# White people getting killed by police under questionable circumstances - the omnibus thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 28, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733 "2015-04-28T18:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/1 "2015-04-28T18:29:00Z")
We keep hearing about all these black people getting killed by police under debatable circumstances. There must be similar incidents happening where the victims are white, right? Assuming there are, that’s what this thread is for. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/2 "2015-04-28T18:31:04Z")
> **[HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News](https://www.huffpost.com/?err_code=404&err_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2014%2F03%2F28%2Fjames-boyd-shooting_n_5052370.html)** > > Read the latest headlines, news stories, and opinion from Politics, Entertainment, Life, Perspectives, and more. > **[Kelly Thomas case: why police were acquitted in killing of homeless man](https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2014/0114/Kelly-Thomas-case-why-police-were-acquitted-in-killing-of-homeless-man)** > > Two former California police officers who beat a mentally ill homeless man unconscious were acquitted Monday. The case had sparked public outrage. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/3 "2015-04-28T18:35:28Z")
> [@](#): > > Albuquerque police fatally shot James Boyd, 38, in the Sandia foothills following an hours-long standoff and after he threatened to kill officers with a small knife, authorities said. He died after officers fired stun guns, bean bags and six live rounds, authorities said. Once again, the board’s biggest bastard this side of **adaher** misses the mark. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/4 "2015-04-28T18:42:46Z")
Dog bites man isn’t news. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/5 "2015-04-28T18:44:08Z")
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**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/6 "2015-04-28T18:45:20Z")
> **[University of South Alabama student Gil Collar seen in video before fatal...](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/video-shows-ala-teen-fatal-shooting-article-1.1181371)** > > Video of the fatal shooting of a naked Alabama college student shows him with his arms outstretched and his palms open seconds before a campus police officer fired. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/7 "2015-04-28T18:45:50Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Once again, the board’s biggest bastard this side of **adaher** misses the mark. Right, because _none_ of the black people shot by police lately reached for a weapon or did anything threatening at all, nor were any of them Tased first before being shot. No sirree _Bob_. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/8 "2015-04-28T18:55:38Z")
> **[Man shot by Dothan police officer has died](https://dothaneagle.com/news/crime_court/man-shot-by-dothan-police-officer-has-died/article_bb63771c-90f4-11e4-936d-73a715876dfd.html)** > > The man shot by a Dothan police officer outside the Dothan Animal Shelter on Tuesday afternoon has died. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/9 "2015-04-28T19:01:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Right, because _none_ of the black people shot by police lately reached for a weapon or did anything threatening at all, nor were any of them Tased first before being shot. > > No sirree _Bob_. Spending at least four hours trying to talk the guy down while using non-lethal force is different from opening fire with little, if any, warning or summarily initiating an arrest which led to a fatal injury of some sort, _n’est ce pas?_ ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/10 "2015-04-28T19:10:56Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Spending at least four hours trying to talk the guy down while using non-lethal force is different from opening fire with little, if any, warning or summarily initiating an arrest which led to a fatal injury of some sort, _n’est ce pas?_ It wouldn’t be after the “Hand up Don’t shoot” people are done spinning it. They can’t even admit that the very name of their organization is a lie. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/11 "2015-04-28T19:11:00Z")
Gonna quote from any of your links, Terr? Because, you know, links are to _support_ something you’re saying here. If you’re not saying anything about them, I don’t have any reason to click through. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/12 "2015-04-28T19:15:44Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Spending at least four hours trying to talk the guy down while using non-lethal force is different from opening fire with little, if any, warning or summarily initiating an arrest which led to a fatal injury of some sort, _n’est ce pas?_ _Only_ four? And I bet they didn’t even allow him access to his lawyer! ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/13 "2015-04-28T19:17:49Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Gonna quote from any of your links, Terr? Because, you know, links are to _support_ something you’re saying here. If you’re not saying anything about them, I don’t have any reason to click through. You asked for incidents. The links are to such incidents. If you don’t want to click through, that’s your problem. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/14 "2015-04-28T19:18:34Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Gonna quote from any of your links, Terr? Because, you know, links are to _support_ something you’re saying here. If you’re not saying anything about them, I don’t have any reason to click through. This is known as the **BrainGlutton** approach. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/15 "2015-04-28T19:29:50Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > You asked for incidents. You’re right, I did. > [@](#): > > The links are to such incidents. I asked for incidents. I didn’t ask for links to things that may or may not be incidents. A subtle distinction, I know. > [@](#): > > If you don’t want to click through, that’s your problem. Not really. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/16 "2015-04-28T19:32:17Z")
Wait . . .what? They’re killing white folks now? THIS HAS GONE TOO FAR!!! ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/17 "2015-04-28T19:36:14Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > You’re right, I did. I asked for incidents. I didn’t ask for links to things that may or may not be incidents. Hey, I can only lead the horse to water… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/18 "2015-04-28T19:42:06Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > Hey, I can only lead the horse to water… Apparently you can’t. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/19 "2015-04-28T19:43:05Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > Hey, I can only lead the horse to water… But it can’t make you think. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733/20 "2015-04-28T19:44:51Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > You’re right, I did. I asked for incidents. I didn’t ask for links to things that may or may not be incidents. You’re addressing someone who continued claiming that sending the ambassador to France was an insult even after the French government said there was no insult. Posting links without posting why they’re relevant is par for the course. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-getting-killed-by-police-under-questionable-circumstances-the-omnibus-thread/718733.md?page=2)