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02 Mar 2015, 8:06 pm

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02 Mar 2015, 8:11 pm

thomas81 wrote:
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Anyway, don't mess with the police....


I don't know which video you watched but it looked to me like he was trying to get away from the police.

They knew fine well that no-one would miss a vagrant let alone a black one so acted in a cavalier way.


What went on is somewhat unclear in the video, but it looks as though they have him on the ground, at least a dozen cops on the scene...hard to see if he reaches for anyones gun let alone taking it, or if he did anything aggressive to even warrant getting shot to death. Or if there was reason he was trying to get away like cops using excessive force in the first place or over-stepping their bounds. But it was a news video and they cut it out part way through because they cannot actually show death on that network...I'd have to go find it someone on another site linked to the page.

Have you seen a better one that makes it more clear?


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02 Mar 2015, 8:38 pm

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He was being arrested on suspicion of robbery. He resisted arrest, was tasered, and tried to take a policeman's gun. He posed an immediate and imminent threat to the police and to the innocent bystanders. The police took action, shot the suspect, and he died.

If so, then case closed without further action.



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02 Mar 2015, 9:38 pm

Dox47 wrote:
Ahh, another potentially thread done in by moronically hyperbolic titling; good job.

Also, I don't think some of those words mean what you think they do, just a tip.

Whats "Sumarilly"? Sounds like an exotic food.:roll:



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02 Mar 2015, 10:40 pm

Fnord wrote:
Jono wrote:
If he tried to take the officers firearm or had a gun on him, it can be argued that he was shot out of self-defence rather than summarily executed. So, the title of the thread is inaccurate.
He was being arrested on suspicion of robbery. He resisted arrest, was tasered, and tried to take a policeman's gun. He posed an immediate and imminent threat to the police and to the innocent bystanders. The police took action, shot the suspect, and he died.


According to most sources I've read, he was tasered prior to the start of the video, when he's swinging at the cops. There's an argument to be had on whether or not the amount of force used was necessary, but it seems clear that once engaged by law enforcement he was combative to say the least.

It's hard to make out exactly what happens in the video, but despite being tasered he is clearly not subdued and seems to be grabbing at the hip of the cop on the left who struggles to disengage from him.

It's an unfortunate waste of human life, but this was not an execution, "sumarilly[sic]" or otherwise.

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So at least you have some common ground. :lol: