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Phoenix police officer shoots dead unarmed black man during scuffle
Reuters ^ | 12/4 | Daniel Wallis

Posted on 12/04/2014 1:34:39 PM PST by TangledUpInBlue

A Phoenix police officer shot to death an unarmed black man during a struggle and authorities said the officer believed the individual had a gun, in the latest fatal incident amid national turmoil over the policing of black communities.

The Phoenix Police Department said Rumain Brisbon, 34, was sitting in a black Cadillac SUV outside a convenience store on Tuesday evening, and that two witnesses told the officer the occupants of the vehicle were selling drugs.

With police forces across the country under increased scrutiny over killings of unarmed black men, Phoenix police said in a statement that its officer called for backup, and then saw Brisbon appear to remove something from the car's back seat

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; dead; deadunarmedman; phoenix; phoeniz; police; rumainbrisbon; shot
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Stoopit article and manipulated for effect.


101 posted on 12/04/2014 2:37:37 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

The White people shot don’t count. Never make the news.


102 posted on 12/04/2014 2:38:36 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: lightman

Oblame-u’s favorite ROE


103 posted on 12/04/2014 2:40:09 PM PST by februus
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To: TexasFreeper2009

“The SECOND the man gets in a physical confrontation with the cop he has fortified his life.”

I think the word you meant to use was FORFETED. At the conclusion of the altercation the dead man had been FORTIFIED with the addition of lead to his body.


104 posted on 12/04/2014 2:44:01 PM PST by vette6387
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To: TexasFreeper2009
The SECOND the man gets in a physical confrontation with the cop he has fortified his life.

Yes, it's a lot like taking vitamins.

105 posted on 12/04/2014 2:48:39 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: thackney
He was shot for leading the office to believe he had a weapon in his resisting arrest.

It was the officer who made that mistake all on his own. He "thought" he felt the handle of a gun. How much of those "thoughts" were the result of his finding out he shot an unarmed man?

Apparently the criminal felt it was worth risking his life over the drugs.

He was trying to get away. Apparently that's justification for being shot by the police. Even when nobody was ever in any danger. Except for the dead suspect.

106 posted on 12/04/2014 2:54:10 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: cuban leaf
I don’t think that was why the cop shot him.

Unfortunately we'll never really know why the cop shot him. Just that he did.

108 posted on 12/04/2014 2:55:26 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Here comes the media.
“Differing accounts of deadly police shooting emerge”
http://www.kpho.com/story/27542537/differing-accounts-of-deadly-police-shooting-emerge?autostart=true


109 posted on 12/04/2014 2:56:05 PM PST by machogirl
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To: TexasFreeper2009
no resisting arrest was!

So simply refusing to obey a cop's orders is grounds for getting shot. I thought that deadly force was supposed to be the last resort, not the first. That is was meant to be used only when the police officer's life was in danger, or the life and safety of another civilian was in danger. But in this case nobody's life was in danger. No gun was seen. No threats made. Just an unarmed guy trying to get away. And the cop shot him for it.

110 posted on 12/04/2014 2:58:43 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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Al Sharpton’s mini-me, the Rev Jarett Maupin is weighing in now.

After talking with Brisbon’s family, the Reverend Jarrett Maupin called him a victim of police violence.

“He was unarmed. There just simply isn’t any evidence to suggest he was engaged in criminal activity other than somebody said they say something. And, if that’s all it takes then every black man and woman in the city is in jeopardy,” Maupin said.

Read more: http://www.kpho.com/story/27542537/differing-accounts-of-deadly-police-shooting-emerge#ixzz3KyNfEvdh


111 posted on 12/04/2014 2:58:45 PM PST by machogirl
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To: Hugin
The question is if that’s worth running, fighting an officer and getting shot over, because the drug dealers actions led to his being shot.

Why is deadly force the first option for cops to use? I always it was a last resort, to be used only if the cop's life was in danger or bystanders were in danger of death or injury. But that wasn't the case here. There was no threat to anyone's life. Except the suspect.

112 posted on 12/04/2014 3:03:00 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Lion Den Dan
Unless the cop was shot at least twice, you would say it was not worth killing the perp.

How could the cop be shot even once since the guy he killed was unarmed?

Go troll under water at the sewage plant.

Then where would you go?

113 posted on 12/04/2014 3:04:44 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: thackney
He was shot for leading the office to believe he had a weapon in his resisting arrest.

The officer arrived at that mistaken belief all on his own. Whether it was before he shot the guy or after, we'll never know.

114 posted on 12/04/2014 3:05:38 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Based on the 2012 stat there will be a black person killed by cops at the rate of 5 every two weeks. Some of these rioters will have to open franchises.


115 posted on 12/04/2014 3:06:33 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: DoodleDawg

Unfortunately we’ll never really know why the cop shot him. Just that he did.


Yep. There is so much that we never really know. It’s amazing we can function at all. ;-)


116 posted on 12/04/2014 3:09:32 PM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: machogirl

Yep we’ll here other interpretations of the event.

One I’ve seen said he was reaching into the back of Escalade for meals
he was dropping off to his children. Who knows at this stage what went down.

But if he had not ran I suspect he’d still be alive and the kids would have
gotten something to eat if that in fact what he was doing.


117 posted on 12/04/2014 3:10:41 PM PST by deport
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Phoenix police officer shoots dead unarmed black man

Since the black man was dead, this is okay, right?


118 posted on 12/04/2014 3:11:22 PM PST by Gasshog (DemoKKKrats: Leaders of the Free Stuff World)
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To: Paladin2

This one doesn’t count?


119 posted on 12/04/2014 3:12:18 PM PST by Usually_Disappointed (Self censored for your convenience)
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To: Nervous Tick
Drew their guns swords, and stabbed shot each other.

Fixed it for ya ...one of my favorites.

120 posted on 12/04/2014 3:13:42 PM PST by lwd
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