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Ghost in the Machine

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10. But... but... only POLICE should have guns!!!!

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 07:14 AM

Feb 2014

According to a few posters on here!

This is a terrible tragic event that is indefensible, period. The officer *SHOULD* be fired immediately, then charged with first degree murder, and throw in an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for pointing it at the girl and telling her to "shut up".

I feel so sorry for the family, and can't even imagine the loss, and confusion, anger and whatever other feelings they are going through. I hope they sue the shit out of the police force, the city, the county or whoever this "cop" worked for.

I'd say give her the death penalty, but I can see where life without possibility for parole at a womens prison in general population would be a good sentence for her!

Didn't even identify herself OR give a warning. unfuckingbelievable!

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Young Boy Shot to Death by Cop Moments After Sitting Down to Watch a Movie in His Home [View all] MrScorpio Feb 2014 OP

Unfreaking believable! newfie11 Feb 2014 #1

What planet do you live on? How is this unbelievable? This is the norm. eom TransitJohn Feb 2014 #65

I live in South Dakota newfie11 Feb 2014 #95

In So Dakota Scruffy Rumbler Feb 2014 #107

Who and what are you talking about? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #123

Excuse me, but I also live in South Dakota liberalhistorian Feb 2014 #184

No what planet do YOU live on? This is NOT the norm demwing Feb 2014 #134

I so much agree with this post. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #141

More like 2nd degree murder... Rhythm Feb 2014 #144

Agree with no one should be treated rudely Live and Learn Feb 2014 #178

This has been the reality, imthevicar Feb 2014 #179

So it's this bad newfie11 Feb 2014 #183

WTF is the matter with everyone these days! In_The_Wind Feb 2014 #2

"It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis Perseus Feb 2014 #28

Indeed! In_The_Wind Feb 2014 #30

You're right. But you havent seen how many here STILL support who's running VZ. Its amazing. 7962 Feb 2014 #48

Uh, Chavez was elected, overwhelmingly, by Venezuelans, twice Oilwellian Feb 2014 #68

Uh, perhaps you haven't heard liberalhistorian Feb 2014 #185

What a strange McCarthyite tangent for a thread about a US cop shooting a kid. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #124

ditto rustbeltvoice Feb 2014 #154

And disinformation and propaganda are being spread to make it happen here. cui bono Feb 2014 #156

thank you. barbtries Feb 2014 #180

Our administration SamKnause Feb 2014 #3

Well, it all went like peaches and ice cream the first time The Prez spoke out about abusive cops... MrScorpio Feb 2014 #4

Calling the Cambridge police stupid ??? SamKnause Feb 2014 #7

But you remember the backlash that occurred against him even from that minor amount of criticism? MrScorpio Feb 2014 #16

Should he instruct Eric Holder to confront this issue ? SamKnause Feb 2014 #19

the police depts are not one huge dept controlled by the President, they are local units JI7 Feb 2014 #22

I'm saying that cops aren't killing people... MrScorpio Feb 2014 #24

I accused you of nothing. SamKnause Feb 2014 #35

BOG JI7 Feb 2014 #36

What on earth are you talking about ? SamKnause Feb 2014 #39

BOG = Barack Obama Group Babel_17 Feb 2014 #79

Thank you. SamKnause Feb 2014 #96

Thank you. SamKnause Feb 2014 #98

But aren't you the one who first brought up Obama's name about a local news story that I posted? MrScorpio Feb 2014 #44

Did you read my post to you on February SamKnause Feb 2014 #46

I had to go back and read it, Sam... MrScorpio Feb 2014 #50

Thank you. SamKnause Feb 2014 #53

If the President DID want to get involved, there's one way to do it to squash critics.. 7962 Feb 2014 #51

Only the BOG would fail to blame the President for every local shooting? treestar Feb 2014 #87

It SHOULD be Holder, not the President. nt 7962 Feb 2014 #49

I agree, it should be Holder MrScorpio Feb 2014 #52

A few exemplary federal civil rights prosecutions of killer cops would help. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #127

They tried that against the Killer Cops who shot up all of those people on that bridge post Kartrina MrScorpio Feb 2014 #128

They need to keep trying. n/t Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #158

I think that there is more than enough credit for this to go around quakerboy Feb 2014 #173

you are so right, Mr Scorpio BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #111

prez is the head law enforcer of the land questionseverything Feb 2014 #121

No, the AG is the Chief Law Enforcer of the land... MrScorpio Feb 2014 #126

executive branch,the prez enforces the law questionseverything Feb 2014 #139

Do you think LBJ would have given a crap about the backlash? How about Teddy Roosevelt? To be Ed Suspicious Feb 2014 #106

LBJ, you say? MrScorpio Feb 2014 #108

Then he should invite the fucking backlash! Scootaloo Feb 2014 #142

Maybe this cop will get invited to have a beer at the white house too NobodyHere Feb 2014 #56

well that's a dead giveaway arely staircase Feb 2014 #8

posts like that show to me that the person JI7 Feb 2014 #11

Boy, you like to toss the bull around, don't you? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #133

coming from a zimmerman supporter JI7 Feb 2014 #150

Your reply is a cheap ad hominem attack. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #157

A dead give away of what exactly ???? SamKnause Feb 2014 #13

Hardly seveneyes Feb 2014 #23

and their pets arely staircase Feb 2014 #27

yeah, it's the administrations fault this happened, what BS, he got shit just for having sympathy JI7 Feb 2014 #9

I have sympathy for Trayvon's parents. SamKnause Feb 2014 #14

Poor Barack. GeorgeGist Feb 2014 #37

Our Governor and his house representative are also fully responsible UCmeNdc Feb 2014 #20

It is happening in every state in this country. SamKnause Feb 2014 #25

The POTUS should never comment on social issues within the USA Fumesucker Feb 2014 #26

the black president criticizing local police JI7 Feb 2014 #29

Stop making this about the "black president". I work with PLENTY of R's who talk about this a lot. 7962 Feb 2014 #54

actually he should comment on whatever DU is on about on any given day. nt arely staircase Feb 2014 #32

Funny but so true DeeDeeNY Feb 2014 #42

I await his response to Kate Upton's ride on the Vomit Comet. Orrex Feb 2014 #66

there are a few DUers who seem to take the position treestar Feb 2014 #89

and if he dosn't say or do exactly what they think should be done Bodhi BloodWave Feb 2014 #112

You do understand Feral Child Feb 2014 #31

You do understand that SamKnause Feb 2014 #38

Maybe you should write a letter. Feral Child Feb 2014 #57

Can you write ? SamKnause Feb 2014 #58

"I know you are but what am I?" Feral Child Feb 2014 #67

All you have done is show that you have a reading comprehension problem. SamKnause Feb 2014 #71

+1 840high Feb 2014 #102

Our administration runs the foreign policy Progressive dog Feb 2014 #84

This story has nothing to do with the President treestar Feb 2014 #86

'Our administration' by which you mean Executive and Department of Justice, has PROSECUTED AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #110

I don't know why people are jumping all over you. It's a valid point. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #129

Thank you for your reply and input. SamKnause Feb 2014 #137

Police has been given deference they didn't earn nor deserve uponit7771 Feb 2014 #170

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #5

that just sucks , everything about it just sucks JI7 Feb 2014 #6

But... but... only POLICE should have guns!!!! Ghost in the Machine Feb 2014 #10

+1 LAGC Feb 2014 #166

And already had her gun out when doing a parole violation check. tblue37 Feb 2014 #181

She might lose her job, but I doubt she'll be prosecuted for B Calm Feb 2014 #12

in the case of kelly thomas in california the ignorant jury set them free JI7 Feb 2014 #15

She might very well be offered the chance to resign. Feral Child Feb 2014 #34

She will not lose her job! I would bet money! nt Logical Feb 2014 #69

I don't think that's true treestar Feb 2014 #90

I bet you they rule it justified because her "training" made her.... Logical Feb 2014 #176

They accused the officer of "incompetence" DFW Feb 2014 #17

Someone is not telling the truth seveneyes Feb 2014 #18

true, we need to slow down treestar Feb 2014 #91

A Kid Is Dead SoCalMusicLover Feb 2014 #143

It could be both they have a wii controller shaped like a gun Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #168

Yep, the other controller in OP article was an editorial choice by filmingcops.com, greyl Feb 2014 #175

I always wondered Ned Fenwick Feb 2014 #21

Cue the badge sniffers in 5...4...3...2...1... Nanjing to Seoul Feb 2014 #33

Euharlee, Georgia nt Sienna86 Feb 2014 #40

People are getting tired of it and saying "enough!" Jake Stern Feb 2014 #41

Exactly!! Because cops were different when we were kids. 7962 Feb 2014 #55

Yeah they were different. They were *way* more brazen in flaunting the law back then. Bonx Feb 2014 #138

So you think cops were worse back 30-40 years ago? no way. 7962 Feb 2014 #172

There are no words malaise Feb 2014 #43

Welcome to my world nt MrScorpio Feb 2014 #45

Her facebook page alluded to lapses in mental focus? HereSince1628 Feb 2014 #47

I Keep Waiting . . . cer7711 Feb 2014 #59

No shit, I expected it! nt Logical Feb 2014 #72

LOL Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #147

F****** trigger-happy, cowardly cops! nt tblue37 Feb 2014 #60

this is horrific all of this needs to stop. littlewolf Feb 2014 #61

+1 glinda Feb 2014 #159

My heart is aching for boy and his family... TRoN33 Feb 2014 #62

Will we get it now? GTurck Feb 2014 #63

This is probably too obvious d_r Feb 2014 #64

Dunn did the same thing but was charged with murder, this cop will.... Logical Feb 2014 #70

Fucking monsters!! Mojo Electro Feb 2014 #73

Amazing JJChambers Feb 2014 #74

Cops are the greatest, aren't they? nt MrScorpio Feb 2014 #75

Yeah, the kid must've done *something* wrong, right? And if not they'll just make something up! nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #76

No JJChambers Feb 2014 #77

With the prosecutors, police leadership, political leadership, courts, police unions... MrScorpio Feb 2014 #81

+100 nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #101

In other words, give them time to 'fix' things. Then they will present us with the 'truth'. Ikonoklast Feb 2014 #117

Selective reading? JJChambers Feb 2014 #118

"Ambulance chaser". Right. And you know this...how? You acquainted with the attorney? Ikonoklast Feb 2014 #140

I choose my words carefully JJChambers Feb 2014 #149

In other words, you have nothing. You used a derogatory description based on vapor in an attempt Ikonoklast Feb 2014 #167

Wow, you're really going after this dead kid's family with a vengeance MrScorpio Feb 2014 #146

Uh... "ambulance chaser"??? You mean funeral hearse chaser? The kid is fucking dead. PeaceNikki Feb 2014 #153

stunned by the stupidity Ed Suspicious Feb 2014 #131

Cops flat out lie to cover their asses. Nt Logical Feb 2014 #88

that's true treestar Feb 2014 #92

YAY, COPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blecht Feb 2014 #99

I dare you to use the word "self-serving" yet one liberalhistorian Feb 2014 #186

The policewoman should be in jail without bond ladjf Feb 2014 #78

Wait...why the hell did she open fire without a warning? Rex Feb 2014 #80

Check this out... MrScorpio Feb 2014 #83

Improperly trained, possibly poorly recruited Babel_17 Feb 2014 #82

Growing up in poor economic circumstances I learneed Harmony Blue Feb 2014 #85

typical power hungry, trigger happy fuck cop gopiscrap Feb 2014 #93

IMO, the violent police are not an accident. dotymed Feb 2014 #94

Source JJChambers Feb 2014 #97

"licensed psychologist" Bwahahahah yea right ...I took the test on a computer. L0oniX Feb 2014 #105

IMO= IN MY OPINION n/t dotymed Feb 2014 #162

Yay cops. Always looking to protect us from the scourge of video controllers. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #100

Stop making excuses for these jack booted murdering pigs! L0oniX Feb 2014 #103

Cop'll probably be governor some day. Psychopathia is rewarded in the U.S. nt valerief Feb 2014 #104

This is all Apple's fault. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #109

There is simply NO excuse for this... Phentex Feb 2014 #113

God damned animals. n/t leeroysphitz Feb 2014 #114

.... RedRoses323 Feb 2014 #115

As a final act of cruelty, she forces the little girl to move away from her dying brother. DesertDiamond Feb 2014 #116

And YELLS at her to shut up! nt tblue37 Feb 2014 #182

They make realistic gun controllers JJChambers Feb 2014 #119

What "gun controller" are you talking about? nt MrScorpio Feb 2014 #122

This was one of the ones linked in yesterday's thread.. X_Digger Feb 2014 #135

Except that all the evidence is pointing to the kid holding a standard Wii controller in his hand MrScorpio Feb 2014 #145

Right, just thought I'd provide the link/image from yesterday's thread. X_Digger Feb 2014 #152

One generally only uses a controller like that for a shooter game, not to watch a movie. cui bono Feb 2014 #164

Shooting a kid holding a gun controlled with no warning sounds like a manslaughter charge to me. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #132

In a real world you are right. Not in ours. n-t Logical Feb 2014 #165

It wasn't one of the gun controllers BuelahWitch Feb 2014 #136

I read about this yesterday. Blue_In_AK Feb 2014 #120

this is sick Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #125

This is like something you read about a totalitarian state LittleBlue Feb 2014 #130

It's something like this that forces me to say out loud, what I really think about the police... MrScorpio Feb 2014 #148

OMG.... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #151

Just one of a very tiny number of bad apples. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #155

UPDATE February 19: The OP-NAT EYE has learned the name of the killer cop: Beth Daniel-Gatny, aka Jefferson23 Feb 2014 #160

Horrific, absolutely horrific..poor kid and his dear sister. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2014 #161

Cops: "We're fighting a war" cprise Feb 2014 #163

dreadful tomm2thumbs Feb 2014 #169

Oh my god. liberalmuse Feb 2014 #171

kick Liberal_in_LA Feb 2014 #174

Another innocent person murdered by the Blue Gang Kennah Feb 2014 #177