DPD: Snipers Shoot 10 Officers, 3 Dead

gwb-trading said:
However these shootings do not give the supporters of BLM the right to go around and shoot police officers in twisted retaliation.
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No kidding. Who here suggests otherwise? Further, while the snipers may have been sympathetic to BLM, but I'm pretty sure they don't represent them. They're murderers. Wide brush much?

Oh, as for the Louisiana shooting, I think there's likely going to be hell to pay. Did you actually watch the video? He was shot point blank while being straddled on the ground by 2 guys. What world do you live in?
 
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CaptainObvious said:
The BLM movement will not have any credibility, none at all, until they quit combining thugs getting killed and the occasional innocent black man getting killed, or when the police do truly over react and improperly handle a situation.
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I think you're missing the point. Innocent victims aside, even the so-called "thugs" are entitled to due process and do not deserve to be summarily executed on the street. White "thugs" get relatively preferential treatment, all else being equal. You really need to take a stroll in the other guy's moccasins.
 
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The good Christian bible appears to condone retaliation.
 
Frederick Foresight said:
No kidding. Who here suggests otherwise?

Oh, as for the Louisiana shooting, I think there's likely going to be hell to pay. Did you actually watch the video? He was shot point blank while being straddled on the ground by 2 guys. What world do you live in?
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Yes, I did. I personally believe that the shooting was not appropriate. The individual did not have a gun in his hand and was not pointing a weapon at the cops. The cops were basically on top of him and had him almost under control. I do not see the reason why he was shot.

However my understanding is that the legal standard for holding the officers accountable in an instance like this is a much higher bar. As soon as the officers are in a direct scuffle with someone who is resisting, and the individual is found to have a gun while not in hand-cuffs then it is unlikely to be an indictment if the cops shoot the individual because they has some possible fear for their own lives (or so the reasoning will go).

EDIT Follow-up: Now in the current atmosphere some type of indictment from Obama's justice department is likely IMO. But this is very different than a local or state DA pressing charges for manslaughter, homicide, or murder. Federal cases are usually about denial of civil rights rather than hard felony charges.
 
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Frederick Foresight said:
Leading politicians should voice their conscience and support justice.
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So the leading politicians should support justice -- in this case they should be stating "We need to support the police and give time for a complete investigation to be done of this shooting instead of jumping to conclusions on initial information which are usually incorrect."

Instead a number of politicians immediately jump on the bandwagon after any incident involving a cop shooting a black man -- they are out in the media immediately blaming the police and stirring the racial pot.
 
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