Jul 6, 2016

Oh well looks like we failed in restraining a fat guy with one arm, guess that justifes lethal force. Look at the f---ing positioning here and tell me if Alton was right on the cusp of fighting back.

 

Jul 6, 2016

I'm fairly certain these officers will be prosecuted--the Justice Department is already investigating. But who knows what will happen; I would have bet my house that we'd get at least one conviction stemming from Freddie Gray's death.

 

Jul 6, 2016

Nah, this is simply not the case. When I have more time later today I'll put together a brief history for you. Police racism is very much a systemic, institutionalized thing, especially in major cities.

Yeah, I mean, I imagine if I were a conservative on other issues I'd feel similarly. Nearly everything that happens these days, people file into the lines their parties do. But as you point out here, it's beyond the pale now, and people have made up their mind that Sterling deserved it or was threatening the officers' lives. It's horrifying. I'm glad and impressed you can step outside of that--maybe it's because Canada fosters more open-mindedness, at least in my experience. Good on you.

 

Jul 6, 2016

With all due respect you have shown you know very little about the intricacies of race in America.

 

Jul 7, 2016

That Philando video was highly distressing...

 

Jul 7, 2016

can anyone tell me why the f--- they treated the woman like a criminal and arrested her?

the police just shot her boyfriend, she's being very calm and doing everything they say but she still has to get out of the car facing away with like 3 guns pointed on her, is this normal for america?

 

Jul 6, 2016

You're a hipster white suburban culture vulture why don't you take your wire-rimmed glasses and bicycle your way out of here.

 

Jul 6, 2016

charlie the type of guy to see someone say "f--- ISIS"

and reply "Do you even know them all?"

 

Jul 6, 2016

the fact that people are unwilling to admit that this was race fueled when it happened in baton rogue... yikes

 

Jul 6, 2016

AND HERE WE GO: Video from a new angle. @Charlie

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

Jul 6, 2016

Just spoke with my buddy who does pa for taser. as many of you may know, officers are trained to unload their weapon until a suspect is subdued so unless that officer is extremely cautious/disciplined, its VERY rare for a shooting officer to fire less than three bullets at one time. at the same time, the tasers were discharged - supposedly - but it's possible alton didn't experience muscle paralysis bc of some kind of malfunction. (~2% of tasers don't work effective, so it's odd it didnt happen in this case frankly... could be the discharge hit his clothing, implying the cops didn't tase him properly imo... either way, tasing shouldve been a preventive measure here and wasnt)

so again, this is likely a preventable death. once again gets down to training. imo if theyd approached him from 10-15 ft and used their tasers then (assuming he was belligerent), he likely would be alive today

@WPG

 

Jul 6, 2016

the point is that with two people restraining him, theres no way they should have killed him instead of detaining him properly. And theres certainly no evidence in that video that he clearly went for his gun. The gun was in his pocket the entire time. So it doesnt matter if he was going for the gun or not. They were on top of him FFS, they should have stopped him from reaching for the gun if that was the case, instead of shooting him

 

Jul 6, 2016

An obese man on his back with one arm pinned down and two cops with weapons drawn over him is not the same as some military training video, I think we're all adults who should find that obvious.

 

Jul 6, 2016

Dude, I'm just asking you as a human: sit this one out. Time and time again in America it's clear just how wide the gap is between the way the [police/DAs/judges/prison systems] treat white and black people. Police abuse their power in lots of ways, but in America they murder black people with relative impunity. It's a different dynamic than where you're from because not only are the demographics wildly different, but the country's history with race is wildly different.

 

Jul 6, 2016

I'm actually heartened by how this thread has gone. We can all agree that this was a cold-blooded execution. If you watch the video--which I wouldn't recommend unless you're sure you can handle it--he's pinned down by the two officers when they s---t four-to-six bullets into him. In that moment, any prior record of Sterling's is irrelevant.

 

Jul 6, 2016

It just makes my blood boil when people defend the cops in this situation just because Sterling had an extensive criminal record and was probably a bad person. Sets a dangerous precedent, oh you're an ex con? We can k--- you, you're worthless human garbage. What a disgrace.

 

Jul 7, 2016

yeah i mean look, #blacklivesmatter is the strongest embodiment of the civil rights battle since (at least rodney king....) probably the 60s. it's no coincidence technology played a huge role in revealing the treatment of black americans then, just as it is now. so its obviously important.

ftr, i will never watch a video of narsh and charlie dismembering/molesting ur cadaver. its a matter of taste

 

Jul 7, 2016

Omg that is so disturbing. I don't know how that lady was able to stay so calm and that poor child had to witness this.

 

Jul 7, 2016

crooked knows

 

Jul 7, 2016

oh ok i thought u were making fun of a kids dead brother