guns pointed at him like an @hole and got justice.


30 posted on 08/30/2020 5:40:03 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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bump


31 posted on 08/30/2020 6:23:55 PM PDT by foreverfree
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To: Buttons12
They scuffled with him but could not gain control, likely in fear of repercussions of “police brutality”. So they deployed their nonlethal, but ineffective tasers. By then he had rounded the vehicle and opened the door. You cannot verbally command someone who lacks fear for losing their life. So it is either shoot or slow the wanted person to leave. All the race based clamoring against police has had the desired effect, albeit slowly emerging. With scores of eligible officers retiring or quitting, and any future applicants to be few, the police concept in liberal areas won't exist. There will still be issues when criminals try this tactic in conservative venues, but it will worsen over time until Ritterhouse becomes the normal response for any and all crimes since there will be no police, courts or prisons, only shallow burial pits or trees filled with dangling skeletons.
32 posted on 08/30/2020 9:20:54 PM PDT by Robocop5626
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To: Robocop5626

Well, one of them wasn’t in fear of charges of “police brutality,” since he shot him 7 times from behind.

If they thought they shouldn’t be brutal, and tasers didn’t work, they could have let him go. They knew who he was. Defuse the situation and go pick him up later...when they could find sufficient backup. Next time he goes to pick up his check, or his kids.

One shot in the back was almost certainly enough to remove whatever threat he posed. Give them that. It’s the next two shots, the pause, and the four shots that followed, that raise questions in my mind.


33 posted on 08/30/2020 9:56:39 PM PDT by Buttons12
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To: Kaslin; Lazamataz

Let’s ask Laz.


34 posted on 08/30/2020 10:00:24 PM PDT by Buttons12
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