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originally posted by: LSU2018
What about the guy who fired the first shot, does nothing happen to him? The evidence is pretty clear that the police knocked on the door. They say they announced themselves, other guy says they didn't.
originally posted by: Arnie123
Most likely, ruthless barbarians.
originally posted by: Stormdancer777
So he is the sacrifice to appease the masses?
originally posted by: underwerks
originally posted by: ManSizedSquirrel
a reply to: lostbook
Oh boy. The zombies aren't going to like this.
Pretty sure the bootlickers will be satisfied. As usual when agents of the state are accused of murder and get off with a slap on the wrist.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: LSU2018
What about the guy who fired the first shot, does nothing happen to him? The evidence is pretty clear that the police knocked on the door. They say they announced themselves, other guy says they didn't.
All charges were dropped against him. In addition he is also suing the city for misconduct (among other things) by the police department.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: lostbook
My feelings on this are similar to my feelings on Eric Garner.
I don't blame the cops anymore than I blamed Garner or Taylor's boyfriend. I blame people higher up the food chain for putting all of them into impossible situations.
In the instance of Eric Garner, unreasonably high tobacco taxes made it profitable for him to sell black market cigarettes and made it something criminal that the cops had to enforce through arrest. That put all of them - cops and Garner into an impossible situation where he ended up dying and they ended up going through an ordeal that likely destroyed all of them personally over taxes.
In this case, the existence of and improper issue of a no-knock warrant put those three cops into a situation where Taylor's boyfriend understandably thought he had to defend himself and her against a possibly violent boyfriend, and they thought they were possibly encountering the same man whom they had come to arrest. It resulted in a shoot out and Taylor's death in the crossfire.
Both times, the people were put in impossible situations that ended up with someone dying.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: lostbook
My feelings on this are similar to my feelings on Eric Garner.
I don't blame the cops anymore than I blamed Garner or Taylor's boyfriend. I blame people higher up the food chain for putting all of them into impossible situations.
In the instance of Eric Garner, unreasonably high tobacco taxes made it profitable for him to sell black market cigarettes and made it something criminal that the cops had to enforce through arrest. That put all of them - cops and Garner into an impossible situation where he ended up dying and they ended up going through an ordeal that likely destroyed all of them personally over taxes.
In this case, the existence of and improper issue of a no-knock warrant put those three cops into a situation where Taylor's boyfriend understandably thought he had to defend himself and her against a possibly violent boyfriend, and they thought they were possibly encountering the same man whom they had come to arrest. It resulted in a shoot out and Taylor's death in the crossfire.
Both times, the people were put in impossible situations that ended up with someone dying.
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: lostbook
I am going to go out on a limb and predict that there will be riots.
originally posted by: LSU2018
a reply to: lostbook
What about the guy who fired the first shot, does nothing happen to him? The evidence is pretty clear that the police knocked on the door. They say they announced themselves, other guy says they didn't.