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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

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; dead; deadunarmedman; phoenix; phoeniz; police; rumainbrisbon; shot
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To: JennysCool
A good shoot, methinks.

Why not? Why should the fact that neither the officer's life nor the life or safety of any civilian was in danger from the suspect prevent the officer from shooting him?

21 posted on 12/04/2014 1:46:38 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Rumain wasn’t a stranger to the legal system.


22 posted on 12/04/2014 1:47:04 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: trisham
Sometimes the headlines seem to write themselves.


23 posted on 12/04/2014 1:47:23 PM PST by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue
during a struggle the policeman believed he felt the handle of a gun while holding the individual's hand in his pocket.
Is that a gun or are you happy to see me?
24 posted on 12/04/2014 1:47:44 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: TangledUpInBlue

No mother should have to worry about her son getting shot every time he goes out to deal drugs out of a Cadillac SUV!


25 posted on 12/04/2014 1:48:05 PM PST by thorvaldr
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To: TangledUpInBlue

If dead unarmed black men didn’t scuffle with police, they wouldn’t get shot.


26 posted on 12/04/2014 1:48:18 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Race Baiting Sharpton is spinning around like a whirling dervish trying to figure out where to go.


27 posted on 12/04/2014 1:48:41 PM PST by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Why would a cop shoot a dead man? Armed or not?

It's gotten so bad that cops are shooting dead men now, sheesh.

28 posted on 12/04/2014 1:48:46 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Meanwhile, the Bosnian man in St. Louis is still dead, at the hands of black thugs who beat him to death with hammers, and NO ONE in the media has even brought it up..I guess his life didnt matter


29 posted on 12/04/2014 1:49:05 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: TangledUpInBlue

News reports note that Rumain Brisbon, the man who was fighting with the police, was on a five-year probation from a conviction of 1998 burglary in which he had been shot; he had a marijuana conviction; and he had been booked twice on DWI charges in 2009 and once in October.

A handgun and marijuana were found in the black Cadillac SUV in which he had been sitting before trying to flee.


30 posted on 12/04/2014 1:49:06 PM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: 1Old Pro

It’s gotten so bad that cops are shooting dead men now, sheesh.

So what! If some lunatic was attacking me I don’t know if I’d stop til I knew dead was dead....and then some.


32 posted on 12/04/2014 1:50:10 PM PST by caww
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

That was my first thought, until I got into the article.


33 posted on 12/04/2014 1:50:28 PM PST by Kackikat
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To: etl lll
“The officer gave the suspect several commands to get on the ground but he refused to comply, yelling profanities at the officer,” said the police statement issued on Wednesday.

Same old story, same outcomes.

35 posted on 12/04/2014 1:50:53 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: TangledUpInBlue

“police officer shoots dead unarmed black man during scuffle”
So, first of all, why was the cop scuffling with a dead man and then decides to shoot the dead man? Ah. The super sophisticated journalists strike again. And WE’RE the dumbasses?


36 posted on 12/04/2014 1:50:54 PM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: TangledUpInBlue
unarmed

Soon to be on that "Top Words For 2014" list ...

37 posted on 12/04/2014 1:51:03 PM PST by mikrofon (Holidaze BUMP)
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To: ColdOne

Or three times in NC and Florida.


38 posted on 12/04/2014 1:51:18 PM PST by Kackikat
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Have the cops shot any dogs lately?


39 posted on 12/04/2014 1:51:49 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: DoodleDawg

And that was worth killing someone over?


I don’t think that was why the cop shot him. I think a better question would be, is it worth risking your life for?


40 posted on 12/04/2014 1:51:54 PM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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