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LostOne4Ever

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127. Okay

Reply to Fortinbras Armstrong (Reply #119)

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 12:01 PM

Feb 2014

If you look you will see my post is number 17. Those post were not here when I made my post.

As for why ask a question you don't want an answer to:

Rhetorical Question

Further, I did not assume that the police are in the wrong just because someone was shot, I assumed this particular officer was in the wrong because of the report of the events. Nor did I assume a cover up.

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Cop Who Allegedly Said �We Don�t Have Time For This� Before Shooting Schizophrenic Teen Dead Has Bee [View all] warrior1 Feb 2014 OP

Does anyone know of ANY cop who was found guilty and went to jail for killing someone? CBGLuthier Feb 2014 #1

Yes JJChambers Feb 2014 #7

"Vast majority justified " etc ? You forgot the sarcasm tag abq e streeter Feb 2014 #21

I'm realistic, only a small percentage of police shootings are questionable JJChambers Feb 2014 #24

Not realistic, simply actively avoiding knowledge or pretending. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #30

I'd love to see the data you base your comment on, or... Cofitachequi Feb 2014 #97

Maybe you have it backwards. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #35

Exactly. abq e streeter Feb 2014 #37

You're not doing your position any favors by exaggerating JJChambers Feb 2014 #38

But you are doing your employers a great favor quakerboy Feb 2014 #39

How? JJChambers Feb 2014 #42

And how is the claim... blackspade Feb 2014 #64

Question for you JJChambers Feb 2014 #69

Only in the same circumstances in which it would be appropriate for any other citizen to. morningfog Feb 2014 #121

Thanks! JJChambers Feb 2014 #123

Actually, most police shootings are not justified. Not by a long shot. morningfog Feb 2014 #124

Yes they are (nt) JJChambers Feb 2014 #126

I'm with you on that argument, JJ... MrMickeysMom Feb 2014 #66

Average americans are alienated by police actions. quakerboy Feb 2014 #113

+1 nt Live and Learn Feb 2014 #114

From Nov 2012,and there have been LOTS more since then abq e streeter Feb 2014 #36

When there only cops saying what other cops did was just fine and dandy, that is the usual result. Ikonoklast Feb 2014 #41

Not true JJChambers Feb 2014 #46

And who writes the policy? A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #58

^^^^^this^^^^^ azurnoir Feb 2014 #74

Statistic numbers please 3auld6phart Feb 2014 #80

Silly JJChambers Feb 2014 #84

How about the kid in the field who was shot dead passiveporcupine Feb 2014 #88

Oh... JJChambers Feb 2014 #103

When I was a kid passiveporcupine Feb 2014 #104

I don't know anything about the case you mention above... kjones Feb 2014 #106

His name was Andy Lopez and he was 13 and wearing a hoodie passiveporcupine Feb 2014 #108

Bad people? The mentally ill are not "bad people", Live and Learn Feb 2014 #115

ugh BetterThanNoSN Feb 2014 #53

That applies to hunters shooting as well DFW Feb 2014 #55

Depends on who they are questionable to. Of course the police department wont rhett o rick Feb 2014 #68

Your guess is silly JJChambers Feb 2014 #70

"If the majority of police shootings were criminal, there would be far more prosecutions of police." rhett o rick Feb 2014 #73

Sad list of examples - there are many more erronis Feb 2014 #81

You're starting from the position that all police/DAs are corrupt? kjones Feb 2014 #107

Wronggggggg. I started from the position that police look out for each other. To think that police rhett o rick Feb 2014 #109

Otherwise known as corruption? kjones Feb 2014 #111

That's circular logic Scootaloo Feb 2014 #105

Yes I agree. nm rhett o rick Feb 2014 #125

And if torture were criminal quakerboy Feb 2014 #128

"my guess is that most police shootings are not justified" Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2014 #117

But the original point of this discussion was this one: truedelphi Feb 2014 #72

Hey neighbor ... you are spot-on. rivegauche Feb 2014 #79

Served 11 months. Still, it is far more than other badge-bearing murderers suffer. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #29

and yet Mehserle walks free today paulkienitz Feb 2014 #49

Well that clears it all up. One person has been held accountable for the hundreds of sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #57

just doesn't seem like the truth these days heaven05 Feb 2014 #77

that must be some really strong stuff you are smoking, or you don't spend a lot of time reading niyad Feb 2014 #90

It depends on the police force and precinct. I remember a precinct in Detroit that alfredo Feb 2014 #91

You must not be googling right dbackjon Feb 2014 #14

You can bet he will since the other two officers are witness's. Historic NY Feb 2014 #27

Two went to jail for a killing in Detroit some years back notadmblnd Feb 2014 #78

That was the Malice Green trial. navarth Feb 2014 #85

A cop from Del City, OK was found guilty of avebury Feb 2014 #122

Psychotic cop n2doc Feb 2014 #2

Well he won't with just a manslaughter conviction. n/t Laffy Kat Feb 2014 #102

Another senseless murder by cop. Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #3

+1 grahamhgreen Feb 2014 #8

Got time for a trial asshole? lame54 Feb 2014 #4

Manslaughter, eh? hootinholler Feb 2014 #5

"I wonder why this isn't murder..." Iggo Feb 2014 #13

I suspect it has to do with premeditation Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2014 #118

Right? christx30 Feb 2014 #25

It has to do with intent leftynyc Feb 2014 #51

Good, I hope he's convicted. kcr Feb 2014 #6

the mother now says, "don't call the cops on your mentally ill child". I am wondering why the niyad Feb 2014 #9

Maybe they called 911--hoping for help, maybe an ambulance or someone tblue37 Feb 2014 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #28

More kale is needed uppityperson Feb 2014 #32

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Calling 911 is the one-size-fits-all signal for emergency help: Fire Dept, Police Dept, Ambulance... Hekate Feb 2014 #61

EMS and Fire personnel the_sly_pig Feb 2014 #62

Each state has different mental health laws but pretty similar gwheezie Feb 2014 #82

It has become obvious that the police need to be trained WHEN CRABS ROAR Feb 2014 #89

commenting on a point you made: "some are deranged psychopaths" 2banon Feb 2014 #95

Post removed Post removed Feb 2014 #10

Here's hoping the motherfucker gets lots of time. NT riqster Feb 2014 #11

His calendar suddenly opened up... W.J. McCabe Feb 2014 #15

Manslaughter? MynameisBlarney Feb 2014 #16

Manslaughter? How is that not Murder? LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #17

It was answered twice above Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2014 #119

Okay LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #127

He tased him and THEN shot him? tblue Feb 2014 #18

Why does he get until Wed. to turn himself in? sked14 Feb 2014 #19

Maybe they want to give him a chance to eat his gun first? George II Feb 2014 #23

Maybe he'll take that opportunity and make this place safer for all of us. TroglodyteScholar Feb 2014 #44

He should be tried for second degree murder, not manslaughter. Dawson Leery Feb 2014 #20

"We don't have time for this" == today's attitude towards mental illness .... MindMover Feb 2014 #22

That's a fact. defacto7 Feb 2014 #43

Malice Green case YarnAddict Feb 2014 #26

This is a step in the right direction Gothmog Feb 2014 #31

Scum like that never should have been a cop, or even been allowed joeybee12 Feb 2014 #34

I wonder exactly what are the qualifications needed in order to become a Cop? busterbrown Feb 2014 #65

My gut reaction is it's getting easier... joeybee12 Feb 2014 #67

The guys who were some of the poorest students in high school ended up busterbrown Feb 2014 #75

Yeah, his precious seconds were more important than the guy's life... joeybee12 Feb 2014 #76

about time, but watch the fucking cop walk! gopiscrap Feb 2014 #40

Seriously doubt it. sked14 Feb 2014 #48

Hope you're right gopiscrap Feb 2014 #71

Manslaughter? Should be charged with Murder 2 also The Second Stone Feb 2014 #45

The Cops Freak Me Out otohara Feb 2014 #47

Good. nt msanthrope Feb 2014 #50

Oh good JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #52

He may have been charged PrestonLocke Feb 2014 #54

A recent article averred an American is 39 times more likely to be murdered by a cop than by an indepat Feb 2014 #56

What the hell is in the water at headquarters that is making for so many of these acts by cops? .... marble falls Feb 2014 #59

I get sick of people thinking "it's a war zone out there".... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #60

Shameful. blackspade Feb 2014 #63

So unjust libodem Feb 2014 #83

I hope he serves hard time for that shit. Jamastiene Feb 2014 #86

It's about time Faryn Balyncd Feb 2014 #87

I'm getting sick of these bad apples! ybbor Feb 2014 #92

I'm not a lawyer but gwheezie Feb 2014 #93

keith vidal: niyad Feb 2014 #94

thank you gwheezie Feb 2014 #96

JHC.. "paid leave". What the hell kind of cop is Cha Feb 2014 #98

Here's the most important part of this story kentauros Feb 2014 #99

Exactly, kentauros! Cha Feb 2014 #100

Shit like this just boggles the mind! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2014 #101

Usually they end up clearing cops like this and promoting them KentuckyWoman Feb 2014 #110

Sad. blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #112

Why didn't the other cops shoot the rogue cop? Not Sure Feb 2014 #116

Is he a war vet by any chance? nikto Feb 2014 #120