It appears that being black in America is viewed by the police in the same way as being an ex-con.
Who the fuck carries around the receipt for a bike? Of all my possessions, the only ones I can probably prove I bought are the cars and the house. And for the house I’d have to go to the safe deposit box.
The part where he didn’t deserve any of that.
I do not believe that white people should be allowed to get away with crimes for which others would receive appropriate justice.
And how would you propose we go about rectifying that? Let the cops self-investigate?
Having people who are trained in the law and investigative techniques looking into the matter is certainly a better idea than people who know neither acting as judge and jury based on a Youtube video.
Ok, so cops are right out!
Lawyers, maybe?
Wait. What? Are you saying the ‘justice’ administered to ‘others’ (sounds like a pretty loud dog whistle for people of color) is what white people should also receive 'cause… well, 'cause it’s appropriate? :eek:
Holy moly!
In other words, breaking spines and shootings in the back and beating the life out of someone just for shits and grins is ‘appropriate’ and should be administered across the board to everyone instead of just people of color.
Lovely.
Cop found not guilty in fatal 2012 shooting of Rekia Boyd
“Servin said he saw Antonio Cross reach for a gun during the conflict, and only fired because he felt his life was in danger. One of the bullets fatally struck Boyd. Police never found a weapon on Cross.”
Ideally, independent detectives and lawyers. If that’s not an option, the local cops are certainly going to do better than random internet commentators.
]Isn’t that sorta like how back in the day cops would demand well-dressed blacks to produce a store receipt to prove they hadn’t shoplifted the clothes?
The idea has some merit: If middle-class white people got treated by the police for a single day the way black people get treated, they’d storm the precinct houses and hang the police from lampposts.
Well yeah, but it’s still not ‘appropriate’.
If adult human beings haven’t learned the appropriate way to obey the law and respect officers of the government, then yes, they need to have some common sense beaten into them.
I have no opposition to people using the ballot box as a means of objecting to police practice. Vigilantism and mob justice, not so much.
Showing anything but the utmost deference definitely necessitates the use of deadly force.
Before, or after a trial?
Before. But bear in mind the level of “respect” that’s being talked about is the fairly low level of not fleeing or attacking the officer.
Follow-up on the 73 year old Tulsa reserve deputy who killed a black man due to a mistake between his gun and taser:
Tulsa sheriff chokes up while defending reserve deputies: First priority ‘is to my God’
How about you work as a pastor or a priest and have someone who cares about law and justice take your place? Asshole.
Most people here would agree with you, with the exception of NRA-Republicans who prefer their “Second amendment solution”.
It sounds like you are saying that fleeing a police officer justifies the use of deadly force. Is that correct?
It appears to be something like fleeing from a mountain lion. If you encounter a mountain lion in the wild, you are supposed to face it down, make yourself look big, and fight for your life if you have to, fleeing just triggers its chase-and-eat reflex.
The police are just like that. You have to face them down, make yourself look big and convince them that you are not prey; fleeing just triggers their chase-and-subdue reflex, a primal thing that they have no control over. I think it is the badge, some kind of cave-man-brain field is generated by the badge.
No.