Black Man Killed by Cops For Selling CDS

[DeadPresident]

You mean the cop screaming his badge number at the guy recording with his phone? That guy deserves his own reality show. My brother has been trying to become a cop for the last couple years and I always tell him he'd be a 'roided out monster like him.

Has anyone, you know...tried discouraging your brother?

 

[RockSP]

Nowhere else I have seen has made this claim. That sounds like a cops version of justification for shooting him. His past history also has absolutely no relevancy when they had already tasered and subdued him. If he had a gun in his pocket but could not reach it, that does not justify shooting him to death. Another thing is a juvenile can be 17 years old. In this case she was 14, not a pedophile but I guess close enough for some people.

The cops overreacted from the way the videos show the encounter, neither of which shows clearly his hand reaching or not reaching for a gun.

Yeah it just seemed strange to me that this one particular guy seems to have seen video no one else has. I haven't watched any of the videos yet...not that interested in seeing someone get killed. But it was curious to me that no one else was talking about Sterling firing a gun. No google search. None of the other sites I'm on that are talking about this situation.

 

[Lencho01]

You mean the cop screaming his badge number at the guy recording with his phone? That guy deserves his own reality show. My brother has been trying to become a cop for the last couple years and I always tell him he'd be a 'roided out monster like him.

I forget what exactly he said. But, I can't forget the look on his face. Like one of those dudes who knew he could overpower someone due to his size/strength and was a *****e about it. So, being a cop gave him even more power in the situation.

 

[The Apocalypse]

Is there really any way to prevent this kind of crap from happening? I feel like no matter what measures are taken if a trigger happy cop, a racist cop or a cop who goes into every situation on edge wants to take a shot, it's going to happen.

 

[Da-Scribe]

Is there really any way to prevent this kind of crap from happening? I feel like no matter what measures are taken if a trigger happy cop, a racist cop or a cop who goes into every situation on edge wants to take a shot, it's going to happen.

Better training, but that doesn't happen until internal systems start changing. Cops are going to have to actually start caring, but that would require actually admitting any fault. Many cops don't care to do that, even the good ones.

 

[Sithborg]

Is there really any way to prevent this kind of crap from happening? I feel like no matter what measures are taken if a trigger happy cop, a racist cop or a cop who goes into every situation on edge wants to take a shot, it's going to happen.

It is a tough job. My brother, who is in a fairly safe area respective to the surrounding areas, and thankfully hasn't had to shoot his gun. But even then, it has been putting a lot of stress on him. Now for him, it is affecting his family life. For others, it could easily show up in other ways, like the behavior we can see in these types of cases. Even if you can somehow only take in the good ones, there is no way to guarantee that they remain the good ones.

 

[DeadPresident]

Is there really any way to prevent this kind of crap from happening? I feel like no matter what measures are taken if a trigger happy cop, a racist cop or a cop who goes into every situation on edge wants to take a shot, it's going to happen.

There are a bunch of aspects. First is the obviously lacking training that they get in terms of how to handle situations. The second is due to past incidents people are already on edge when dealing with cops, and that sentiment grows with each of these irresponsible killings. The third is because of the USA's fantastic o) access to guns cops are probably extremely anxious because any average Joe could be carrying and cops probably feel they need to be vigilant.

There's justified paranoia from civilians, and probably perceived threat on a cop's part because of the USA's current policing crisis.

 

[Sundancer]

Ever wonder how many..if any... similar incidents happen that don't get reported because the "criminals" are not Black?

 

[Evelisse]

Ever wonder how many..if any... similar incidents happen that don't get reported because the "criminals" are not Black?

are you saying people wouldn't record/report a police officer shooting a seemingly at the time unarmed person only because that person shot was white?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Is there really any way to prevent this kind of crap from happening? I feel like no matter what measures are taken if a trigger happy cop, a racist cop or a cop who goes into every situation on edge wants to take a shot, it's going to happen.

I think a good first step would be to allow for the federal government to take over police shooting investigations and to suspend officer's who recording equipment just "fails".

There is so little accountability in these situations.

 

[terry78]

You cannot go into the job of law enforcement and expect to not be kinda driven mad by the whole deal. You're dealing with the literal dregs of society at times, *******s on par with villains from fiction, but you have to learn how to differentiate.

 

[Sundancer]

are you saying people wouldn't record/report a police officer shooting a seemingly at the time unarmed person only because that person shot was white?

no. I'm just wondering what similar crimes--again, if any-- occur that may be underreported because in which a person is not Black.

 

[craigdbfan]

It's simple. If 95% of a community is black then the entirety of the force should be black.

That doesn't mean anything would change in qualifications, requirements of expectations but the pool should be only qualified black candidates. That goes for any race/ethnic group in a U.S city or town.

 

[craigdbfan]

I would also say it wouldn't be fair to have an almost all white community to have an almost entirely black police force. That would make no sense. The fact that it's normal to have almost all white police departments for all black communities/cities then that makes it a major problem.

 

[Rocketman]

I don't really think there's anything we can do about this. Our best bet is to sit back and watch it keep happening. Sad, but it's true. From a bigger picture, society is crumbling right before our eyes. We're at the end. I'm not a religious man and I don't believe in biblical prophecy or End Times stuff, I just genuinely believe our species is reaching its end from a peaceful/civil standpoint.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

no. I'm just wondering what similar crimes--again, if any-- occur that may be underreported because in which a person is not Black.

So if I'm following your line of thinking, this story likely wouldn't be getting the same amount of attention had the white cops shot a white suspect? If that's the case, I think that's probably true.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

So if I'm following your line of thinking, this story likely wouldn't be getting the same amount of attention had the white cops shot a white suspect? If that's the case, I think that's probably true.

Any examples of a white person getting shot execution style by the police that should be getting more attention?

 

[chaseter]

So where are we at on this one today? Cops justified or no? Yesterday it was bad cawps.

 

[Sundancer]

I don't really think there's anything we can do about this. Our best bet is to sit back and watch it keep happening. Sad, but it's true. From a bigger picture, society is crumbling right before our eyes. We're at the end. I'm not a religious man and I don't believe in biblical prophecy or End Times stuff, I just genuinely believe our species is reaching its end from a peaceful/civil standpoint.

Violence is just getting better coverage because of technology. There has been no peaceful time in history.

 

[craigdbfan]

So where are we at on this one today? Cops justified or no? Yesterday it was bad cawps.

I think the officers were absolutely justified in this. That other case in MN is far more concerning.

 

[Sithborg]

Look, I can understand how this could happen, but I don't think this is any way justifiable. This absolutely needs to be looked into.

 

[RockSP]

So where are we at on this one today? Cops justified or no? Yesterday it was bad cawps.

Sterling is just as murdered today as he was yesterday.

 

[Da-Scribe]

I think the officers were absolutely justified in this. That other case in MN is far more concerning.

Did you ever source your claim that Sterling got ahold of his gun and fired off rounds? I haven't seen that reported anywhere else.

 

[BatmanVSuperman]

So I've been working all day and just heard about protests and stuff going on from officer shootings. One of them was caught on video and streamed live or something?? What in the world is going on? I'm hoping the full incident was caught from start to finish for some answers. One co-worker said there is no video of what lead to the fiance killed, and another one said there was but maybe was talking about another incident. Damn this is crazy stuff going on though.

 

[BatmanVSuperman]

Did you ever source your claim that Sterling got ahold of his gun and fired off rounds? I haven't seen that reported anywhere else.

Is that the fiance shooting? I'm trying to catch up with what is going on. 2 separate shootings happened right?