but what makes them the good ones?Choke holds are frowned upon and sometimes banned, true. But in this scenario I don't think it's anywhere near blasting a guy who's running or driving away from the officer.
that's how most people who are resisting arrest are handled, the shootings just get more attention for obvious reasons.
Some of the posts here read like you wanted this man to be shot.
Am i missing something?
Some of the posts here read like you wanted this man to be shot.
Am i missing something?
Reaches for officer's firearm. MULTIPLE TIMES. Like seriously, wtf?
No way a black guy would get that treatment.
No way a black guy would get that treatment.
What treatment?
Do we really need proof that way too many cops are racist?
Like, somewhere between the FBI saying "white supremacists have infiltrated police nationwide", countless videos of cops abusing their power with impunity, studies showing that black people are disproportionately ticketed & jailed for the same crimes whites receive no penalties for; It's pretty fair to say that the law enforcement & criminal justice systems in america are racist by nature
A lot of them are racist, and/or extremely biased, and that goes for entire departments. You can choose to feel otherwise, but you would be wrong. Reform is an absolute necessity.
ignoring greater context to invent your own so you can make a quick and small point is...what you're doing. yes, yes, this is all so random out of all the million LEOs *wink*
Come on man. Do you really think that in this kind of scenario a cop is thinking "oh white guy, I better be careful...oh black guy, I can light him up no problem..."
I think there's a problem with racist cops, racist policies, and a lack of whistle blowing from the good ones. I don't think that means you can jump to conclusions about each specific incident solely due to the color of the skin of the suspect like everyone is doing here.
What treatment?
This thread would lead me to believe that no black man in america resisted arrest to this degree in the last 24 hours since I have heard of a black man being shot by the cops in that same time frame. Is that the point?
This thread would lead me to believe that no black man in america resisted arrest to this degree in the last 24 hours since I have heard of a black man being shot by the cops in that same time frame. Is that the point?
Whoa not every cop has the same reaction to resisting.
I mean...you can choose to read that into what I've been saying, or take what I'm saying at face value. There's a problem with racism and police brutality in this country. Using this video to try to prove that point is at best problematic. That's what I'm saying.
I noticed that.Reaches for officer's firearm. MULTIPLE TIMES. Like seriously, wtf?
Amazing how the cops were able to handle the situation without quickly pulling their guns out or beating the shit out him. I wonder why. 🤔
the video doesn't prove your point. I don't doubt that what you are alluding to is true statistically but using this instance to highlight unfair treatment is disingenuous.
Its almost as if there is some sort of subconscious racial bias at play... nah, that couldnt be it.Come on man. Do you really think that in this kind of scenario a cop is thinking "oh white guy, I better be careful...oh black guy, I can light him up no problem..."
I think there's a problem with racist cops, racist policies, and a lack of whistle blowing from the good ones. I don't think that means you can jump to conclusions about each specific incident solely due to the color of the skin of the suspect like everyone is doing here.
Uh huh....If he was black, he'd have been hanged. Signed - White Guy.
Are they consistently failing or do we consistently hear about only the times they fail?
Really?
I thought so, and feared for my safety, so I had to shoot him.Did it look like he was holding a knife of some sorts to anyone else? It's hard to tell
Expectations of someone because of their skin color vs. Expectations of someone because of their chosen profession.it's ok cause the guy in vid and poster are white
How about we start holding cops for all the stupid stuff they do accountable. People are not a hive mind even though i understand the cultural issues that face the US and other areas regarding race. You shouldn't assume a person is going to do this or that based on what color they are, if they are a cop and so on.
Bad racist people are that though, but the assumptions presented in the every day world doesn't help anyone imo
I don't give a shit if you condone this shit as a black or white. Why is every single thing looked at in this manner, we aren't making it any better by saying and i'm white or and I'm black, how about we just don't put a difference in it at all. Well, that isn't happening I know so I say wasteful words like everyone else too, I know.
Nah, most of the shootings that "get attention" are caught on video. Most times a cop shoots someone, it's unquestioned and only because of video evidence is any action taken at all to question the validity of the officer's use of force.
Police brutality is way more common than a lot of people want to admit, without the video evidence provided by citizens in so many of these cases, these officers wouldn't even get questioned about use of force
and then, we're not even talking about when cops shoot people who aren't resisting and are complying
Cops shoot to defuse situations more than not, unfortunately
"lucky" for this guy, he's white
Those are some weak sauce cops. Can't even contain dad bod without the help of captain camo shorts. Get to the gym, boys!
Grand Naga huh...This thread would lead me to believe that no black man in america resisted arrest to this degree in the last 24 hours since I have not heard of a black man being shot by the cops in that same time frame. Is that the point?
EDIT: Added NOT Since I'm a dummyhead for not spell checking
Those cops were fired for beating a white man.
They were?
No one wants this man to be shot. We just want black men to stop being shot just for being outside while black.
This is literally the thought process for Black Lives Matter. How is this so hard to understand?
Where do I add my signature? This is what I want. I'm not an idiot. I know this anecdotal case doesn't mean shit and indeed I know what the statistics are and how most arrest resists don't end with death. Doesn't change the fact that when a minority gets lit up officers, way more often than not, walk clean of any wrongdoing.How about we start holding cops for all the stupid stuff they do accountable.
I have to admit that the "white folks get the kid gloves" posts do kind of sour the threads. Especially for me who lost my sister to being shot by a police officer. But I know the resentment of institutionalized racism that so many of our fellow GAFfers hold. It's hard to let go of, and to be frank, law enforcement as a whole doesn't really give them a reason to. It's so easy to hate the institution when they protect and enable those shitty cops.
I see it as like a venn diagram with the two circles being the institutionalized racism and the complete lack of accountability. What this means for POC is that they tend to get double the shit where the circles overlap, but there still plenty of lack of accountability for us white folks who are family members of victims of police brutality.
Oh and the officer that shot my sister? The police circled the wagons, the prosecutor declined to try for an indictment and he was given an award at the end of the year.
Grand Naga huh...
Apt.