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Vattel

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47. If the reports of the bruglar did not say that he was armed, then drawing a gun is ridiculous.

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 06:35 PM

Jan 2015

Reminds me of another case where a gun was drawn for no reason: http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/21/us/new-york-police-shooting/

Akai Gurley would be alive today if no gun had been drawn.

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Charles M. Blow: "The Scenario I Have Always Dreaded - Yale Police Stopped My Son At Gunpoint" [View all] kpete Jan 2015 OP

K&R but the 2 links sortof ran together! BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #1

thanks for kpete Jan 2015 #3

Thanks and reading now! BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #4

jesus, this country can really suck. marym625 Jan 2015 #2

Hopefully you aren't pretending these types of things pipoman Jan 2015 #6

pretending? marym625 Jan 2015 #7

You have to excuse him, I'm sure being a cop apologist is hard to do on DU. Rex Jan 2015 #36

oh. marym625 Jan 2015 #39

Yeah, America has RABID racist assholes, many are cops, but many are not. NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #44

I read you loud and clear marym625 Jan 2015 #55

lol...didn't bother to check my journal before lying about me eh? pipoman Jan 2015 #61

How does that make anything better?? bvf Jan 2015 #8

Wow...you've really read a lot into this, no? pipoman Jan 2015 #62

Wow. No, I didn't. bvf Jan 2015 #69

Why would you even think, let alone, SAY THAT????? onecent Jan 2015 #9

It's a lot like "Cops are killing black folks at a disproportionate rate when compared to the amount Ed Suspicious Jan 2015 #29

Because I tire of people acting as though this is somehow unique to the US... pipoman Jan 2015 #65

Hopefully, you're not pretending that addressing a concern for A denies a concern or knowledge of B. LanternWaste Jan 2015 #34

I read it both times and it is pretty ambiguous. ... pipoman Jan 2015 #63

Hopefully you are pretending this should have happened the way it did. Rex Jan 2015 #35

You really are seeing things not there.... pipoman Jan 2015 #64

I many countries, no gun would be drawn in such circumstances Vattel Jan 2015 #45

We claim to be better than 'around the globe'. We're not. And it's getting worse. sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #48

I agree, it is getting worse, with unwarranted data collection, pipoman Jan 2015 #60

Damn straight it is. DeSwiss Jan 2015 #66

From the editorial BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #5

fit the description.... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #11

Description was black college age man wearing black jacket and red and white hat joeglow3 Jan 2015 #12

And given that Yale is just about lily white BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #14

Not entirely lily white (according to 2013-2014 statistics) frazzled Jan 2015 #15

It is BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #22

LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #31

LOL, did you just azmom Jan 2015 #38

No BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #50

Thanks for the link azmom Jan 2015 #51

What About The Gun? ProfessorGAC Jan 2015 #18

That does seem an issue sarisataka Jan 2015 #24

If you read the whole article, he's not upset that his son was detained... Pacifist Patriot Jan 2015 #21

yes, this. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #28

Yeah, I too question why the need for that. joeglow3 Jan 2015 #30

Thank you. Though I don't understand why that needed to be pointed out when it is Number23 Jan 2015 #52

The question is: why did they approach him with gun drawn and not just ask for ID pnwmom Jan 2015 #42

Did they know the name of the suspect? joeglow3 Jan 2015 #56

He was a STUDENT legally allowed to be there, and they were CAMPUS POLICE. pnwmom Jan 2015 #57

I agree with the gun part, but not the rest joeglow3 Jan 2015 #67

Why should a person with a student ID be forced to lie down on the ground pnwmom Jan 2015 #58

You are correct about the gun joeglow3 Jan 2015 #68

Well, probably wouldn't have stopped him if the description was "white" kjones Jan 2015 #32

Must have been terrifying matt819 Jan 2015 #10

K&R! I'm glad the young man wasn't shot. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #13

Draw gun, intimidate, ask questions later PumpkinAle Jan 2015 #16

Tragic, tragic ... and but for the grace of you-know-who frazzled Jan 2015 #17

I am so glad this young man knew what to do and wasn't shot!!! FourScore Jan 2015 #19

K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2015 #20

Man if that was my son I would be fuming to... trumad Jan 2015 #23

Holy $#*! KamaAina Jan 2015 #25

The tragedy is that he can never be free of racial profiling. riqster Jan 2015 #26

So today on college campuses TNNurse Jan 2015 #27

And just to be double-safe, make sure the escort isn't female Demeter Jan 2015 #40

the talk ... napkinz Jan 2015 #33

This is really messed up. So sorry. Glad the young man survived the encounter. McCamy Taylor Jan 2015 #37

There is a deep sickness in this Country rbrnmw Jan 2015 #41

According to about 60 MILLION Of us the deep sickness is you liberal black racists picking NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #46

right rbrnmw Jan 2015 #49

K&R nt 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 #43

If the reports of the bruglar did not say that he was armed, then drawing a gun is ridiculous. Vattel Jan 2015 #47

<shrug> I'm white and have had the exact same thing happen to me. ARMYofONE Jan 2015 #53

The exact same thing? Were you a student with a student ID and stopped pnwmom Jan 2015 #59

At a fundamental level, yes, it was the same thing. ARMYofONE Jan 2015 #70

It makes a fundamental difference that this occurred on a private college campus. pnwmom Jan 2015 #71

Okay, fair point, but not related to my post or your response, really. ARMYofONE Jan 2015 #72

My point is that if the Yale student had been white, he is unlikely to have been treated pnwmom Jan 2015 #73

Was there reason to believe the suspect was armed? Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #54