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This is getting out of hand
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:48 pm
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:48 pm
Cop shoots unarmed man running away. Guess the races involved.
I am no cop hater by any stretch, but people are right when they say that had this not been caught on video, the officer would probably have not been so quick to be punished, or even punished at all. Knowing that, there needs to be a systematic review of police training across the country. We need to know at what point officers are being told to shoot first and ask questions later. Anyone remember COPS? Did the officers shoot quickly when the guys ran away on that show?
I know the best defense is to 1) not break the law and 2) not run away if you do, but I also know that sometimes events can conspire to paint an immediate picture that does not look good to an officer, and I don't like the notion that he is trained to shoot quickly if that ever happens to me.
I am no cop hater by any stretch, but people are right when they say that had this not been caught on video, the officer would probably have not been so quick to be punished, or even punished at all. Knowing that, there needs to be a systematic review of police training across the country. We need to know at what point officers are being told to shoot first and ask questions later. Anyone remember COPS? Did the officers shoot quickly when the guys ran away on that show?
I know the best defense is to 1) not break the law and 2) not run away if you do, but I also know that sometimes events can conspire to paint an immediate picture that does not look good to an officer, and I don't like the notion that he is trained to shoot quickly if that ever happens to me.
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Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:54 pm to PrivatePublic
Pretty sure the cop is getting tried for murder. What else, exactly, do you want to see happen? Sensitivity training?
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:55 pm to PrivatePublic
I trust cops less than Muslims at this point
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:55 pm to PrivatePublic
Most cops shoot first and ask questions later, not all of em but most of em
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:56 pm to PrivatePublic
Yeah, I lived in Charleston, there's no reason to have white cops policing most of North Charleston. It makes zero sense.
With that said, races aside, police being trained/equipped/acting like soldiers in a war zone is the biggest issue. Hardly anyone feels safer (white or black) when they are around.
With that said, races aside, police being trained/equipped/acting like soldiers in a war zone is the biggest issue. Hardly anyone feels safer (white or black) when they are around.
This post was edited on 4/8/15 at 7:59 pm
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:58 pm to cokebottleag
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What else, exactly, do you want to see happen?
I said in my OP: we need a systematic review of police training.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:00 pm to PrivatePublic
There is nothing in police training that tells them to follow what this cop did in the video.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:01 pm to cokebottleag
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There is nothing in police training that tells them to follow what this cop did in the video.
Like you know that.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:01 pm to cokebottleag
Just wait until RG shoots your dog.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:03 pm to PrivatePublic
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I said in my OP: we need a systematic review of police training.
Sadly it's bigger than that. For as much as we've seen from a police perspective, we also have 12-13 year old kids bringing loaded guns into schools with some consistency and I've seen on more than one occasion a kid buck up to a police officer with the "you touch me I'll have your job" mentality.
There's a complete lack of respect for any kind of authority and for human life on a lot of levels. Not saying some of these cops are in the right, but it's a situation that's been building on both sides of the fence.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:04 pm to PrivatePublic
Why? Is police violence on the rise nation wide? Are police shootings up nation wide? Are cops breaking more laws today than in the past? Are they more corrupt?
lol @ you if you think cops are trained to act like the criminal in that video did.
lol @ you if you think cops are trained to act like the criminal in that video did.
This post was edited on 4/8/15 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:10 pm to PrivatePublic
I don't buy this for .5 seconds.
They're trying really hard to get civil unrest fired up.
They're trying really hard to get civil unrest fired up.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:11 pm to PrivatePublic
Yeah this case is pretty fricked up..
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:11 pm to hipgnosis
It's the most perfect camera footage I've ever seen for something like this. Bit sketchy.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:15 pm to PrivatePublic
It is getting out of hand.
Police Reach Settlement in Shooting
In this story, the policeman was found to have broken the law when he killed the driver. The grand jury indicted him with a misdemeanor.
Police Reach Settlement in Shooting
In this story, the policeman was found to have broken the law when he killed the driver. The grand jury indicted him with a misdemeanor.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:17 pm to cokebottleag
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Pretty sure the cop is getting tried for murder. What else, exactly, do you want to see happen?
He has been fired by the PD after being charged with murder. Also, the PD will get body cams with the quickness.
It's a shame that it takes something this tragic to get this technology into PDs. That damn lunatic would have taken a different approach if he knew his actions were being recorded.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:19 pm to cokebottleag
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Pretty sure the cop is getting tried for murder. What else, exactly, do you want to see happen? Sensitivity training?
I'd like to see him convicted.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:32 pm to AUbagman
Good luck getting qualified non-whites to take that job.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:48 pm to PrivatePublic
Very sad case all around. When I watch the video I can't even enjoy how silly the guy runs.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:49 pm to Garfield
Glad to see you poke your head in every once in a while 
This post was edited on 4/8/15 at 8:51 pm
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