Cop in America doing a bad job, again
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The coroner in the Eric Gardner case ruled his death a homicide. The head of the union went on tv and said it was a textbook arrest even though cops are told not to use a choke hold to subdue. Behind the bullshit they operate like a criminal organization.
I know that an automatic appeal is typical in almost every case, but what is the police union's argument against the idiot being fired?
This is a pretty lengthy video but shows just how bad policing has become in America.
They love their intimidation tactics.
They love their intimidation tactics.
how the feck is he supposed to put his legs straight out and cross them? these cops are some of the stupidest motherfeckers around and yet we give them guns and let them do whatever they want to civilians
and why are they such pussies? the guy was sitting down, hands clearly not holding anything, several feet away from the guy and the cop thinks its necessary to tase him?
In 11 years nothing changed and is like a cult protecting themselves
Same state a police woman shot and killed an old man after constantly tased the guy....nothing happened to her, I have no problem at all when police shoots and kills criminals who are dangerous and violent but not innocent people.
That’s messed up! Would like to see how the cop gets out of this one.
I love how that one cop keeps repeating “it’s a free country” as he acts like he’s in the Gestapo.
Knowing South Carolina, they’ll tell the teacher to assign different books.
Touché - I’m sure it has our Governor very confused.
They should just be happy that South Carolinian kids are actually reading books with words and stuff.
Now now, that’s not all of us. Just most of us.
I was reading about the Ferguson Missouri USA case of the shooting of Michael Brown, that 18 year old guy and was gobsmacked at how stupidly and absolutely recklessly he behaved.
He and his friend robbed a store for cigars. When police were called, a police officer came in a car. Brown punched the officer numerous times through the officer's car window. He then attemped to turn the officer's gun on himself and tried to shoot the officer! What on earth was he thinking!?!? You try to shoot an officer, you think it's going to end well?
He then fled the scene. As he was running away, the officer got out of the car and said "Stop, stop, stop". Brown then turned around and charged at the officer with his fists. Witnesses said that, at that moment, they themselves felt that the officer was in danger. Keep in mind that before this, Brown had tried to shoot the officer with the gun. The officer only shot Brown after he turned around and charged at him. He had robbed a store prior to this, just minutes before.
Loads of eye witnesses lied as well, to get attention and to paint the police officer in a negative light. That "hands up don't shoot" thing was a lie. Things like this make it hard to sympathise with Brown and some others. You turn an officer's gun on himself and try to shoot him, you punch an officer numerous times through his car window, you think it's going to end well and that you're making things better?
What a reckless way to behave, and from an 18 year old lad. I was sat shaking my head reading that story. Do some of these young people not have any idea of the consequences of their actions? That xxxtentacion bloke's killer is another one. What a numpty.
He and his friend robbed a store for cigars. When police were called, a police officer came in a car. Brown punched the officer numerous times through the officer's car window. He then attemped to turn the officer's gun on himself and tried to shoot the officer! What on earth was he thinking!?!? You try to shoot an officer, you think it's going to end well?
He then fled the scene. As he was running away, the officer got out of the car and said "Stop, stop, stop". Brown then turned around and charged at the officer with his fists. Witnesses said that, at that moment, they themselves felt that the officer was in danger. Keep in mind that before this, Brown had tried to shoot the officer with the gun. The officer only shot Brown after he turned around and charged at him. He had robbed a store prior to this, just minutes before.
Loads of eye witnesses lied as well, to get attention and to paint the police officer in a negative light. That "hands up don't shoot" thing was a lie. Things like this make it hard to sympathise with Brown and some others. You turn an officer's gun on himself and try to shoot him, you punch an officer numerous times through his car window, you think it's going to end well and that you're making things better?
What a reckless way to behave, and from an 18 year old lad. I was sat shaking my head reading that story. Do some of these young people not have any idea of the consequences of their actions? That xxxtentacion bloke's killer is another one. What a numpty.
serve and protect
Fecked up country. Makes me so angry.
The officer is a disgrace.
chicago pd shot and killed a man in the back while he was running away. watch these videos and tell me that the police arent an occupying force in poor / minority communities who do far more harm than good
Illinois is concealed carry state
Christ, that’s quite a movement of goalposts recently. Used to be ‘fearful of one’s life’ that was used to justify cops killing citizens, now it’s a phrase as nebulous as ‘exhibiting characteristics...’
Reminds me of the Mesa cop recently who used the ‘displaying characteristics of someone about to fight’ argument to justify him landing enough blows to render the victim unconscious on his feet.
Doubt the female cop who cowardly killed the fleeing black man will receive anything but a paid vacation & a desk job until the current front blows over.
He was very much armed
America is just an absolute shithouse country.
Teaching the Police that they operate above the law is only ever going to go one way.
Teaching the Police that they operate above the law is only ever going to go one way.
Yeah, that's kind of old news since Pulp Fiction was released.
Not only armed but trying to draw his gun when he got shot.
US cops get enough shit for their heavy-handed policing as it is, so seems only fair to cut them some slack when an escalation was justified. Wild West shoot-outs like this are inevitable so long as America has bat-shit laws that allow people to carry concealed handguns. And you can’t blame cops for being quick on the draw when so often in scenarios where it’s kill or be killed. Which seems to be the case here.
Yeah that is fair enough.
Illinois is a concealed carry state so being armed was not illegal. Theres no audio on that video but from the way he reacts it sure seems like the first shot is in the back while running away.
Compare the reactions to a white man in this video
All US states allow concealed carry in some form or the other, is it so?
And Illinois is the last state in the US that legalised concealed carry for citizens.
While reaching for his gun, more like.
That other video is a completely different scenario, so not really comparable.
Like I said, American police are often ridiculously heavy-handed. And it certainly looks like POC are more likely to be the brunt of excessive force than white people. But looking for prejudiced behaviour in every incident is counterproductive IMO.
Fair enough, the Chicago cops did what their training taught them at what appears to be a critial moment. Audio would definitely help understand the situation, though, &, like VAR, the slowing down of the video allows for more to be seen more clearly.
Just seen this. Shit is crazy!!!
What the feck is he doing sending rounds down the street?
On what looks like a residential street, with traffic on it. Hopefully both were fired on the spot and arrested for being complete fecking idiots.
What the actual feck was he thinking?
Guys... this officer is gonna end up getting a medal from the City of Las Vegas.http://news3lv.com/news/local/body-cam-officer-returns-fire-towards-murder-suspects-during