Is This Photo Amazing Or Whats Your Take On It?

[piggynose]

well what do you think? Media URL: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36759711
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[retrocop]

So you have nothing to describe the killing of five officers who had nothing to do with the killing of these black men except the police started it!!! That is pretty lame mikey compared to 'execution'. You and I are not aware of the events and facts yet to properly judge these killings yet. If a proper investigation and enquiry finds mal practice in proper and reasonable time then I would be first to support a murder charge Until then why don't you put your over active imagination and emotions back in the box and wait.Talk about wild west lynch mob mentality.

[mikey4444]

Retro...there is no doubt whatsoever that a homicide has occurred in the case of Castille.....I will post this again ::

"The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office ruled Castile's death a homicide and said that he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.[5] The office reported that Castile died at 9:37 p.m. CDT in the emergency room of the Hennepin County Medical Center, about 20 minutes after being shot.[1][5]"

Whether the Officer will stand trial for murder has yet to be decided, but there is no doubt that he shot Castille.

"The day after the fatal shooting, the St. Anthony Police Department identified the officer who fired the fatal shots as Yanez. He and his partner Kauser were placed on paid administrative leave.[25]"

Its now in the hands of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehens to decide what to do next.

[-Talbot-]

mikey4444
The Policemen wasn't black but his victim was.



Was the policeman white?




The polic

[RandyMarsh]

I think it is a great photo and that the american police can learn from our own police who seem to try to diffuse situations and are not as bothered if they get disrespected.

The problem as I see it is that there is seldom any recompense for the officers who kill, they hardly ever get prosecuted.

[ummmm]

It doesn't matter if the policeman was white. He wasn't black.

[Svejk]

Of course i matters when people call him a white policeman. sigh

[Gromit]

The police officer who shot Philando Castile case was not white, he was Asian (in the American sense that is far eastern, Korean, Japnase or similar).

[naomi24]

Gone off art, Gromit? ;o)

[ummmm]

It's not just white people or black people that are racist.

[-Talbot-]

He was Asian?

[Tilly2]

This is turning into a 'See How Far This Goes' thread. :-)

[Gromit]

If you have seen the video, the female passenger describes the cop as, that Chinese one.

[-Talbot-]

It doesn't matter if the policeman was white. He wasn't black.



I'm not really understanding what you mean by the ummmm?

[retrocop]

Mikey
Sorry to persist but you are still reluctant to state a black person executed 5 police officers of different ethnicity. Were they not executed or did they deserve to be gunned down because they wore a similar uniform to their colleagues who are under investigation for alleged homicide? Simple answer required please . Yes they were executed or no because....

[Hypognosis]

@retrocop

All these word combinations which mikey is reluctant to mount on the internet in perpetuity? Anyone would think he's surrendered his anonimity to friends or relatives and thus cannot indulge in un-PC commentary, for fear of losing them?

The shooter had a "manifesto". He set out to take revenge on white police officers and no other group. The facts are as plain as day.

Unless you want to weave some conspiracy theory about artefacts 'planted' in his apartment, of which the manifesto could have been one, albeit requiring a lightning-fast author at the PD.

[Gromit]

Little has been made of his military background. Ex-military personel turning into murderers in civilian life is quite common.

[THEMOTLEY1]

So, Is This Photo Amazing Or What?
which is what the OP was all about.

[Hypognosis]

I initially ignored this thread title, thinking it was another of those "nahh, photoshopped, mate" type threads. I only clicked on it because it was still bubbling over, a day later.

I think it is certainly a striking image. I am sparing with dishing out superlatives and "amazing" has lost its veracity through constant over-use, often by people under 18, for things which are simply novelties to them but are mundane to over-25s, say.

It certainly does drawe in and want to know the back-story. Does the guy in mid stride manage to stop himself in a single stride or does he body-slam her at full tilt, in body armour? Or, rather, does the barrel of his automatic (or is it a rubber bullet launcher?) jab her in the stomach as he crashes into her.

The Facebooker heaping praise on it says something about the two policemen "rocking back on their heels" (I'm paraphrasing) but, because I haven't watched the video footage yet, my interpretation was that they are charging towards her, giving the narrative of excessive use of force.

The photographer only pushes the shutter button; the person who writes the article applies their own spin but the person passing the newsstand sees the photo before the editorial is even in focus. For a split second, the potential buyer has the chance to interpret the image their own way.

That's how artworks work, imho. They're never meant to have a single meaning, they're meant to have a meaning personal to the viewer.