Look, that fist plan, you really need to check your friends. Regardless of where they come down on this, the officer’s wife and children had nothing to do with this.
That right there reveals some very very whacked out thinking.
The officer in this instance didn’t execute this man’s entire family. There’s simply no comparison in this reaction.
Beyond this, the officer was fulfilling his duty. While he may have had a reaction that others can’t justify, I don’t think he lined up there and thought to himself, this guy just bought himself a one way ticket before the driver exited his car. If he did, the court will hopefully determine it.
Those who seek to deliver a justice of their own have determined what action they should take in advance, and are acting entirely outside the law.
It is not for regular citizens to form some sort of vigilante group and deliver justice. It’s not how our system works, and when folks lend themselves to plans such as this, it NEVER turns out well.
As for the BLM folks, lets remember what set them off. Michael Brown was out causing trouble on the night he died. He refused to comply with officer’s directions. He assaulted an officer. He was returning to either beat the officer more, or kill him.
He was then shot dead.
There isn’t a single bit of justification behind BLM’s claims about this incident.
Please don’t try to tell me what these groups will derive from other incidents. From the first incident on, they proved their ability to reason. They have none.
This was posted also a day or so ago. I remember reading 2 patrol cars were damaged in the chase. No mention in this article of that.
During the pursuit, both cars became damaged and eventually came to a stop near Harris’ home.
Did not say I agree with this, or that these fellows were my friends, just observing that tensions are rising. I was quite surprised to hear a very similar sentiment from two separate people within a 6 week period. Shooting of unarmed men does not help the situation, hopefully cold weather will get folks inside and put a lid on this for at least 6 months or so.
Certain segments of the population are very tribal, they see things not as an individual vs. individual, but as a clan based thing. Kind of like the Mau-Mau, who would go in and attack entire English families, because of perceived wrongs by the English at large. There are middle east minded folks who think the same way. To them I suppose it seems reasonable, I do not really know. The Dallas shooting might be the first manifestation of this but not family based retaliation.
While might well be idle talk, it seems to me that tensions are rising across the spectrum. Kill the wrong son of the wrong tribal based culture and that is where it is headed. The one white guy (Irish stock) was referring to his son and his only son, so it might be revenge based, again I do not really know.
I should mention both individuals who said this were specific that it was to spread terror to the police as they have spread it to certain populations, or words to that affect. Neither believe the system will deliver any justice. I gather the perception of police is very different in certain populations.