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Woman records boyfriend after getting shot by the Police on Facebook
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Good, wonder why it was down briefly.
Uh huh, please name other first world countries where people could even be easily shot.
You act like that was uncommon. Remember the dude who got shot in the back because he reached for his wallet when cop asked him to? Dude was dying on the ground asking the cop "Why did you shoot me, you told me to reach around my back and grab my wallet"
Seriously, this is not uncommon at all. Reaching for your wallet while black is a death sentence. Honestly, it's probably smarter for black people to just back up to the officer and let him go for the wallet themselves at this point. Although that leaves them open to being shot in the back, I guess.
saltypickles
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Shit like this makes me disgusted and embarrassed to be an American. At this point I don't even give a shit if there are 'good' police officers out there, all cops are evil shitheads until they universally take a stand against this behavior.
The fucker who shot her boyfriend won't even get an indictment. That scumbag deserves a fate far worse than death.
The fucker who shot her boyfriend won't even get an indictment. That scumbag deserves a fate far worse than death.
You know things are fucked up when your comparing the US to the middle east and saying "well at least we aren't as bad as those guys".
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thenight11
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that warning was not there before..that is new
All the fucking time. In his last speech about this you could just see the fucking disappointment and exhaustion on his face. The system is designed to fuck over minorities and he's fighting a battle he can't win
Sarcastico
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Disgusting. Heart breaking.
I think it's gonna be Obama looking into the camera. Right will say he's anti cop, left will agree with him but might do nothing and move on to another issue.
I think your confusing his speech on mass shootings with police shootings. It's not very common for the president to comment on police shootings.
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
Looks like FB admins added a disclaimer about it being a graphic video. I hope that doesn't deter people from watching it, because everyone should see it and imagine what it'd feel like to be in that scenario.
GoldenEye 007
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How does coordination happen at this point? I've heard people mention BLM is there but there is no central leadership or coordination. While it may be by design, I'm not sure how effective that is in helping to create a critical mass movement and thus change.
I think at some point civil institutions will need to start getting clogged up and disrupted on a national scale.
I think at some point civil institutions will need to start getting clogged up and disrupted on a national scale.
jellies_two
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He might. Part of the closing of the ranks is they can toss someone overboard if that means they can say with a straight face that it still isn't a systemic issue.
The first defence is it it didn't happen like that, the second defence is there was more to it than that, the final defence will be, ok that cop is a total outlier, and there isn't any systemic issue.
makingmusic476
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Fuck. I can't get over how horrible this is.
Better training, much higher requirements for being a cop, less emphasis on civilian obedience and more on effective ways of keeping people safe. Destruction of police union.
Might work.
GoldenEye 007
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Even of he gets an indictment, he'll walk in the end.
GHG
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Just saw this statistic on the BBC:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36731378
Yep, America has a problem, a serious one at that. That's a ridiculous statistic.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36731378
Yep, America has a problem, a serious one at that. That's a ridiculous statistic.
Liberty4all
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Honestly think this is going to be the tipping point for mass riots.
neurosyphilis
Definitely not an STD, as I'm a pure.
Hopefully this pig gets sentenced and he can rot the rest of his worthless life in prison, and then rot in hell once he finally dies.
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Makoto Yuki
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Guess I'm just tired of all the crap that's happening here and the middle east. Sucks being involved with both. I hate seeing this shit on the news constantly, and I hate seeing soldiers come back from the middle east fucked up from the shit they saw.
It sucks seeing dudes missing legs and the horror stories they tell you. It even hits closer to home when you are helping operate on them. It doesn't help knowing that shit like this happening and what they have to return too.
This is absolutely insane. Cops either confiscate what you have and send you off with a warning, or you get fined. No one goes to jail over a small amount of weed here. Fucking hell.
GoldenEye 007
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I also feel an obligation to watch videos like these as a minority. And that's part of why the "all lives matter" shit is so infuriating. I'm not black, but I feel a close connection to BLM because they don't just protest black shootings. "All lives matter" is ironically exclusively white. BLM is inclusive of all minorities.
I would love to think you were right...
ZombiePlatypus
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Of course. They'll just go on as if they haven't contributed to this culture of trigger-happy fear.
Kid Kamikaze10
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I hear this a lot, but in Cleveland, a kid got drive-by'd by cops, and the murderers are free.
And yet, this song and dance is still going.
Look at how fucking calm you have to be as a black person who just had your boyfriend murdered in front of you. You still will have cops surrounding you shouting at you with guns pointed at you and get arrested, BEST case scenario. And that's if you're relatively calm and collected considering what just happened (helps that you're broadcasting it on facebook live).
Fucking sick.
Fucking sick.
anecdotal. but i remember when i was in philly once for vacation. and i was talking to this cop at a concert. i was telling him how i'm getting out of the service and wasn't sure what i had planned next. dude got super excited and said i should join the police force. he was saying how easy it was and even easier for ex-military. he gave me his card and told me to call him if i had any questions.
this was so odd to me. the guy didn't even know my job in the military, nor did he ask. i've probably had 5 days of weapons or combat training total in the last 5 years. i've shot less rounds than days in the year. i can honestly say i would be scared shitless in a combat situation. maybe it's that because 8/10 guys i work with have a trigger happy mentality. guys that have never been in any sort of altercation or have lost a family member or friend to gun violence seem to be very gung-ho. i show them videos like this and they preach about how the victim probably deserved it. "his life or mine" type shit.
i remember last year when i showed a co-worker the charleston cop shooting. he said the guy probably deserved it for running away. my mind was blown. deserve death for running away? he started to backpedal on his statements when the police chief condemned the officer for his actions.
not really sure what the point of my story is, but i'll never understand why people think like this.
this was so odd to me. the guy didn't even know my job in the military, nor did he ask. i've probably had 5 days of weapons or combat training total in the last 5 years. i've shot less rounds than days in the year. i can honestly say i would be scared shitless in a combat situation. maybe it's that because 8/10 guys i work with have a trigger happy mentality. guys that have never been in any sort of altercation or have lost a family member or friend to gun violence seem to be very gung-ho. i show them videos like this and they preach about how the victim probably deserved it. "his life or mine" type shit.
i remember last year when i showed a co-worker the charleston cop shooting. he said the guy probably deserved it for running away. my mind was blown. deserve death for running away? he started to backpedal on his statements when the police chief condemned the officer for his actions.
not really sure what the point of my story is, but i'll never understand why people think like this.
GoldenEye 007
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We have a police movement and militarization of police called the War on Drugs. A great way to target minorities, disrupt lives, imprison for minor drug offenses, and levy tougher crimes against minorities versus whites.
eddievanclaylen
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I hope this is all over the news tomorrow and people get pissed off.
Looks like the top light on the far right one is out. Literally any excuse. I once had a cop help me change a busted tail light (I had the replacement in the car), but I guess since I'm pretty or some shit that's the norm.
Valjean Lafitte
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BBC said:
Not to say that isn't an insane statistic, but I thought the percentage of black victims would be higher.
That's what usually happens to white suburbanites in the US, too. Things get real crazy when you're a person of color and a police officer is fighting to avoid a murder charge, though.
I've seen one of my black friends get his face slammed into the concrete for a gram of weed before.
GHG
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I don't understand what kind of training they go through which results in them being afraid of civilians. They are supposed to be calming influences and protect society. I don't live in America but all I'm seeing is a bunch of trigger happy paranoid hot heads.
If you're a cop and end up getting shot on the job then unfortunately that's just part of the job, but for goodness sake, don't shoot first. There's just no need.
super-famicom
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FUCK THE POLICE
FUCK THE POLICE
FUCK THE POLICE
Sure, it's not a bad place to live if you go wayyyy the fuck out of your way and compare it to the worst extremes you can find.
Black people constitute 13% of the population. That is hugely disproportionate.
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