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originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: MoreBeer
Yes you know that he broke the law, no one is arguing that.
How do you know the cop needed to shoot him?
Or does it not matter...
originally posted by: WeRpeons
a reply to: SlapMonkey
You're asking for trouble when you allow campus police who are not fully trained police officers to carry guns and enforce laws off-campus. However as we've seen time and time again, even fully trained officers are trigger happy.
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
Please don't jump to ignorant conclusions without all of the evidence; don't let the words "unarmed black man" immediately produce an, at this point, unwarranted bias in your consideration of the possibilities in this case.
...and they can arrest/charge someone for an offence if they don't carry ID, license, insurance documents while driving?
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
originally posted by: WeRpeons
a reply to: SlapMonkey
You're asking for trouble when you allow campus police who are not fully trained police officers to carry guns and enforce laws off-campus. However as we've seen time and time again, even fully trained officers are trigger happy.
Re-read the links--they are fully trained and certified by the state a law enforcement officers, the same as city police.
Apparently.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: MoreBeer
I don't, just saying you don't know that the guy needed to be shot.
But go ahead and just take the cops word for it, of course he isn't partial.
I bet you would ridicule anyone for taking the word of a witness that he didn't need to he shot.
originally posted by: Bedlam
Is it standard procedure to shoot someone to death who's driving away from a traffic stop without permission?
I'm not saying he ought not be arrested and charged with flight, DUI and so on, but damn, whupping out the sidearm and blazing away seems a bit of a total overreaction, excessive force, and a needless threat to anyone in the background.
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
Yeah amazing that when people say they don't feel that a man deserves to be shot in the head for a minor transgression of driving away, which happens thousands of times a day across the globe, it is a clear sign that people "HATE" the police.
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
Please don't jump to ignorant conclusions without all of the evidence; don't let the words "unarmed black man" immediately produce an, at this point, unwarranted bias in your consideration of the possibilities in this case.
Well, so much for me making this plea--it happened by the third non-me person to comment on this thread.
Really kind of pathetic, people.
originally posted by: RedParrotHead
Who the eff is training these cops? I am, and always have been VERY pro-cop but this is getting ridiculous. I wasn't there (obviously) but reading the report I just can't see any scenario that required this guy to be killed.
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
Yeah amazing that when people say they don't feel that a man deserves to be shot in the head for a minor transgression of driving away, which happens thousands of times a day across the globe, it is a clear sign that people "HATE" the police.
That's the point...you don't know that your description here is complete or completely factual.
That's what we mean (and why I specifically said it in my OP) to please not jump to ignorance-filled conclusions because all of the evidence is not in, yet.
In the words of Billy Joel, "You may be wrong for all I know, but you may be right."
originally posted by: real_one
Another murder of an unarmed man by the police.
Another thread where people are cheering his death.