That's a leap but I get it. Their training does seem to be centered in a place of fear.With the logic of "we can naturally assume that any citizen is armed to the teeth" cops can cite fear for their lives as reason to gun down jaywalkers and public urinators.
Almost. Racism is the reason the death squads were formed. Except back in the day, they'd probably try harder to keep us alive for whatever bounty they'd get to return property.
In this case, it's being slugged in the chest with a bean bag or airfoil round. I can't find any numbers on the amount of deaths from those methods, but I did find this shit what the fuck
They can fuck outta here with that bullshit. People still die from those shots. They still cause long term health complications for people that don't.
Here's an idea: don't aim a potentially lethal weapon at people!
FFS. This would be hilarious if it wasn't true.Cops treat unarmed black men worse than the white people that shoot up schools.
I wouldn't have been surprised if they took that moment as a chance to kill him. God knows in that outcome there are thousands of people ready to offer the officers free legal defense with: "He shouldn't have lowered his hands"/"Why didn't he listen to the officers?"/ "Do you know what the job is like?"/"It's tragic but they are right to have not taken that risk when his hand moved"Fuck, the moment when he slightly lowers his hands as he talking to the lady filming made me anxious as hell.
I kept thinking this is what they were waiting for, the excuse they need to murder him.
Why would you have a gun on someone when they have no weapon? You don't just pull guns on people just in case, for civilians that's a brandishing charge, but for cops it's somehow okay.On the other side, why didn't they just place him in cuffs with just one firearm trained on him? Just two officer's could have done the job.
Oh he was armed alright, armed with dark skin, the deadliest of weapons to piece of shit cops.Aren't guns supposed to be drawn only if there's a reasonable belief the person is armed,
No lies detected.Cops treat unarmed black men worse than the white people that shoot up schools.
Looks like one of the officers aimed at the woman recording as well.
i got 3 cop cars and a sergeant out on me for a speeding ticket because i wouldnt let the asshole that pulled me over do a "reach search" on my car. And im a white guy.Fucking hell, how ridiculous are police budgets over there if you can dedicate a small army's worth of armed cops to a single, unarmed man?
No I agree, it's fucking stupid. Legislation deems robbery a violent crime and are meant to be treated as armed, regardless of circumstances. There needs to be a huge legislative change. This whole one size firs all approach is ridiculous.Why would you have a gun on someone when they have no weapon? You don't just pull guns on people just in case, for civilians that's a brandishing charge, but for cops it's somehow okay.
Cops: He seems confused why 30 armed men have surrounded him for simply crossing the street. Clearly its the dope. Get S.H.I.E.L.D in here to set up a containment field.
Looks like one of the officers aimed at the woman recording as well.
Logic behind it is that you don't know if they're going to spontaneously attack or pull a gun out on you while you're moving in to place cuffs, so you have your gun trained on them or have ONE person with a gun trained on them until you can confirm they have no weapons that could pose a threat, then you put your shit away and arrest them. Even the one gun thing can be excessive when they have tasers and sticks and all manner of other shit they could use before bullets.Why would you have a gun on someone when they have no weapon? You don't just pull guns on people just in case, for civilians that's a brandishing charge, but for cops it's somehow okay.
That's exactly what it is. Police departments large and small are outfitted with Army surplus and likely aren't all that effectively trained on it.A lot of American police remind me of the guy who turns up to a building site with all the latest, flashiest, shiny, most expensive tools and work gear, but have absolutely no idea how to do the actual work.
It's like there was a team of trained actors just sitting there trying to look like actual police officers until the real ones showed up and actually did something.
Looks like one of the officers aimed at the woman recording as well.
They certainly seem to be experts at avoiding it. I can see them having a training manual that perfectly describes how to deescalate, but every instruction is preceded by DO NOT DO THIS.Does the word deescalation even exist in the American police vocabulary?
I get the logic but the logic hasn't been working out, because cops are using that as their go-to whenever they feel threatened even if they aren't. It's starting the interaction off on a bad, potentially fatal foot off the bat, it's escalating things to a ridiculous degree.Logic behind it is that you don't know if they're going to spontaneously attack or pull a gun out on you while you're moving in to place cuffs, so you have your gun trained on them or have ONE person with a gun trained on them until you can confirm they have no weapons that could pose a threat, then you put your shit away and arrest them. Even the one gun thing can be excessive when they have tasers and sticks and all manner of other shit they could use before bullets.
But at the very least, you could use some sort of logic to justify two cops with one having their gun out to arrest a single person versus an entire hit squad aiming to unload 16 rounds into a person each.
He "matched the description of a suspect"why the FUCK are their guns drawn at all, let alone a fucking army of cops with nothing better to do showing up for the chance to get a free kill
You haven't lived if part of your routine w/ starting your car is making sure that anything you'd need if you're pulled over is readily available and in plain sight for any cop that might pull you over to see.