I can somewhat understand if a person is trying to shoot somebody that they are mercilessly lit up. This is a case where the cop just decided shooting him was best, for no reason besides fear, and then decided to shoot him some more when fear was no longer a factor.
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Police officer kills unarmed teen that crashed into car dealership - Arlington, TX
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I would argue that an unarmed person being shot dead means something went wrong regardless of the circumstances. Stay further away from the suspect, have non-lethal solutions available, don't fire before identifying an actual weapon. Whatever went wrong needs to be fixed even in the most justified of cases. Because it should not be happening.
I just heard about the cop getting fired. I wondered how they wouldn't stand up for this guy considering all the shenanigans we've seen earlier. Well the cop was a trainee and instead of following the example of his supervisor using a taser he went for lethal force. It's obvious why this was too egregious to ignore now.
I do the payroll for the local police force where I live. A brand new hire will start at our police academy for three months before actually going on the road with a superior, but he is in the police union on his first day of hiring.
RumblingRosco
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Was any footage ever released?
Yaphett Kotto
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DrForester
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I know why this was bumped. But I don't want to read the bump post because I know why this was bumped...
LookAtMeGo
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Predictable outcome.
Chmpocalypse
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Does it matter? Burglary isn't supposed to carry a death sentence.
Glad the police officer was punished with paid leave. Murder someone and get paid time off. That will teach him!
TemplaerDude
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So what would it actually take for a cop to actually get punished for murdering someone?
Alpha Centauri
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if the cop was black, and/or the victim was white
There was a thread recently about a cop that tasered a kid into a coma he'll probably get punished
since the kid was the son of a cop.
nillapuddin
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This happened a year ago and you're still waiting on the facts?
nillapuddin
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Yeah I know right, fail on my part. Someone linked me to it and I thought this just happened :facepalm:
ipukespiders
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A close friend and training partner of mine just had his 50th. Dude is a machine.
Pretty sure that cop got 4 years.
Well, I, for one, am shocked at the results of this "investigation."
Anybody that actually expected a different outcome than the usual was deluding themselves. I have no idea why he crashed into a dealership. Anything could have been the reason. Alcohol, losing control of the vehicle, falling asleep, etc. Burglary seems kind of out there, though. I don't really know what you'd reasonably expect to steal from a car dealership that wasn't a car. They don't strike me as the kind of place that'd have cash easily available, and in worthwhile quantities. If you're trying to steal keys, I guess? But even then, why smash a car into the place when it'd probably be easier to take a bat to a door or something?
And he had just signed up for university, so the idea of him engaging in burglary when he has a potential lucrative career in sports is weird to me.
But why give benefit of the doubt to the dead teenager, when it make so much more sense to give that to the police officers, who have shown, time and time again in these situations that they exercise, caution, restraint, professionalism, and an unbiased eye when dealing with potential suspects of the black persuasion?
Anybody that actually expected a different outcome than the usual was deluding themselves. I have no idea why he crashed into a dealership. Anything could have been the reason. Alcohol, losing control of the vehicle, falling asleep, etc. Burglary seems kind of out there, though. I don't really know what you'd reasonably expect to steal from a car dealership that wasn't a car. They don't strike me as the kind of place that'd have cash easily available, and in worthwhile quantities. If you're trying to steal keys, I guess? But even then, why smash a car into the place when it'd probably be easier to take a bat to a door or something?
And he had just signed up for university, so the idea of him engaging in burglary when he has a potential lucrative career in sports is weird to me.
But why give benefit of the doubt to the dead teenager, when it make so much more sense to give that to the police officers, who have shown, time and time again in these situations that they exercise, caution, restraint, professionalism, and an unbiased eye when dealing with potential suspects of the black persuasion?
Netherscourge
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Please tell me the kid didn't just lose control of his car and crash into the building by accident?
And the cops just assumed he was robbing the place or on drugs being disoriented, when it was really just the trauma from the crash?
I almost want it to be a planned robbery so that it doesn't turn out the cops really are just completely fucked up assholes with no conscience.
But I am leaning in that direction.
And the cops just assumed he was robbing the place or on drugs being disoriented, when it was really just the trauma from the crash?
I almost want it to be a planned robbery so that it doesn't turn out the cops really are just completely fucked up assholes with no conscience.
But I am leaning in that direction.
He was definitely breaking into a car as there is security footage of him kicking in the windshield and getting in. But nothing about that or even crashing into the dealership should have been a death sentence which is what we don't have footage of.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
The building was behind security barriers and everything, it was a definite robbery but he seemed really fucked up in the security footage
Captin Quacker
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Well look at it this way, at least it saves us from having to sit through a year long trial that would've ended with the same result
I know but still.
Fuck.
Why does this keep happening. Why are they hot held accountable for the murders they commit.
possiblyphil
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it wasn't a robbery. The kid was given some spice to smoke and when he freaked out the friends dropped him off there... Losing his mind he jumped on some cars, went inside to regain control and then was shot. The video is on the internet
He kicked in the windshield of a car and hotwired the car and then drove his car through the window.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
He drove himself to the place. Then he left the car at the gate, tried to steal some cars, then went back to his car and drove it through the window.
The video IS on the internet so it's weird you got it so wrong
The only person who could have given you the story you just related was killed, so I'm not sure where you heard any of that. I totally buy that he was on spice though
DrROBschiz
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Detroit
Multiple CVS and Rite Aids. They ram a truck through the entrance. Strap a chain on the ATM and drive off
Very common robbery tactic
kame-sennin
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Because their job is to lynch black people. Why would they be punished for doing their job?
possiblyphil
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The toxicology report has been out for a minute hedi slimane
He was dropped off out of his mind. How many kids accept drugs for free or cheap not knowing exactly what it was? Put a person you knew in that situation. His potential did not involve breaking into some cheap ass cars or getting shot. The truth lies in a dosing that led to a horrible incident. Do I think the officer should have assessed the situation better? The camera angles do not provide us with that info. Could this been avoided if people took care of eachother in multiple ways? absolutely.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Again, he wasn't dropped off there.
EatinOlives
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possiblyphil
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Was he in a mental state to be dropped off and told to go home?
Please tell me more about cultural events that happened less than a mile from me, you seem to know so much more about everything.
There's a video.... He drives up in a vehicle and goes to break into the other car then he comes back to his car (that he drove to the lot in) and drives it through the window. There's no doubt he was on something and this was a terrible incident. But you acting like he got dumped on the street by the dealership is just patently false.
Regardless of all of that though, none of this is justification for him getting killed.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
I have the same information you do. A video that shows him driving up to the place.
Do I think he deserves to die? Fuck no. But I don't think he went inside to 'regain control' considering he drove his car through a plate glass window.
No one know what happened inside because there isn't any video of it but my guess is that an unprepared and untested cop got jumpy and shot someone he didn't need to.
possiblyphil
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He was dropped off after smoking things he was not aware he was smoking. I completely agree with you otherwise.
This is part of the issue, could you imagine the injustice you would feel if a college friend said "hit this joint" and all of a sudden you realize its bad stuff. so they drop you off telling you to go home and you lose it? It is a horrible tragedy and all parties should be held responsible
Maybe we're talking at cross purposes here...you mean he got dropped off at his home? Because the way you're saying it, it sounds like you're saying he got dropped off at the dealership.
possiblyphil
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No, he was dropped off back at the apartment complex the original party was at and told to go home because he could not handle the spice aka whatever was actually mixed to beat crazy drug laws at that time (endless game honestly and horribly).
You're right, it isn't. I was just curious. It just seemed odd to me is all.
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