Nearly every one of these incidents involved someone breaking a law or violating a city ordinance thus bringing the police. They weren’t just going about their loves doing nothing wrong. Then, when the police got involved, they almost without exception did not follow the command of the officer and most actively resisted. Why must you leave that out continually. The broken record is old.
They usually had the cops called on them for just living. If the cops were called on you every time you violated an ordinance, you'd be dead too. Must be nice to live in your ivory tower. What were Philando Castillle, Stephon Clark, Breonna Taylor, Atiatianna Jefferson doing?
I’ll give you Castile. Breonna Taylor was dating drug dealers and got caught in a crossfire. Stop acting like the police as an institution are out killing black people for sport.
Good grief, did you watch the video?
Bullshit. Her boyfriend was sleeping in the bedroom with her.
Stop ignoring the damning evidence to protect bad cops.
Why didnt cop pump 11 rounds into this guy? Only shot once? Is this amateur hour?
Yep officers should never pull over drunk/stoned drivers who may end up killing people so they don't stress the drunk out, and risk the drunk making another bad decision. They should never go to the place of a robbery as long as homeowners are not there to get injured.
The entire story doesn’t matter when they can reduce it to poor unfortunate black man gets mercilessly slain by cops. No matter that he left one store where he was threatening people with a knife, resisted police, disobeyed lawful orders to the point where they had to deploy a taser which didn’t work, and then attempted to enter another store with actual innocent people in it with a deadly weapon.
This entire movement is comprised of grains of truth built up with a mound of lies. You appear to support and defend the people leveraging that to tear apart society. That’s the real BS.
I just think that people shouldn't be killed for just being. I wish that you were with me on that.
Oh, I agree with you on that sentiment. I just believe that you are egregiously misrepresenting the situation in a horrible way.
It's like the police can't help themselves. SMH.
The entire reason we are in this situation is because the government weaponizes the justice system against its own people, That hasn't changed in 100 years. Same stuff that Dr. King marched over.
No, no he didn't as he forced himself out of the back seat of a police car, flung himself to the ground multiple times when they attempted to seat him by himself against a wall, and then struggled against officers again before they needed 3 officers to forcefully restrain him.
That's another blatant lie. The justice system has changed considerably over 100 years, as has the visibility into that justice system. It's not perfect, and we as a citizenry can demand more resources for things that improve the prospects of the financially challenged, like providing more resources for public defenders. But to imply or outright state that the laws and the justice system are right now weaponized by the government the same way they were 100 years ago is just wrong.
Wrong. It's the same system that preys on the poor with a little lipstick on it. Not only are the resources for public defenders terrible as you said but police fines have increased in order to fund their budget. It's a terrible community relation strategy. Then you have private prisons which incentivize incarceration. The entire system is messed up.
The chance of something bad happening starts to go up the closer the police get you.
This is an escalation of the "burn baby burn" era, nothing invested nothing to lose. The anxiety among the population has steadily increased after 9/11 (Iraq war, Great Recession, Trumpism, Covid). Eventually people will snap.
On that we can all agree. The National Institute of Justice agrees with you; although they note that the studies show the risk is higher to police than suspects. But you lay all of the blame on the police and that is nothing but a boatful of disgusting lies.
What about that 23-year-old Black man in Aurora Colorado who died in August after police officers confronted him as he was walking to a store because someone called the cops because he was wearing a facemask and "looked suspicious."
I have never heard of an officer injecting someone with a sedative. So I looked, the officers did not inject ketamine, it was the FD. The state has guidelines for use and it is supposed to be used when the person exhibits a danger to themselves or others. From the USA Today article linked below, "Fire medic Jeremy Cooper told investigators that he requested ketamine following the fire department's protocol for when someone shows signs of "excited delirium." and "In a statement, Aurora Fire Rescue said an investigation into its personnel's actions during McClain's arrest found that "the actions of the responders were consistent and aligned with our established protocols. In fact, the initial findings indicate that our personnel demonstrated a high level of technical skill and professionalism while providing care to the patient.""
That's exactly what happened. The kid was walking home not bothering anybody.I have never heard of an officer injecting someone with a sedative. So I looked, the officers did not inject ketamine, it was the FD. The state has guidelines for use and it is supposed to be used when the person exhibits a danger to themselves or others. From the USA Today article linked below, "Fire medic Jeremy Cooper told investigators that he requested ketamine following the fire department's protocol for when someone shows signs of "excited delirium." and "In a statement, Aurora Fire Rescue said an investigation into its personnel's actions during McClain's arrest found that "the actions of the responders were consistent and aligned with our established protocols. In fact, the initial findings indicate that our personnel demonstrated a high level of technical skill and professionalism while providing care to the patient.""
Now, a special investigator has been appointed to look into the situation. If they followed procedures according to policy and those are wrong, hopefully they'll change. If they violated procedures, then hopefully appropriate actions will be taken. But to represent it as police officers arbitrarily placing someone in a chokehold and then injecting them with a sedative that killed them is a dishonest representation of the events that occurred.
So, I ask you, why can't you be intellectually honest about anything?
Elijah McClain was injected with ketamine before he died. Is that legal?
Ketmaine can be used to sedate someone during an arrest. Medical and legal experts say it could have played a role in Elijah McClain's death.www.usatoday.com
