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Sat Feb 22, 2014, 01:18 PM

Feb 2014

A minor traffic incident should not have resulted in a dead body.

3 cops outnumbered one guy. What the hell were they afraid of? Act like cops, take command of the situation and physically overpower the one guy with the weight of 3 bodies to take him down and cuff him.

There were horrible non-decisions made in allowing the situation to escalate and an even worse one to pump 9 rounds into the guy.

Cops should know how to handle a situation when they have such a huge physical advantage without having to kill.

Guess it didn't matter though — just a black guy.

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Yet another one � Cops gun down 20-yr-old black male near Las Vegas [View all] brush Feb 2014 OP

Isn't this kind of what the tasers that they had to have was for? 2pooped2pop Feb 2014 #1

Yes, this is the kind of things tasers would be used for sakabatou Feb 2014 #2

I'll be less surprised if they get metals and awards than if they get punished in any way uponit7771 Feb 2014 #3

or he could have obeyed the many requests to give up and not Duckhunter935 Feb 2014 #4

Maybe you don't know but there is no way to dislodge the weapon inside . . . brush Feb 2014 #6

Or they could have tasered him and ended the conflict. Rex Feb 2014 #18

It seems to me that the cops displayed exemplary patience JJChambers Feb 2014 #5

Read post 6 brush Feb 2014 #7

So you're saying.. JJChambers Feb 2014 #9

Don't be silly brush Feb 2014 #13

what does this being a "progressive site" have to do with it? DrDan Feb 2014 #15

I live in Vegas and have been following news reports closely for one thing . . . brush Feb 2014 #31

Non sequitur JJChambers Feb 2014 #34

Okay. i know where you're coming from brush Feb 2014 #37

Indeed JJChambers Feb 2014 #38

True enough brush Feb 2014 #39

I'm not sure I agree with your premise JJChambers Feb 2014 #40

you do realize that a car is a weapon in the wrong hands? TorchTheWitch Feb 2014 #42

It never should have gotten to the point that he got in the car brush Feb 2014 #43

how hard is it to understand that they may not have been able to? TorchTheWitch Feb 2014 #45

Hey, since you wanna start with the curse words, a-hole . . . brush Feb 2014 #46

How did they de-escalate the situation by putting 9 bullets in the guys back? Rex Feb 2014 #17

Nonsense JJChambers Feb 2014 #21

Please do hold your breath. Rex Feb 2014 #22

What's the failure rate of tazers? JJChambers Feb 2014 #28

There will be no praise from me brush Feb 2014 #32

Cops do not want their uniforms wrinkled. jsr Feb 2014 #26

No one? Iggo Feb 2014 #8

The actions that directly led to the shooting were all done by the cops. Rex Feb 2014 #16

Just remember, springchick Feb 2014 #10

Protect the rich and serve the status quo. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #12

This is at least the third time this story has been posted and in each case the same Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #11

I must have missed the other posts brush Feb 2014 #14

According to Second Amendment absolutists, billh58 Feb 2014 #23

Sad ain't it? Rex Feb 2014 #19

A needless death, but SOP for pigs in uniform. Rex Feb 2014 #20

And perpetuate that bad name Aerows Feb 2014 #24

I agree totally, the good ones KNOW who is corrupt and causing problems Rex Feb 2014 #25

Living while black can be fatal n/t malaise Feb 2014 #27

Fighting with the police JJChambers Feb 2014 #29

Kinda new here aren't you? brush Feb 2014 #33

A silly question for ya Bodhi BloodWave Feb 2014 #41

Not their "newness" brush Feb 2014 #44

Link to Thursday's thread: ManiacJoe Feb 2014 #30

They really kill with impunity in Vegas. TransitJohn Feb 2014 #35

The video does not show much, Jenoch Feb 2014 #36