Big Daikon wrote: ↑Wed Jun 17, 2020 10:02 am

finish_money wrote: ↑Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:28 ammaybe we could have sent a social worker to the scene instead

Really? A social worker?

finish_money wrote: ↑Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:28 am

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:19 pm

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 4:16 pm Actually, the law does permit cops to shoot a fleeing suspect under certain circumstances.
https://www.vox.com/identities/2016/8/1 ... ham-connor

He was NO risk to anyone so why shoot him to kill him? Up until they started to arrest him, he was very peaceful> Than he freaked

Agree. There’s an 88 minute video of body cam footage that shows the entire thing starting from the moment he fell asleep in the drive thru window. He was drunk and it’s possible to argue whether being shot with a taser warrants a deadly response (I don’t believe so, especially when a person is running away). But what’s impossible to deny is that the man should still be alive. For whatever reason, instead of getting the man’s keys and then getting him home safely, the goal was to arrest him. And why is arresting people such a priority when a person is drunk, isn’t carrying any weapons of any kind, hasn’t demonstrated any behavior that would be considered dangerous, and also assuming you can successfully take their keys? This is what people are talking about when they say “defund the police.” Police budgets are severely bloated, and maybe we could have sent a social worker to the scene instead. It might not be the answer, but clearly we need to start doing things differently.

finish_money wrote: ↑Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:28 am

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:19 pm

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 4:16 pm Actually, the law does permit cops to shoot a fleeing suspect under certain circumstances.
https://www.vox.com/identities/2016/8/1 ... ham-connor

He was NO risk to anyone so why shoot him to kill him? Up until they started to arrest him, he was very peaceful> Than he freaked

Agree. There’s an 88 minute video of body cam footage that shows the entire thing starting from the moment he fell asleep in the drive thru window. He was drunk and it’s possible to argue whether being shot with a taser warrants a deadly response (I don’t believe so, especially when a person is running away). But what’s impossible to deny is that the man should still be alive. For whatever reason, instead of getting the man’s keys and then getting him home safely, the goal was to arrest him. And why is arresting people such a priority when a person is drunk, isn’t carrying any weapons of any kind, hasn’t demonstrated any behavior that would be considered dangerous, and also assuming you can successfully take their keys? This is what people are talking about when they say “defund the police.” Police budgets are severely bloated, and maybe we could have sent a social worker to the scene instead. It might not be the answer, but clearly we need to start doing things differently.

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 8:09 am

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Wed Jun 17, 2020 10:06 am this escalated and there was no reason for it>
He was peaceful, they searched him, no weapons. How much trouble would it have been to say,"hey, you should not be driving, let us give ya a ride home" surely a lot less trouble than booking him, all the paperwork, hassle for both of them, only for him to be released the next day..

BUT no, they needed to arrest him an than it got out of hand, he wrestled with him, stole a taser an got away,
the cop got up, pissed off and chased him and said, ( in his head), "ur not getting away" and shot him

This is why the mentality of the police needs to be redefined. What is their primary purpose?
Make arrest or make the community safe?

well i guess Atlanta agrees with me, the cop is facing murder and 10 other charges!!!
they have video of the fucker kicking him AFTER he put 2 bullets in his back an the other cop, rather than checking he is still alive and rendering assistance, stood on his shoulder for 2 minutes

Come on guys...defend that Where is video of cop kicking body after putting 2 bullets in him?


https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updat ... lony-murde