fortsbest
DCC 4Life
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Again, not what I said. If an officer commits an act that is clearly premeditated and kills someone it is definitely murder. You don't see that happening at all or rarely. If an officer makes a mistake and kills an unarmed person due to negligence or bad decision making it isn't murder, it's manslaughter. No different than someone making a bad decision while driving and running over a pedestrian because they were careless.I chose my words correctly. When we are talking about an officer potentially murdering someone there is no place in the discussion for the victims character as you seem to think.
If an officer does either of these things the person's character shouldn't matter. In cases like Michael Brown's where he was unarmed but attacked an officer and had just strong armed robbed someone, then you'd better believe it comes in to play. All the lies people spouted about Brown, the gentle giant BS, that he wouldn't do those things and he had his hands up. All lies supported by media and government. You'd better believe character and back ground matters. I rightfully admit I have an agenda. Officers do hard work and do it with good intent and people like you and others here and the people writing those articles don't give a lick about that because it is agenda driven. More white folk are shot by police than black folk and yet the only time you here about a police shooting in the media is when it is a black person and most of the the time then it is someone with a questionable history and back ground that they frickin try to make a martyr. I noticed no one here commented at all about the you girl that got shot the the lady in the video commented on! which exactly proves my point.
It doesn't mater if you don't like the term. it is there for a reason. And that last sentence is nonsense. If I go to a scene and a guy is yelling at me, I'll talk him down. If I have to take him into custody and he keeps yelling and resists, I'm using a baton, pepper spray or a taser. If he has either of those items I may pull my gun and if he has a knife or a gun, I'll definitely pull my gun. My job isn't to use equal force on someone. What officers are trained to do is use the minimum amount of force necessary to gain control of a situation. That doesn't mean fight someone on equal terms and may the best person win.I don't really like the term justifiable either. It seems to give officers more freedom to kill someone then a person who doesn't have a badge. The standards should be the same self defense standards that we hold the general population to. You can use equal force to defend yourself or others but nothing greater.
So you keep hammering away at how officers shoot too many people, regardless the circumstance. Keep focusing on your opinion that what I said about character, back ground and circumstance of a victim has noting to do with an officer involved shooting and we'll see how many more "innocent" youths get themselves shot. Oh yeah keep ignoring the deserving white folk that get themselves shot to because all that really matters is black lives apparently too. And then keep harping on the big bad officers who are just violent vigilantes out for our freedom to kill as many people as they can because, "hey, it's what they do!"
I notice no one here has ever reported they did as I suggested and rode out with their local officers to get an idea of what police work is really like. Oh no, You lazy hypocrites would just rather sit back a preach and bitch based on crap other people have written that they haven't thoroughly researched or detailed either. Amazing. Truly amazing.