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Synopsis: Police officers fatally shot Crystalline Barnes, an honors student at Jackson State University and mother of two, in January 2018. After a patrol car pulled Barnes over, she began to drive away and then drove backward toward an officer, who opened fire, the police said. Another officer shot at her from the front as she started to drive forward, the police said.
Synopsis: India Beaty confronted officers who saw her arguing with a man in a shopping center in Norfolk, Virginia, in March 2016. Beaty pulled out what turned out to be a toy gun, and after making what the police described as a "threatening motion" toward the man, two officers opened fire and killed Beaty.
Synopsis: A police officer in Missouri City, Texas, fatally shot Dereshia Blackwell, who had been accused of killing her neighbor, in September 2018. Officers found Blackwell outside her neighbor’s apartment with a gun and a knife, the police said. They said Blackwell did not comply with orders to drop her weapons, so they tased her. Neighbors told local news outlets they heard gunshots.
Synopsis: In March 2015, Mya Hall was behind the wheel of a stolen car with a passenger when she took a wrong exit that landed them near the entrance of the National Security Agency's headquarters, authorities said. Hall sped into a police cruiser, and the police shot at the car, court documents said, killing Hall and injuring the passenger.
Synopsis: In July 2017, two officers in Norfolk, Virginia, questioned India Nelson, a naval nuclear technician, after she crashed her car into her husband's during a disagreement, the police said. While she was speaking with Officer David Dreyer, Nelson pulled out a semiautomatic handgun and shot her husband. Dreyer then fired at Nelson six times, striking her three times and killing her. The officer's bodycam footage was later released.
Synopsis: Police officers shot Tameka LaShay Simpson during a confrontation in a gas-station parking lot in Calhoun, Georgia, in December 2018. The officers, Joe Yother and Jeremy Thompson, said they had walked up to the car because they smelled marijuana. Simpson, who was in the passenger seat, fired, striking Yother, the police said. The officers returned fire, killing Simpson.
originally posted by: EdisonintheFM
a reply to: JBurns
I still think "Comply, don't die" carries a lot of weight when dealing with law enforcement.
Who on their right mind thinks that fighting or resisting or running is a smart move?
All the episodes of Cops I have watched over the years shows the same thing, you don't win in the street. Take it to a judge if you're innocent.
I wonder how many people have been killed by cops in the last three decades, all colors, both sexes. And how many were not justified...then break it down by x and y and z.
Thanks for the thread.
I still think "Comply, don't die" carries a lot of weight when dealing with law enforcement.
All the episodes of Cops I have watched over the years shows the same thing, you don't win in the street. Take it to a judge if you're innocent.
I wonder how many people have been killed by cops in the last three decades, all colors, both sexes. And how many were not justified...then break it down by x and y and z.
Charleena Lyles
Age at death: 30
Location: Seattle, WA
Date of incident: Jun. 18, 2017
Synopsis: Two Seattle police officers fatally shot Charleena Lyles, who was pregnant, in her apartment in June 2017. The police said she had threatened them with knives before they shot her seven times. Court documents said Lyles had a record of mental-health issues and had previously called the police about issues including domestic violence. Her killing sparked a wave of protests in the city. Hundreds of people gathered to mark the third anniversary of her death.
Officer outcome: Steven McNew and Jason Anderson were not fired, charged, or convicted. A lawsuit filed by the family is pending.
In the minds of the authoritarians' useful idiots
originally posted by: underwerks
a reply to: JBurns
In the minds of the authoritarians' useful idiots
Calling the people who oppose out of control agents of the state “authoritarian”. I bet you have a Gadsden flag sticker next to a blue line sticker on your truck.
Never mind, I forgot you’re an actual cop.