George Floyd Police killing and protests

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/28/hunted-one-in-three-people-killed-by-us-police-were-fleeing-data-reveals

why were they fleeing??!

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He was running from police, and had a gun in his car, wonder if he was known to them?
46 shots is a bit of, um Overkill, , but I’d like the full story.

https://www.thebulwark.com/the-shooting ... narrative/

This a bit more detail than the standard ABC / Guardian narrative.
a few things they missed:
Tasers ware used but failed
The ethnic identity was probably not clear until after the shooting.
why was he wearing a ski mask?
He appears to have discharged a firearm on the freeway during the chase; this changes the procedures that the police were authorized to follow.

Questions likely to be asked: where did the majority of the rounds hit? if they were going for the legs instead of centre body mass then that would explain why so many shots were fired. (Most US cops have Glock 22's with 15 round mags.)
Was it safe to discharge that many rounds in that location?
Other than the Taser what other non lethal options were available?.

Was it overkill? probably; but the considerations of the officers were for their safety, many having probably gone to funerals of officers shot by already injured suspects during arrests.

Whatever the outcome of the enquiry the Guardian is unlikely give all the details.

**** I would have shot him too!

[David]

[Pies4shaw]

^ Yes - killing a suspect is not a law enforcement strategy. It's just murder.

[lazzadesilva]

Why kill a suspect who is not a threat to your life? Especially one running away from you? Law enforcement knows that they will get the person sooner or later alive so why make an effort to kill hm? Doesn’t make any sense.

[Pies4shaw]

Boston police chasing a white suspect arrested a black man: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... wsuit-says

[David]

[What'sinaname]

So, here we are again, with a black man, Tyre Nichols, killed by 5 police officers in Memphis. Video / Body Cam footage is set to be released today.

The big difference is that all five officers are black. All have been stood down by the Memphis Police Department and were recently charged with murder.

Authorities are concerned about rioting post the release of the video. Will we see the same community outrage that we saw following George Floyd's murder?

[think positive]

[think positive]

So, here we are again, with a black man, Tyre Nichols, killed by 5 police officers in Memphis. Video / Body Cam footage is set to be released today.

The big difference is that all five officers are black. All have been stood down by the Memphis Police Department and were recently charged with murder.

Authorities are concerned about rioting post the release of the video. Will we see the same community outrage that we saw following George Floyd's murder?

My first thought, and I’m sure the first for others, thank god they aint white. It won’t stop the riots though, US citizens should stock up on food, and bulletproof shutters. God help them. As for the cops, Tennessee has paused the death penalty. Nothing like a little prison justice though.

The country is imploding, it’s accelerating, it makes me so sad for the amazing people I have met there on our 6 road trips.

They have to get this right.

And how dumb are they? They know they have body cams, 5 onto one for a skinny guy not on ice, not 1 of them thought it’s overkill? Not one decent human amongst them? How the **** did these cretins get to adulthood?

Edit, that’s a rather insensitive post I realise, to the victim, his family. No defence. The resulting potential riots are terrifying to imagine. I won’t say no suspect deserves to die like that because I’d make exceptions for the likes of Ted bundy. This guy apparently has no record, he’s just an everyday family man, I just can comprehend how this happens. Where the mentality comes from.

[think positive]

^ Yes - killing a suspect is not a law enforcement strategy. It's just murder.

unless it’s self defence

[think positive]

STraight up murder for at least 2 or 3 and at least 2nd degree for the others, no bail, gen pop

And the whitecap too

[David]

[What'sinaname]

It appears some black lives matter more than others. It appears that this time we have a black life lost that can't be used to drive the hate / racism agenda that ANTIFA and other left-wing nutters want.

Doesn't stop some of them trying. I've got to give this nutjob credit for trying.

"Black cops ain't black, they blue," the individual states. "A pig is a pig, whether they black, white, brown, Asian, or Haitian. A cop is a cop and they are upholding White supremacy"

https://www.foxnews.com/us/tyre-nichols ... rn-it-down

As TP mentioned. Thank god the police officers weren't white otherwise we would have seen how much this black life mattered.

The answer isn't defunding the police. In fact, when you weigh it all up, US police deal with a lot of a crap, especially in blue states which seem intent on not prosecuting criminals - you only have to look at the number of recent California's officers shot and / or killed by criminals who should have been behind bars.

[David]