Bad Boys II

[GMDino]

(06-14-2020, 04:28 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Pretty good way to lose support for the BLM movement. Don’t make a martyr out of some idiot who fought cops and stole their weapon and attempted to use it against them. People who were maybe coming around will see this and go right back to not giving af

I didn't say he didn't deserve to be arrested.  I didn't say he didn't do anything wrong.

I said he didn't deserve to be killed.

Maybe he was legally drunk.  Maybe he took the taser.  Doesn't matter.  He was shot and killed for being drunk and "resisting".

Given this moment in time you'd think police would be more on the deescalating and less on the wrestle you to the ground, lose our weapon and then shoot and kill you because we're afraid.  He didn't have a gun, he had a taser and the police still had him outnumbered and had his car.  He wasn't getting away with no punishment.

I never defended the guys actions...I criticized the officer's actions.

But don't worry just because the chief stepped down (forced too or not...she was one of the ones who went to meet with protesters last week) and just because one officer was fired and the other placed on administrative duty, we will get all the absolutely awful things the victim did in the news real soon.  We'll find out that he wasn't an "angel" or a "good person" so it's okay he was shot for resisting arrest.

And the cycle will continue.

For every one of these type situations where it can be argued he "deserved it" by some there will be more that some will tsk tsk and say they "probably" didn't "deserve" to be killed but police have a tough job.

What are ya gonna do?  Right?