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22. cocaine has nothing to do with it

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 05:17 PM

Apr 2015

presumably the cop does NOT know who he is when he rides up a lawn at his bicycle. You don't generally "pull up behind" somebody on a lawn. Where the hell is that considered acceptable driving? Yeah, the guy gets off his bike. He is looking back probably wondering "why the hell is this guy trying to run me over?" That's what I would be thinking in the same circumstance.

Like I said, you cannot see on the camera what happens right before the shots are fired.

Why should the cop expect there to be a threat? He's trying to talk to a dude who was just biking down the street. True there could always be a threat in any stop, but more so with a car, because a driver might have something in the car he wants to keep hidden. Less so on a bicycle. You can't just start shooting people whenever they move, or you are just too nervous to be a cop.

The chief or sherrif's attitude that "we have the right to shoot anybody who does not immediately obey us, if we feel threatened" is a load of crap. He works FOR the people, he does NOT rule the people. That cop seems to think he is living in a police state rather than a republic.

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Dashcam Video Shows Cops Repeatedly Shot Unarmed Man, Lied About It [View all] Capt. Obvious Apr 2015 OP

"RULES OF ENGAGEMENT", why the fuck is that military lingo coming out of a cops mouth!!!! winstars Apr 2015 #1

+1 daleanime Apr 2015 #14

Because to 90% of police awoke_in_2003 Apr 2015 #27

This is Bushco's new policing malaise Apr 2015 #2

His rules of engagement semantically equates to "Shoot first and ask questions later." tclambert Apr 2015 #3

just call in a drone strike from the safety of their cruisers frylock Apr 2015 #4

The police I grew up around would have never pulled their "revolver" unless someone had started LiberalArkie Apr 2015 #7

Exactly. ncjustice80 Apr 2015 #17

Where do I have to go to get the same mind reading classes as you? Taitertots Apr 2015 #35

fuck tha police frylock Apr 2015 #5

one nation onethatcares Apr 2015 #6

Running away from a moron cop is not engagement. It's running. Madmiddle Apr 2015 #8

He wasn't running away here. Solomon Apr 2015 #33

Cops should never be allowed to get away with murder or attempted murder. Rex Apr 2015 #9

Running away is not engagement. Sheriff needs to go home, open a dictionary and read. These people Madmiddle Apr 2015 #10

Turn your fucking AM/FM radio OFF while on duty, fucking murderers. NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #11

unless there is another video or a wider angle hfojvt Apr 2015 #12

The guy that was shot and subsequently paralyzed justiceischeap Apr 2015 #16

cocaine has nothing to do with it hfojvt Apr 2015 #22

I'm just telling you what the story I read said the police were claiming. nt justiceischeap Apr 2015 #25

The police have given no reason for the stop Taitertots Apr 2015 #36

It's.What.They.Do. Iggo Apr 2015 #13

I wonder how many of the local white people support this crap.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #15

And they want us to cry over dead cops? Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #18

So basically "stand your ground" is afforded to anyone with a badge d_legendary1 Apr 2015 #19

kick Liberal_in_LA Apr 2015 #20

so very very very sick of this marym625 Apr 2015 #21

Unfortunately, LEOs are being converted to a first line defense of the State... Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #23

No one gives a shit. marym625 Apr 2015 #26

Since I was a kid it was pretty much understood that the police have a free pass. Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #32

I thought I understood marym625 Apr 2015 #34

When is it ever not "justified"? beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #24

Citizen's Cell Phone Brigade aka Neighborhood Watch Program. Many whites are shocked...trust me libdem4life Apr 2015 #28

They should be shocked. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #29

I'm a white woman and have never even thought about police brutality affecting me. libdem4life Apr 2015 #30

I lived near the "bottoms" in a southern city. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #31