Pretty big story ... A white police officer is being charged with murder of a black teenager. Teenager was armed with a knife and had reportedly punctured the tire of a cop car and refused officers orders to drop the knife.
However the entire incident was caught on a dash cam which is set to be released tomorrow. Apparently the teenager was shot 16 times, 13 of which when he was already on the ground.
The cop seems like a POS and had 18 previous complaints on his record. But I fear that once the video is released it'll have serious backlash and make Ferguson look like child's play.
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The pro-cop people will pro-cop
The fencesitters will fencesit.
The Black Lives Matter types will still find cause for complaint.
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No watershed moment, no significant changes. Those days are behind us with the speed of the world these days. Nothing's shocking anymore - I mean how many people are still talking about the Paris attacks?
I thought the Holder Justice Department found that that the officer was justified, or am I mistaken?
Agree, Furguson was handled poorly from the beginning.
I agree... but the situation in Ferguson had the cop getting off... This has a cop being indicted, he will see a trial. What is there to protest; the fact that someone (the POS) committed a crime and will now face his day in court?
Let the jury decide
Just conjecture, but if 16 shots fired and a glock holds 16 shots, if the officer doesn't pause between shots, does that make a difference?
Anyway, my take on it is we should all stay as neutral as we can until details come out and not some details, but as many details as we can.
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thats one of the lessons from Ferguson.
I thought the Holder Justice Department found that that the officer was justified, or am I mistaken?
Why do you call it the Holder Justice Department? What is the relevance of invoking Holder's name here? I ask because his name is tossed around like a boogeyman in some circles. It just seems provocative.
No. Authorities needed to reach out & openly communicate. Instead gave the gave the perception of a cover up. If you remember, originally even refused to release incident report which is suppose to be public recorded. DA refused to meet with Black Community leaders.
Let the jury decide
I think you're being naive. Some people who gerl victimized by police will see this as the proverbial straw.
I can see why the officer was charged. I like to avoid jumping to conclusions, so I want to hear the narration from both sides. But it LOOKS like he's moving away from police if anything.
More to the point, he's just being riddled with bullets while on the ground and probably already dead. After a pause. It's really the barrage. Maybe the first shots were justified -- I wasnt there and video only tells you so much. But there were just so many shots while he was on the ground.
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Yeah. That's fairly provocative to me. Dont want to turn this thread into a debate on that though.
...said the Russian bouncer at the strip-club.
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I don't think it's a monster leap given the reactionary nature of your personal politics.
In other news, the video is pretty damning. Yeah, you can talk about the distance that can be closed with a knife in hand by an assailant, but once the kid was down, the shots kept coming. That's murder, and he's done.
What case are you referring to? The Martin and Black killings, where no federal charges were brought?
The allegation that "if there was even a feint smell of wrong-doing, they probably would have charged the police officer" is, with all due respect, baseless.
We have two posters above who seemed to be suggesting that the police officer should have been charged with murder despite, and you have a problem with what I said? OK.
I could read that, but at the end of the day "Holder" DOJ didnt bring any charges, did it? But it did issue a scathing report about the rampant abuses in that town's justice system, where poor folk were treated as a cash register for city budget needs.
We have two posters above who seemed to be suggesting that the police officer should have been charged with murder despite, and you have a problem with what I said? OK.
Eric, If your referring to me, already answered. Ferguson was a textbook case for local officials on how not to handle. Has nothing to do with whether officer was charged or not.
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What exactly don't you get?
He's likely a bad guy but he didnt deserve a death sentence without a trial