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Was This Death Caused Deliberately Or Was It Just An Unfortunate Accident Caused In The Process Of An Arrest?
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Yet another black man killed by a white police officer, and who is later cleared by a Grand Jury, which has again triggered off riots.
The unfortunate victim was a large powerful man, how else could the police officer manage to wrestle him to the ground and thus prevent him from going through the plate glass window of the store?
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The unfortunate victim was a large powerful man, how else could the police officer manage to wrestle him to the ground and thus prevent him from going through the plate glass window of the store?
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I get the concept that someone resisting arrest may need to be restrained forcefully. I don't get how it's remotely acceptable for that restraint to end in the man's death. Again, it's a shocking procedural concept. The police are there to help bring people to justice, not to summarily kill people.
When it came to the Ferguson case I had some sympathy for the Grand Jury's decision, because the evidence was sketchy at best. Here it seems clear-cut that there ought to be charges at least of manslaughter to answer. And this was only about whether or not charges should be brought, too -- there would still have remained the possibility that the police officer in question would be cleared at trial.
There is something fundamentally wrong about the way all such cases seem to be treated by Grand Juries -- and, so, by US citizens -- that essentially means that the police are getting away, time and again, with what should amount to murder. Killing petty criminals is not part of the job description.
When it came to the Ferguson case I had some sympathy for the Grand Jury's decision, because the evidence was sketchy at best. Here it seems clear-cut that there ought to be charges at least of manslaughter to answer. And this was only about whether or not charges should be brought, too -- there would still have remained the possibility that the police officer in question would be cleared at trial.
There is something fundamentally wrong about the way all such cases seem to be treated by Grand Juries -- and, so, by US citizens -- that essentially means that the police are getting away, time and again, with what should amount to murder. Killing petty criminals is not part of the job description.
Three black people killed, one of them only a young child, by white Policemen and yet nobody is guilty of anything ?
It seems that the old adage about stopping digging when you find yourself at the bottom of a deep hole has yet to make itself known to American Police Forces. A own goal if ever I saw one.
It seems that the old adage about stopping digging when you find yourself at the bottom of a deep hole has yet to make itself known to American Police Forces. A own goal if ever I saw one.
Mikey oh come on I thought better of you - the 'child' killed was pointing a gun at various people in a park, a gun he had changed (took off the orange cap) to make it look more like a gun. I'm not condoning the shooting one bit but to just say 'black kid shot by white cop' is simplifying the matter for your own argument.
Really Retrochic ? So if it had been a white man that had been killed by a black Policemen, we wouldn't be talking about it ?
This man was killed. Your argument sounds like a carte blanche for Policemen to do whatever they like. Is it any wonder that there have been riots on the streets of America recently ?
This man was killed. Your argument sounds like a carte blanche for Policemen to do whatever they like. Is it any wonder that there have been riots on the streets of America recently ?
The problem with this method of suffocating people in order to make them stop struggling, is that when you're being suffocated you do tend to struggle.
It's happened over here too. I don't know if they still do it, but there's a tactic they employ where about 10 cops sit on someone until they stop moving - often because they've just died.
It's happened over here too. I don't know if they still do it, but there's a tactic they employ where about 10 cops sit on someone until they stop moving - often because they've just died.
Retrochic, the police officer involved in the shooting of Tamir Rice was deemed unfit to be an officer and unfit to handle a gun according to his former bosses at a different police force.
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No Mikey, my opinion (not argument) is that, in this case, it was more likely a tragic turn of events. The victim was twice the size of the arresting officers and put up a fight. I'm sure if he had put his hands up and did as he was told he would be alive today. It is the USA he was lucky he wasn't shot.
If the victim and perpetrators had been of the same race (color) I don't think this would have been as newsworthy.
If the victim and perpetrators had been of the same race (color) I don't think this would have been as newsworthy.
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