It really does sound like the start of a joke or one of those text-based RPG games:
"A US cop comes across a black man lying on the ground with his arms in the air and a 'retard' kid sitting on the ground with a toy truck, which of the two on the ground would you rather be?"
... Now, roll the dice!
Last edited by mmoc83df313720; 2016-07-21 at 01:59 AM.
How about holding off? There was no one else close by, no one else in range, so even if he was armed there was no immediate danger to other bystanders. All they had then to do was get the mans name and do a call to check who he was and whether his story was legit. But no it was shoot first ask questions later.
adipose degeneration and too much lead in the water supply I suppose.
I've usually been on the cops side in these shootings, but unless there is a ton of missing information here, the cop was clearly in the wrong and way too trigger happy here. Should be fired and prosecuted.
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If only they would instead of going on power trips. Though I denounce whats been happening to cops in Dallas and Baton Rouge, it is the entirely predictable consequence of people on the edge who feel ( realistically or not) that the police no longer exercise legitimate authority. Due mainly to sht like this.
it's like cops don't watch the news. Incoming more riots/cop shootings.
EDIT: I think a a simple law would put a quick end to this. It would say that any cop who uses lethal force against someone who later turns out to have been unarmed is automatically fired and charged with reckless homicide.
If cops aren't willing to endure the higher standards and extra scrutiny, then quit.
Last edited by Berengil; 2016-07-21 at 02:14 AM.
Shocks me how many Americans on this forum are just like "Well, you done did something they told you not to do, of course you deserve to get shot." That's absolutely mental.
It's "odd" that they cut the video there, maybe the guy stopped recording when the actual shot occurred? By the same token, the two articles listed here don't mentioned WHERE (on his body) the guy was hit. Doesn't seem they hit the autistic guy at all either.
Really, this sounds like an accidental/ negligent discharge, not some cop trying to shoot somebody. Blame adrenaline and light triggers in a Glock/AR15 for the shooting. Heck, a "mosquito bite" might mean the guy wasn't even directly hit, we don't know. Guy gets lawsuit, cop gets retraining, no need for criminal charges (if my scenario is accurate, obviously).
"I only feel two things Gary, nothing, and nothingness."
This ignores the fact that the situation was called in as a potential suicide.
But even putting that aside. I'll take you up on that "what if". "What if" what you outlined was the case? I would seek to confirm the facts of the situation, not shoot people who have already surrendered them self.
I agree that what you propose should be running through the officer's heads during the event, but the fact that the officers should be keeping it in mind does not mean the appropriate course of action was to shoot.
That they should keep worst case scenarios in mind is irrelevant to what transpired because the officer should not have taken the action they did.
No, the problem is that they did watch the news. We got ourselves a Dorner situation all over again with this incident. Pants-shitting-scared cops + the perception of danger in an otherwise harmless situation + a dash of racial paranoia = innocent people being shot and potentially killed over literally nothing.
I'm assuming the shooting was unintentional, and the injury was light, so the only thing left in question is them restraining him while they sorted out the fact a gun wasn't present (per the 911 call). Major fuckup, but nothing really NEWSWORTHY, IMO.
And we're assuming that two streets over there wasn't some guy with a gun that killed himself because the cops got the address wrong from the 911 call, of course. :-p
"I only feel two things Gary, nothing, and nothingness."
I posted this info I found in another gun thread earlier today but its apt to post here -
In London in the UK in 2012 armed police officers were sent to 2451 incidents. Of those in 634 there were direct threats to life and 416 guns were confiscated. The number of suspect fatalities was zero. The number of police fatalities was zero. If similar numbers of incidents and threat incidents occurred in Chicago or LA or wherever how many dead perps do you think there would be? Something has gone very wrong somewhere with police training and culture.
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Its the alt-right wingers, they live in a different reality to the rest of us.
Cmon guys, we all share one thing in common; this website. Lets not treat each other like dirt and name call people for having an opinion. We're better than that.
This is face palming part
Kinsey said:
“I thought it was a mosquito bite, and when it hit me I had my hands in the air, and I’m thinking, ‘I just got shot!’ and I’m saying, ‘Sir, why did you shoot me?’ and his words to me were, ‘I don’t know.’”
“I was really more worried about [Rinaldo] than myself, because I’m looking out. As long as I’ve got my hands up, they’re not gonna shoot me—this is what I’m thinking. They’re not gonna shoot me. Wow, was I wrong.”