Two Unarmed Black Men Shot by Olympia, Washington, Cop

[KamaAina]

Must be a day ending in a 'y'.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-unarmed-back-men-shot-olympia-washington-cop-n362806

Demonstrators gathered in Olympia, Washington, on Thursday to protest a police shooting of two unarmed black men overnight.

The men survived the shooting, and the case was immediately turned over to outside investigators.

The 50 or so demonstrators, waving signs and chanting "No Justice, No Peace," marched for about a half-hour outside at City Hall in Olympia, the state capital.

Olympia Police Chief Ronnie Roberts said there was no immediate indication that race played a factor in the confrontation near a grocery store where the men had allegedly tried to steal beer about 1:15 a.m. (4:15 a.m. ET).

[freeplessinseattle]

1. Watching news conference-said they don't interview

The officers involved in a shooting until 48-72 hours later, because they tend to remember things differently later. What with "the adrenaline going" etc.

WTF? When questioned, the spokesan said that "the same opportunity is offered to witnesses and victims"

Then it started getting heated, and the prosecutor took the cop spokesman's place.

[KamaAina]

2. Cool name, freepless!

[freeplessinseattle]

3. Thank you!:) My first thought when I heard of

the existence of "freeperville" and freepers.
So glad to be here, and my DU sanctuary

[Vincardog]

4. It is also offered to suspects. The differences suspects are attacked for any deviations.

[freeplessinseattle]

6. Yeah, I'm sure there is a huge difference

Interesting though that the spokesman phrased it as though it is standard protocol to wait with officers, whether or not the officer chooses to.

[Aerows]

5. Keep doing what we always do

(allow the media to paint the victims as responsible for their own deaths) and we'll get what we've always gotten (more dead unarmed black men).

[KamaAina]

8. Well, at least this one lived.

This time.

[Dawson Leery]

7. If this happened in Venezuela, it would be bad.

Since it happened here, it's acceptable.