11-25-2015, 11:50 PM
I dont understand the point in the "white" emphasis. This is a cop slaughtering a man. But honestly, that guy looked like a psycho and obviously had a massive knife. Cops pull up and he doesnt obey their commands. He is walking aggressively way, completely defiant and unfazed by their commands.
I think a cop has every right to take this guy down, even if it kills him.
What i dont agree with is shooting him 16 times after he was already downed. That is insane and baffling.
Look, Dave...
If you take an aggressive stance wielding a knife, walking in stride, all out psycho and such and the cops show up with guns drawn, you better acknowledge their commands. You know, drop the weapon and put your hands in the air. Snap out of it or something.
We cant have guys running down a busy street with wielding deadly weapons, right out in the open in their hands and looking ready to attack. We certainly cant accept it if they then show complete disregard to law enforcement. This situation was completely unacceptable. It has nothing to do with a black man or a white cop. You cant run around the street with a weapon all crazy like that, that is against the law and a very bad thing to do.
But he was walking away from the cops, doesnt matter!!!
Didnt look like the cop that shot him was in danger of being stabbed.....Does not matter!!!!!
This guy was not only carrying a deadly weapon, he was doing it aggressively and walking in stride. What was his intent? At the very least he sought to terrorize, with panic and fear. The other possibility is he wanted to kill.
Cops had every right to stop this guy in his tracks. We dont know where he was going or what he was doing but if he did not slow down when police cars show up, if he doesnt stop when cops with guns are ordering him too...........
See, cops are not restricted to self defence. They protect and serve the entire community, not just themselves. They dont have to be the ones getting attacked in order to fire. It doesnt matter if he wasnt walking towards the cops. This guy had a knife and very much looked like he wanted to use it. There were cars driving by, slowing down.....he was in the middle of the city. It makes no sense for the cops to wait and see what this guy had planned. Wait till he grabbed a hold or stabbed someone? He completely showed that he didnt give a fuck about the cops, they were not gonna stop or deter him. This is a guy wielding a deadly weapon mind you.
I support the decision to use force. No way should you let this guy carry out whatever he wanted to. No way you should set back and watch. No way you wait and see, not in this case.
once he is shot and down, the continued shots are the only thing i have issues with. It is bizarre. The crazy thing is how effective that first shot was. The guy was seriously wounded by the first shot. He was 100% downed and the threat disabled. It looked so serious that he may not even have survived the first shot. Continued shooting makes no sense.
I have thought a lot about this one. As much as the media tries to sensationalize this, all this "white cop" and "black kid/teenager", it is a shame. I watched the video, you see the cop car pull up and the guy getting shot. What you may not realize is that there were already cops already on the scene. When the dash cam car arrives, the video shows this kid running and cop cars around him, one circling and looking for a safe place to get out....a real chaotic scene. The kid is running towards a cop car already there, not away. He starts a diagonal stride but focused on that car, his weapon drawn and that car starts to drive away. The cops that circled around for a safer place to get out, have their guns drawn. Then the guy gets even more ballsy, more aggressively displaying his weapon. His stride is not directly towards the cops with their guns drawn, that is true but just a few seconds prior he was heading straight towards a cop car directly front on. This guy is gone mad and is not stopping even when cops have guns drawn. It is incredibly obvious this kid is looking for some way out of his this terrible situation and he showed no signs he intended to surrender.
No way you let this guy walk off. No way you wait to see what he is up to. No way you let him continue on with a knife like that. He wasnt stopping and he had a weapon. I fully support the decision to stop this guy.
I think a cop has every right to take this guy down, even if it kills him.
What i dont agree with is shooting him 16 times after he was already downed. That is insane and baffling.
Look, Dave...
If you take an aggressive stance wielding a knife, walking in stride, all out psycho and such and the cops show up with guns drawn, you better acknowledge their commands. You know, drop the weapon and put your hands in the air. Snap out of it or something.
We cant have guys running down a busy street with wielding deadly weapons, right out in the open in their hands and looking ready to attack. We certainly cant accept it if they then show complete disregard to law enforcement. This situation was completely unacceptable. It has nothing to do with a black man or a white cop. You cant run around the street with a weapon all crazy like that, that is against the law and a very bad thing to do.
But he was walking away from the cops, doesnt matter!!!
Didnt look like the cop that shot him was in danger of being stabbed.....Does not matter!!!!!
This guy was not only carrying a deadly weapon, he was doing it aggressively and walking in stride. What was his intent? At the very least he sought to terrorize, with panic and fear. The other possibility is he wanted to kill.
Cops had every right to stop this guy in his tracks. We dont know where he was going or what he was doing but if he did not slow down when police cars show up, if he doesnt stop when cops with guns are ordering him too...........
See, cops are not restricted to self defence. They protect and serve the entire community, not just themselves. They dont have to be the ones getting attacked in order to fire. It doesnt matter if he wasnt walking towards the cops. This guy had a knife and very much looked like he wanted to use it. There were cars driving by, slowing down.....he was in the middle of the city. It makes no sense for the cops to wait and see what this guy had planned. Wait till he grabbed a hold or stabbed someone? He completely showed that he didnt give a fuck about the cops, they were not gonna stop or deter him. This is a guy wielding a deadly weapon mind you.
I support the decision to use force. No way should you let this guy carry out whatever he wanted to. No way you should set back and watch. No way you wait and see, not in this case.
once he is shot and down, the continued shots are the only thing i have issues with. It is bizarre. The crazy thing is how effective that first shot was. The guy was seriously wounded by the first shot. He was 100% downed and the threat disabled. It looked so serious that he may not even have survived the first shot. Continued shooting makes no sense.
I have thought a lot about this one. As much as the media tries to sensationalize this, all this "white cop" and "black kid/teenager", it is a shame. I watched the video, you see the cop car pull up and the guy getting shot. What you may not realize is that there were already cops already on the scene. When the dash cam car arrives, the video shows this kid running and cop cars around him, one circling and looking for a safe place to get out....a real chaotic scene. The kid is running towards a cop car already there, not away. He starts a diagonal stride but focused on that car, his weapon drawn and that car starts to drive away. The cops that circled around for a safer place to get out, have their guns drawn. Then the guy gets even more ballsy, more aggressively displaying his weapon. His stride is not directly towards the cops with their guns drawn, that is true but just a few seconds prior he was heading straight towards a cop car directly front on. This guy is gone mad and is not stopping even when cops have guns drawn. It is incredibly obvious this kid is looking for some way out of his this terrible situation and he showed no signs he intended to surrender.
No way you let this guy walk off. No way you wait to see what he is up to. No way you let him continue on with a knife like that. He wasnt stopping and he had a weapon. I fully support the decision to stop this guy.