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StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
120. I think the melanin orientation of the "authorities" has something to do with
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 09:36 AM
Jun 2020

why they're "questioning" the validity of the conclusion they drew that the shooting was unjustified and the officer needed to be fired and charged.

How else to explain claiming to be allies in the fight against police brutality but insisting that shooting a fleeing black man in the back was justified even when the police department says it wasn't - and going so far as to suggest the police department is lying about it?

He should not have been killed Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #1
The biggest matter in ALL of that? Goodheart Jun 2020 #2
Yes. Death is the biggest issue...but it was the end of a long line of significant mistakes. Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #4
I fully agree that he should have been arrested. Goodheart Jun 2020 #6
This point, I have not read a single post stating an officer gets to execute somebody who is not an LizBeth Jun 2020 #13
Why should he have been arrested? mcar Jun 2020 #29
Probable cause of drunken driving treestar Jun 2020 #55
He shot a taser at the cop. If he incapacitates the cop then he grabs his gun and shoots maximusveritas Jun 2020 #5
Did he incapacitate the cop? Yes or No? Goodheart Jun 2020 #7
Only because the cop shot him before he was shot himself maximusveritas Jun 2020 #8
Er, no. That's not what the video shows. Goodheart Jun 2020 #14
Brooks fell after running a bit after, but the video does not clearly show when the cop fired. maximusveritas Jun 2020 #18
This is not the only video. Goodheart Jun 2020 #19
After listening and watching the entire full bodycam video, cayugafalls Jun 2020 #47
All I need to know is the cop's first words after firing. "Got'im." sir pball Jun 2020 #83
So it would be OK for the cop to chase him then treestar Jun 2020 #56
I believe a taser of works once, then it's dead StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #70
Unless the cop picked up the leads and stuck them into his own skin SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #104
the guy took the taser. That shows how much he wants treestar Jun 2020 #116
He was NOT a mortal threat. SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #121
Take a step back... Happy Hoosier Jun 2020 #138
Yep. HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #69
Are Tasers "imminently" deadly weapons? sir pball Jun 2020 #82
WRONG!!! The cartridge can only be fired once. SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #103
What should the officers have done? Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #12
Say what?? Goodheart Jun 2020 #16
Presumption based on his assaultive dangerous actions. Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #23
Once he grabbed the taser you still think treestar Jun 2020 #58
He was shot in the back. Seemingly after the taser cartridge was disharged. SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #105
So turning their back is enough treestar Jun 2020 #115
Yes. SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #122
This decision is made in a split second! treestar Jun 2020 #127
It is vengeance. SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #129
I did not say that! treestar Jun 2020 #132
You did say that. SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #133
It's a Taser, not a handgun. Happy Hoosier Jun 2020 #139
They can have two cartridges treestar Jun 2020 #142
They could have woken him up, taken his keys mcar Jun 2020 #30
So, decriminalizing drunk driving is one option. Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #34
... mcar Jun 2020 #35
Your gonna get crickets on that from some on this thread... cayugafalls Jun 2020 #78
How far do you think you can get with the idea treestar Jun 2020 #59
Agree people are working too hard because they treestar Jun 2020 #57
How do you find justification in this shooting? SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #106
Someone resisted arrest treestar Jun 2020 #114
It isn't being justified. SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #123
I did not say that it justified killing a person treestar Jun 2020 #126
I don't know - why not ask his superiors at the Atlanta PD who fired him StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #75
Agreed. There is something wrong with someone in this thread. SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #107
It is shocking to me that Bettie Jun 2020 #118
I think the melanin orientation of the "authorities" has something to do with StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #120
He was several feet away from the policeman when he shot the taser Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #27
Second sentence is just untrue treestar Jun 2020 #60
I was addressing the specific "what if" scenario posed - Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #81
The cop should have let the Brooks walk home like he offered to do. oasis Jun 2020 #28
Entirely? Polybius Jun 2020 #87
Key word "driving". nt oasis Jun 2020 #90
He was. He has a taser. treestar Jun 2020 #54
The taser was discharged no? SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #108
Most tasers can still be used as a stun gun once the cartridge/prongs are fired madville Jun 2020 #124
No, but maybe a felony in this case - "violence" in resisting would be key. jmg257 Jun 2020 #3
Prison for 1-5 years, not the death penalty. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #9
Yep. And you are supposed to get due process! jmg257 Jun 2020 #11
He didn't get the death penalty for resisting treestar Jun 2020 #61
I have a real problem with police discharging their weapons in pursuit SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #102
They are trained a certain way treestar Jun 2020 #117
Man, I hope you're not a cop. NT Happy Hoosier Jun 2020 #140
And something else needs to be mentioned here Goodheart Jun 2020 #10
Unfortunately, you do not know that. Those are assumptions. Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #15
I didn't assume anything. I pointed out a fact and asked a question from it. Goodheart Jun 2020 #17
I am sorry, I misunderstood. Let's have a conversation. Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #20
At the exact time of the shooting the policemen were NOT "protecting themselves." Goodheart Jun 2020 #21
Let's assume they were for the sake of argument. Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #22
Nah... it was a tazer, not lethal, that had already been discharged. Goodheart Jun 2020 #24
Suddenly the taser is OK treestar Jun 2020 #63
Other actions Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #33
I like the idea of deescalation. Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #36
I am suggesting skipping the station. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #40
There would need to be changes to the law, and rules of evidence. Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #44
I'm an attorney, and you are just flat out wrong as to the basis for charges Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #50
Lol...it depends on the state, Ms. Attorney. Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #52
Careful reading is your friend. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #84
If that is an aspiration, fine, but treestar Jun 2020 #64
There are plenty of whites they don't arrest at the scene. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #80
you seem to be sympathizing a lot with white killer cops SiliconValley_Dem Jun 2020 #112
His firing the taser wildly treestar Jun 2020 #62
If the taser was fired and the cartridge did not hit SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #109
I'm heartbroken here. He was such a good guy. cayugafalls Jun 2020 #25
Are you suggesting that drunk drivers should not be arrested? Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #26
Drunk while parked on private property? Brooks offered to walk home oasis Jun 2020 #31
No, he was passed out in the drive thru Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #37
Brooks told the cops that his girlfriend met him at Wendy's. She drove oasis Jun 2020 #42
Sleeping in your car treestar Jun 2020 #65
He told the cops his girlfriend drove him there. They never saw oasis Jun 2020 #71
Why is he asleep at the wheel? treestar Jun 2020 #74
What don't you get about 2(cars) being involved? Brook's date oasis Jun 2020 #76
So the girlfriend has nothing to do with it then. treestar Jun 2020 #92
The girlfriend will have plenty "to do with it" when she gives her oasis Jun 2020 #96
People going through this much trouble trying to justify the police shooting of an unarmed black man StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #110
Yeah, that is probable cause for a DUI. Your Law and Order holds there sir pball Jun 2020 #88
Resisting arrest treestar Jun 2020 #93
You say you've worked DUI cases sir pball Jun 2020 #94
Nope. Just sharing my experience as a white guy. cayugafalls Jun 2020 #32
Perhaps if you were charged the first time Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #38
Perhaps, but I am not a saint. Made lots of mistakes. cayugafalls Jun 2020 #41
I am sorry I was snarky. Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #45
It's OK. Thank you. cayugafalls Jun 2020 #49
By cops? Where? treestar Jun 2020 #66
That was 40 years ago. cayugafalls Jun 2020 #77
MADD was founded 40 years ago treestar Jun 2020 #125
Strict liability, if he was driven home and took a different car out... Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 #85
OK. I'm tired. He did not deserve to be shot in the back. cayugafalls Jun 2020 #91
I posted the first OP to DU about this, trust me, I'm pissed off as can be. Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 #95
Do you think the guy may also have had some mental issues? kentuck Jun 2020 #39
That is possible. Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #46
Shot in the back. No excuse for it Thrill Jun 2020 #43
Agreed Evergreen Emerald Jun 2020 #48
It's not the old Wild West treestar Jun 2020 #67
You already patted him down. So you know he doesn't have a gun Thrill Jun 2020 #72
He has a taser treestar Jun 2020 #73
Again you know who he is Thrill Jun 2020 #79
They won't answer that question on any threads uponit7771 Jun 2020 #100
Yes it is, this is not a good argument any longer uponit7771 Jun 2020 #99
Knowing what police do, why would you resist arrest? Sneederbunk Jun 2020 #51
I know. If a person is afraid of the cops treestar Jun 2020 #68
Seriously? StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #111
Some people who are not afraid of them treestar Jun 2020 #113
What's your point? StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #119
Your original post made no point. treestar Jun 2020 #128
Given your utter lack of empathy or interest in even understanding what it's like to be a black man StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #130
THIS oasis Jun 2020 #131
My point was about how one behaves when one is afraid of someone treestar Jun 2020 #134
If you think it's not normal for a frightened person to fight back, you aren't very good at judging StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #135
It's not a capital offense treestar Jun 2020 #53
This is a tough case Polybius Jun 2020 #86
I'd call it manslaughter by angered panic. Goodheart Jun 2020 #89
The cops knew who Brooks was and could have just let him run ... Brooks posed uponit7771 Jun 2020 #101
I think cops are just too willing to use their firearms. Happy Hoosier Jun 2020 #141
Why the question about the money? SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #97
Field sobriety tests are worthless. SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #98
+1, the cop wanted to get him on something. It's like they get paid by the arrest, they could've let uponit7771 Jun 2020 #136
6/17 press conference has revealed additional information. Understanding oasis Jun 2020 #137
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